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''Willow'' is a 1988 Fantasy Film directed by Ron Howard , based on a story by George Lucas . PLOT SYNOPSIS The story is known as Lucas' attempt to imitate Tolkien ; a young farmer named Willow Ufgood ( Warwick Davis ), one of a Halfling -like people called Nelwyns, who is drawn away from his sheltered home to save a baby girl with a destiny from the evil queen who would see her destroyed. Willow is aided by the disillusioned master swordsman Madmartigan ( Val Kilmer ), turned to a life of roguery after the fall of his kingdom to the evil queen. They are initially thwarted but later joined by the queen's daughter Sorsha (played by Joanne Whalley , later Kilmer's wife). CAST MUSIC The music in the film was composed by James Horner , in what is considered to be a very strong musical score. BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE Unfortunately for George Lucas , the film got spectacularly bad reviews and equally bad box office performance. This may have been due to the previews, which were badly designed and vague. Over the years, however, it has developed a cult following and is now considered one of the best made films of its genre. SPINOFFS Video game The film was the basis of the video game '' Willow '', which was released in 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Capcom . Capcom also created a '' Willow '' arcade game which played much differently than its console cousin, being a side-scrolling platformer rather than a Zelda clone. Novels The film was eventually followed by a trilogy of fantasy novels written by Chris Claremont (again from a story by George Lucas), with the grown-up destiny girl as the central character. These stories were originally to be made into films themselves, but following the unsatisfactory box office performance of the film, the stories were instead turned into novels. The entries to the trilogy are:
TV series In April 2005, during the ''Star Wars'' "Celebration III" fan convention, ) was moving into television production again, there could be a ''Willow'' television series. TRIVIA
DVD RELEASE ''Willow'' was released on DVD on November 27 , 2001 . The film was presented in anamorphic widescreen in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio, with its sound remixed in 5.1 surround sound. Features:
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