Movie Description:
Director Will Vinton`s retelling of the beloved fairy tale was nominated foran OSCAR as theBest Animated Short Film. Based on the classic by WashingtonIrving, it is narrated by Emmy winner Will Geer, and set in the Catskill Mountains. Rip is a lazy spinner of yarns, foolish yet generous;unfortunately, his generosity backfires when a kind gesture leads him to lose the crop he desperately needs to sell topay hisrent. But no tall tale told byRip can equal his own experiences, as heshares a drink with some little men he meets in the mountains- and ends up sleeping it off with a twenty-year nap.