Tom Sawyer (1973 film)

Tom Sawyer
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Directed by	Don Taylor
Produced by	Arthur P. Jacobs Frank Capra, Jr.
Written by	Mark Twain (novel) Robert B. Sherman Richard M. Sherman
Starring	Johnny Whitaker Celeste Holm Warren Oates Jeff East Jodie Foster
Music by	Songs: Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman Score: John Williams
Cinematography	Frank Stanley
Editing by	Marion Rothman
Studio	Reader's Digest
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	March 15, 1973 (1973-03-15)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Tom Sawyer is a 1973 American musical film adaptation of the Mark Twain boyhood adventure story, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, starring Johnny Whitaker as Tom, Jodie Foster as Becky Thatcher, and Jeff East as Huckleberry Finn. Kunu Hank portrayed Injun Joe.

The movie was produced by Reader's Digest. The film's screenplay and songs were written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman.

Cast

• Johnny Whitaker as Tom Sawyer
• Celeste Holm as Aunt Polly
• Warren Oates as Muff Potter
• Jeff East as Huckleberry Finn
• Jodie Foster as Becky Thatcher
• Lucille Benson as Widder Douglas
• Henry Jones as Mr. Dobbins
• Noah Keen as Judge Thatcher
• Dub Taylor as Clayton
• Kunu Hank as Injun Joe
• Joshua Hill Lewis as Sidney
• Susan Joyce as Mary
• Richard Eastham as Doc Robinson
• Sean Summers as Billy Fisher
• Steve Hogg as Ben Rogers
• Sandy Kenyon as Const. Clemmens

Filming locations

The film was shot in Arrow Rock, Missouri, and Meramec Caverns in Stanton, Missouri. Another similar film was released on television that same year which was shot in Upper Canada Village.

Awards and nominations

In 1974, the Sherman Brothers, along with John Williams, received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score. The trio would later be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation. Tom Sawyer also received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Philip M. Jeffries, Robert De Vestel) and Best Costume Design.

Songs

1. "River Song" (The Theme from “Tom Sawyer”)Charley Pride, Chorus & Orchestra
2. "Tom Sawyer" - Aunt Polly, Mary, Sidney
3. "Gratifaction" - Boys
4. "How Come?"-Tom Sawyer
5. "If'n I Was God"-Tom Sawyer
6. "A Man's Gotta Be (What He's Born to Be)"
7. "Hannibal, Mo(Zour-Ee)"
8. "Freebootin'" - Tom, Huckleberry
9. "Aunt Polly's Soliloquy" - Aunt Polly

External links

• Tom Sawyer (1973 film) at the Internet Movie Database
• Tom Sawyer (1973 film) at the TCM Movie Database
• Tom Sawyer (1973 film) at AllRovi