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Labyrinth is a 1986 musical fantasy film directed by Jim Henson with George Lucas as executive producer. Based on conceptual designs by Brian Froud, the film was written by Terry Jones, and many of its characters are played by puppets produced by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
- David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known...
- Toby Froud
Toby Froud (born June 27, 1984) is an English-American...
- MirrorMask
MirrorMask is a 2005 dark fantasy film designed and directed...
- Jareth
Jareth is a fictional character and the main antagonist of...
- Christopher Malcolm
Early life and education. Malcolm was born in Aberdeen and...
- David Bowie
Into the Labyrinth may refer to: In TV : Into the Labyrinth (TV series), a 1980s children's TV series. "Into the Labyrinth" (Andromeda), a sci-fi TV series Andromeda's episode 31/#209. In music :
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Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby halfbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into a fantastical world to rescue him from the Goblin King, Jareth. Guarding his castle is the labyrinth itself, a twisted maze of...
A white barn owl lands in a park where 16-year-old Sarah Williams is acting out a play accompanied by her English sheepdog Merlin. When the town clock tower strikes seven o' clock, Sarah remembers that she has to babysit her infant brother Tobyand rushes home. Upon returning home, Sarah is admonished by her step-mother Irene for being late, as she ...
Human cast
1. David Bowie as Jareth, the Goblin King, the main antagonist of the film. 1.1. Juggler Michael Moschenperformed in the film as Jareth's hands, carrying out the elaborate crystal-ball juggling manipulations. 2. Jennifer Connelly as Sarah Williams, the film's protagonist. 3. Toby Froud as Toby Williams, Sarah's half-brother. 4. Shelley Thompson as Irene Williams, Sarah's stepmother. 5. Christopher Malcolm as Robert Williams, Sarah's father. 6. Natalie Finlandas The Fairies.
Creature performers
1. Shari Weiser and Brian Henson as Hoggle, and Brian Hensonas the voice of Hoggle. 2. Ron Mueck and Rob Mills as Ludo, and Ron Mueckas the voice of Ludo. 3. Dave Goelz and David Barclay as Sir Didymus, with David Shaughnessyas the voice of Sir Didymus. 4. Karen Prell as the worm, and Timothy Batesonas the voice of the worm. 5. Frank Oz as the wiseman, and Michael Hordernas the voice of the wiseman. 6. Dave Goelz as the wiseman's bird hat and David Shaughnessyas the voice of the wiseman's bir...
Box Office
Labyrinth opened at number 8 at the American box office in its opening weekend (June 27 1986), earning $3,549,243 from 1141 theaters. It faced competition from The Karate Kid: Part II, Top Gun and Ferris Buller's Day Off.In its next weekend at the box office, the film dropped to number 13 in the charts, only earning $1,836,177. Over the course of it's North American theatrical run, Labyrinth earned $12,729,917,just over half of its $25 million production budget.
Critical Reception
Labyrinthwas met with mixed reviews upon its North American release in June 1986, with critics singling out various aspects of the production for both criticism and praise. While acknowledging that Labyrinth was made with “infinite care and pains” Roger Ebert felt that the film “never really comes alive.” Ebert felt that as the film was set in an “arbitrary world” none of the events in it had any consequences, robbing the film of any dramatic tension. Gene Siskel’s review of Labyrinth for the...
Despite its disappointing performance at the box office, Labyrinthlater became a success of home video and through screenings on the Disney Channel in the early 1990s. An annual masquerade ball inspired by the film and named the Labyrinth of Jareth began in 1997, and has been held every year since then. Realising the success of the film on home vid...
Sarah Williams (played by Jennifer Connelly), is the main protagonist in Labyrinth. Sarah was sixteen years old[1] during the events of the film 1985, Born in the Year 1969. S Sarah was the only child of Robert and Linda Williams, and proved to be highly imaginative, her love of fantasy and...
Labyrinth is a soundtrack album by David Bowie and composer Trevor Jones, released in 1986 for the film Labyrinth. It was the second of three soundtrack releases in which Bowie had a major role, following Christiane F. (1981) and preceding The Buddha of Suburbia (1993).
- Pop New Wave Film Soundtrack
Sixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King. Sarah is forced by her father and her stepmother to babysit her baby stepbrother, Toby, while they are out.
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Jareth, the Goblin King (played by the late David Bowie) is a character in the 1986 movie Labyrinth. Jareth is the film's main antagonist, and also appears in much of the tie-in material produced to compliment the film, including its novelization.
