Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle (1987)

6.5/10 49 min Fantasy TV Movie History

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.

Cast

Harry Dean Stanton

Rip Van Winkle

Talia Shire

Wilma Van Winkle

Ed Begley Jr.

Brom Dutcher

Roy Dotrice

Peter Vanderdonk

Mark Blankfield

Derrick Van Bummel

Albert Hague

Nicholas Vedder

Tim Conway

Mayoral Candidate

Hunter Carson

Little Rip

Chris Penn

Will Tussenbrook

Glenn Withrow

Harpoon Crew Member

Sofia Coppola

A Child

John P. Ryan

Hendrick Hudson / Narrator (voice)

Shelley Duvall

Self - Host (uncredited)

Recommendations

Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess
Cinderella
Hansel and Gretel
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
Snow Queen
Elena and the Secret of Avalor
I Do, I Do, I Do
Naughty or Nice
The Good Witch's Garden
Dr. Strange
Next Stop, Christmas
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
The Fairly OddParents: Channel Chasers
Oslo
Alice in Wonderland
Hogfather
Descendants
Avalon High
The Good Witch's Wonder
The Nine Kittens of Christmas