AllExperts > Encyclopedia 
Search      
Find out about volunteering to AllExperts

Tom Sawyer: Encyclopedia BETA


Free Encyclopedia
 Home · Index · Browse A-Z  · Questions and Answers ·
Encyclopedia

Browse A-Z
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZNum


License
Disclaimer

 
 
 
 
Free Online Courses
12 Weeks to Weight Loss
Take Charge of Stress
Learn How to Bake
Budgeting 101
Deeper Faith
DIY Fashion Makeover

       MORE E-COURSES
 
   

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  Misc

Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

The name may also refer to:

Film adaptations of the novel

Tom Sawyer, a 1907 silent film produced by Kalem Studios
Tom Sawyer, a 1930 film starring Jackie Coogan as Tom
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film), a 1938 film featuring Walter Brennan in a major supporting role as Muff Potter. The first Technicolor film version of a Mark Twain novel.
Tom Sawyer, a 1973 musical film in which Jodie Foster appeared
Tom Sawyer, a different 1973 film in which Buddy Ebsen appeared
Tom and Huck, a 1995 film starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Brad Renfro
Tom Sawyer, an animated film made in 2000 that featured anthropomorphic animal characters
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (2001 Broadway Musical), a two-act Broadway musical written by Ken Ludwig and composed by Don Schlitz
*
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) featured a dramatically different version of the Tom Sawyer character. In this adaption, Sawyer is portrayed as having grown up to become a government agent embittered over the loss of his friend and fellow agent Huck Finn (In "behind the scenes" footage contained on the DVD release of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen the writers tell of Sawyer's depiction as a detective in some later Twain novels, notably, Tom Sawyer, Detective as the inspiration for this character's outline). The comic version of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" did not feature this character.
*
Tom Sawyer no Boken'', a 1980 cartoon by Nippon Animation Co, Meisaku and WMT.

Other meanings

Tom Sawyer, a song by the Canadian band Rush
*Tom Sawyer, Baron Sawyer, a British politician and trade unionist
*Tom Sawyer Island is part of Frontierland in Disneyland
*Thomas C. Sawyer, a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Ohio from 1987 to 2003
*Tom Sawyer (Kansas politician).
*"Tom" Sawyer State Park is a state park in Jefferson County, Kentucky
*Thomas Sawyer is the name of an Internet vigilante who got revenge against Amir Massoud Tofangsazan after allegedly being defrauded via eBay.
Square's Tom Sawyer, a Japanese role-playing game designed by Square for the Nintendo Famicom

See also

*List of characters in the Tom Sawyer series



Email this page
About Us | Advertise on This Site | User Agreement | Privacy Policy | Kids' Privacy Policy | Help
About and About.com are registered trademarks of About, Inc. The About logo is a trademark of About, Inc. All rights reserved.
This is the "GNU Free Documentation License" reference article from the English Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.