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 total
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
- Princess Alison Jocelyn
- (voice)
- (scenes deleted)
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
I saw this film so many times when I was younger, and loved it. The songs are actually really lovely, but I do think that Jeff Bridges singing lacked support. The animation is actually very nice. Yes it does fall flat sometimes, but it is the 80s after all, besides overall it was quite stylish, beautiful and whimsical. The screenplay is very good also, and if I am not mistaken, it was written by the author, so there was a hint of faithfulness. Apparently Haggard's lines were literally adapted from the book. The voice talents are top notch. Alan Arkin was more than adequate as Schmendrick, and Tammy Grimes was poignant as Molly Grue. Jeff Bridges and Christopher Lee added a huge amount to the film, as did Angela Lansbury as Mommy Fortuna. Topping them all, was Mia Farrow as the brooding and sensitive Amalfia/Unicorn. The red Bull was also really sinister, and Rene Auberjoinis made me laugh as the Skull. All in all, an imaginative movie. 8/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- Feb 21, 2009
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Das letzte Einhorn
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
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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