The Last Unicorn

The Last Unicorn (1982)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1982-11-19

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Production

ITC Entertainment, Rankin/Bass Productions

Genre

Fantasy, Animation, Family, Adventure

Budget

$0

Revenue

$6 455 530

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Director

Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Actors

Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin, Tammy Grimes, Jeff Bridges, Christopher Lee, Angela Lansbury, Robert Klein, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, René Auberjonois
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Scenario

Producer

Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr., Martin Starger

Operator

Hiroyasu Omoto

Composer

Jimmy Webb

Artist

Audition

Editing

Tomoko Kida
All team (39)

• Shortly after the release of the animated film, Topcraft studio (responsible for the animation of 'The Last Unicorn') was hired by the then-budding director Hayao Miyazaki to film 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind' (1984). Later, in 1985, Studio Ghibli was founded by the core members of Topcraft and Miyazaki.
• All the songs for the film were written by the band America, who created an entire album with the same name, The Last Unicorn.
• Christopher Lee (1922-2015) came to the recording studio with a copy of the book (1968) by Peter S. Beagle, which served as the literary source material for the cartoon. He had marked certain nuances in it that, in his opinion, absolutely could not be missed. He did the same during the filming of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' (Peter Jackson, 2001) and its sequels, arriving with books in hand and always insisting on strict adherence to the original text.
• In 2010, one of the film's directors, Jules Bass, recounted that he was suddenly contacted by Jeff Bridges, who offered to participate in the film's work for free and even recommended reaching out to his friend Jimmy Webb to suggest he compose the soundtrack.