Voyage of the Unicorn
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Voyage of the Unicorn is a 2001 television film starring Beau Bridges
, Chantal Conlin
and Heather McEwen
. The movie is based on James C. Christensen's
book Voyage of the Basset
. It is featured on TV1000
channel. Directed by noted fantasy/action director Philip Spink.
Then something magical happens: The family find themselves fleeing a plague of monstrous trolls by boarding a mysterious ship called The Unicorn. They are given a quest to find the benevolent dragon that once ruled the legendary faerie isles, before the demon trolls arrived.
They partake of the quest that shows them the wonder of the mythological worlds: Fire-breathing dragons, the mermaids' siren songs and the Minotaur's labyrinth, and try to re-ignite an enthusiasm for life within the family.
Beau Bridges
Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III is an American actor and director.- Early life :Bridges was born in Los Angeles, the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his college sweetheart, Dorothy Bridges . He was nicknamed "Beau" by his mother and father after Ashley Wilkes's son in Gone with the Wind, the book...
, Chantal Conlin
Chantal Conlin
Chantal Conlin is an actress who has appeared in films such as Voyage of the Unicorn and Mission to Mars. She has also had numerous guest appearances in TV series such as The Outer Limits, So Weird, Hope Island, The Twilight Zone and most recently Tru Calling.-External links:...
and Heather McEwen
Heather McEwen
Heather McEwen is a Canadian actress. She began acting professionally at the age of 12. She has appeared in:* Voyage Of The Unicorn * The Baby Dance * The Twilight Zone...
. The movie is based on James C. Christensen's
James C. Christensen
James C. Christensen is an American artist. His main body of work, mostly paintings, is heavily influenced by fantasy themes. Even his small body of religious work shows heavy fantasy influence. Christensen says his inspirations are myths, fables, fantasies, and tales of imagination.Christensen...
book Voyage of the Basset
Voyage of the Basset
Voyage of the Basset is a fantasy novel published in 1996. It was written and illustrated by James C. Christensen in collaboration with Renwick St. James and Alan Dean Foster...
. It is featured on TV1000
TV1000
TV1000 is a group of cable and satellite movie channels broadcasting to the Nordic countries and owned by Modern Times Group . It is also the name of the flagship channel.-History:...
channel. Directed by noted fantasy/action director Philip Spink.
Plot
Dr. Alan Aisling is an antiquities professor who has lost his wife and struggles to keep his daughters' spirits high and his loneliness at bay. His younger daughter Cassie daydreams about the mythical world her illustrator mother left behind in her drawings and annoys her older sister Miranda.Then something magical happens: The family find themselves fleeing a plague of monstrous trolls by boarding a mysterious ship called The Unicorn. They are given a quest to find the benevolent dragon that once ruled the legendary faerie isles, before the demon trolls arrived.
They partake of the quest that shows them the wonder of the mythological worlds: Fire-breathing dragons, the mermaids' siren songs and the Minotaur's labyrinth, and try to re-ignite an enthusiasm for life within the family.
Cast
- Beau BridgesBeau BridgesLloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III is an American actor and director.- Early life :Bridges was born in Los Angeles, the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his college sweetheart, Dorothy Bridges . He was nicknamed "Beau" by his mother and father after Ashley Wilkes's son in Gone with the Wind, the book...
- Professor Alan Aisling - Chantal ConlinChantal ConlinChantal Conlin is an actress who has appeared in films such as Voyage of the Unicorn and Mission to Mars. She has also had numerous guest appearances in TV series such as The Outer Limits, So Weird, Hope Island, The Twilight Zone and most recently Tru Calling.-External links:...
- Cassie Aisling - Heather McEwenHeather McEwenHeather McEwen is a Canadian actress. She began acting professionally at the age of 12. She has appeared in:* Voyage Of The Unicorn * The Baby Dance * The Twilight Zone...
- Miranda Aisling - Mackenzie GrayMackenzie GrayMackenzie Gray is a Canadian film, television, and stage actor. He is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Canada. He divides his time between Toronto and Vancouver....
- Skotos - John DeSantisJohn DeSantisJohn DeSantis is a Canadian actor, perhaps best known as Lurch in the 1998–99 Fox Family production of The Addams Family, entitled The New Addams Family. This role was originally portrayed by Ted Cassidy. He is 206 cm tall. Because of his great height, he has been recognised as one of the...
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- Colin HeathColin HeathColin Heath is an English former footballer who played as a striker or attacking midfielder in the Football League for Cambridge United, Swindon Town, Chesterfield and Macclesfield Town and in the Belgian First Division for Royal Antwerp.-Career:Heath was born in Chesterfield, grew up in...
- Malachi - Kristian AyreKristian AyreKristian Ayre is a Canadian actor perhaps best known for his portrayal of the character Radu from the Nickelodeon children's science fiction show Space Cases.-Early life:...
- Sebastian - Mark GibbonMark Gibbon- Filmography :* Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead as Rusty Nail * Totally Awesome as Tv Coach * Stargate SG-1 as M'zel * The Chronicles of Riddick as Irgun * Smallville as Deputy...
- MinotaurMinotaurIn Greek mythology, the Minotaur , as the Greeks imagined him, was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, "part man and part bull"... - Kira ClavellKira ClavellKira Clavell is a Canadian actress based out of Vancouver, British Columbia and Toronto, Ontario. She attended the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada....
- MedusaMedusaIn Greek mythology Medusa , " guardian, protectress") was a Gorgon, a chthonic monster, and a daughter of Phorcys and Ceto. The author Hyginus, interposes a generation and gives Medusa another chthonic pair as parents. Gazing directly upon her would turn onlookers to stone... - Kimberly Hawthorne - SphinxSphinxA sphinx is a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head or a cat head.The sphinx, in Greek tradition, has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman. She is mythicised as treacherous and merciless...
- Markus Parilo - OberonOberonOberon is a legendary king of the fairies.Oberon may also refer to:-People:* Merle Oberon , British actress* Oberon Zell-Ravenheart , Neopagan activist-Media and entertainment:* Oberon...
- Ocean Hellman - Titania
- Wanda Cannon - Lily
- C. Ernst HarthC. Ernst HarthCary Ernst Harth is a Canadian actor.Harth was born in Galt, Ontario, Canada. He got his first taste of acting in grade school when the drama club cast the school's largest child to play Santa in their Christmas pageant. Harth was just a kindergartner at the time...
- Olaf the Ogre
- This movie was released on a dvd with the tv movie "The Old Curiosity Shop" (starring Sir Peter Ustinov) in 2007. it was considered an "extra.