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.
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
faerie tale theatre
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Letterboxd
3.3 / 5
Cast
Harry Dean Stanton
Rip Van Winkle
Talia Shire
Wilma Van Winkle
Ed Begley Jr.
Brom Dutcher
Roy Dotrice
Peter Vanderdonk
Mark Blankfield
Derrick Van Bummel
Albert Hague
Nicholas Vedder
Tim Conway
Mayoral Candidate
Hunter Carson
Little Rip
Chris Penn
Will Tussenbrook
Glenn Withrow
Harpoon Crew Member
Sofia Coppola
A Child
John P. Ryan
Hendrick Hudson / Narrator (voice)
Crew
Francis Ford Coppola
Director
Carmine Coppola
Original Music Composer
Shelley Duvall
Producer
Shelley Duvall
Executive Producer
Fred Fuchs
Producer
Eiko Ishioka
Art Designer
Washington Irving
Short Story
Popular Reviews
6 reviews
nepalac
6.0★ · 07/20/25
" A lazy man falls asleep for twenty years " so real.
" A lazy man falls asleep for twenty years " so real.
Ceci
7.0★ · 07/07/25
Beautiful and interesting set design. Perfect casting. Francis ford Coppola ah lighting and details on the aesthetic. vibe.
Beautiful and interesting set design. Perfect casting. Francis ford Coppola ah lighting and details on the aesthetic. vibe.
Miguel
7.0★ · 07/18/24
Such whimsical imagery and eye inducing energy. Feels like something they’d make you watch in school that you lowkey like but didn’t want to admit. So damn sweet, so damn sweet.
Such whimsical imagery and eye inducing energy. Feels like something they’d make you watch in school that you lowkey like but didn’t want to admit. So damn sweet, so damn sweet.
Eula
8.5★ · 10/15/23
I’ve read a line from a poem that says: “I love how men love”. And it’s been stuck in my head the whole runtime. Rip loved his wife, that’s all that I can say.
P.S. this is why I don’t sleep without an alarm
I’ve read a line from a poem that says: “I love how men love”. And it’s been stuck in my head the whole runtime. Rip loved his wife, that’s all that I can say.
P.S. this is why I don’t sleep without an alarm
Parth
6.6★ · 07/17/25
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