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Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle

Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle

19876.00h 49m

Overview

Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Washington Irving’s classic tale about Rip Van Winkle, a carefree villager who wanders into New York’s Catskill Mountains, drinks with mysterious strangers, and falls into a deep sleep—awakening twenty years later to find the world around him transformed.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Written by Mark Curtiss, Rod Ash, Washington Irving
Produced by Shelley Duvall, Bridget Terry, Fred Fuchs
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Top Cast

Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton

Rip Van Winkle

Talia Shire

Talia Shire

Wilma Van Winkle

Ed Begley Jr.

Ed Begley Jr.

Brom Dutcher

Roy Dotrice

Roy Dotrice

Peter Vanderdonk

Mark Blankfield

Mark Blankfield

Derrick Van Bummel

Albert Hague

Albert Hague

Nicholas Vedder

Tim Conway

Tim Conway

Mayoral Candidate

Hunter Carson

Hunter Carson

Little Rip

Chris Penn

Chris Penn

Will Tussenbrook

Glenn Withrow

Glenn Withrow

Harpoon Crew Member

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About Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle

Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle is a fantasy, tv movie, history film released in 1987 exploring themes of faerie tale theatre. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, it stars Harry Dean Stanton, Talia Shire, Ed Begley Jr.. Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Washington Irving’s classic tale about Rip Van Winkle, a carefree villager who wanders into New York’s Catskill Mountains, drinks with mysterious strangers, and falls into a deep sleep—awakening twenty years later to find the world around him transformed.

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