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Madmartigan, seemingly reluctantly, leads Willow to the lake where Raziel lives. Sorsha and Kael's army arrives, but Madmartigan is revealed as a man to Llug, who starts a brawl which helps Willow and Madmartigan escape with the baby. On the way, he re-encounters Madmartigan, who is disguising himself as a woman to hide from his mistress's husband Llug. Willow sends Meegosh home, and continues the journey in the company of two of the brownies, Franjean and Rool. She gives Willow a magic wand and sends him to find Fin Raziel, an aging enchantress. They are captured by the brownies, but Fairy Queen Cherlindrea frees them and explains the baby is Elora Danan, the foretold Princess of Tir Asleen. On the way home, Willow and Meegosh discover that some brownies have stolen the baby, and pursue them. After meeting Madmartigan's old comrade Airk, on his way with an army to attack Bavmorda, Willow relents and agrees to Madmartigan's terms. The majority of the Nelwyn think that they should give the baby to him, but Willow and his friend Meegosh refuse, causing the others to abandon them and go home. The High Aldwin orders the baby must return to a Daikini (tall people) family, so Willow and a party of volunteers set out to find one.Īt a crossroads, they find Madmartigan, a mercenary trapped in a crow's cage, who offers to take the baby in exchange for his freedom. After the Nelwyn warriors kill it, Willow presents the baby to the village leader, the High Aldwin, as the probable reason for the dog's appearance. At the festival, a Nockmaar hound arrives and attacks all the cradles it finds. The baby is found by the children of farmer and aspiring sorcerer Willow Ufgood, and his family takes her in and comes to love her. Some distance downriver, a village of Nelwyn ( little people) prepares for a festival. Bavmorda then sends her daughter, Sorsha, and an army, led by General Kael, to hunt down the baby. After having been able to keep ahead of the hounds for months, the midwife is forced to set the baby adrift on a grass raft before she herself is killed by the dogs. Bavmorda executes the mother and sends her wolf-like Nockmaar hounds after the midwife. The foretold child is born, but her mother persuades the midwife to smuggle the baby out of the castle. To prevent the fulfillment of a prophecy that a child with a special rune birthmark will bring about her downfall, the evil sorceress Queen Bavmorda of Nockmaar imprisons all pregnant women in her domain.

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Additionally, it received two Academy Award nominations.Ī television series based on the film is scheduled to be released on Disney+ in 2022. While not the blockbuster some expected, it turned a profit based on international box office returns and strong home video and television returns. It grossed $137.6 million worldwide against a $35 million budget. The film was released in 1988 to mixed reviews from critics with some praising the special effects and character designs while some criticized the direction and plot. Industrial Light & Magic created the visual effects sequences, which led to a revolutionary breakthrough with digital morphing technology. The majority of filming took place in Dinorwic quarry in Wales with some at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, as well as a small section in New Zealand. It was then set up at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and principal photography began in April 1987, finishing the following October. Bob Dolman was brought in to write the screenplay, coming up with seven drafts before finishing in late 1986. Lucas conceived the idea for the film in 1972, approaching Howard to direct during the post-production phase of Cocoon in 1985.

The film stars Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, and Billy Barty.

The film was executive produced by George Lucas and written by Bob Dolman from a story by Lucas. Willow is a 1988 American high fantasy adventure film directed by Ron Howard and produced by Nigel Wooll.

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