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The Dark Crystal

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

1982-12-17 Adventure 1hr 33m

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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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.

  • Released
    1982-12-17
  • Revenue
    $40,600,000
  • Budget
    $15,000,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 33m
  • Genre
    Adventure, Family, Fantasy
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    7.1
  • Production
    ITC Entertainment, Henson Associates, Jim Henson Productions

Crew

Jim Henson
Director
David Odell
Screenplay
Jim Henson
Producer
Keywords:
race against time mission liberation castle villain mythical creature puppetry fantasy world crystal good versus evil bizarre creatures

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Cast

Jim Henson

Jim Henson
Jen / High Priest, Ritual Master
Kathryn Mullen

Kathryn Mullen
Kira, a Gelfling
Frank Oz

Frank Oz
Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain
Dave Goelz

Dave Goelz
Fizzgig, a Friendly Monster / General, Garthim Master
Steve Whitmire

Steve Whitmire
Scientist (voice)
Louise Gold

Louise Gold
Gourmand
Brian Meehl

Brian Meehl
Ornamentalist / Urzah / Dying Master
Stephen Garlick

Stephen Garlick
Jen (voice)
Lisa Maxwell

Lisa Maxwell
Kira (voice)
Billie Whitelaw

Billie Whitelaw
Aughra (voice)
Percy Edwards

Percy Edwards
Fizzgig (voice)
Barry Dennen

Barry Dennen
Chamberlain / Podling (voice)
Deep Roy

Deep Roy
Additional Performer
Kiran Shah

Kiran Shah
Additional Performer
Jack Purvis

Jack Purvis
Additional Performer
Bob Payne

Bob Payne
Historian, Scroll Keeper
Michael Kilgarriff

Michael Kilgarriff
General (voice)
John Baddeley

John Baddeley
Historian (voice)
David Buck

David Buck
Slave Master (voice)
Charles Collingwood

Charles Collingwood
Treasurer (voice)
Sean Barrett

Sean Barrett
Urzah (voice)
Miki Iveria

Miki Iveria
Podling (voice)
Patrick Monckton

Patrick Monckton
Podling (voice)
Susan Westerby

Susan Westerby
Podling (voice)
Joseph O'Conor

Joseph O'Conor
Narrator / Urskeks (voice)
Thick Wilson

Thick Wilson
Gourmand (voice)
Jerry Nelson

Jerry Nelson
High Priestess / Dying Emperor (voice)

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Reviews for The Dark Crystal
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A Review by Datapotomus 4.5

Written by Datapotomus on 2016-03-03

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... read more

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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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2025-01-18

When the old emperor dies, a new even nastier "Skeksis" one takes his place, and so begins this latest reign of terror for all the "Gelfling... read more

When the old emperor dies, a new even nastier "Skeksis" one takes his place, and so begins this latest reign of terror for all the "Gelfling" on the distant world of "Thra". The only way to rectify things is for the dark crystal, damaged aeons ago, to be restored to it's former glory and that can only happen at the conjunction of their planet's three suns. That onerous task now falls to the timid "Jen" and his friend "Kira" and so they set off on a series of perilous adventures as they must locate the crystal and get it to the temple so that it can regenerate and defeat the vulture-like (look at my avatar) creatures. It's a cracking story of good versus evil, with the monstrous creations of Jim Henson delivering quite an effective, in a pantomime sort of fashion, degree of peril as the tension builds up. The humans I didn't care for so much - they're a bit weedy; but the monsters are crafted with detail and originality and the use of colourful visuals to augment the story whilst evoking a sense of mystery and danger works well too. It's got plenty of action, mysticism and even if I did hate the predictably goody-goody denouement, I did enjoy the film and though it has dated, that didn't spoil it too much.

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A Review 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...

reviewer avatar

A Review by Datapotomus 4.5

Written by Datapotomus on 2016-03-03

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...

read more
reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2025-01-18

When the old emperor dies, a new even nastier "Skeksis" one takes his place, and so begins this latest reign of terror for all the "Gelfling" on the distant world of "Thra". The only way to rectify th...

read more