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Mood:
- HumorousTouchingFeel GoodSentimentalBittersweet
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Plot:
- RescueFriendshipCurses Spells and RitualsHeroic MissionDangerDisorderUnderdogDaring Rescue more...
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Genres:
- AdventureAnimationFamilyFantasyComedy
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Place:
- Palaces Castles and Temples
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Audience:
- Family OutingKids
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousFantastic
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The Last Unicorn, 1982
English, German
USA, UK, Japan, West Germany
Profile of The Last Unicorn
The Last Unicorn can be described as touching, humorous, and bittersweet. The plot revolves around curses, spells and rituals, a rescue, and a heroic mission. The main genres are adventure, animation, and family. In approach, The Last Unicorn is fantastical. It is set, at least in part, in a palace, castle, or temple. It is well suited for kids and a family outing.
Summary of The Last Unicorn
Weary of being alone in the vast forest, unicorn Amalthea (Mia Farrow) begins to wonder if she's the last of her kind. Following a rumor, she joins forces with feeblish wizard Schmendrick (Alan Arkin) and wayward barmaid Molly (Tammy Grimes) to look for the mystical Red Bull, a creature known to hunt and imprison unicorns. In order to walk unnoticed among men, Schmendrick magically transforms Amalthea into a beautiful woman. Together the three embark on a adventurous journey into the dark land of King Haggard, the man rumored to control the Red Bull.
Based on Peter Beagle's novel of the same name, THE LAST UNICORN is a bright, colorful tale about love and loss. Farrow loans her fluttering voice indelibly to the lips of the unicorn, and Arkin is spot on playing the spell-casting wizard Schmendrick. The film also features the vocal talents of Jeff Bridges, Christopher Lee, and Angela Lansbury. Complete with an over-the-top soundtrack by the pop band America, THE LAST UNICORN is perhaps the high point of directors Arthur Rankin's and Jules Bass's film career. (They would soon move out of film to produce the two highly successful syndicated television series THUNDERCATS and SILVERHAWKS.)
Details
| Language: | English, German |
| Country: | USA, UK, Japan, West Germany |
| Release date: | 19 November 1982 |
| Runtime: | 92 min |
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as Schmendrick
as Unicorn / Amalthea
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