I saw the film and thought how nice it is that Hollywood is still sufficiently moved by HF to want to write a sequel. I was left hoping it would inspire more people to reread Twain's original. 

On Jan 7, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Larry Howe wrote:

> Forum--
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone else has seen the film _Mud_ (2013) one of the =
> latest films in the recuperation of Matthew McConaughey's career.  I =
> mention it here  because it bears multiple Twain connections.=20
> 
> Namely, it features a couple of boys (not too far removed from Huck and =
> Tom) who befriend a fugitive on an island in the Mississippi near =
> Arkansas.  The fugitive, the eponymous Mud (McConaughey), subscribes to =
> all kinds of superstitious beliefs including warding off evil sprits =
> with a cross in his boot heel.   Like Twain's Jim, Mud spouts lore about =
> snakebites and near the climax risks his own exposure to the authorities =
> to save one of the wounded boys, who, like Huck in the =
> Grangerford-Shepherdson sequence, served as Mud's go-between to the =
> woman he loves. If these correspondences weren't sufficient, the Twain =
> connection is clinched by the introduction of a loner character named =
> Tom Blankenship (Sam Shepard).  =20
> 
> I'd seen a few reviews of this film, none of which mentioned the =
> connections to _HF_.   Anyone else seen it or know anymore about it?

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