Rip Van Winkle (1910 film) Catskill Mountains hundreds of years before, and had never been heard of since. The gnomes give Rip some magic schnapps to drink, and under its influence he goes to sleep for 20 years. When he awakes, he is an old man and in ragged clothes. His dog is dead, and his rifle has rusted away. He makes his way as best he can back to the village, and his own home. But there no one knows him. He finds his wife married to another man, his daughter grown to womanhood, and most of his old friends dead and gone. Rip,
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle A Bride for Rip Van Winkle After the film had its world premiere in Hong Kong on March 8, 2016, "A Bride for Rip Van Winkle" was released in Taiwan on March 11, 2016 and in Hong Kong on March 17, 2016, ahead of its release in Japan on March 26, 2016. The film was released in the United States on November 10, 2017 "A Bride for Rip Van Winkle" was an official selection of numerous international film festivals: Two versions of "A Bride for Rip Van Winkle" were available for theatrical release, a 179-minute "director's cut" and a 119-minute