

Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
1987, English. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
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.
- Runtime
- 0h 49m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Francis Ford CoppolaDirector
- Harry Dean StantonRip Van Winkle
- Talia ShireWilma Van Winkle
- Ed Begley Jr.Brom Dutcher
- Roy DotricePeter Vanderdonk
- Mark BlankfieldDerrick Van Bummel
- Albert HagueNicholas Vedder
- Tim ConwayMayoral Candidate
- Hunter CarsonLittle Rip
- Chris PennWill Tussenbrook
- Glenn WithrowHarpoon Crew Member
- Sofia CoppolaA Child
- John P. RyanHendrick Hudson / Narrator (voice)
Details
- Released
- 23 March 1987
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Mark Curtiss, Rod Ash
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Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle (1987) was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and stars Harry Dean Stanton, Talia Shire, Ed Begley Jr..