Original subtitles

♫ Haha

♫ Now listen here folks, my name is Tom Sawyer

♫ I don't wanna be no doctor or no lawyer

♫ Fishin' by the river, that's the only place to be

♫ I wanna be free, sittin' under a tree, that's me

(upbeat country music)

♫ Haha

(upbeat country music)

♫ These are the stories of Tom Sawyer

♫ Me and Huck Finn just playin' by the river

♫ Chasin' that steamboat, teacher let me be

♫ I wanna be free, sittin' under a tree

♫ That's me, haha

(upbeat country music)

(upbeat fiddle music)

- Ah.

(upbeat fiddle music)

(knocking)

- Come on you two, time to get up.

- Huh?

Oh, is it morning already?

- Tom, time to get up.

(groaning)

Tom?

Tom?

Breakfast is almost ready.

- Alright, I'm awake.

(upbeat fiddle music)

- Good morning Aunt Polly.

- Mornin'.

Your breakfast will be ready in just a minute.

- Tom will be right down.

- He's always late for breakfast.

I can't remember when he was ever on time.

- The only good thing about going to school

was seeing Becky Thatcher.

I like her an awful lot, and she used

to feel the same way about me.

But then I told her about me and Amy Lawrence

and now, she hates me.

(upbeat country music)

Being engaged is a lot of fun, you'll see.

The first time I was ever engaged

was to Amy Lawrence.

Oh.

Of course that was a long time ago.

Uh. (laughing)

- How could you do such a thing?

Amy Lawrence? You love her, don't you?

- Hey wait a minute, Becky, I don't love

Amy anymore, I love you now.

- Liar, liar, liar!

I won't speak to you ever again as long as I live.

(crying) - Wait, let me explain!

Becky, wait a minute, will ya?

Oh.

She don't understand at all.

Becky, don't go.

Becky?

That was five days ago and she ain't spoke to me since.

- Tom, you were told to get up.

- Mornin' Aunt Polly.

- Mary came down 10 minutes ago

and said that you were up, Tom.

Now tell me why in the world you'd wanna go back to bed?

- Somethin' important I needed time to think about.

- Now you listen to me, Tom.

You never get up on time, but I'm warnin' ya,

that better change right now or otherwise you'll

make your own breakfast in the mornin'

with me watching over your shoulder.

That what you want?

- Huh?

No ma'am.

- Then learn to get up when you're supposed to.

Sid doesn't have to be told more than once

and neither should you.

- It's awful hard not to go back to sleep.

- Just takes some gettin' used to, that's all.

Once you get in the habit, it'll be as natural

as eatin' or breathin'.

Now out of that bed, your breakfast is gettin' cold.

- Bye Mary, bye Aunt Polly.

- -[Aunt Polly] Good bye, have a good day,

and mind your teachers.

- Yes, Aunt Polly.

(upbeat country music)

- Huh?

From the way you soundin', somethin' must be ailin'

ya pretty bad, Tom.

What's wrong?

- Well I got this pain, Jim.

- Where abouts?

- My heart.

- Could be something serious.

I best get Dr. Mitchell here.

- There ain't no cure for what I got.

Oh.

Thanks anyway.

See ya.

- You take care, ya hear?

Always thought that boy was so healthy,

well I guess you never know.

(upbeat country music)

(children laughing)

- Becky?

- (laughing) You're right.

- I knew it.

Now it's your turn.

(upbeat country music)

(children laughing)

Come on, over here.

Over here!

- Hey you guys, that looks like fun,

I wanna play, too. (laughing)

- [Becky] Oh I'll get you.

- Hey Becky, over here.

Catch me if you can. (laughing)

(laughing)

- I'll bet you I know who it is.

- Here.

Ah ha.

Huh, I got somebody.

(laughing)

Let's see.

It's Jeff, right?

- It's Tom, Becky, Tom Sawyer.

- Oh.

Well, I don't think I recall having any friends named Tom.

- Becky?

- I'm not speaking to you, so just go away.

I don't remember invitin' you to play.

(laughing)

Come on everybody, let's go play somewhere else.

- [Boy] You're just spoilin' all the fun!

(slow orchestral music)

- There are some days you go to school

even though you don't wanna.

But there are other days when somethin' happens

that makes you feel so terrible low down

that you just can't go no matter what.

Hm.

(slow orchestral music)

- [Man] You come back here, Ben.

- [Ben] You can't punish me for somethin'

I didn't do, it ain't fair.

- There's no use in denying it, Benjamin.

Now you get in here, you hear me?

- No, I'm not gonna do it and you can't make me.

- [Man] You ate that pie Ben, admit it.

- Did not.

I don't even like minced meat pie, so why should I?

- Stop your whining and come take your thrashin'

like a man.

- No, I ain't gonna get no thrashin'.

'Cause you'll have to catch me first.

- What? (upbeat country music)

You get in here this instant, you hear me?

- Can't hear a thing. (blowing raspberry)

(slow orchestral music)

(sighing)

Well my father and me just don't get along anymore,

I reckon.

- Yup, same with me and Aunt Polly exactly.

- Nothin' I do is right.

Seems like he's always yelling at me.

- I'm blamed for everything my brother does.

It's always my fault.

- I think I might run away from home.

- Oh.

Great idea.

Where are you gonna go, Ben?

- Maybe I'll just go up into the mountains

and be a hermit.

- Oh?

You might get pretty lonely.

- You're probably right, but I don't care,

long as I don't have to hear my dad yelling at me.

- Being a pirate'll be a lot more fun

than a hermit, though.

What do you think?

- Hm?

A pirate?

- That's right.

I'm runnin' away, too, to be a pirate.

Wanna come? - Me?

- We would do it together.

One for all and all for one.

- Wouldn't we have to get a boat

and go out on the ocean?

- Well...

First we get a secret base like an island or somethin'.

Everything else comes later.

- Really?

- Yup.

That's right.

What do you say, Ben?

Wanna be a pirate?

- Be a lot more fun than being a hermit, I reckon.

- [Tom] Sure.

- But if it's just you and me, is that enough?

I mean a two man crew?

- Huck might wanna come, too.

He's always up for an adventure.

Let's go ask him.

- Wait for me.

- [Tom] Yeah, Huck'll be the grandest pirate ever.

- Hey, wait up, will ya?

- [Tom] Well, Huck?

- I reckon I wouldn't mind gettin' away for a while.

But you have to be here for school, what about that?

- Don't have to be.

Right?

- Mhm.

I ain't ever heard of a pirate yet

who thought about things like goin' to school.

- Well if they don't have to think about things like that,

what do they think about?

What does a pirate do, exactly?

- [Tom] Well they attack other ships,

and take prisoners to ransom off later.

And of course whatever treasure's aboard.

And well lots of stuff, but we can go over all that later.

First thing we gotta do is get ourselves a secret base.

And I figure Jackson Island'll just about perfect.

It's easy to get to on a raft and nobody ever goes there.

Well what do you say?

- [Ben] Sounds good to me.

- [Huck] Whatever you say, Tom.

- Now, just one more thing we gotta agree on:

I'm the captain, alright?

- Sure, Tom.

- You with me, Huck?

- Sure am.

- Good, now I'm gonna tell you the plan.

We'll be leavin' tonight.

(crickets chirping)

(soft, upbeat orchestral music)

Aunt Polly?

- Hm?

Well Tom, what is it?

- Well, um,

I'll be goin' to bed now.

- Fine.

Early to bed, early to rise in the morin', right Tom?

- And I know that I can get up without

anybody tellin' me to.

- Good, Tom.

- From now on, I promise ya.

- Promisin' is one thing, doin' is another.

But I'm glad you're gonna at least give it a try, Tom.

- Yup, I'm gonna do it.

- [Aunt Polly] We'll see.

- Bye Aunt Polly.

- Hm?

Good bye?

Don't you mean good night, Tom?

- [Tom] Oh, yeah, good night.

(chuckling)

(soft, upbeat music)

(gasping)

Hey!

What are you doin' with that bag, Sid?

- Nothin', just lookin' to see what you had in it.

Hey!

- Give it here, it ain't none of your business.

- You got a ham in that thing, I can smell it.

- Oh, I'm goin' on a picnic with Ben and Huck tomorrow,

but it's a secret.

Promise not to tell?

- Gee, picnics sure are fun.

- Sure are.

Tell you what, why don't you come with me?

- Thanks, Tom.

(yawning)

(yawning) - Boy, I'm tired.

- [Sid] Me, too.

- Well I'm goin' to sleep.

- [Sid] Good night, Tom.

- [Tom] Good night, Sid.

(crickets chirping)

(groaning)

(slow, tense music)

(mumbling)

(slow, tense music)

(grunting)

(slow, tense music)

- [Ben] It's gettin' pretty late, Huck.

You think he's comin'?

- [Huck] Yup.

- [Ben] Ain't you scared being out here at night?

- [Huck] Nah, I'm used to it, I guess.

- [Ben] I don't think I could ever get used

to being out in the dark.

I sure wouldn't wanna do it alone.

- [Huck] Don't see no difference if it's dark or light,

ain't nothin' out here to be a-scared of.

Huh? - Hm?

I bet you Tom ain't comin'.

- He'll be here.

- I ain't so sure.

It might well be he wasn't able to sneak

out of the house tonight.

(laughing)

What's so funny?

- Tom's got a way.

He can sneak out whenever he wants to, Ben.

(whistling) See? What'd I tell ya?

- [Ben] Huh? How do you know?

- [Huck] Didn't you hear it? That's the signal.

- [Ben] Oh.

(whistling)

- That's him..

- Who goes yonder?

Pirate on the hill, what name do you go by?

- What I go by is Captain Sawyer,

the cruel avenger of the Spanish Main.

Now just who might you be?

- I'm Ben Rogers, terror of the sea.

- They call me Red-Handed Huck.

- [Tom] Aye, now you must give the counter sign.

- [Both] All for one.

- And one for all.

I got a load of supplies here.

Catch!

(grunting)

- Careful, the rock's real slippery right there.

Go over to the left, Tom.

- Ooo, ah.

(yelling)

(grunting) (yelling)

- [Both] (gasping) Oh my gosh.

(yelling) (thudding)

- Wow. - You alright, Tom?

- I guess so.

(hitting) Ow.

- [Ben] It was gettin' so late,

we thought you weren't comin'.

- [Tom] Sid found my bag,

then I had to wait 'til he was asleep.

How 'bout you?

Any trouble with your dad?

- [Ben] Nah, once he's asleep, nothin' wakes him up

'cause he snores so loud.

- [Tom] What'd you bring along?

- [Ben] Got two sides of bacon and a bunch of canned goods.

Don't know just what, 'cause it was too dark to see.

- [Tom] As soon as we get to the island,

we'll have to make a fire.

That'll be your job, Huck.

- [Huck] Right, just leave it to me.

(sighing)

Lines are cleared away, ready to sail, Captain.

- Go forward, Mr. Rogers, and man the oar.

And Mr. Finn stay aft and man the rudder.

Now, take her out.

(upbeat country maritime music)

Bring her around, two points, helmsmen,

and take her south.

- Aye, two degrees south.

- Steady, steady.

(upbeat country maritime music)

Bring her into the wind, hard aport.

- Aye, Captain.

- Keep an even keel, helmsman, steady as she goes.

- Aye, aye sir.

(upbeat country maritime music)

You can see every house in St. Pete from here.

- Somebody's lamps are still lit.

Up awful late for town folk.

(upbeat country maritime music)

- Sure is a pretty little town, ain't it?

(upbeat country maritime music)

Is than an engine I hear?

- Huh?

Well I suppose it could be the steamboat.

- Uh oh. - You mean the paddle wheel?

(slow, tense music)

- That's what it sounds like, Tom.

- If we're in the way, she'll run right over us.

- She's gettin' closer, what do we do, Tom?

- Head closer to shore.

Man the oars, lively now.

- [Huck And Ben] Aye, aye sir.

(slow, tense music)

- Uh oh.

She's about to ram us!

(grunting)

(steam boat engine turning)

(grunting)

(yelling) (steam boat engine turning)

(tense music)

I reckon my raft is so small, they didn't even see us.

- [Huck] Lucky thing we heard her comin' in time.

- [Tom] That paddle wheel would've smashed

our raft into firewood.

(crickets chirping)

- [Ben] Tell ya, I was scared.

- A good pirate ain't scared of nothin', Ben.

Come on, let's go.

(upbeat country maritime music)

Got everything stowed away?

- Mhm.

- What smells so good?

- I brought along some cornbread, you want some?

- Sure Ben, you bet.

(upbeat country music)

- [Tom] Mm mm, boy oh boy.

Now this is what I call livin'.

I wish I could see Joe Harper's face

when he finds out what we done.

He'll be mighty sorry he didn't come along.

- Of course he will.

Anybody who gots to go to school everyday

and has his parents tellin' him

what to do would feel that way.

Of course,

I live this way all the time.

(upbeat country music)

Though being here is somethin' special, I gotta admit.

- Why is that?

- Well, I'm on my own usually,

and a lot of times I don't have enough to eat.

Best part is, I can do what I want,

and I got friends to do it with.

- I'm sure gonna like not havin' to get up.

I mean, not wakin' up 'til I want to.

'Cause there's no school we have to get up for.

What if it's midnight and we wanna go for a swim?

Well then, that's what we'll do,

'cause there ain't nobody to tell us that we can't.

Now that we're pirates, we can do as we like.

- Just what are pirates supposed to do?

You never told us that part.

- They look for treasure.

They steal it from anybody's who's got it.

Then they put it in the treasure chest

and bury it somewhere.

One time, pirates buried their treasure

somewhere in St. Pete

- You still gonna go on lookin' for it?

- If I ever go back again, you bet I will.

- What are you two talkin' about?

- Swear not to tell anyone, Ben?

- Sure, Tom.

- Welp, we found out there's a pirate treasure

buried up on Cardiff Hill.

- How'd you find out?

- Can I tell him, Huck?

- Sure.

- It was Muff.

- Huh? - Muff Potter.

(laughing)

What's so funny, Ben?

- So it was Muff Potter.

(laughing)

He must've told that story to everybody in town.

At least anybody willing to buy him a drink.

Everyone knows he made it up.

- I was afraid of that.

- Oh.

Then everything Huck and me did was just a waste of time.

If it was there, I suppose someone

would've found it by now.

- Guess so.

- We dug an awful lot of holes for nothin'.

- Well, we had fun, didn't we?

(yawning)

- Guess Huck's goin' to sleep.

- It's been a long day for all of us.

(yawning)

- Pretty sleepy myself, I guess.

- I am, too.

Night, Ben.

(slow country music)

- Tom, you asleep?

- [Tom] Not yet.

What's on your mind, Ben?

- Oh nothin'.

Just that I stole those supplies from my father's store.

- I stole mine, too.

- It's an awful sinful thing we did, ain't it?

- Doin' sinful things is what pirates are for.

- Night, Tom.

- Night, Ben.

(slow country music)

(knocking)

- Rise and shine you two.

I declare, Tom's already up.

(groaning) - Mornin' Aunt Polly.

- You should get up earlier, Sid, like Tom did.

Nobody had to wake him up.

You see, no matter what a person's habits are,

he can change if he tries hard enough.

- Huh?

- What are you lookin' for?

- It's gone. - What is?

- The ham.

- The what?

- The bag with the ham.

- Hm?

- I found it last night.

He said it was for a big picnic

he'd planned with Huck and Ben.

- What?

- Since it isn't here now, the only thing

that makes sense to me is that he went out last night

and never came back.

- Huh?

Are you sure?

It's not even warm.

But where could that boy have gone

in the middle of the night?

Oh, my, Tom's run away.

Tom?

Mary, Mary, go get Sheriff Collins.

Tom's disappeared, he's run away from home.

- Where are ya, Tom?

Please don't run away.

- Ben?

Ben?

I can't find him anywhere.

Odd.

Ben!

Where are you?

(birds chirping) (slow orchestral music)

- [Tom] Well, we were causin' a sure enough stir in town

but at the moment, we weren't aware of any of this.

I reckon we wouldn't have been sleepin' so peaceful

if he had any idea what was ahead of us.

We were launchin' into a bigger adventure

than any of us could've predicted.

And a lot more trouble than any of us had bargained for.

This here pirate frolic just might turn out to be

one big mistake.

We'll see.

(upbeat country music)

♫ These are the stories of Tom Sawyer

♫ Me and Huck Finn just playin' by the river

♫ Chasin' that steamboat, teacher let me be

♫ I wanna be free, sittin' under a tree

♫ That's me, haha

(upbeat country music)