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Rip Van Winkle mediaanimation

Original title: Rip Van Winkle
Year: 1978
Running time: 27 min.
Country: United States
Director: Will Vinton
Screenwriter: Susan Shadburne. Story: Washington Irving
Cast: Animation
Music: Paul Jameson, Billy Scream
Cinematography: Animation
Producer: Will Vinton Studios, Billy Budd Films
Genre: Animation | Stop Motion. Half-length Film
Synopsis: 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. This is a charming story about how America changed due to the revolutionary war, only in a different and more subtle way than ever told before.

Awards: 1978: Academy Awards: Nominated for Best Short Film, Animated

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