Rip Van Winkle

27min

Animation

Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of men drinking and playing bowls. He drinks some of their mysterious brew and passes out. When he wakes up under a tree he is astonished to find that 20 years have passed and things are a lot different. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Production Companies

Billy Budd Films

Will Vinton Studios

Cast

Will Geer

Will Geer

Narrator (voice)
Tim Conner

Tim Conner

Rip Van Winkle (voice)

Release date

20th Nov 1978

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English