Comparing the Directors of the Film Huckleberry Finn

Comparing the Directors of the Film Huckleberry Finn

Like most enchanting novels, Hollywood directors desire to create a

film about a classic novel. Such was the case with the American

classic: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Two directors took upon

the goal of producing a visual aid for the morally impacting novel.

Peter Hunt was the first to accept this challenge and with his

directing abilities, he created a move that was about 4 hours long.

On the other, a director from Disney, Stephen Sommers, decided to

remake the move about Huck Finn and with his directing talent, he

produced a move that was only an hour and a half long. With the

differences of lengths, it is quite clear that there were quite a few

dissimilar approaches while trying to portray a good movie and still

trying to stay true to the book’s meaning. If Hunt’s Huck Finn and

Sommer’s Huck Finn were compared, the viewer will notice that the

directors, when revealing the setting, plot development, and

characters there were similarities and differences between the two

movies.

The setting of any movie is important to the story line because it

helps the story. As soon as the Disney movie begins, the viewer’s mood

will right away be altered into to a type of adventurous mood, for the

music during the intro is quite lively and optimistic. If listened

closely, a person could hear the violas and violins having a steady

beat. Later, the steady beat of the two instruments dramatically

changes and they come in with a loud booming sound and thus, creating

a mood for bold actions. However, in Hunt’s movie, the music of the

introduction is more dark and gloomy and as a consequence, creating a

serious mood. What is significant about the music is that it prepares

the viewer for what is about to be seen. Disney’s Huck Finn, since it

was aimed for young children, started off with valiant music.

Children or maybe even adults, after hearing the intro music, are now