A unicorn learns from a riddle-speaking butterfly that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the monstrous Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard.
Score
America's folk-rock soundtrack haunts your dreams for days
Director
Jules Bass
Mia Farrow
Unicorn / Amalthea (voice)
Alan Arkin
Schmendrick (voice)
Tammy Grimes
Molly Grue (voice)
Jeff Bridges
Prince Lir (voice)
Christopher Lee
King Haggard (voice)
Angela Lansbury
Mommy Fortuna (voice)
Robert Klein
The Butterfly (voice)
Keenan Wynn
Captain Cully / Harpy (voice)
Paul Frees
Mabruk (voice)
René Auberjonois
The Skull (voice)
Theodore Gottlieb
Ruhk (voice)
Don Messick
The Cat (voice)
Ed Peck
Jack Jingley / Cully's Men (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peter S. Beagle wrote the screenplay but was shut out of production; he spent decades fighting to reclaim his film.
This is basically the bridge between Disney's Golden Age and Studio Ghibli's emotional complexity — Miyazaki was watching.
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