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The Last Unicorn

1982 · 93 min

A dreamlike, bittersweet fairy tale that lingers with a quiet sadness and moments of strange beauty.

Genres
Fantasy, Animation, Family
Tagline
There's magic in believing!
Overview
A unicorn learns from a riddle-speaking butterfly that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the monstrous Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • grief
  • fate
  • redemption
Places
  • fantasy world
  • single country house
  • wilderness
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror4
Humour4
Realism2
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
fantasy, animation, family, adventure
Directed by
Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
Written by
Peter S. Beagle
Starring
Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin, Tammy Grimes, Jeff Bridges, Christopher Lee, Angela Lansbury, Robert Klein, Keenan Wynn
Music
Jimmy Webb
Runtime
93 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English, German

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