The Dark Crystal (1982)

7.2	Listal rating
7	IMDB rating

Fantasy (16), Muppets (8), Adventure (6), Magic (5), Family (4), Animation (3), 1980s (3), Puppets (3), Quest (3), Epic (2), Crystal (2), Jim Henson (2), Creature (1), MMG (1), Favorites (1), Multiple Monsters (1), Extraterrestrials (1), Muppet (1), Darkness (1), Negativity (1)

Description

Jim Henson's fantasy epic The Dark Crystal doesn't take place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but like Star Wars it takes the audience to a place that exists only in the imagination and, for an hour and a half, on the screen. Recalling the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien, Henson tells the story of a race of grotesque birdlike lizards called the ... (more)

Directed by

Jim Henson

Frank Oz

Starring (View all) :

Jim Henson

Jen / High Priest

Kathryn Mullen

Kira, A Gelfling

Frank Oz

Aughra - A Keeper Of Secrets / Chamberlain / Podli

Dave Goelz

Fizzgig, A Friendly Monster

Scientist

Gourmand (performer)

Ornamentalist

Historian

Slave Master

Treasurer

Written by (View all) :

Jim Henson

(story)

David Odell

(screenplay)

Videos


	The Dark Crystal (1982) movie trailer

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