Story of movie Tom Sawyer 2000 Film : Tom Sawyer is an Taiwanese-American animated musical comedy film directed by Paul Sabella and Phil Mendez. Released direct-to-video on April 4, 2000, the film was produced by MGM Animation and animated overseas by Wang Film Productions. It is an adaptation of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, with a cast of anthropomorphic animals instead of humans. The characters' voices are generally performed by country music singers.
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| Directed by | Paul Sabella Phil Mendez (co-director) |
| Produced by | Paul Sabella Jonathan Dern Patricia Jones (co-producer) Donald Reiker (co-producer) Cary Silver (co-producer) |
| Written by | Patricia Jones Donald Reiker Jymn Magon (additional material) |
| Based on | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain |
| Starring | Rhett Akins Charlie Daniels Hynden Walch Alecia Elliott Waylon Jennings Richard Kind Don Knotts Mark Nesler Marty Stuart Betty White Hank Williams Jr. Mark Wills Lee Ann Womack |
| Music by | Mark Watters |
Production company | MGM Animation MGM/UA Family Entertainment Wang Film Productions |
| Distributed by | MGM Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States Taiwan |
| Language | English |
Screenplay
A mischievous and lying boy named Tom Sawyer and his half-brother Sid are on their way to school when they see Huckleberry Finn fishing. Tom skips school to join Huck, but changes his mind after he sees Becky Thatcher. He tries to sneak into class, but Sid snitches on him to the teacher, Mr. Dobbins. Tom is made to sit with the girls, which he actually likes since he's able to sit next to Becky. He is also sat beside Amy Lawrence, a friend to whom he became "engaged". She still has romantic feelings for him but he is too transfixed by Becky to notice. Tom's pet frog Rebel then disrupts and interrupting the class, thus causing an early dismissal.
On the way home from school, during the musical number "Hook, Line and Sinker", Tom tries multiple times to steal a kiss from Becky, but is thwarted each time by her father, Judge Thatcher. The next day, as Tom is about to go fishing with his friends, Aunt Polly stops and freezes Tom. She will decide to give him the job to paint the house as a chore, a job for a whole year, hard work or maybe a punishment for what happened at school. Tom, however, gets his friends to paint the house for him instead.
That night, when Tom and Huck go treasure hunting, they find Injurin' Joe and his friend Mutt Potter uncovering a chest of gold. Deputy Bean, who is visiting his wife's grave, discovers Joe and Mutt. As the boys watch from behind a tombstone, Joe brutally murders Bean who tried to hit him with a shovel, frames Mutt and captures Rebel. Tom knows that Joe can track him down through Rebel, so he and Huck make a pact never to tell anyone what they have seen.
The next day, at school Becky accidentally spills ink on the test results. Amy is thrilled by this because she wants to see Becky be punished, but Tom takes the blame, for which he receives a thrashing with a ruler by Mr. Dobbins. The turn of events caused Amy so become angry because Tom saved Becky. After school, Tom becomes "engaged" to Becky, before a musical number by Becky and Amy, "One Dream", where the two individually express their shared love for Tom. He then admits he did the same with Amy, causing Becky to call off the engagement. Tom and Huck visit Mutt, who is on death row. They try to get him to remember Injurin' Joe murdering Bean, but Mutt doesn't remember. Afterwards, Joe finds Tom and Huck, but they escape on a raft. They celebrate their survival and friendship with a musical number, "Friends for Life".
When Tom and Huck return to town, they learn that the townspeople are mourning their deaths, believing the boys to have drowned. They disrupt the service, showing up at their own funeral, and are welcomed back. Amy, wanting to make Becky more upset at Tom, kisses Tom in front of her making Becky believe that Tom had chosen Amy over her and leaves before Tom can get a chance to explain, leaving him heartbroken. The next morning, Judge Thatcher sentences Mutt to be hanged, but Huck and Tom testify against Joe at the last minute. Joe goes after Tom and Huck but fails and is pulled away by a river, while Mutt is freed and the boys are hailed as heroes.
During the celebration, after making up with Tom, Becky talks Tom into exploring a cave. Amy follows them. Tom and Becky go into a cave and Tom says to Becky that she is the prettiest girl who he ever seen. That made Amy very sad and she stopped to follow Tom and Becky. They get lost and Becky begins to lose hope to finding the exit. Tom sings a number, "Light at the End of the Tunnel" to try and reassure her that they will find a way out. Instead of finding an exit, they find treasure and Joe. Meanwhile, the townspeople notice Tom and Becky missing and Amy, who saw Tom and Becky go into the cave, reveals where they are. The townspeople go to look for them in the cave. With Huck's help, Tom subdues Joe, causing a rockfall which kills Joe, and is reunited with the townspeople and Aunt Polly. In the end Amy becomes Huck's girlfriend (after being impressed with how he assisted Tom against Joe) and Becky becomes Tom's girlfriend. Making Amy no longer jealous of Becky. The next day, Sid again tries to snitch on Tom, but it backfires, as Aunt Polly makes Sid paint the house instead of Tom. The movie ends with Tom, Becky, Huck and Amy having a picnic, during which Tom shows the others a gold coin and tells them about another treasure hunt.
- Rhett Akins as Tom Sawyer
- Mark Wills as Huckleberry Finn
- Hynden Walch as Becky Thatcher
- Lee Ann Womack as The Singing Voice of Becky Thatcher
- Clea Lewis as Amy Lawrence
- Alecia Elliott as The Singing Voice of Amy Lawrence
- Betty White as Aunt Polly
- Dean Haglund as Sid
- Richard Kind as Mr. Dobbins
- Hank Williams Jr. and Kevin Michael Richardson as Injurin' Joe
- Don Knotts as Mutt Potter
- Waylon Jennings as Judge Thatcher
- Dee Bradley Baker as Rebel the Frog
- Pat Corley as Sheriff McGee
- Marty Stuart as Reverend
- Thom Adcox as Deputy Bean
- Sheryl Bernstein
- Jennifer Hale
- David Kaufman
| Character in the book | Character in the movie | Species |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas "Tom" Sawyer | Same | Tabby cat |
| Huckleberry "Huck" Finn | Same | Red fox |
| Rebecca "Becky" Thatcher | Same | Persian cat |
| Judge Edward Thatcher | Same | Russian blue cat |
| Amy Lawrence | Same | Cat |
| Sidney "Sid" Sawyer | Same | Cat |
| Mr. Reginald Dobbins | Same | Turkey |
| Injun Joe | Injurin' Joe | American black bear |
| Muff Potter | Mutt Potter | Dog |
| Polly Sawyer | Same | Cat |
| Dr. Robinson | Deputy Bean | Dog |
The film was premiered in Turkey on Disney XD.
In the UK was Broadcasting on Cartoon Network.
The film was in Netherlands on Disney XD.
- "Leave Your Love Light On" - Marty Stuart
- "Can't Keep a Country Boy Down" - Charlie Daniels
- "Hook, Line, and Sinker" - Mark Nesler
- "Houseboat Painting Song"
- "One Dream" - Lee Ann Womack/Alecia Elliott
- "Friends for Life" - Rhett Akins/Mark Wilis
- "Light at the End of the Tunnel"/Reprise - Bryan White/Rebecca Lynn Howard/Rhett Akins/Lee Ann Womack
- "Never, Ever, and Forever" - Lee Ann Womack/Mark Willis
The film was produced by MGM Animation, who were also responsible for All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 and Babes in Toyland. While the pre-production and post-production processes are based in the United States, it was animated by Wang Film Productions in Taipei, Taiwan. The film was not given a theatrical release but was direct-to-video.
Harlene Ellin of The Chicago Tribune gave a negative review, saying that it "stray too far from Twain." An uncredited review in the Wichita Eagle was also unfavorable, calling it a "shallow" interpretation of Twain's work.
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