The Last Unicorn (film)
The Last Unicorn is a 1982 American animated fantasy film directed and produced by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass. It was produced by RankinBass Productions for ITC Entertainment, and animated by Topcraft. Based on the novel The Last Unicorn written by Peter S. Beagle, who also wrote the films screenplay, the film is about a unicorn who, upon learning that she is the last of her species in the world, goes on a quest to find out what has happened to the others of her kind.
In an enchanted forest, a talking unicorn learns she is the very last of her kind. A butterfly reveals that a demonic animal called the Red Bull herded her kind to the ends of the earth. Venturing into unfamiliar territory beyond the safety of her home, the Unicorn journeys to find them and bring them all back.Upon her journey the Unicorn is captured by the evil witch Mommy Fortuna, and is put on display in Mommy Fortunas Midnight Carnival. While held captive, she makes friends with Schmendrick, an incompetent magician under the services of Mommy Fortuna. As most of the attractions are normal animals with a spell of illusion placed on them like a Manticore being a toothless lion, a Satyr being a crippled chimpanzee, and the Midgard Serpent being a mere snake, Fortuna keeps the immortal harpy Celaeno captive as well the witch acknowledges the dangers of caging such a monster, but deems the risk secondary to the deeds recognition and prestige. With the help of Schmendrick, the Unicorn escapes, freeing Celaeno in the process, who kills Fortuna and her henchman Ruhk. The Unicorn and Schmendrick later gain a second traveling companion, Molly Grue, the careworn lover of bandit leader Captain Cully. ........
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