The Last Unicorn

1982
G
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

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A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.

Directors
- Jules Bass
- Arthur Rankin Jr.
Writer
- Peter S. Beagle
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

30K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,536

744

Directors
- Jules Bass
- Arthur Rankin Jr.
Writer
- Peter S. Beagle
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Unicorn
(voice)
…

Angela Lansbury

Mommy Fortuna
(voice)

Alan Arkin

Schmendrick
(voice)

Tammy Grimes

Molly Grue
(voice)

Robert Klein

The Butterfly
(voice)

Christopher Lee

King Haggard
(English, German version)
(voice)

Keenan Wynn

Captain Cully
(voice)
…

Paul Frees

Mabruk
(voice)
…

Rene Auberjonois

The Skull
(voice)

Theodore Gottlieb

Ruhk
(voice)
(as Brother Theodore)

Don Messick

Additional Voices
(voice)

Jack Lester

Hunter #1
(voice)
…

Nellie Bellflower

The Tree
(voice)

Ed Peck

Jack Jingley
(voice)
(as Edward Peck)
…

Ken Jennings

Hunter #2
(voice)
(as Kenneth Jennings)
…

America

The Balladeers
(voice)
(uncredited)
…

Gerry Beckley

The Balladeer
(voice)
(uncredited)

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Storyline

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Trivia
Sir Christopher Lee (King Haggard) showed up for the recording sessions armed with his own copy of the book, with several places marked to indicate things that must not, in his opinion, be omitted. This is similar to his behavior on The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and its sequels in which he also showed up on set with his copy of the books, and was often a stickler for exact fidelity to the novels.

Goofs
The horn that Mommy Fortuna created for the Unicorn glows and was located in front of the Unicorn's authentic horn. However, when when the Unicorn says "hurry!" to Schmendrick as he is unlocking her cage, we see that her authentic horn, not Mommy Fortuna's horn, is the one that's glowing.

Quotes
Molly: No, it can't be. Can it be? Where have you been? Where have you been? Damn you! Where have you been?
Schmendrick: Don't you talk to her that way!
Unicorn: I'm here now.
Molly: And where were you twenty years ago? Ten years ago? Where were you when I was new? When I was one of those innocent young maidens you always come to? How dare you! How dare you come to me now, when I am this!
[Weeps]
Schmendrick: Can you really see her? Do you know what she is?
Molly: If you had been waiting to see a unicorn, as long as I have...
Schmendrick: She's the last unicorn in the world.
Molly: It would be the last unicorn that came to Molly Grue. It's all right, I forgive you.

Alternate versions
Because Lionsgate used the German video master for the 2007 25th Anniversary Edition DVD, not only does the film run at a 5% faster speed, but the German title appears under the English title at the start. Much of the swear words were also edited out in this release.

Connections
Featured in MarzGurl Reviews: The Last Unicorn (2008)

Soundtracks
The Last Unicorn
(uncredited)
Written by Jimmy Webb
Performed by America

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Review

Featured review

Classic fantasy.

The Last Unicorn stands out as that rarest of beasts: a film far better than the book. This can be attributed to the fact that the book's author, Peter S. Beagle, was forced by the constraints of film to pare his work down to the bare essentials. The Last Unicorn is marketed as a children's film, but it's far more than that -- a tale of redemption, of the search for identity, truth, and lost innocence. Molly Grue's meeting with the Unicorn stands as one of the most poignant moments in cinema.