Rip Van Winkle

Name: Rip Van Winkle
Genre: Short, Comedy
Duration: 4 min
Rating: 4.8
Cast: Joseph Jefferson

19031903
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4.8/10

431

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Joseph Jefferson in Awakening of Rip (1896)

Short

Comedy

An abridged version of the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, who wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of men drinking... Read allAn abridged version of the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, who wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of men drinking and playing bowls. He drinks some of their mysterious brew and passes out. When he wakes ... Read allAn abridged version of the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, who wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of men drinking and playing bowls. He drinks some of their mysterious brew and passes out. When he wakes up under a tree he is astonished to find that 20 years have passed and things are a lot di... Read all

IMDb RATING

4.8/10

431

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Director
- William K.L. Dickson(uncredited)
Writers
- Dion Boucicault(play)
- William K.L. Dickson(uncredited)
- Washington Irving(story)
Star
- Joseph Jefferson(uncredited)

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An abridged version of the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, who wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of men drinking and playing bowls. He drinks some of their mysterious brew and passes out. When he wakes up under a tree he is astonished to find that 20 years have passed and things are a lot different. This is a charming story about how America changed due to the Revolutionary War, only in a different and more subtle way than ever told before. —Shane Rothery

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sleep

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Genres
- Short
- Comedy
Certificate
- Not Rated
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Trivia
This film is actually a compilation of 8 films: Awakening of Rip (1896), Exit of Rip and the Dwarf (1896), Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow (1896), Rip Meeting the Dwarf (1896), Rip's Toast to Hudson (1896), Rip's Toast (1896), Rip Passing Over the Mountain (1896) and Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep (1896). They are in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931" (2004), compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. These films were restored by the Library of Congress from its paper print collection, have a collective running time of about 3 minutes, 30 seconds, and an added piano music score.

Goofs
In "Rip's Twenty Year Sleep", just after Rip falls to the ground, the Hudson crew ducks off-screen behind the rocks on purpose. Just as the film is about to end, however, one of them can be seen to be moving at the edge of the screen, getting up from his hiding place apparently because he thought the cameraman was finished filming.

Connections
Edited from Awakening of Rip (1896)

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1/10

Wow. Bad

First of all this movie was SHOT in 1896 but not released until 1903. Have no idea why. It's actually six separate clips each with it's own title like "RIp and the Dwarf"

It's really horrible.

Example -- the "dwarf" is 6 foot tall man stooping.

It's truly worse than the super 8 movies i made as a kid.

The only thin of interest is it's age.

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