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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1979 - 18.26 August

Sections & Films

RIP VAN WINKLE

Category: Edition 1979

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.

Original Title RIP VAN WINKLE
Category Official Competition
Section Official Competition
Tipology Animation, Short Film
Duration 27'
Production Year 1978
Nationality USA
Directed by Will Vinton
Screenplay Susan Shadburne
Original Voices Will Geer, Tim Conner, Bob Griggs

 regista will vintonWILL VINTON

Will Vinton was born on November 17, 1947 in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Martin the Cobbler (1977) and Closed Mondays (1974).