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A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper (2007)

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Release Date: Nov 11, 2007 Wide

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A poor boy who spends most his spare time playing stickball in the streets suddenly finds himself returning volleys to his butler in this contemporary take on the classic Mark Twain tale starring Cole and Dylan Sprouse. Running away to the east side in his chauffer-driven limousine, thirteen year old Matthew hatches an ingenious identity-switch scheme after running into his spitting image - a fun-loving inner city youth named Jeff. Intent on making his mother pay for a series of minor

PG, 1 hr. 32 min.

Action & Adventure, Kids & Family

Directed By: James Quattrochi

In Theaters: Nov 11, 2007 Wide

On DVD: Feb 5, 2008

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Slow story for Zack and Cody fans only.

December 14, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Carrie R. Wheadon

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It was a good movie. Not at all like the book in on many levels - But, I will say it was funny, cute, the names were inventive in Edward's case and true in Tom's, & I think we still got some of the main points of the book. It was not a word for word remake or full of blood and sorrow, it was just good, clean fun, and

March 2, 2009

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What a stinker! I know I'm not in the demographic that this particularproduction was intended for but when a production has a masterpiece(Twain's original)to work from for structure, how can it go so badly?Was the Director, James Quattrochi, doing anything or are the two boys(Dylan and Cole Sprouse) so difficult to work with that he gave up?

February 5, 2012