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The Dark Crystal

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7.1/10 • 1.2K

1982-12-171h 33m

AdventureFamilyFantasy

Another world, another time...in the age of wonder.

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.

Directors
Jim Henson, Frank Oz
Editors
Ralph Kemplen

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  1. Jim Henson

    Jim Henson

    Jen / High Priest, Ritual Master

  2. Kathryn Mullen

    Kathryn Mullen

    Kira, a Gelfling

  3. Frank Oz

    Frank Oz

    Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain

  4. Dave Goelz

    Dave Goelz

    Fizzgig, a Friendly Monster / General, Garthim Master

  5. Steve Whitmire

    Steve Whitmire

    Scientist (voice)

  6. Louise Gold

    Louise Gold

    Gourmand

  7. Brian Meehl

    Brian Meehl

    Ornamentalist / Urzah / Dying Master

  8. Stephen Garlick

    Stephen Garlick

    Jen (voice)

  9. Lisa Maxwell

    Lisa Maxwell

    Kira (voice)

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Datapotomus

Mar 3, 2016

4.5/10

Some old things just don’t really hold up. I was hoping that this movie was going to be a lot better than it was. To myself, I thought it would be great as this was one of Jim Henson’s more notable films. However, the story didn’t really grip me all that much. That could be because today we have a ton of these movies. The one where the is the hero who must overcome an orphan story to become the hero that they are today. However today, that has been all, but played. There could be the argument that it wasn’t done at the time all that well, and that is why this movie is good. However, I’m not a fan of that argument. As older movies can still hold up even though they have the same overarching story as the movies in the genre that succeed them. This one, I didn’t feel like had any real differences except it was done with puppets. The fact that you have puppets in a movie should not be the selling point. The selling point should be that you can use those puppets to tell a better story. In summation. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t all that good. It was right in the middle of the road for a movie.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$15,000,000.00
Revenue
$40,600,000.00
Keywords
race against timemissionliberationcastlevillainmythical creaturepuppetrycreaturefantasy worldcrystalgood versus evilbizarre creatures