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The Dark Crystal
Directed by Jim Henson
Frank Oz
Produced by Jim Henson
David Lazer
Written by Jim Henson
David Odell
Starring Stephen Garlick
Lisa Maxwell
Billie Whitelaw
Music by Trevor Jones
Cinematography Oswald Morris
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) December 17, 1982 (U.S.)
Running time 93 min. For other uses of "Henson" see Henson. James Maury "Jim" Henson (September 24 1936 &ndash May 16 1990 was one of Frank Oz (born May 25, 1944) is a British-born American Film director, Actor and Puppeteer. For other uses of "Henson" see Henson. James Maury "Jim" Henson (September 24 1936 &ndash May 16 1990 was one of For other uses of "Henson" see Henson. James Maury "Jim" Henson (September 24 1936 &ndash May 16 1990 was one of David Odell is an Emmy Award -winning Screenwriter and Film director. Lisa Maxwell (born 24 November 1963 in Elephant and Castle, London) is an English actress Billie Whitelaw, CBE (born June 6, 1932) is a distinguished English actress of both stage and film Trevor Alfred Charles Jones (born March 23, 1949 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African Orchestral Film score Oswald Morris, BSC (born November 22, 1915) is an Academy Award -winning British Cinematographer whose career spanned Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Budget $15,000,000 (USD) (estimated)
Followed by Power of the Dark Crystal (2009)
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The Dark Crystal is a 1982 fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The Dark Crystal is a 1982 Fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes usually involving magic, Supernatural events make-believe creatures or exotic Fantasy worlds For other uses of "Henson" see Henson. James Maury "Jim" Henson (September 24 1936 &ndash May 16 1990 was one of Frank Oz (born May 25, 1944) is a British-born American Film director, Actor and Puppeteer. Like most of Henson's other work, its characters are Muppets. The Muppets are a group of Puppet characters created by Jim Henson. The Muppet Show characters for which he is famous do not appear, but some of the same performers are used. The Muppet Show is an American Television program featuring a cast of Muppets which was produced by Jim Henson and his team from Character and creature designs in the movie are by Brian Froud. Brian Froud (born 1947 in Winchester) is an English Fantasy Illustrator. The screenplay was written by David Odell, who had worked with Henson as a staff writer on The Muppet Show. David Odell is an Emmy Award -winning Screenwriter and Film director. The Muppet Show is an American Television program featuring a cast of Muppets which was produced by Jim Henson and his team from Trevor Jones provided the film's atmospheric music. Trevor Alfred Charles Jones (born March 23, 1949 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African Orchestral Film score The movie makes an attempt to study the nature of good and evil in terms of conscience, vital drive, and the triune nature of harmony. Value theory encompasses a range of approaches to understanding how why and to what degree humans should or do value things whether the thing is a person idea object or anything else Evil, in many cultures is used to describe acts or thoughts which are contrary to some particular religion Conscience is a hypothesized Ability or faculty that distinguishes whether our actions are right or wrong The film was produced by ITC Entertainment - the British production company responsible for producing The Muppet Show. The Incorporated Television Company (ITC is a British television company largely involved in production and distribution The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

The book titled The World of The Dark Crystal, written by Brian Froud, was released at the same time as the film. Brian Froud (born 1947 in Winchester) is an English Fantasy Illustrator. The book gives much of the story background presented in this article.

Contents

Plot

The film takes place on Thra, a planet with three suns; the Great Sun, the Rose Sun, and the Dying Sun. A planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU is a celestial body Orbiting a Star or stellar remnant that is The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. Many creatures and races inhabit the planet, but the dominant race is the urSkeks, who came from another world and are the guardians of the Crystal of Truth. The Crystal harnesses the forces of nature, especially the light of the three suns, for the benefit of all on Thra.

One thousand years before the beginning of the movie, during the Great Conjunction of the three suns, the urSkeks cracked the Crystal of Truth, and split into two races - the hunchbacked, gentle beings known as urRu or "Mystics" and the vulture-like tyrants known as Skeksis. The Characters and Races of the Dark Crystal were created by Jim Henson for his 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal. The Characters and Races of the Dark Crystal were created by Jim Henson for his 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal. The Skeksis are a Fictional species which act as the main Villains in the 1982 Fantasy film The Dark Crystal, its companion In that moment the Crystal became the Dark Crystal. The Skeksis drove the urRu from the castle where the shattered crystal resided, then instituted a reign of terror over their world. Saint justjpg|thumbnail|200px| Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just]] The Reign of Terror' (5 September 1793 &ndash 28 July 1794 or simply The Terror (la Terreur was Their wrath was particularly directed toward the elf-like Gelflings due to a prophecy that promised the restoration of the crystal and the end of the Skeksis' power. An elf is a creature of Norse mythology. The elves were originally imagined as a race of minor nature and fertility gods, who are often pictured as youthful-seeming The Characters and Races of the Dark Crystal were created by Jim Henson for his 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal. Prophecy, generally describes the disclosing of Information that is not known to the Prophet by any ordinary means The prophecy, rediscovered in an ancient Gelfling city, read:

“ When single shines the triple sun,
What was sundered and undone
Shall be whole, the two made one,
By Gelfling hand, or else by none. 		”

Jen believes he is the last of the Gelflings. The Characters and Races of the Dark Crystal were created by Jim Henson for his 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal. After his parents were killed by the crustacean-like Garthim conjured by the Skeksis, he was raised in a lush valley in which the UrRu reside. Structure of crustaceans As Arthropods crustaceans have a stiff Exoskeleton, which must be shed to allow the animal to grow ( Ecdysis or molting When his master urSu is on his deathbed, he calls Jen to his side and reveals that his destiny is to "heal" the crystal by finding the shard, which may be found at Aughra's observatory. The Characters and Races of the Dark Crystal were created by Jim Henson for his 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal. As this occurred, urSu's Skeksis counterpart, the emperor SkekSo, dies as well, resulting with a confronation between the Chamberlain SkekSil and the General SkekUng. A chamberlain is an officer in charge of managing a household. Deciding to settle this with the "trial by stone" (Haaksheekaah in an earlier conceptualization), SkekUng becomes emperor and SkekSil is exhiled from palace in rags as the Skeksis are made quickly aware of Jen's existence.

Jen reaches Aughra, a wisewoman character of unknown species, and discovers the needed crystal shard, which is hidden among others like it, by playing music on his flute, to which it resonates. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. The flute is a Musical instrument of the Woodwind family Unlike other woodwind instruments a flute is a Reedless wind instrument that produces its A crystal oscillator is an Electronic circuit that uses the mechanical Resonance of a vibrating Crystal of piezoelectric material to create an In the process, Jen learns of the upcoming Great Conjunction, but the Garthim arrive and destroy Aughra's observatory before learning of the shard's importance, capturing Aughra while Jen has a narrow escape. He spends the night in a swamp. Aughra is taken to the castle of the crystal, where she indignantly rebukes and mocks the Skeksis, scoffing at their blustery claims of power and promising Jen's arrival to destroy them. Meahwhile, the urRu urIm, hearing the calls of the Crystal, gathers his kind so they can begin their trek back to the castle.

The next day, Jen awakens in marshes as he is frightened by a doglike pet known as Fizzgig and meets another Gelfling, Kira, whose existence he never suspected. The Characters and Races of the Dark Crystal were created by Jim Henson for his 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal. They stay for a night amongst the Podlings who raised Kira after the death of her parents, only to be ambushed by the Garthim. Kira, Jen, and Fizzgig escape the attack, but many Podlings are captured by the Garthim and taken as slaves. In frustration and despair, feeling responsible for the Garthim raid, Jen discards the crystal shard. Kira reassures him that he had nothing to do with the attack,' It wasn't your fault. . . the Garthim have always come '.

In the morning, as they awaken, they discover one of the houses of the old Gelfling City, where Jen cites the prophecy of the Crystal and recovers the shard, learning that it is part of the Dark Crystal and must be reinserted to restore it. Jen and Kira are then confronted by the disgraced SkekSil, who attempts to trick them in believing he would help them, but they refuse and escape him. Riding on furry, long-legged Landstriders, the Gelflings quickly arrive at the castle of the crystal, just in time to see the Garthim that attacked Kira's village. Kira, followed by Jen, ride to attack the Garthim and try to free the captured Podlings while the Landstriders fight the Garthim to distract them from the rescue effort.

The Gelflings fail to rescue the Podlings and find the Garthim, who have slain the Landstriders, closing in on them at the edge of the deep, rocky moat that encircles the castle. A moat is deep broad Trench, usually filled with Water, that surrounds a structure installation or town normally to provide it with a preliminary line of Sweeping Jen and Fizzgig into her arms, Kira jumps off the cliff, revealing that female Gelflings have wings. At the bottom of the gully, Jen and Kira enter the castle via the Teeth of the Skreesh, an undefended sewer entrance to the lower parts of the castle. SkekSil meets them again and attempts to reconvince them to offer peace to the Skeksis. As Jen and Kira attempt to escape, SkekSil grabs Kira's arm with Frizzgig attempting to bite SkekSil to make him let her go. Fearing for Kira's safety, Jen strikes SkekSil, using the crystal shard as a dagger and wounding SkekSil's arm. Concurrently, the urRu chanter urSol suffers a spontaneous wound on his arm in the corresponding location. Enraged, SkekSil forces Jen into a wall, inciting a cave-in. SkekSil then takes Kira prisoner, believing Jen to be dead.

For capturing Kira, SkekSil is restored to his position as Chamberlain, though question on her fate were in debate. On the suggestion of the scientist, SkekTek, SkekUng decides to regain his youth by draining Kira's life essence, the potency of the "everlasting essence" allows a Skeksis emperor to maintain his youth for longer periods than the Podlings SkekTek was forced to rely on since the Gelfing genocide. Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction in whole or in part of an ethnic racial religious or national group Only a few drops of the "everlasting essence" are drawn from Kira before she, urged by the captured Aughra, calls out to the animals imprisoned in the laboratory, who break free and attack the SkekTek. SkekTek falls into a volcanic pit to death, resulting with the urRu Alchemist urTil disintegrating into flames. Kira escapes, just as her bond with Jen gives him the strength to escape the cave-in, separated from Frizzgig during a confronation with the Garthim. As for Aughra, she manages to escape her prison while urRu enter the castle.

Though the two Gelfings meet back up at the central interior chamber where the crystal is housed just as the three suns begin to get in formation, the Skeksis arrive to perpare for their moment of glory until they notice the Gelfings. Jen alights upon the Crystal, but the shard falls from his hands with Kira forced to grab it while being surrounded by the Skeksis. Leaving herself open, she throws the shard back to Jen as the Ritual Master SkekZok kills her. Once the Conjunction begins, a enraged Jen places the shard in its appropriate place, unifying the crystal as the urRu arrive. Once the Garthim shatter and the Skeksis' influence on the castle crumbles, the urRu and Skeksis reunite into their original urSkek incarnations. The urSkek leader, UngIm, speaks to Jen of their history, communicating directly with the consciousness via mystical sign language. A mudrā ( Sanskrit: मुद्रा lit "seal" is a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism. Once they restore Kira to life; the UrSkeks depart the current plane of existence, leaving the Crystal and an injunction to "make [the] world in its light" to the Gelflings. In Metaphysics and Esoteric cosmology, a plane, other than the Physical plane, is conceived as a subtle state of Consciousness that transcends Outside, the devastated world has been instantly restored to its former beauty and harmony.

Characters

Main & Supporting

The urRu/Mystics

The Skeksis

Minor characters and races

Voice Cast

English Language Version

Reception

The Dark Crystal made slightly over $40 million in theaters, with an estimated budget of $15 million. For other uses of "Henson" see Henson. James Maury "Jim" Henson (September 24 1936 &ndash May 16 1990 was one of Lisa Maxwell (born 24 November 1963 in Elephant and Castle, London) is an English actress Kathryn "Kathy" Mullen is an actress voice actress and puppeteer most closely associated with Jim Henson projects Billie Whitelaw, CBE (born June 6, 1932) is a distinguished English actress of both stage and film Frank Oz (born May 25, 1944) is a British-born American Film director, Actor and Puppeteer. Percy Edwards ( June 1 1908, Ipswich, Suffolk - June 7 1996, Hintlesham, Suffolk was an English Dave Goelz (born July 16, 1946) is a Puppeteer best-known for his association with The Muppets, and in particular with the Muppet character Barry Dennen (born February 22, 1938 in Chicago Illinois) is an American actor singer and writer Michael Kilgarriff is a British actor born 1937 in Brighton. As an actor he is well known for two things his rich voice leading to much radio and voice over Dave Goelz (born July 16, 1946) is a Puppeteer best-known for his association with The Muppets, and in particular with the Muppet character Jerry Nelson (born July 10, 1934 in Tulsa Oklahoma) is a Muppet Puppeteer who was raised in Washington D For other uses of "Henson" see Henson. James Maury "Jim" Henson (September 24 1936 &ndash May 16 1990 was one of Louise Gold (born 1956 in London) is a British singer-actress and Spitting Image puppeteer formerly a puppeteer for The John Marcus Baddeley ( 20 November 1881 – 1 July 1953) was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative David Buck ( October 17, 1936 — January 27, 1989) was an English actor Michael Patrick Quinn (born April 15, 1974 in Las Vegas Nevada) is a former American football Quarterback in the NFL Charles Collingwood may refer to Charles Collingwood (actor, British actor best known for his work in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers Timothy Alan Patrick Rose ( September 23, 1940 &ndash September 24, 2002) best known professionally as Tim Rose, was an American Steve Whitmire (born September 24 1959) is a Puppeteer with The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop. Sean Barrett may refer to Seán Barrett (Irish politician (born 1944 former Irish Fine Gael Party TD and government minister Sean Barrett [1] Its limited appeal at the time was partly due to parental concerns about its dark nature, and partly because it was overshadowed by E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which was released the same year. This article is about the 1982 film For the term "ET" which redirects here see ET. [2] It was more of a critical success, winning a Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film and earning the grand prize at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival. The following are a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Fantasy Film: (The film was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and a BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects. The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation )[1] Other critics, however, panned the film as "watered down J. R. R. Tolkien. . . without charm as well as interest"[3] In both France and Japan, The Dark Crystal was the highest-grossing box office release for the year (1983). [1]

Other media

The novelization of the film was written by A.C.H. Smith. A CH Smith (born in 1935 Kew) is a novelist and playwright He was educated at Hampton Grammar School and Cambridge (Corpus Christi College where he read Modern Languages

A video game based on the movie was released shortly after the film itself. The Dark Crystal is a graphic adventure computer game based on Jim Henson's fantasy film The Dark Crystal.

A comic book prequel, Legends of the Dark Crystal, was published by TokyoPop on November 13, 2007. A prequel is a work that portrays events and/or aspects of a previously completed narrative but is set prior to the existing narrative For the music movie see Tokyo Pop. Tokyopop, stylized TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor licensor Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The comic is written by Barbara Kesel, with art by Heidi Arnhold. Barbara Randall Kesel is a Writer and editor of Comic books her bibliography includes work for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Crossgen The story is set hundreds of years before the story in The Dark Crystal, and before the Great Extermination.

Technical notes

All characters in the movie are Muppets, and none are based on humans or any other specific Earth creature. The Muppets are a group of Puppet characters created by Jim Henson. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 At the time of the movie's release, it was billed as the first live-action film without any human beings on screen. [1]

Originally, Jim Henson wanted the Skeksis to speak in their own constructed language, their dialogue subtitled in English. A constructed or artificial language known colloquially or informally as a conlang is a Language whose Phonology, Grammar This was dropped after screen test audiences found the subtitling too distracting, but the original effect can be observed for selected scenes on the various DVD releases. [1]

Sequel

Power of the Dark Crystal
Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky
Written by David Odell
Annette Duffy
Music by Trevor Jones
Distributed by Odyssey Entertainment
Preceded by The Dark Crystal (1982)
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Power of the Dark Crystal is the in development sequel to the 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal scheduled for release in 2009. Genndy Tartakovsky (Геннадий Тартаковский (Gennadiy Tartakovskiy born January 17 1970 is an Emmy Award -winning Russian born Jewish- David Odell is an Emmy Award -winning Screenwriter and Film director. Trevor Alfred Charles Jones (born March 23, 1949 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African Orchestral Film score [4] Genndy Tartakovsky (creator of Cartoon Network original series Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack, and director of Star Wars: Clone Wars) will direct and produce the movie through The Orphanage's Animation Studios. Genndy Tartakovsky (Геннадий Тартаковский (Gennadiy Tartakovskiy born January 17 1970 is an Emmy Award -winning Russian born Jewish- Dexter's Laboratory ( Dexter's Lab for short is an Annie Award -winning American animated series created by Genndy Tartakovsky Samurai Jack is a 4-time Emmy Award -winning American Animated television series created by animator Genndy Tartakovsky that aired The Orphanage is a Visual effects studio located in California. The film will incorporate computer-generated backgrounds with highly-detailed animatronic puppets. Computer animation Computer-generated imagery (also known as CGI) is the application of the field of Computer graphics or more specifically 3D computer graphics Fantasy artist Brian Froud, designer of the original film, has returned to design the creatures and characters. Brian Froud (born 1947 in Winchester) is an English Fantasy Illustrator. The screenplay for the film was written by David Odell and Annette Duffy. David Odell is an Emmy Award -winning Screenwriter and Film director. Lisa Henson and Kristine Belson will produce the film with Brian Henson, Ralph Kamp and Louise Goodsill serving as Executive Producers. Brian Henson (born November 30, 1962 in New York City, New York) is an Academy Award -winning Puppeteer, director Odyssey Entertainment will represent the worldwide sales and distribution of the film. [5]

In the film, Jen and Kira, having lived for many years as the rulers of their world since the reunification of the crystal, welcome an unexpected visitor to their castle. The Characters and Races of the Dark Crystal were created by Jim Henson for his 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal. The Characters and Races of the Dark Crystal were created by Jim Henson for his 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal. In Materials science, a crystal is a Solid in which the constituent Atoms Molecules or Ions are packed in a regularly ordered repeating From her they learn that the U-mun people, who live in the blazing center of the planet, are threatened by the death of their sun. There is only one thing powerful enough to heal the star - a shard of the crystal. A star is a massive luminous ball of plasma. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the Energy on Earth The Gelflings refuse and, in desperation, the visitor shatters the crystal, steals a shard and flees deep underground into the tunnels beneath the castle. The Characters and Races of the Dark Crystal were created by Jim Henson for his 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal. So begins the adventure of Thurma, a girl "made of fire", who bands together with Kensho, an outcast Gelfling, in an adventure in the "inner-world" over the fate of the planet.

Nicole Goldman (vice president of marketing and publicity for The Jim Henson Company), spoke of the film's status on the January 14, 2008 installment of the Henson. com podcast, stating:[6]

“ . . . [The film] is deep in development here, and we are as commited to it as ever. We are still planning our original vision of a film, which is a theatrical release. . . We are antipating an beautiful blend of puppetry and animatronics with CG animation backgrounds as we've said all along. . . We're all very excited to see the film come together, and we'll be sure to update the fans to the progress as we have those updates confirmed. So stay tuned for more information on Power of the Dark Crystal![6] ”

References

  1. ^ a b c d e The Dark Crystal at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ^ A review by Richard Scheib
  3. ^ New York Times review
  4. ^ The Power of the Dark Crystal Blog: Production Update from Comic-Con
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ a b Henson.com Podcast, Episode 21: The 2007 Jim Henson Honors, January 14, 2008.

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