The Last Unicorn

The Last Unicorn
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Runtime: 1 Hr. 33 Min. Rating: Release Year: 1982 Film Info: Screening Format: DCP Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. Producer: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr., Masaki Iizuka Screenwriter: Peter S. Beagle Editor: Tomoko Kida Cast: Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Lee

With an all-star voice cast that features Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin, and Angela Lansbury, this fantasy tells the story of the last unicorn on Earth leaving its home to search for another unicorn. In the ensuing adventure, it gets captured, becomes friends with a magician, and is pitted against the evil Red Bull. Emerging from the animation wilderness years before the Disney Renaissance began in 1989, The Last Unicorn has become an enduring children’s classic.

 

"THE LAST UNICORN will endure as a film for reasons both intellectual and aesthetic. It's full of rich ideas and revisions of outdated, sexist stereotypes, and thereby feels more modern than many animated classics." - AV Club

 

"Its charms hold up exceptionally well, in part because it grows along with its audience. Few stories carry that kind of power, and fewer pieces of animation can bring it so marvelously to life." - Collider

 

"This is a surreal, highly enjoyable tale which mixes fun animation, imagery, and symbols to make a truly unique experience." - The Young Folks

 

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