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Huck Finn and the Five Boons

Together, Pleasure, Fame, Wisdom, Love and Death form our human experience. They are our five boons. Huck can only have one. What will he choose?

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Huck Finn and the Five Boons

Huck Finn and the Five Boons

Huck Finn and the Five Boons

Huck Finn and the Five Boons

Huck Finn and the Five Boons

Together, Pleasure, Fame, Wisdom, Love and Death form our human experience. They are our five boons. Huck can only have one. What will he choose?

Together, Pleasure, Fame, Wisdom, Love and Death form our human experience. They are our five boons. Huck can only have one. What will he choose?

Together, Pleasure, Fame, Wisdom, Love and Death form our human experience. They are our five boons. Huck can only have one. What will he choose?

Together, Pleasure, Fame, Wisdom, Love and Death form our human experience. They are our five boons. Huck can only have one. What will he choose?

William Welles
William Welles
William Welles
William Welles
1 Campaign |
New York, United States
$3,225 USD 22 backers
64% of $5,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

The Project


This year, on the centennial of Twain's death, a new version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published replacing the word 'nigger' with 'slave,' just the latest step in the book's turbulent history. As one of the ten most censored books of the twentieth century, Huck Finn has endured it all.   

Huck Finn and the Five Boons, a short film co-written by Andrew Whalen and William Welles, combines Mark Twain's most treasured character with one of his most fantastical short stories.  Huck, alone in his room, receives an ominous visit from his creator. Tasked with experiencing all that human life has to offer, Huck finds himself on an adventure along the borderlands between fiction and reality. 

Produced coincident with the centennial of the author's death and the publication of his long-suppressed autobiography. Huck Finn and Mark Twain himself must confront what it means to lose control of their narrative and their lives as they experience the audience's interest, love, anger, and even apathy.

 

Together, Pleasure, Fame, Wisdom, Love and Death form our human experience. They are our five boons. Huck can only have one. What will he choose?  


Huck Finn and the Five Boons creatively merges: one of Twain's little read short stories, his most renowned novel, and his own life to create a totally unique original piece.  The film will be submitted to festivals upon completion.


Where Your Money Goes

 

We have secured most of our funding and we are now raising money for the special effects and post production costs.  Please help us get the money we need for this project to look as beautiful as it deserves.

 

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Thanks Boon

$10 USD
Thanks Boon gives you a special thanks on our Huck Finn and the Five Boons website
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Pleasure Boon

$25 USD
Pleasure Boon is filled with DVD and a special thanks on screen
5 claimed

Love Boon

$50 USD
Love Boon is filled with a Huck Finn and Five Boons poster, a DVD and a special thanks on screen
7 claimed

Wisdom Boon

$100 USD
Wisdom Boon is filled with a signed copy of the script, signed poster, DVD and a special thanks on screen
4 claimed

Wish Boon

$250 USD
Wish Boon gives you a chance to pick a Prop Boon of your choice: Pleasure, Fame, Wisdom, Love and Death. Plus all the above boon perks
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Fame Boon

$500 USD
Fame Boon gives you a chance to be an extra on Huck Finn and the Five boons. You will also get all the above Boon perks
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Mark Twain

$1,000 USD
The literature master himself will get you an Executive Producer credit plus all the above Boon perks
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