The Adventures Of Mark Twain (1985 Animated Film)

About this episode

This episode discusses the 1985 animated film The Adventures of Mark Twain, directed by Will Vinton.

The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1985 features our animation pick, Will Vinton’s The Adventures of Mark Twain . Directed by Will Vinton and starring James Whitmore, Michele Mariana, Gary Krug and Chris Ritchie, The Adventures of Mark Twain is the first and only feature film directed by stop-motion animation pioneer Vinton. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Vincent Canby in The New York Times ( https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/17/movies/screen-adventures-of-mark-twain.html ) and Harry McCracken in Cinefantastique . Check out more info and the entire archive of past episodes at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear You can find Jason on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/ , on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/ You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/ , on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ , on Bluesky at signalbleed.bsky.social and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ If you’re a Letterboxd user and you…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason Harris, Josh Bell

Topics covered

• animation
• 1985 films
• stop-motion
• film reviews
• Mark Twain

Keywords

• The Adventures of Mark Twain
• Will Vinton
• 1985 animated film
• stop-motion animation
• film reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times, Cinefantastique

Books & works: The Adventures of Mark Twain

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