A prince chases his destiny to an ancient castle in search of a cursed princess, thanks to the help of an informative lumberjack.
Acting
Peters plays Sleeping Beauty literally asleep for half her scenes—committed chaos.
Costume
Henbane's evil fairy drag serving absolute Halloween store villainy.
Writing
The Woodsman's fourth-wall-breaking narration is deeply unhinged.
Director
Jeremy Kagan
Beverly D'Angelo
Henbane
Bernadette Peters
Sleeping Beauty / Princess Debbie
Christopher Reeve
Prince Charming / 'My Son, the Prince'
René Auberjonois
King Boris
George Dzundza
The Woodsman
Carol Kane
The Good Fairy
Sally Kellerman
Queen Natasha / Queen Farrah
Richard Libertini
King Murray
Ron Rifkin
The Squire
Maysie Hoy
Red Fairy
Lynn Tufeld
Orange Fairy
Shelley Duvall
Self - Host (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre, which somehow convinced actual movie stars to do children's theater on cable.
Reeve was actively trying to break his Superman typecasting here—his physical comedy is almost aggressively unheroic.
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