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Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
6.4(7)19870h 49m
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.
- Director
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Created by
- Shelley Duvall
- Writers
- Mark Curtiss,Rod Ash
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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)

Shelley Duvall
Self - Host (uncredited)
Crew
Directing
- Francis Ford CoppolaDirector
Writing
- Mark CurtissWriter
- Rod AshWriter
- Washington IrvingShort Story
Production
- Shelley DuvallProducer
- Shelley DuvallExecutive Producer
- Bridget TerryProducer
- Sandra PearsonAssociate Producer
- Fred FuchsProducer
Editing
- Arden RynewEditor
- Murdo LairdEditor
Sound
- Carmine CoppolaOriginal Music Composer
- Phillip SerettiSound Post Supervisor
Art
- Eiko IshiokaArt Designer
- Michael ErlerProduction Design
- Richard Charles GreenbaumArt Direction
- Tim SchultzProperty Master
Costume & Make-Up
- Eiko IshiokaCostume Design