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	Willow (movie) - Definition, explanation
		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 named Elora Danan 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.
		The movie was eventually followed by a trilogy of thick fantasy novels written by Chris Claremont (again from a story by George Lucas), with the grown-up destiny girl as the central character.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/w/wi/willow__movie_.php (332 words)

	The Crossroads - A Willow Webpage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The most fascinating Willow news in recent years was the revelation that a Willow cartoon series was planned back around 1988 but was never put into production.
		There's another addition to the list of Willow pop culture references, in the form of a quirky little song called Willow Don't Cry written by Leslie Hall of Leslie and the Lys for her second album Door Man's Daughter.
		Willow movie posters tend to be basically the same throughout the world, with an American style and an everywhere-else style.
	www.lepconnie.com /willow (651 words)

	Willow (1988) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		According to the press kits and subsequent novels, the two-headed dragon was named "Eborsisk", a reference to the movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.
		It is a rather good movie that is fast paced and fun, but it does contain flaws.
		Some of the effects are good, and some quite lame (the two little guys accompanying Willow), but considering this was 1987 you can overlook this.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0096446 (521 words)

	Willow Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		Willow is crammed with battles, sweeping scenery, and special effects (which, although they're showing their age now, were pretty impressive for 1988), with a healthy dose of humor and romance thrown in for good measure.
		The rest of the supporting cast — from Billy Barty's turn as a wizened Nelwyn wizard to Pollack and Overton's over-the-top hamming as Brownies Rool and Franjean — turns in decent performances too; one of the few exceptions is the usually stellar Marsh, who chews more scenery than Faye Dunaway in Supergirl.
		Willow may not be Star Wars or Indiana Jones, but it still holds up well, and it's nice to see it making such a nice DVD debut.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=2093&LF=MRM&LF=MRP (902 words)

	Angie's Media Evaluator Student Work
		The movie was very fascinating and detailing because it opened with different kinds of people and interesting culture that increased my curiosity about what the movie is all about.
		The baby, Elora Danan in the "Willow" was the perfect example to play the role because that baby did use the facial expression that revealed about how she felt.
		I like when the movie included a talking muskrat that tuned to different kinds of animals because it is funny to see how the animal's mouth move.
	teams.lacoe.edu /documentation/classrooms/angie/media/student/movie_critic.html (733 words)

	Mutant Reviewers from Hell do "Willow"
		Fantasy movies saw a resurgance in the eighties, only to die a pathetic death in the nineties and now (Dungeons and Dragons anyone?).
		No fantasy epic released during this time period were box office hits, but movies like The Princess Bride and The Neverending Story gained enough of a cult base to spawn a bunch of good tries, including this one from a story from Ewok-obsessed George Lucas.
		Head midget Willow (Warwick Davis, who went on to be the evil Leprechaun in many bad films) is sent on a quest to find a decent day care center.
	www.mutantreviewers.com /rwillow.html (777 words)

	Willow: Collector's Edition (1988)
		He urges them to send a party to return the tot to her own kind; Willow and his diminutive clan are known as Nelwyn, while taller folk are called Daikini.
		The leaders agree and Willow is nominated as the appropriate party.
		Willow differentiated between the height of the different people, but not in an openly disparaging manner; some of the Daikini refer to him in a mean way as a “peck” - apparently a common slur against the Nelwyns - but this just made them seem nastier and wasn’t there to mock the little folk.
	www.dvdmg.com /willow.shtml (2897 words)

	Willow (movie) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Willow is a 1988 fantasy film directed by Ron Howard, based on a story by George Lucas.
		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.
		The movie was eventually followed by a trilogy of thick fantasy novels written by Chris Claremont (again from a story by George Lucas), with the grown-up destiny girl as the central character.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/w/wi/willow__movie_.html (227 words)

	Willow / **** (1988)
		Willow belongs to a race of little people called the Nelwyns, and is chosen by his community to take a baby to a far-off crossroads where it can be found by its people, the Daikinis.
		What Willow does not know is that the baby was placed on the raft by a midwife, who had promised to save the baby as the wish of her desperate, imprisoned mother.
		She tells Willow of Elora's true power, and that unless he helps her defeat the evil Queen Bavmorda, Willow's entire village (as well as everyone that lived) would be under her spell forever.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Cinema/4069/reviews/great_movies/willow.html (1110 words)

	Movie-List: DVD: Willow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Willow is a magical movie made by two of the all time greats in George Lucas and Ron Howard.
		Willow's family takes the girl in, and she is so adorable, cute, and crazy man. Anyways, shes only like a few months old or something.
		You buy it, you watch it, and you go, "That was a good movie mdizzio, you were right dog." This movies somewhere on my top 5 favorite movies of all time, a select few can make it on their, namely 5.
	www.movie-list.com /onvideo-ca/shop.php?c=1&n=952768&i=B000065FWT&a=reviews&p=5&x=Willow (1441 words)

	Movie-List: DVD: Willow
		With abundant parallels to Star Wars, the story (by George Lucas) follows the exploits of the little farmer Willow (Warwick Davis), an aspiring sorcerer appointed to deliver an infant princess from the evil queen (Jean Marsh) to whom the child is a crucial threat.
		Willow Ufgood (Played by Warwick Davis) is a nelwyn (little people) farmer who aspires to being a good farmer, a good father, and (if possible) the village sorcerer's next apprentice.
		Willow has a lot of fairy-tale elements, such as an evil queen (this was not invented by Snow White), an unlikely hero, prophecy fulfilled by a(n often orphaned) child.
	www.movie-list.com /onvideo-ca/shop.php?c=1&n=952768&i=B000065FWT&x=Willow (1175 words)

	She Likes Dvds reviews Willow; DVD reviews for women from a woman's point of view
		Willow, our diminutive hero, is saddled with the task of taking her beyond the edge of the village and finding a Daikini (tall person) who will take her.
		Willow, once again, is given the task of taking care of Elora—he is chosen to be her protector.
		This movie gave life to the new age of digital moviemaking where the physical special effects are blended with computer graphics so that the end result seems smoother and more real to the audience.
	www.shelikesdvds.com /Reviews/Willow.htm (1713 words)

	Willow, the movie: background information
		The story: Willow, citizen of the Nelwyns, a race of little people, is chosen by his community to take a baby to a far-off crossroads where she can be found by her people, the Daikinis.
		The baby was carried to Willow's land on a crude raft that was swept along by river waters, but what Willow does not know is that the baby was placed on the raft by her desperate mother.
		Willow (Warwick Davis) sets off with the baby in arms, and at the crossroads he meets Madmartigan (Val Kilmer), a warrior who has been imprisoned in a cage.
	www.generalcomputing.com /willow/wback.html (1594 words)

	Willow - Movie Review
		Willow teams up with a half-crazed human named Madmartigan (Val Kilmer), rescues a shape-changed sorceress, battles a two-headed dragon (allegedly named "Eborsisk" after a certain powerful pair of film critics) and converts the evil queen's daughter (Joanne Whalley) from the dark side, all in two short hours.
		Much has been made of Willow's similarity to the Star Wars universe -- the rugged loner and the child that eventually turns from evil -- but those are really just elements of classic fantasy.
		Willow in fact stands as one of the great fantasy movies put the film -- in fact, it's one of the only fantasy movies put to film, simply because working with magic, horse-riding armies, endless swordplay, and period sets and costumes on this scale is exhorbitantly expensive.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/willow (371 words)

	Willow Movie: Willow DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		WILLOW stars Val Kilmer as Madmartigan, a swashbuckling warrior, and Warwick Davis as the title character.
		But a midwife sets the baby adrift in a river, and she is rescued by Willow, a farmer in Nelwyn, a peaceful village of trolls, fairies, and little folk.
		Willow and Madmartigan begin a quest to deliver the baby from evil while being chased by Queen Bavmorda’s daughter, Sorsha (Joanne Whalley), sent to bring the baby back to Nockmaar.
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		The next major difference between movie and script is the movie's removal of Madmartigan from the scene where Willow ventures across the water to Raziel's island to seek the sorceress' help.
		Again the movie and script differ in that the blatant animosity that exists between Madmartigan and Sorsha at this juncture in the film is downplayed in the script and there are several lines where it is made painfully clear just how attracted Madmartigan is to his feisty captor.
		In the movie, it is the Dust of Broken Heart which has bewitched Madmartigan into this lovesick state whereas in the script, it is the ever-growing love that he is feeling for this woman that he becomes powerless to resist.
	www.geocities.jp /jennyflowery/Wiscript.htm (1955 words)

	IGN: Willow Review
		Willow is one of those movies that you either love or hate.
		The story told in the movie is a prequel to the existing book trilogy in the same way The Hobbit was a prequel to The Lord of the Rings.
		Willow fits in well with the other Lucasfilm franchises, and it is a shame that it didn't do better in theaters, as we probably would have had a few more Lucasfilm action films to fill the gap in the 90's before the first Star Wars prequel was released.
	dvd.ign.com /articles/316/316500p1.html (1281 words)

	Willow DVD Movie
		WILLOW stars Val Kilmer as Madmartigan, a swashbuckling warrior, and Warwick Davis as the title character.
		But a midwife sets the baby adrift in a river, and she is rescued by Willow, a farmer in Nelwyn, a peaceful village of trolls, fairies, and little folk.
		Willow and Madmartigan begin a quest to deliver the baby from evil while being chased by Queen Bavmorda’s daughter, Sorsha (Joanne Whalley), sent to bring the baby back to Nockmaar.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/movie/pid/2121897/a/Willow.htm (486 words)

	Willow DVD \| Movie and TV Reviews \| SCI FI Weekly
		Although Willow didn't enjoy the same blockbuster level of success as Lucas' Star Wars movies, it found its audience once it was released on video and shown on television.
		Willow (Davis) is a family man who takes on the task of returning a baby to its race of giants.
		Because Willow was made before the days of CGI, the filmmakers faced a special challenge: How to show the metamorphosis of Fin Raziel when she changes into a series of different animals and then finally into her human shape.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/screen/sfw7861.html (597 words)

	Buffy The Vampre Slayer?
		Movie." She nodded towards Willow, who was still clutching the movie box with a death grip.
		Willow chuckled, telling the group that Xander had wanted Pee-Wee's red bike when he was little.
		Even though the movie was campy, and she knew the outcome, the redhead was still bothered by the way Lothos seemed to overpower Buffy.
	www.fortunecity.com /skyscraper/market/173/buffythevampireslayer.htm (1873 words)

	Willow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Willow is a children's fantasy movie with adult appeal.
		Perhaps it's the curmudgeonly stick-to-itiveness of the diminutive Willow (Warwick Davis).
		I doubt if the movie owes much success to the appeal of the tiny brownies (Kevin Pollak and Rick Overton as Rool and Franjean), whose phony French accents and constant bickerings are amusing for a few moments but grow annoying fast.
	rambles.net /willow.html (549 words)

	Willow Detailed Movie Reviews
		Willow and Miegosh follow it to the Browine camp where a faerie called Cherlindrea tells them that Elora Dannon (The baby) has chosen Willow to be her guardian.
		Willow is given the task of bringing Cherlindrea's wand to the sorceress Fin Raziel, who will help him protect the baby, Elora Danan, who has chosen Willow as her guardian.
		The true Alora Danin is found in the river by Willow Ufgood, an elwyn farmer who would like to become a sorceror, and he undertakes a journey to carry the infant to safety.
	www.allwatchers.com /topics/info_6382.asp (1061 words)

	Amazon.com: Willow: DVD: Val Kilmer,Joanne Whalley,Warwick Davis,Jean Marsh,Patricia Hayes,Billy Barty,Pat Roach,Gavan ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The beginning is wonderful, a highly suspenseful opening in which an evil queen brings all pregnant mothers in her kingdom before her in hopes of locating and destroying the one chosen to bring her reign of terror to an end.
		I do find that some scenes are somewhat disturbing for younger children, at whom the movie is aimed, such as the sequence in which a two-headed dragon rises out of a river; they seem a bit too daring for a children's movie.
		It's decided that Willow should take the baby forth and relinquish her to the first Daikini (`normal' sized people) he meets, which happens to be a roguish sort named Madmartigan (Kilmer).
	www.amazon.com /Willow-Val-Kilmer/dp/B0000695JP (2136 words)

	Movie Review for Willow (1988) - 2001-11-29
		Willow is a classic fantasy tale of the most common sort.
		Willow Ufgood is certainly the smallest of people, even among his kinsmen, the Nivlen.
		However, in spite of the fact that Willow at times gets bogged down wandering about aimlessly in the bushes, director Ron Howard maintains a sense of childlike fun and wonder frequently absent in darker fantasy debuts.
	www.filmhobbit.com /cgi-bin/movies/movies.cgi?action=showreview&review=willow (388 words)

	Willow - Moviefone
		Rating: PG Synopsis: Though Willow was one of director Ron Howard's few box-office disappointments, it definitely deserves a second look.
		Willow (1988) It's all good fun and the two funniest characters in the movie are Franjean and Rool, two Brownies, who "help" Willow regardless of the latters wishes.
		Willow Movie -The 80s Rewind « Willow -The 1988 sci-fi movie featuring Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley at the award winning 80s Movies Rewind.
	movies.aol.com /movie/willow/1039304/main (151 words)

	Someone who understands
		Just then, Willow leaned down to place her purse on the ground and the same time Oz leaned to put his popcorn down.
		Willow tried to concentrate on the movie, and was doing a good job, until Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler started kissing.
		Willow stood on her porch and waved to him.
	members.tripod.com /~MimiMrqz1/someone.html (1793 words)

	RPGnet : Review of Shadow Moon
		Willow has changed identities, I still do not understand why, to move about the world in hopes of fixing the damage caused by the night of Cataclysm some time ago.
		Building on what the reader may remember about the movies, Claremont and Lucas change what we may have thought that this world had to offer (the one story of the Willow movie) and gives a nice story to fantasy readers.
		Some readers may want to revisit the movie again to get a better feel for the characters’ voices, though not necessary (I can still remember how the brownies sound in the film), as the story breaks their voices into something else as the book develops.
	www.rpg.net /reviews/archive/9/9325.phtml (538 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - DVD, Movie, Video: Willow, Val Kilmer, DVD, Wide Screen / Dolby 5.1 / Thx
		Willow is an aspiring magician who hopes someday to be picked as an apprentice to the town’s wizard (Billy Barty) to learn true magic.
		I have been captivated by this movie ever since I saw it in the theater when I was a little kid and it still captivates me to this very day every time I see it.
		The movie is about a beginner sorceror who finds a baby girl then sets off to some castle meeting a warrior person and other unlikely allies.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?z=y&EAN=024543026174&itm=10 (1081 words)

	Willow Movie -The 80s Rewind «
		At the main crossroads, where Willow hopes to pass the baby on to a human, Willow meets Madmartigan (Kilmer), a great swordsman, who for some reason that he cares not to explain, has been imprisoned in a cage and left to die.
		Madmartigan convinces Willow to release him, and together they journey through a war-torn land, evading the Queen's soldiers, evil wizards and corrupted locals, all intent on stopping the pair of adventurers on their quest.
		In the British version of the movie, the early scene where the death dogs attack Elora's nursemaid is cut.
	www.fast-rewind.com /willow.htm (1425 words)

	Willow (1988) movie and trailer.
		WILLOW stars Val Kilmer as Madmartigan, a swashbuckling warrior, and Warwick Davis as the title character.
		But a midwife sets the baby adrift in a river, and she is rescued by Willow, a farmer in Nelwyn, a peaceful village of trolls, fairies, and little folk.
		Willow and Madmartigan begin a quest to deliver the baby from evil while being chased by Queen Bavmorda’s daughter, Sorsha (Joanne Whalley), sent to bring the baby back to Nockmaar.
	www.robertkaye.org /movies/?id=484 (222 words)

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