This wonderful movie filled with fantasy and color was compellingly directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz . An incredible as well as elaborate flick about a young Gelflin , a mythic and valiant hero fighting heinous forces of evil . A world light-years beyond your imagination . This is a tale of magic , death , blood and fights ; set in a mythical primitive world and wild age . A good necromancy/witchery/sorcery story dealing with another planet, another time . Many creatures and races inhabit the planet but the dominant race is the UrSkeks who are the guardians of the Crystal of Truth . But 1000 years ago the Dark Crystal was damaged by one of the Urskeks and an age of chaos began . Now the time of the great conjunction of the three suns is near . If the crystal is not healed now the control of the evil Skekses will last forever . Jen the last of the Gelflings nearly exterminated by monsters controlled by the grotesque Skekses starts his dangerous journey to find a missing piece of the powerful dark crystal and so restore order to his world . Jen enacts classic quest and he wanders the ancient lands, seeking out his beloved Kira , and pitting his intelligence against various tyrant monsters . As he embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal that must be found or evil will take over the world.
This lavish fantasy picture in the style of JRR Tolkien packs thrills , imagination , impressive frames , a love story , fantastic creatures and special effects galore . As the picture results a be a crossover between Tolkien , Brothers Grimm tales and Jim Henson's Muppets . This amusing movie packs witchery , wizardly , necromancy , fairy tale , magnificent production values and lots of adventures and action . The visual beauty of the breathtaking scenarios give the movie a real sense of wonder and surprise . Thrills, action , imaginative roles , and adventures are brilliantly presented , using the film magic that brought ¨Yoda¨ of ¨Empire strikes again¨ to life and edited to offer the maximum impact . Conceptual designer Brian Froud was behind the look and feel of virtually every aspect of the film's production, from creatures and landscapes right down to the font of the opening title. In total, it took up five years of his life . Brian Froud's fascination with lobsters led to many crustacean touches in the design of the film, particularly in the design of the Garthim, the henchmen of the Skeksis. From a budget of $15 million, the film made slightly over $40 million, a rather disappointing figure , this was put down to the fact that many parents felt the film was too scary for their children and also because it opened against the box office juggernaut that was E.T. In spite of, the movie achieved world success and it was the highest-grossing box office release of 1983 in France and Japan. Colorful and brilliant cinematography by Oswald Morris . Rousing and sensitive musical score by Trevor Jones .
This entertaining film was well directed by Jim Henson , appointing the accent on the fantastic adventures and weird world . Henson early deceased at 53 years old , though his final feature film and ¨Swang Sing¨ was the excellent , ¨labyrinth¨ , however, being continued his work by his son Brian Henson . Jim established the Creature Shop, a puppet studio and as he directed the successful "The Muppet Show" (1976) , it became a smash hit and would eventually become the most widely watched series in television history. Hungry for a new challenge, Henson made The Muppets movie(1979), defying the popular industry opinion that his characters would never work in a movie . The film became a hit and spawned a series of features which included the moody fantasy Dark Crystal (1982), which was a drastic and bold departure from the amiable tone of his previous work . And , of course , ¨labyrinth¨ (1986) with Jennifer Connolly and David Bowie . The most successful TV work in the 1980s was "Fraggle Rock" (1983), that became renowned for being as brilliant with puppetry as ILM was at special effects . When he died all too soon in 1990, he was indisputably one of the geniuses of puppetry. More importantly, he was a man who achieved his phenomenal success while still retaining his social conscience and artistic integrity as his work in promoting environmentalism and his brilliant "The story teller" (1988) series respectively attest to and , especially , this ¨Dark crystal¨ . It's a delight for children of all ages .
This lavish fantasy picture in the style of JRR Tolkien packs thrills , imagination , impressive frames , a love story , fantastic creatures and special effects galore . As the picture results a be a crossover between Tolkien , Brothers Grimm tales and Jim Henson's Muppets . This amusing movie packs witchery , wizardly , necromancy , fairy tale , magnificent production values and lots of adventures and action . The visual beauty of the breathtaking scenarios give the movie a real sense of wonder and surprise . Thrills, action , imaginative roles , and adventures are brilliantly presented , using the film magic that brought ¨Yoda¨ of ¨Empire strikes again¨ to life and edited to offer the maximum impact . Conceptual designer Brian Froud was behind the look and feel of virtually every aspect of the film's production, from creatures and landscapes right down to the font of the opening title. In total, it took up five years of his life . Brian Froud's fascination with lobsters led to many crustacean touches in the design of the film, particularly in the design of the Garthim, the henchmen of the Skeksis. From a budget of $15 million, the film made slightly over $40 million, a rather disappointing figure , this was put down to the fact that many parents felt the film was too scary for their children and also because it opened against the box office juggernaut that was E.T. In spite of, the movie achieved world success and it was the highest-grossing box office release of 1983 in France and Japan. Colorful and brilliant cinematography by Oswald Morris . Rousing and sensitive musical score by Trevor Jones .
This entertaining film was well directed by Jim Henson , appointing the accent on the fantastic adventures and weird world . Henson early deceased at 53 years old , though his final feature film and ¨Swang Sing¨ was the excellent , ¨labyrinth¨ , however, being continued his work by his son Brian Henson . Jim established the Creature Shop, a puppet studio and as he directed the successful "The Muppet Show" (1976) , it became a smash hit and would eventually become the most widely watched series in television history. Hungry for a new challenge, Henson made The Muppets movie(1979), defying the popular industry opinion that his characters would never work in a movie . The film became a hit and spawned a series of features which included the moody fantasy Dark Crystal (1982), which was a drastic and bold departure from the amiable tone of his previous work . And , of course , ¨labyrinth¨ (1986) with Jennifer Connolly and David Bowie . The most successful TV work in the 1980s was "Fraggle Rock" (1983), that became renowned for being as brilliant with puppetry as ILM was at special effects . When he died all too soon in 1990, he was indisputably one of the geniuses of puppetry. More importantly, he was a man who achieved his phenomenal success while still retaining his social conscience and artistic integrity as his work in promoting environmentalism and his brilliant "The story teller" (1988) series respectively attest to and , especially , this ¨Dark crystal¨ . It's a delight for children of all ages .