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.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Jeff Bridges
- Prince Lir
- (voice)
Mia Farrow
- 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)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSir 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.
- GoofsThe 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
Schmendrick the Magician: She will remember your heart when men are fairy tales in books written by rabbits. Of all unicorns, she is the only one who knows what regret is - and love.
- Alternate versionsBecause 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in MarzGurl Reviews: The Last Unicorn (2008)
Featured review
A Forgotten Gem of Melancholy.
This movie is of unexpectedly high quality, mixed up in melancholy and nostalgia, though I don't think I actually saw it in the 1980s. It begins with a power 80s ballad, which the kiddos made fun of, but still very catchy. Schmendrick, the bumbling magician, reminds me of Cedric the magician in Sophia. And the Red Bull looks like the Balrog, not the energy drink. The tale is all a little random and confused, but has some interesting twists like the _adopted_ prince who pushes the unicorn to stay true to her original identity rather than marry him (take note Ariel). Fighting the inevitability of old age and death is another theme of interest, especially through the witch who runs a zoo with magical creatures and the crazy king who hoards the unicorns because they make him happy. Both the witch and the prince (if not the king) achieve a kind of immortality by leaving their mark on the deathless creatures: the Harpy will always remember that she was captured in the circus, and the unicorn will always remember that she loved the prince.
It's also fascinating to me that Hayao Miyazaki worked at the studio which made The Last Unicorn, Topcraft, which made Nausicaa soon thereafter. I don't see that many connections in terms of the animation aesthetics; but I haven't yet seen the Hobbit animated films also made by Rankin and Bass/Topcraft, so I can't comment there.
On a personal note, we watched this in NYC the day we went to Princeton, but didn't pay much attention to it; Seb got the blu ray for his 6th birthday and chose to watch it that night.
It's also fascinating to me that Hayao Miyazaki worked at the studio which made The Last Unicorn, Topcraft, which made Nausicaa soon thereafter. I don't see that many connections in terms of the animation aesthetics; but I haven't yet seen the Hobbit animated films also made by Rankin and Bass/Topcraft, so I can't comment there.
On a personal note, we watched this in NYC the day we went to Princeton, but didn't pay much attention to it; Seb got the blu ray for his 6th birthday and chose to watch it that night.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Das letzte Einhorn
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,455,330
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,250,000
- Nov 21, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $6,457,117
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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