Rip Van Winkle (1896)Stream and Watch Online

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Released August 1st, 1896, 'Rip Van Winkle' stars Joseph Jefferson The movie has a runtime of about 4 min, and received a user score of 41 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 15 knowledgeable users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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 small men drinking and playing. 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." .