Hal Holbrook: Mark Twain Tonight!

Name: Hal Holbrook: Mark Twain Tonight!
Director: Paul Bogart
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Released: 1967-03-06
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Hal Holbrook

IMDb link: 0204468
IMDb rating: 8.3 (230 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Documentary
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: Hal Holbrook and others

Release date: 6 Mar 1967
Release year: 1967
Runtime: 78 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: travel, filmed play, reference to huckleberry finn, telling a joke, mark twain character, satire comedy, actor recreates his stage role, monologue, humorist, slavery

Plot:

Recreating the one-man show he starred in on Broadway, 'Hal Holbrook' portrays Mark Twain as a 70-year old humorist who skewers politicians, newspapermen and so-called patriots in this 90 minute monologue. Holbrook adapted Twain's own words for a commentary on slavery, religion and politics, mixing the satire with comic yarns about life on the Mississippi and a very effective ghost story. The show's highlight are the lengthy passages from "Huckleberry Finn".

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