Details

Release year: 1988

Storyline

A young dwarf farmer is chosen to undertake a perilous journey in order to protect a special baby from an evil queen. Along the way, he teams up with a disgraced swordsman to defeat the evil sorceress.

Top credits

Directors

Ron Howard

Writers

Cast

Val Kilmer — Madmartigan
Joanne Whalley — Sorsha
Warwick Davis — Willow
Jean Marsh — Queen Bavmorda

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Awards

0 wins & 2 nominations

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Did you know

• According to Warwick Davis, the film had the largest ever casting call for "little people" at the time. Between 225 and 240 actors were hired for the film.

• On the audio commentary, Warwick Davis explains that the question he gets asked the most was how working with Val Kilmer was like. During the 1990s, Kilmer had developed a reputation of an actor with whom it was difficult (if not impossible) to work. However, Davis said he has very fond memories of working with Kilmer, describing him as having a great, "wacky" sense of humor and being very passionate and dedicated to the job. Kilmer also adlibbed much of his dialogue.

• Warwick Davis was only 17 years old during the shooting.