Stars: Lisa Maxwell, Stephen Garlick

Director: Jim Henson

Summary: A luxuriant live-action fantasy inhabited by alien beings and set in a world without light. Jen, the last survivor of an elfin-like race, sets to the task of returning a crystal shard to the all-powerful dark crystal, making it whole again and restoring light to the world.

A fantastical, puppet-filled adventure, this tale co-directed by Muppet creator Jim Henson and Frank Oz reveals the story of Jen, a young Gelfling boy chosen by prophecy to mend the Dark Crystal, which broke 1,000 years ago and plunged the land under the dominion of the evil, quarrelsome Skeksis. Fearing the prophecy, whose fulfillment would mean the end of their reign, the Skeksis exterminated the Gelflings--all but Jen and Kira, a girl he meets on his journey to the crystal. Pursued by the Skeksis and their dark creatures, Jen and Kira race to the crystal, even as their time runs out.

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Jim Henson's fantasy epic The Dark Crystaldoesn't take place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but like Star Warsit 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 JRR. Tolkien, Henson tells the story of a race of grotesque birdlike lizards called the Skeksis, gnomish dragons who rule their fantastic planet with an iron claw. A prophecy tells of a Gelfling (a small elfin being) who will topple their empire, so in their reign of terror they have exterminated the race, or so they think. The orphan Jen, raised in solitude by a race of peace-loving wizards called the Mystics, embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of the Dark Crystal (which gives the Skeksis their power) and restore the balance of the universe. Henson and codirector Frank Oz have pushed puppetry into a new direction: traditional puppets, marionettes, giant bodysuits, and mechanical constructions are mixed seamlessly in a fantasy world of towering castles, simple huts, dank caves, a giant clockwork observatory, and a magnificent landscape that seem to have leaped offthe pages of a storybook. Muppet fans will recognise many of the voice actors--a few characters sound awfully close to familiar comic creations--but otherwise The Dark Crystalis a completely alien world made familiar by a mythic quest that resonates through stories over the ages. --Sean Axmaker

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	None
Subtitles:	Dutch, English, Hindi
Year:	1982
Release Date:	May 12, 2003
Runtime:	89 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C S B 11508
Keywords:	Dark, Crystal, General, Fiction, Science, Horror, Sci, Fi, Superbit
Genre:	Science Fiction