The Dark Crystal 1982
The Dark Crystal
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.
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.
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All 3 Videos & 51 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Jen / High Priest, Ritual Master
... Kira, a Gelfling
... Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain
... Fizzgig, a Friendly Monster / General, Garthim Master
... Scientist (voice)
... Gourmand
User reviews
See All 1 Reviews23 Jun 2021 by Datapotomus
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.
Release Date:
Dec 17, 1982 (United Kingdom,United States)
Run Time:
1hr 33`
MMPA Rating:
PG
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom,United States
Status:
Released
Plot Keywords:
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The Dark Crystal
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.
Cast & Crew of
The Dark Crystal
Directors & Credit Writers
Cast
... Jen / High Priest, Ritual Master
... Kira, a Gelfling
... Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain
... Fizzgig, a Friendly Monster / General, Garthim Master
... Scientist (voice)
... Gourmand
BM
Brian Meehl... Ornamentalist / Urzah / Dying Master
... Jen (voice)
... Kira (voice)
... Aughra (voice)
... Fizzgig (voice)
... Chamberlain / Podling (voice)
... Additional Performer
... Additional Performer
... Additional Performer
BP
Bob Payne... Historian, Scroll Keeper
... General (voice)
... Historian (voice)
... Slave Master (voice)
... Treasurer (voice)