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Huckleberry Finn
Summary: In 1840s Missouri, young Huckleberry Finn, wanting to escape his violent drunkard father, joins Black runaway slave Jim on a quest for freedom down the Mississippi River on a raft.
Release Date: May 24, 1974
Director:
J. Lee Thompson
Runtime: 1 h 58 min
MPAA: G
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 3,000,000
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| Educational | While not as effective at this as Mark Twain's novel, the film does attempt to convey the reality of the mid-19th century along the Mississippi. The culture and the prevailing attitudes of the time are revealed through the many characters Huck and Jim meet during their adventure. |
| Message | Through a mix of satire and harsh realism, the institution of slavery is criticized. Friendship and loyalty conquers all. Freedom is an aspiration shared by everyone. |
| Role model | Huck remains loyal to Jim, through thick and thin, and in spite of the prevailing attitudes of their society towards the relations between black slaves and whites. Jim retains his dignity, in spite of the terrible treatment he receives from white people he meets, as he aspires to freedom. |
| Violence | A battle between two feuding families involves plenty of rifle fire and casualties. Towards the end, as Huck helps Jim escape being captured by slave hunters, one of the slave hunters threatens to shoot one of the captured slaves unless Jim turns himself in, punctuated with a rifle blast pointed in the direction of one of the slaves. |
| Sex | Conmen tell the townsfolk that their performance of Shakespeare will be for men only, thus implying that something bawdy will happen. During the performance, "The King" does a song-and-dance number in which he turns around, raises his sport coat, and sticks out his rear end. |
| Language | Pap says "hell" twice. While used far less frequently than the novel -- and unlike in the novel, Huck never says it -- the "N" word is used several times throughout the film. |
| Drugs | Huck's father appears drunk as he stumbles around with a jug, and he wakes up with the shakes. |