The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Adaptations and Influences - Film and Television

Film and Television

• Tom Sawyer (1930), directed by John Cromwell, starring Jackie Coogan as Tom.
• Tom Sawyer (1936), a Soviet Union version directed by Lazar Frenkel and Gleb Zatvornitsky.
• In 1938, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was filmed in Technicolor by the Selznick Studio. It starred Tommy Kelly as Tom and was directed by Norman Taurog. Most notable was the cave sequence designed by William Cameron Menzies.
• 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer', a 1960 BBC television series in 6 episodes starring Fred Smith as Tom and Janina Faye as Becky. Series theme song was 'John Gilbert is the Boat' sung by Peggy Seeger.
• A 1968 French/German made-for-television miniseries, directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner, starring Roland Demongeot as Tom and Marc Di Napoli as Huck.
• A 1968 Romanian movie Aventurile lui Tom Sawyer directed by Mircea Albulescu.
• The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968) was a half-hour live-action/animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.
• A 1969 Mexican film called Las Aventuras de Juliancito.
• Tom Sawyer (1973), A musical adaptation by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, with Johnny Whitaker in the title role, Jeff East as Huck Finn, Jodie Foster as Becky Thatcher and Celeste Holm as Aunt Polly.
• A TV movie version sponsored by Dr Pepper was released that same year. It starred Buddy Ebsen as Muff Potter and was filmed in Upper Canada Village.
• Huckleberry Finn and His Friends (1979 TV series).
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (anime) (1980), a Japanese anime TV series by Nippon Animation, part of the World Masterpiece Theater; aired in the United States on HBO.
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (Приключения Тома Сойера и Гекльберри Финна), a 1981 Soviet Union version directed by Stanislav Govorukhin.
• Tom Sawyer (1984), Canadian claymation version produced by Hal Roach studios.
• Tom and Huck (1995), starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Tom and Brad Renfro as Huck Finn.
• A 1995 episode for the PBS television series Wishbone, entitled "A Tail in Twain".
• Tom Sawyer, an animated adaptation, featuring the characters as anthropomorphic animals with an all-star voice cast, including country singers Rhett Akins (as Tom), Mark Wills (as Huck Finn), Lee Ann Womack, Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams Jr. as well as Betty White as Aunt Polly.
• Tom Sawyer appears as a United States Secret Service agent in the 2003 movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
• Tom Sawyer also appeared in the The Fairly OddParents episode "Shelf Life" on September 10, 2004. He was the main antagonist of this episode.
• Tom Sawyer (2011), German Film directed by Hermine Huntgeburth.