Watch The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer

This movie is an animated retelling of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. The movie starts with the introduction of our protagonist, Tom Sawyer. After he is caught by his aunt for skipping school, Tom is forced to white wash the fence, however he succeeds in getting other kids to do his job for him while he lounges around and watches from the comfort of the shade. After he presents the fence to his Aunt Polly for her approval, he then goes off where he finds the new girl Becky Thatcher, who he falls instantly in love with.

Throughout the next couple of days Tom goes on many adventures. In addition to trying to win over Becky Thatcher, there is the trial of Muff Potter who Tom and Huck both manage to keep from being given the death penalty. Tom, Huck and a friend go down to Jackson's Island, where they return to their own funerals much to the shock and delight of the town. Then there is the business with Injun Joe, a man who is described as being part savage and has it in for Tom and Huck, but also it is said that he is to have hidden a large sum of money. Huck also saves the Widowed Douglas from being attacked.

Tom and Becky go exploring in a cave and they manage to get lost, but quickly find their way out. Upon returning to town, Tom and Huck go back to the caves where they come across the fortune of Injun Joe. Delighted, they bring the money back to town where they show it all to the town fathers at a banquet. Both boys get the money divided between them and Huck is adopted by the widowed Douglas who has taken a liking to him after he saved her life. The movie then ends with all being right in St. Petersburg.

The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an Kids & Family movie that was released in 1998 and has a run time of 1 hr 13 min. It has received poor reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 4.5.

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