5/26/2023 0 Comments Book the last black unicorn![]() ![]() ![]() Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez, the producers behind A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and many other Peanuts TV specials, were very interested in adapting the novel for film, though nothing ever came of it. The creators of the Peanuts TV specials wanted to make the film. Early press referred to the film as an “adult musical fantasy-adventure” and also mentioned that Rankin/Bass had deliberately cast actors who would pique adult interest. The overall adult tone is much less odd when you consider that it was, at least initially, intended for adults. ![]() (Not to mention that most of the music was performed by the legendary ’70s folk rock band, America-not quite a kindergarten favorite.) It’s not just the frightful red bull and permeative sense of terror that make The Last Unicorn seem like a questionable film to show young, impressionable children-there’s also a rather scarring scene in which a lascivious old tree holds Schmendrick captive with her ample bosom. ![]()
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