The Storyteller (1988)

7.8	Listal rating
8.1	IMDB rating

Directed by

Jim Henson

Steve Barron

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John Hurt

The Storyteller

Brian Henson

Storyteller's Dog / ...

Frederick Warder

Giant / ...

David Greenaway

Badger / ...

Robert Tygner

Badger / ...

Alistair Fullarton

Death / ...

Mak Wilson

Badger / ...

Diana Payan

Miller's Wife / ...

Written by

Anthony Minghella

(9 episodes, 1988)

Jim Henson

(1 episode, 1988)

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The Storyteller

9 months, 3 weeks ago at Jul 30 20:22

JxSxPx

2 votes

Oh Jim Henson, you’re one of the few people whose brain I would love to have had a chance to live in for a brief period of time. The colors and musings of your creative imagination must have been something truly wondrous to behold. The various TV shows, movies and stage shows prove only one thing: you were endless creative, artistically adventurous and a true visionary.

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Release date : 15 May 1988
UPC: 043396012370

Fantasy (4), Animals (3), Drama (2), Adventure (2), Dog (2), 1980s (2), Puppet (2), Childrens (2), Children (1), Family (1), Muppet (1)

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JxSxPx posted a review 9 months, 3 weeks ago

The Storyteller

“Oh Jim Henson, you’re one of the few people whose brain I would love to have had a chance to live in for a brief period of time. The colors and musings of your creative imagination must have been something truly wondrous to behold. The various TV shows, movies and stage shows prove only one thing: you were endless creative, artistically adventurous and a true visionary.

Rather than relying upon tried and well-covered ground with stories like Snow White, Rapunzel, and all the rest of the Grimm’s brothers most well-known menagerie, The Storyteller dips into darker, more obscure tales in the Grimm’s oeuvre. Tales like Hans the Hedgehog, Sapsorrow, the Three Ravens and the Soldier and Death explore the even darker terrain of these tales with reoccurring themes of bodily mutilat” read more