Labyrinth was simply *mystical* (first time watch)
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Mary ya got to finish the trio Labyrinth , The Dark Crystal , & The Never Ending Story
🎶You remind of the babe🎶
Mary this is another beloved movie from my childhood 🙂 surprised you didn't see some of this stuff when you younger 😲 it's a great movie 🙂
She actually chose the right door..hence why no sudden d3ath lol
Love your Australian accent and your laugh
David Bowie was an ARTIST. Nothing the man couldn't do. Love this movie.
Right up till the end, he even played a convincing Nikola Tesla in "The Prestige".
He talked about what a challenge it was doing the dance scene with Jennifer Connelly. She was 14 years old, and his character was essentially trying to seduce her. To pull it off without it coming across as creepy and pervy, yet still communicating the intent of the character wasn't an easy task. Great acting on the part of both of them.
Great comment! Perfect explanation about The Goblin King!@@dr.burtgummerfan439
Something else I came to appreciate is the great knack he had for recognizing talent.
I mean, he couldn't do the juggling thing...but the camera tricks were good enough that you'd never notice
"The baby's smiling" Allegedly, getting him to cry was a chore, because he absolutely adored all the goblin puppets. They basically had to keep him awake past nap time to get him to cry. That baby had a BLAST on the set of this movie
Good kid.
"Ambrosious looks like her dog..."
Everything in the Labyrinth (even the labyrinth itself) is in Sarah's room/home. Her masquerade dress is on a dancing figurine, David Bowie's picture is on her mirror, there is a labyrinth marble puzzle, and all her friends are various stuffed animals. It's a wonderful detail to pick up on repeat viewings.
And she has a print of Escher’s _Relativity._
@@0okamino Oh no! Did I forget Crazy Stairs?!
(I hope everyone reads that in Stewie's voice 😉)
@@LordVolkov I mean, who can forget Crazy Stairs? Just look at those stairs. They're crazy!
If you want crazy: in the Junk room scene Sarah's alarm clock is a 13 hour clock - virtually impossible to see in the film but they had one especially made just because they're crazy on the details!
I love the books in her room as well. Similar stories with similar themes/messages.
Jim Henson wasn't just on Sesame Street, he was it's creator, as well as the creator of the Muppet Show and the Muppet movie movies as well as Labyrinth and the Dark Crystal. He also did a Muppet show on HBO called Fraggle Rock, he also served as a consultant designer for Yoda in Star Wars.
Jim Henson back in the late 70's and on through the 80's was just about as popular (not quite but almost) as Spielberg and Lucas were.
Working together they made quite the team.
He also did puppetry for the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Hells yes love u gave him the recognition he deserves. He was a huge part of my childhood this and the dark crystal being fave movies and I loved fraggle rock!
Also did The Storyteller, which I used to love as a kid.
Yes that's why I went to the comments too, to give Jim Henson due credits. .. It's such a shame that the muppets was bought up by Disney, and especially that THAT's what the young generation think the muppets are.
Massive hats off to Bowie because in the original script they were supposed to kiss and he was like no, I'm not kissing a child
Yah & Jen Connelly had a slight crush on Bowie too. He's just such a decent guy!
Actually, that's false, there was NEVER any kiss in the script, neither the original nor the new one (there were two because they changed the first one so that Sarah's age would fit Jennifer Connelly's age, but originally Sarah was 18 years old in the script). Jim Henson also had a 14-year-old daughter, the same age as Jennifer, so he would never have put Jennifer through that and made sure she was comfortable on set.
@@Threeleebird Time for me to take out the DVD and rewatch the Making of again. 😁
@@Threeleebird
A Kiss was in the NOVELIZATION by A.C.H. Smith, which is suppose to be written with input from Jim Henson and info from the first script
@@ChibiHoshiDragonJim Henson is the one who decided to change that. It wasn't changed because David Bowie said no..
The 80's was a decade for fantasy movies. Labyrinth, Legend, Ladyhawke, Star Wars, Neverending Story, Princess Bride, Highlander, Conan the Barbarian, Dark Crystal (directed by Jin Henson), and many more.
Krull, Willow, Dragonslayer, Excalibur, Flight of the Navigator, Flash Gordon, Explorers, most of Terry Gilliam's movies, but esp Time Bandits...
The 80s were the best! Over all! That's what MAGA meant! When everyone got along with everyone!
Conan The Destroyer > Barbarian
The Beastmaster. Krull. Flash Gordon. Willow.
@ nah bro.
The baby is Tobey Froud, son of the creature designer/set designer/production designer for this film and Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal. He grew up and became a puppeteer no joke. The child in this movie’s name was changed to his real name as it was the only name he would respond to. RIP David Bowie and Jim Henson
Toby has said that he was told he peed on David Bowie when he first picked him up.
Toby is also not sure if he has memories of filming or not, since his parents' house was filled with props from the movie.
Tobey's mother, Wendy, also worked on the construction of Yoda.
In fact, the boy was chosen because he was the only one who did not cry or be afraid of puppets, which is natural given his parents' work and he was quite used to seeing them.
@@Threeleebird🤡
“I am exhausted from living up to your expectations! Is that not generous?!”
That is a great line. Though it does border on gaslighting.
He _says_ he did so much for her; all I can think of is that the ONE THING she actually, intentionally asked him for- simply to give her baby brother back- he refused.
@@StoryMing her wish was granted. She should have said, “I wish you would bring my brother back.”
Really love this movie. Fun fact: The fake looking owl - if I remember correctly - was the very first CG animal in a movie. And a great analysis!
I played the computer game and the owl was mentioned in that.
It is a pioneer in computer generated animation that owl. 🦉
the movie that awakened the woman in every girl thanks to David Bowie. still grateful my theater arts teacher chose to play the movie for us
My niece is 33 years old now and the biggest Bowie fan, which she credits to my wife and I for introducing her to this movie when she was 3 years old. I proudly accept that accolade
Hmmm pretty sure at least a few baby bi gals/lesbians were awakened by Jennifer Connelly. 😏
Actually, Jennifer Connelly received bullying from her classmates, who were fans of David Bowie, for making this film with him.
@@bettrhalf8006 If a lesley-bean wanted to be awakened by gorgeous teenage 80's babeness then she would have watched Legend (1985), Mia Sara at her finest... For anyone who does not know the name Mia Sara she played Ferris Bueller's girlfriend a year later...
The Labyrinth: Starring Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie, and David Bowie's giant package.
Any time Labyrinth comes up, I have to give praise to Michael Moschen, who did all of the contact juggling. Hidden pressed against Bowie's back, doing very precise hand movements (balancing, spinning, etc. the glass orbs) by touch alone. And to Bowie for apparently showing absolute patience throughout.
And because he was close behind David Bowie he has to this juggling the first Time without seeing the Crystals.
The outtakes of those scenes are pretty amusing, and the patience and skill it took to get it right is very admirable.
I always thought that it wasn’t so much that Sarah didn’t like the baby as it was that she didn’t like having to be in charge of him. At the first she was surrounded by her childhood treasures and caring for the baby was a responsibility she didn’t want. At the end she was learning to balance her childhood things with growing up.
This was Jennifer Connelly first major motion picture, she just turned 14 when she got the role and just turned 16 when they finished shooting.
Yeah, she was a bit underage, but she's about a month older than I am.
she was 16 when the movie came out, she was 14 during the shooting of the film (she was born in dec 1970)
Actually, she was in two other movies before this one. She had a bit part in Once Upon A Time In America (1984), and the starring role in Phenomena (1985). But this is the movie that put her on the map, so to speak.
Phenomena is *wild*
@@ColinTedford That it was. She was in a lot of European thrillers and dramas around this time. Phenomena, Etoile, Some Girls... She showed a lot of range at an early age.
Phenomena is a real hidden masterpiece, there is so much complexity to that movie.
RIP Jim Henson and David Bowie. Getting older is realising all your childhood favourite movies are full of now dead people.
There's a quote there "growing older means watching your heroes die". Can't remember who said it.
The Fieries aren't on a green screen. They used black velvet. The performers performing the puppets are also covered in head to toe black velvet. Two performers per puppet.
I make sure my youngins are familiar with this, Dark Crystal and The Never Ending Story. Important films that grow with you into adulthood.
Side note , this film will be 40 years in 3 years.
Thanks for the reminder. I saw it at the theater lol.
@@IndyMotoRider fun fact MOMI (Museum Of Moving Images) in Queens shows these films a few times a year in their original format. Also it has a permanent Jim Henson exhibit with tons of puppets and memorabilia from all his works.
2026 will be its 40th Anniversary
@@AbA_DBAA23 thank you.
Mine said I scarred her for life for showing Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Secrets of Nimh and Dot and the Kangaroo
Here in Los Angeles they have the Labyrinth of Jareth's Masquerade Ball once a year. People dress up in amazing costumes and it looks amazing!
I've heard about that and am planning on going to it one day. It's on my bucket list.😊
I really, REALLY miss practical effects and puppeteering like this. SUCH a lost art!
If you pay attention to the things in her room, all of the creatures Sarah encounters in the labyrinth are based on the toys and knick-knacks she has. You already noticed the connection to her dog.
My favorite line in the movie..."It's SO stimulating, being your hat."
Mary: Really?? Lol
There's an incredibly cute behind the scenes picture of Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie practicing for the dance scene where Connelly is looking at him with this total gleeful girlish love because she's star struck. You can almost hear her think "Ohmygod you're GORGEOUS!!!" It's just so sweet.
The entrance of Bowie in this movie where, if you were the right age when this came out, teenage girls everywhere swooned and more than a few teenage boys were suddenly very confused. Yes, and granted I’m a straight male who is checking out Jennifer, but have heard more than a few tell me this movie was serious bisexual awakening for them.
So for the scenes with Ambrosius, they used a mix of both an actual sheepdog and a puppet depending on the demands of each particular scene. I remember hearing in an interview that when the SPCA Representative came by to certify them for the "no animals were harmed..." line in the credits, they played a prank and showed him the puppet dog first -- he couldn't tell it wasn't real.
The Oz comparison is spot on, as many of the beings Sarah meets on her journey have real world counterparts shown in her room, including the Goblin King himself, as well as a less goblin version of Bowie, in photos of Sarah's biological mom in her scrapbook, them both being theater co-stars.
One element from Sarah's room that doesn't show up in any form in the Labyrinth is the Judge Dredd board game she has on her shelf. But that would have made for a much different movie. "Kidnapping a toddler? That's 20 years in the isocubes, Creep! Or you could try resisting arrest, and this will be over a lot quicker."
Also interesting to note that in the real world, her dog's name is Merlin. Ambrosius is another name for Merlin in some translations of Arthurian legend.
That's how you KNOW it was shot in England, that Judge Dredd board game
For me this is THE 80s movie. I remember watching it for the first time as a kid on TV on New Year's Eve in 1989. and was mesmerized since the first frame.
NYE 1989 was a special time.
This film is the most imaginative and beautiful representation of the coming of age story. I especially love the ending, it always brings a tear to my eye. It's time for Sara to grow up, but the wonder and imagination of childhood will always be there, "should she need them" ☺ ♥
It's the kind of movie where the more you watch it the more things you'll see.. Like all the characters Sarah encounters were the "real" versions of the toys in her room..
David Bowie the only man that can wear weird clothes and have a hair do like that, or an orange mullet (Ziggy stardust) and still look attractive.
Also he was just as good at writing pop songs as rock tunes. The music in this is perfect
"Ambrosius" is a name used for Merlin in some stories, so it's fitting that Sir Didymus's dog Ambrosius looks so much like Sara's dog Merlin.
I have heard the theory that the old junk ladies used to be other Sarahs that failed to save their Tobys so now they wander collecting things since they forgot what they were looking for.
That moment when you realize that all the goblins are other people’s stolen babies that were never rescued because their loved ones couldn’t beat the labyrinth…
And I don’t think Jareth loves her. He just wants power over her, and behaving like it’s love makes it an easier manipulation. That’s why it’s so important that he has to ask-no one can take your power without your permission. You can always fight back, even if it’s just by surviving.
well that had me crying at times... this movie is special, especially for its time. while so many 80's blockbusters had male lead characters and explored male fantasies and wish fulfillment, this is such a wonderful exploration of female fantasy concepts. it reminds me of Wonderland and Oz in a lot of ways, and does fit into similar stereotypes - that she overcomes obstacles through making friends rather than fighting. but there still is something beautiful about how she knows that the final confrontation is for her alone, and finds her own strength. i'd like to think that it helped some people escape difficult relationships, as both Hoggle and Jareth primarily try to control her through manipulation and trying to use her goodwill against her, and it's confidence in herself that overcomes that.
If you couldn't tell, this story was about growing up and leaving childish things behind.
Rewatching it will be much more obvious.
I disagree. The end is more the message of finding the best parts of childhood to retain as we grow up and not leaving those behind.
@@GriffinPilgrim And also not to let older predatory people control you (The Goblin King is meant to be a metaphor for older men who go for younger women and usually get all controlling and creepy).
@@snorpenbass4196 And of course that life is not always fair and finding ways to deal with that is more productive than standing around complaining about it.
The crystal ball "Contact Juggling" was done by Michael Moschen, who had his arms under Bowies to make it look like David Bowie was the one doing the juggling.
Also, Jim Henson's Creature Shop did the puppets and special effects for FarScape, which was a really great Sci Fi show on the SyFy channel.
Part one if the holy trinity of 80s fantasy. Now you ABSOLUTELY MUST do "the Neverending Story l" and "The Dark Crystal"
This movie was a sexual awakening for a lot of people I know. I just loved so much about it like the fantasy elements, Bowie's music, Hoggle and Wurm
I recently saw this movie again, and there’s a couple of things I didn’t notice the first few douzen times I saw it;
1) there are several hidden David Bowie faces. As a kid I only noticed one of them, and the Goblin King actually leans on one if the rocks that forms his own face.
2) every single time Sarah says the labyrinth is easy, she’s almost immediately punished for it.
David Bowie is so iconic and a singer in the 80s dance magic is so iconic and catchy
Catchy song.. But Man.. It's not even on my top 3 in this soundtrack.. Such a fantastic musical journey..
Farscape is a good Jim Henson Workshop project, as well as being an excellent series.
one puppet alien farts helium.
it was filmed in Australia, I believe.
Jim had subsidiaries all over the place, Farscape was produced by his Oz division just as Labyrinth was produced by his UK division.
The biggest disappointment of Henson’s career was when Labyrinth bombed, he put so much of his heart and soul into it. Wherever he is right now, I hope he’s thrilled at the second life this movie has and how it’s enchanted generations of new fans
My mom used to get a bit tipsy and play the Ballroom scene over and over so much she literally snapped the VHS tape and got it caught up inside the player. Had to buy a new VHS and player because of it. lol
I wore out my vhs copy in the same part.
You could have gotten the tape out. All you needed was a Phillips head screwdriver. 🪛
VCRs eventually wore out though.
My dad showed me a bunch of movies that he loved in his childhood, and while I enjoyed almost all of them, I always had some kind of issue with them somewhere. This is one of the only ones I loved completely, and I've watched it so many times since I was a kid. My favorite part will always be the door guys where one always tells the truth and the other is a liar. That whole "Certain Death... Ooooooooo!" It gets me every time.
That's interesting how you were saying Sarah wrote the Labyrinth story herself...I always thought that she was reading from a novel or practicing for a play.I do know though that I wore out my VHS copy of this movie and the cassette soundtrack. 😅 Still ine of my all time favorite movies.
Sarah didn't write the story. It was written as a play by someone else.
Yeah she's rehearsing for the play at the beginning, hence the amateur dramatics, mixed in with genuine pissed offness.
Creature designs are on another level; not a surprise from Jim Henson, but still incredibly impressive. The vertical tunnel with the hands always blows my mind.
Actually the Frouds are the ones who designed them, the illustrations were published in a book I have on my list of books to buy.
I remember this getting a lukewarm reception when it was first released, so it's good to see so many people voting for it and TH-camrs reacting to it. The puppetry, the music, the story and the character development have really held up very well.
Maybe in theaters because it was a staple on both cable tv and public television.
Thanks for watching Mary. This is an absolute classic from my childhood. Please watch more Jim Henson movies. I suggest The Muppet Movies from 70’s and 80’s. And The Dark Crystal, of course. That film was terrifying for a kid in the 80’s.
Need to watch muppets Christmas carol
This has been one of my favorite movies since I was a kid. Sarah didn't make the story up. It was already written as a play.
Great reaction, Mary! Please react to The Dark Crystal (1982) also from Jim Henson. A fantasy adventure film that is simply a marvel to look at. The practical FX, the sets, costumes, the environments, music, characters, everything about this movie is pure magic. I was 7 years old when this came out. I'm 48 now and I still love this movie! One of my all-time favorites.
I saw the Dark Crystal in the cinema. I am 48 now also. I don't remember how I got to a cinema when I was 7. I must have gotten my older cousin to take me there.
Yup, I saw it in theaters too. I was obsessed with it for a while, and I still own the comic adaptation. I’m 47 and it’s still one of my favorite movies.
Jennifer Connelly now husband had fell in love with her when he first saw her in this film as a kid,. her husband is English actor Paul Bettany.
There is a Labyrinth Masquerade Ball held in LA that had their 25th anniversary this year. There are some amazing costumes every year. Check it out if you can.
I saw this when it first came out, and thought it was great. Dated SFX notwithstanding, the story holds up, and the performances of Bowie and Connelly are a delight.
I remember thinking Jennifer Connelly was one of the most beautiful girls I'd ever seen, and I still find her lovely, today.
It always makes me laugh that they gave the final talking stone in the oubliette a Yorkshire accent (not shown here).
"Oh please, it's been such a long time" 🤣
Darker Henson (Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Storyteller) is so imaginative, I wish he had been able to make more projects like this even though they were never as successful as The Muppets. RIP gone too soon. 🖤
You really need to explore the world of Jim Henson more and absolutely have to do a video for Muppet Christmas Carol in December.
This is one of those movies that I saw at such a young age that it almost feels like a weird dream I once had.
David Bowie's Labyrinth, frightening as it was, was also a place where you could encounter what confused you and find out who you really were and what you were capable of. It was always worth the trip.
"The 10th Kingdom" - mini-series you'll regret not watching sooner
I love this movie! It was a big part of my childhood. My sisters and I watched this over and over. So many good memories.
Mary, I can easily go off on a tangent about this movie, just watched it recently again for the millionth time haha. David Bowie did the music and Jennifer Connelly was expertly casted. If you want to see more of her, she was in Career Opportunities, Phenomena, Dark Water, and The Rocketeer. I highly suggest the last one, it features Timothy Dalton aka James Bond from the late 80's. Nice reaction. This movie will always be a treasure. It's right up there with The Neverending Story (1984) and Legend (1985) with Tom Cruise.
She was so good in A Beautiful Mind.
I had a script treatment for Labyrinth II which takes place 20 years after.. After having a hard day with husband and the kids she says, "I wish the Goblins would take ME away.. Right now." --- The doors blow open and Jarath says, "You could have asked at any time Sarah.."
Interesting
RIP Jim Henson (September 24, 1936 - May 16, 1990), aged 53
And
RIP David Bowie (January 8, 1947 - January 10, 2016), aged 69
You both will be remembered as legends.
This is my all-time favourite movie. I have honestly seen it well over 100 times, on all media (Cinema, TV, VHS, DVD, MP4). There are so many in movie Easter Eggs, with what's in her room, and town to what is in the Labyrinth. There are seven places where Bowie's face is hidden within the scenery, the book end in her room is Hoggle, the Escher poster on the wall...etc.
Every time I see this movie, there is something new I notice, it is like a piece of living art.
This movie is part of a trilogy of fantasy movies from Henson studios, this being the 2nd. The 1st was Dark Crystal, about three years before this one, and a few years ago there was MirrorMask. You should check out those other two, if you haven't already.
Fun fact: In addition to getting the name "Harry Potter" from the film "Troll", this is the movie from which JK Rowling got the name "Hogwarts".
She just steals things from other people.
@@Zero_Ninety she was definitely very heavily influenced by '80s pop fantasy and horror.
And 99% of the plot from "The Worst Witch."
@@Zero_Ninetyeverything has been an inspired interpretation since the Greek’s first produced art. Add the massive amount produced in the last 100 years and originality is impossible, only new takes on the same basic stories.
@@c1ph3rpunkTerry Pratchett's Discworld, combined with Tim Curry's The Worst Witch is basically it.
This was my sister's favorite movie growing up and since she was 5 years older, she got to decide what we watched, so I've seen it a million times.
It also inspired one of my favorite Nekrogoblikon songs.
I saw this movie as a kid and Dance Magic Dance still makes me smile to this day.
If you haven't already, now you have to see Jim Henson's other classic The Dark Crystal.
This is one of my favourite childhood films ever and introduced me to David Bowie! Also who can forget “the bulge” 😂
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I believe, according to the religion started around it, it's called The Area.
In the novelization, Sara's mother was an actress and having an affair with a man who looked like Bowie, but he had eyes for her, so this story really had some original f***ed up undertones.
This, Legend & Dark Crystal were my childhood favorites.... And still are
Those three in general... while we still see fantasy movies, it's rare we ever see 'fairy tale' fantasy anymore, you know? Last one I can think of even close is Pan's Labyrinth.
No Neverending Story? What are you? A heathen?
For some reason, I always thought "As the World Falls Down" is the PERFECT Prom Song!😉
As regards the Goblin King falling in love with Sarah... I can not ever forget Lindsay Ellis recapping this movie and pausing at the 'fever dream' section and asking... "How old was Jennifer Connelly when they made this movie?" With the number *"16"* popping up on the screen and Lindsay going, "Oh yeah. Labyrinth. The movie that _goes there"._
Now I have the same feeling watching *that* video - "Lindsay Ellis looks so *young*!" 😨
I love this movie. This and the Dark Crystal are Jim Henson classics.
I grew up watching this movie! It was one of my favorites. I still sing along to magic dance!
Great story and the effects are impressive considering the age of the film. Hope you enjoy it. Bowie is on his game. Now on to a newer fantasy/romance/adventure sleeper with an impressive cast called "Star Dust". It is also fun with a good story and fairly good effects.
This being a breakout role for Jennifer Connelly, it was brought up indirectly as a homage in “Top Gun: Maverick” when her character of Penny was introduced. They played “Let’s Dance” by David Bowie, her co-star in this film.
I'm so glad you watched this! It's one of the movies i used to watch all the time with my dad. Movies like starship troopers, rocketeer, weekend at bernies 😂 loved this so much ❤
I was young when this came out and Henson and the muppets had like a tv show. It was cool, even adults watched the muppets. Love your reactions. 😊🥰
Fun fact to the Dance Magic Dance song, David is the one making the baby noises since they couldn't get Toby to make the sounds they needed. This is my all time favorite movie.
This film, in a way, was also about manipulation in a relationship (“gaslighting”). Listen to Jareth’s speech at the end and he tries to lay all the blame of his tricks and traps squarely on Sarah’s shoulders, claiming he was trying to live up to her expectations. And, like all manipulative relationships, it ends when the victim realizes the only power the manipulator has is what they, the victim, has given them. Take it away, and they are left with nothing.
One of my childhood favorite movies, Thanks Mary for bringing it back to the world.
Sarah was an only child then her parents separate and she rebels. She sees Toby and her step mom as a threat to what she used to know growing up. Everything has changed for her but the end of the movie she learns to embrace the change while also keeping a little bit of herself.
Always loved Sarah's redemption arc from using fantasy to hide from her life to using fantasy to enrich her life.
The 'helping hands' scene is still my favorite part of this movie. Such an amazing use of practical effects to convey something as simple as a conversation.
Glad you liked the movie. I was at a Labyrinth convention last weekend which took place at the filming locations of the opening scenes. Was packed with Labyrinth fans so its still got a lot of love even after nearly 40 years.
Great reaction Mary!
One of my top five favorite movies. The transition from childhood to young adulthood is always so difficult. Like the old line: "One day you went out to play with your friends for the last time, and you never realized it." Kind of a devastating realization for an adult.
They did a great job with the FX, practical and otherwise. The cast was brilliant, and Bowie was apparently one of the easiest people to work with. There's a video on YT about the man who was responsible for the practical movements with the globes that Jareth used. He was hunched down behind Bowie in many of these shots and unable to even see what he was doing, so he was manipulating the globes and doing some of the most difficult maneuvers, like riding the wave as he waved his hand back and forth with the globe rolling along it, completely blind. Just amazing.
Eighteen year old me fell in love with Jennifer Connelly because of this movie. 😀 She's still beautiful.
I thought it was cool that Gates (credited as Cheryl) McFadden, who played Doctor Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation was on the crew for this movie as Director of Choreography and Puppet Movement.
Toby paneled at a puppetry convention, and brought one of the original muppets from this movie. And he also brought his own son, who was wearing his jammies from the movie.
The baby that played Toby was the baby of two parents that met on Jim Henson’s Dark Crystal movie. Toby was really his name and he grew up to work at Jim Henson studios and eventually worked on Netflix’s Dark Crystal Age of Resistance. Definitely worth watching all the Dark Crystal stuff.
During the Dance Magic Dance scene they made film history in having more puppets on scene than actual people
I was 14 when this came out. As a kid of that era, we'd already had such films as The Dark Crystal, The Never Ending Story, and Legend, amongst others, but there was always something about Jim Henson's creations that were extra special.
Add to the mix Terry Jones (Monty Python), George Lucas, David Bowie, and you get a very eclectic mix that just works. Probably the first film I ever saw Jennifer Connelly in, she was just 15 when the film was released.
I still enjoy this film now as a 51 year old veteran.
My favourite scene is just a few seconds long, when the cannon ball gets blown up. Still makes me smile thinking about it now, that and Hoggle's first scene, peeing in the water lol.
That David Bowse song is such a classic ❤
The passion & dedication of Jim Henson put into both this and Dark crystal is so magical ! 😊
This movie, along with Legend, and the NeverEnding Story are absolutely brilliant. 80's fantasy is its own thing entirely. So many memories. I will never forget on a Friday night getting pizza and renting this AND a video game with my Mom. The orange things heads flying off terrified me, and the bog of eternal stench made me laugh hysterically. Thank you and Rest in Peace David Bowie.❤
P.S. Jim Henson also worked on the OG and BEST Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and got to see it before he passed. He thought it was too violent, but it's brilliant.
This is one of the few films I've seen & never met anyone who dislikes it.
Watched this as a kid. Dark crystal too. I'm a lifelong fan of Jim Henson. The movie is so timeless that I watched it with my kids many times. Wholesome and uncorrupted by weird messages online these days. Absolutely love Jen Connelly. David Bowie is awesome too. And the puppeteers of Jim Henson + the amazing animatronics puppets they create. Watch Dark Crystal next. It's darker but still has a great & wholesome hero's & heroine's tale.
I absolutely love the Dark Crystal and it's so often over looked unfortunately. I even loved the prequel show they did on netflix "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" sadly one of the first things the new ceo of netflix did was cancel the second season which was suppose to complete the story. I was extremely happy how much practical effects and puppetry they did and only used cgi when necessary. And such an awesome cast of voice actors too: Simon Pegg, Mark Hamill, Taron Edgerton, Lena Heady, Anya Taylor-Joy, and the list goes on.
Jennifer Connely will forever be _THE_ Hollywood sweetheart.
30 years later, and she's still insanely beautiful.
I watched this movie in the theaters... Like 6 or 7 times, lol! Then bought the VCR cassette and the DVD, and David Bowie's album.
I loved that every time I watched the movie I could see one detail, maybe one puppet making one more thing that had a hidden meaning.
The two things I loved the most though, were the message of the woman at the dumpster, how many things we carry that are trash to the real world, and David Bowie's music.
This is one of those movies I grew up on. I have the sound track on my iPod.
It's sad what ended up happening to the Hoggle Puppet. It got lost in the luggage while being transported to promote the movie, wound up in a storage center of lost luggage for decades until it was finally found. It had decayed significantly, and the people who found it had no idea what it was at first.
It was a very sophisticated puppet for the time. A little person in the costume acting the part, and 4 puppeteers just off camera each controlling a different part of his face. It would often take dozens of takes to get a single scene correct. 5 people playing 1 character and just one making a mistake can ruin the take.
This one my favorite movies as a kid. The actors did a fantastic job and the movie is a classic in my opinion.
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@@Ugo2sleep when I liked the movie back then I assumed it wasn't a popular movie because no one I ever met back then liked the movie I was the only one.
OMG i’m so glad you reacted to this, there’s barely any reactions for this film i literally love this film sm it’s so good
There are films that shape you, change how you look at the world particularly if you watch them young enough. I am absolutely certain that if I didn't watch this as a kid I would be a different person.
Fun fact: The baby, Toby, is in real life Toby Froud, the son of the man who designed all the goblins. In his father's tradition, he has created puppet films as well. Check out his short film "Lessons Learned."
I was listening to the soundtrack and my son's friends asked about it since they thought they knew most David Bowie songs. I told them I would put on the movie after they were done with their game and they agreed. Afterward they said they were going to complain to their parents for not having them watch it sooner! lol
Almost everything in the film is a puppet or a person in a suit.
Frank Oz is a major puppeteer for muppets and he also did Yoda (puppet and voice) in Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi.
Many of the creatures in Jabba The Hut's palace is a creation from The Jim Henson Company.