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Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle

1987 · 49 min

A gentle, storybook-like fable that drifts by like a pleasant dream, charming and a little wistful when the sleeper wakes to a changed world.

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.
How it feels: Whimsical, warm, melancholic and light. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Aging, memory, identity, fate
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: aging
memory
identity
fate
family
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none