The Last Unicorn
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The Last Unicorn is an animated movie released in 1982 about a young unicorn who is searching for more of her kind, but is told by all that she is the last. It is based on a book written by Peter S. Beagle with the same title.
- Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
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[edit] Relation to the Furry Fandom
As with many animated movies aimed towards children, The Last Unicorn features speaking animals as a major part in the plot. Also, the Unicorn and Amalthea are the same being, one being a unicorn and the other being a human, but they never exist at the same time so cannot exactly be considered anthro.
[edit] Voice talent
- The Last Unicorn/Amalthea..............Mia Farrow
- Schmendrick..................................Alan Arkin
- King Haggard.................................Christopher Lee
- Molly Grue.....................................Tammy Grimes
- Lir.................................................Jeff Bridges
- Mommy Fortuna.............................Angela Lansbury
- The Butterfly..................................Robert Klein
- Cully.............................................Keenan Wynn
- The Skull.......................................Rene Auberjonois
- Mabruk..........................................Paul Frees
- Ruhk the hunchback.......................Brother Theodore
- The Cat..........................................Don Messick
- The Tree........................................Nellie Bellflower
[edit] Trivia
- The riddle that Schmendrick used to distract Ruhk while freeing the Unicorn is the same unanswerable riddle that the Mad-Hatter gives Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The riddle is, "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
- The movie's soundtrack was a German best-selling album in 1983.
- The Last Unicorn was animated by Topcraft, the same company that helped anime director Hayao Miyazaki gain his fame.
- James Earl Jones, Harrison Ford, and Mark Hamill of Star Wars fame were all considered for voicing characters in this film.
- In Greek mythology, Amalthea is the name of the goat the nursed baby Zeus.
- A remake is planned for release in 2006 with some of the original actors reprising their roles.
[edit] See also
- The Last Unicorn at Wikipedia
