Talk:Film adaptations of Uncle Tom's Cabin

Film adaptations
An article on film adaptations of this novel should surely include information on the 1965 film and the 1987 television production. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.93.17.12 (talk) 02:09, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

German Film adaptation
I'm wondering about the "German" version of Uncle Tom's cabin mentioned in this article, and if it was indeed German. The Director is described in his Wiki entry as a Hungarian, and the film was entered in a film festival in Moscow. Strange for a German film to be entered there during the Cold War unless it was made in East Germany - and if it was made there, it seems doubtful the rights would have been made available for purchase by Kroger Babbs for exhibition of it as an exploitation movie. A reviewer on Amazon claims it was filmed in Yugoslavia. David F. Friedman, who knew Babbs well, has a detailed story in his book "A Youth in Babylon" in which the film was made in ITALY, with all of the actors speaking English in hilariously ill-suited thick Italian accents. It seems that this film is a real mystery. At some point, Babbs had it dubbed by native English speakers, so that version probably leaves no clues. Friedman says it was beautifully filmed, characterizing its visual aspects as equal to GONE WITH THE WIND, atypical for an exploitation film - which it wasn't until Babbs got ahold of it. It almost sounds like the history of this film is better than UNCLE TOM'S CABIN itself! If anyone has any details on this, please step forward! Oldsmobile (talk)

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Name change?
This article's current title implies that the article is about one film. Given that the article deals with a number of different films called "Uncle Tom's Cabin", I think it would make more sense for it to be named something like Uncle Tom's Cabin (film adaptations). — tk tk  tk  23:27, 7 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Since there've been no objections, I'll go ahead and move the page. — tk tk  tk  23:26, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

1927 Version -- Description is somewhat misleading
The current (8/18/2014) description of the 1927 version says, "One difference in this film from the novel is that after Tom dies, he returns as a vengeful spirit and confronts Simon Legree before leading the slave owner to his death." This really is relatively minor compared with some of the other differences. 1) The time setting of the film begins in 1856 and continues until nearly the end of the civil war; the novel begins in early 1850's and ends before the civil war. Indeed, the novel is attributed to be one of the motivating factors for the civil war.  2) The film has George Harris initially hired out to the Shelby plantation and a wedding of George and Eliza held by Mrs. Shelby. This is different from or not in the book. 3) The travels of George and Eliza are completely different from the book. In the book, George and Eliza go north with their son Harry and escape into Canada.  In the film, they start north, with Eliza crossing the river in winter as in the book (very good movie scenes for this), and are helped by Quakers as in the book.  However, eventually Eliza and Harry are captured and sold south.  4) The movie combines the characters of Eliza and Emmeline from the book. 5) The movie ends with Union solders -- including George Harris and son, Harry, in their company -- arriving at the Legree plantation as Legree falls to his death fleeing the ghost of Uncle Tom. This is totally unlike the book.  The section of the article named "Evolution of Uncle Tom's Cabin in Film" addresses some of these differences in its discussion of the 1927 film.  However, with all of that said, the 1927 film -- currently available in 4 parts on YouTube -- is well worth watching, in my opinion. RoseHawk (talk) 16:11, 18 August 2014 (UTC)