The Scarecrow is a 2000 American animated musical fantasy film, written and directed by Brian Nissen and Richard Rich, and based on the Nathaniel Hawthorne short story "Feathertop" and the Percy MacKaye play The Scarecrow. The film was released straight-to-VHS by Warner Bros. under their Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label. It is also available for digital download, although it has not been released on DVD as of today.