On October 31, independent British distributors Eureka Entertainment will release on Blu-ray Will Vinton's (best known for The California Raisins animation) The Adventures of Mark Twain (1986) - the first full length feature film in the magic of claymation.
The film features a series of vignettes extracted from several of Mark Twain's works, built around a plot that features Twain's attempts to keep his "appointment" with Halley's Comet. Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher, and Huck Finn stow away with Mark Twain on an incredible journey in Twain's airship.
The journey introduces the three friends to a variety of the author's characters from The Diary of Adam and Eve, Huckleberry Finn, The Mysterious Stranger, The Famous Jumping Frog of Caliverous County and Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven. The sequence based on The Mysterious Stranger reportedly received over ten million views upon being posted on YouTube. The sequence was allegedly banned from TV due to its "disturbing content"
Special Features:
Commentary and interviews by Producer/Director Will Vinton and members of the cast and crew
The History of Claymation - a 25-minute documentary about the origins of stop-motion, Claymation and 3D animation
The Music of Mark Twain, a selection of original pieces of music from The Adventures of Mark Twain
Behind the Scenes Video Clips and Video News Stories from Mark Twain's initial release
The Art of Mark Twain - a gallery of original concept art of characters and sets in pencil and paint