Talk:The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985 film)

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Youtube video has been removed by user. I'm unsure as to how to edit this properly, so I left it alone, just commenting the source's link is gone. 24.140.55.164 (talk) 14:40, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Banned?

I had heard part of this movie was banned from TV broadcast. Something about disturbing segment with Satan. Anyone know if there's any truth in this? --Threyon (talk) 10:13, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

There's a video making the rounds of the Internet supposedly from a "banned children's film" that's actually from this movie, the vignette from it is based on Satan from Twain's novella The Mysterious Stranger. It really is creepy, but I don't think this is strictly a children's movie. 67.149.27.246 (talk) 05:45, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

The truth is that the film was never banned from TV. What *actually* happened was that, when the Disney Channel showed this movie back in the early 90s, they cut out the "Mysterious Stranger" segment.--71.143.10.118 (talk) 23:18, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

That would make sense. I had the movie taped off TV in the late 80s/early 90s and must've watched it hundreds of times. I have no recollection of the mysterious stranger segment. I first saw it on Youtube recently. So strange. Myrkkyhammas (talk) 23:49, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Netflix has the film at the moment, and from what I recall about the Disney airing of it, everything was intact (i.e., I don't remember saying "that's new" while watching it). I don't think it was ever banned, although due to its relatively low profile, it probably didn't get much airplay. That said, yes there are parts of the movie that are more than a bit creepy, but it plays off of some of Twain's works that were very critical of humanity. --McDoobAU93 20:37, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Remake?

From the description, it appears that this may be a remake of the 1944 film of the same title. Can this be confirmed (or refuted)? Should it get a mention? Davidhof (talk) 20:06, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Read over the plot summary of the 1944 film. Unless there's a journey across the globe in a TARDIS-like airship, it's not the same film. This one does need a plot summary to better clarify what's going on, though. *queues up Netflix* --McDoobAU93 20:34, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Definitely not the same film. However, the term "remake" seems to be broad enough to cover this case according to its Wikipedia article. I suppose my comment was more as to whether or not the producers or the critics referred to it as a remake of the earlier film. Which is not the most essential fact about the film by any means, but would be nice to know, if true. Davidhof (talk) 19:12, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Think the only similarity is the name. They tell two totally different stories; the 40's film appears to be a biographical piece while the 80's film is pure fantasy. --McDoobAU93 19:15, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Release date

This film was released in january 1986, according to Jerry Beck's Animated movie Guide its both listed on his site: http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animated-movie-guide-1/ and on page 2 in his book. Beck's book is smilar to Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, thus a secondary vaild source DoctorHver (talk) 21:23, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Rotten Tomatoes, C.H.U.D., IMDb and Turner Classic Movies, among others, have the film from 1985. However, I did find where the release date you found most likely came from; the New York Times film review was published on that date, and even its title says the film is from 1985. Preponderence of evidence and number of sources seems to determine that the January 17, 1986 release date is an aberration. --McDoobAU93 21:40, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Remake?

Could this be described as a remake of the 1944 film? Or reboot?ApolloCarmb (talk) 21:39, 17 April 2018 (UTC)