Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle (1987)

Name: Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
Genre: Fantasy, TV Movie, History
Released: 1987-03-23
Duration: 49 min
Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Talia Shire, Ed Begley Jr., Roy Dotrice, Mark Blankfield

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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Released 1987-03-23 · 49 min · Fantasy, History

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Cast

Harry Dean Stanton as Rip Van Winkle
Talia Shire as Wilma Van Winkle
Ed Begley Jr. as Brom Dutcher
Roy Dotrice as Peter Vanderdonk
Mark Blankfield as Derrick Van Bummel
Albert Hague as Nicholas Vedder
Tim Conway as Mayoral Candidate
Hunter Carson as Little Rip
Chris Penn as Will Tussenbrook
Glenn Withrow as Harpoon Crew Member
Sofia Coppola as A Child
John P. Ryan as Hendrick Hudson / Narrator (voice)
Shelley Duvall as Self - Host (uncredited)