Completed - ENGLISH-UNITED STATES - Drama, Book adaptation, Family - 98 minutes
Year of production : 1994 Director(s) : Michael KEUSCH Cast : Chauncey LEOPARDI, Graham GREENE, Dee WALLACE, Joe PISCOPO, Gretchen BECKER, Ed TROTTA, John ASTIN Producer(s) : Barry L. COLLIER, Steven PAUL
Transplanted characters and situations of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn into a modern-day setting that accomodates both Hannibal, Missouri and Las Vegas, Nevada! The "Huck" counterpart, played by Chauncey Leopardi, escapes his abusive stepfather in the company of a cardsharp named Injun Joe-played herein by genuine Native American Graham Greene. Featured in the cast are such surefire laughgetters as Joe Piscopo and John Astin, the latter cast in the "Widow Douglas" role (you have to be there). As audacious and stilted as it sounds, Huck and the King of Hearts works, and works beautifully.
Country(ies) : USA