Sibling songwriting duo Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (the men responsible for the immortal Mary Poppins) bring us a pair of musical Mark Twain adaptations: Tom Sawyer (1973), a light-hearted look at life along ... more »the Mississippi, and the more serious Huckleberry Finn (1974), which touches (more lightly here, of course, than in the original) on the subject of race in America. Acting honors in Tom Sawyer go to vets Celeste Holm and Warren Oates, and to little Johnny Whitaker and a very young Jodie Foster; in Huckleberry Finn, adolescent Jeff East is paired with the great Paul Winfield. Starring: Tom Sawyer: Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates, Jeff East, Jodie Foster, Lucille Benson, Henry Jones, Dub Taylor Huckleberry Finn: Jeff East, Paul Winfield, Harvey Korman, David Wayne, Arthur O'Connell, Gary Merrill, Natalie Trundy, Lucille Benson
Directed By: Tom Sawyer: Don Taylor, Huckleberry Finn: J. Lee Thompson
Written By: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Score By: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman (Song Scores)
Conductors/Music Supervisors: Tom Sawyer: John Williams, Huckleberry Finn: Fred WernerSpecial Features: Isolated Music Tracks / Tom Sawyer Audio Commentary with Screenwriter/Songwriter Richard M. Sherman and Music Producer/Historian Bruce Kimmel / Tom Sawyer Audio Commentary with Director Don Taylor and Screenwriters/Songwriters Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman / Tom Sawyer River Song Featurette / Tom Sawyer Rehearsal with John Williams and the Sherman Brothers / Original Theatrical Trailers« less