Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle

Francis Ford Coppola
1987-03-23


6
49 min

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

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