Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
1987
49 minutes
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.
Top 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)