Welcome to the world of the Dark Crystal
A world of gentle Mystics and evil Skeksis. The two Gelflings Kira and Jen caught in the middle of everything trying to heal the Dark Crystal.
What's so Magical about the Dark Crystal?
The Dark Crystal
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The Dark Crystal is Jim Henson's masterpiece of puppetry. Not a single human (or animal) actor appears on screen, every character is portrayed by some of the most beautiful puppets ever created. The story is of two young gelflings seeking to repair their world and defeat the evil skeksis.
"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."
About the Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal is a 1982 fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. Like most of Henson's other work, its characters are Muppets. The Muppet Show characters for which he is famous do not appear, but some of the same performers are used. Character and creature designs in the movie are by Brian Froud. The screenplay was written by David Odell, who had worked with Henson as a staff writer on The Muppet Show. Trevor Jones provided the film's atmospheric music. 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. The film was produced by ITC Entertainment - the British production company responsible for producing The Muppet Show.The book titled The World of The Dark Crystal, written by Brian Froud, was released at the same time as the film. The book gives much of the story background presented in this article.
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Dark Crystal Cast and Crew
Genre:
Fantasy
Directed by:
Jim Henson, Frank Oz
Concept Art:
Brian Froud
Actors:
Stephen Garlick: Jen
Lisa Maxwell: Kira
Billie Whitelaw: Aughra
Percy Edwards: Fizzgig
Barry Dennen: SkekSil (Chamberlain)
Michael Kilgarriff: SkekUng (Garthim-Master)
Joseph O'Conor: Narrator
Vote for your Favorite Dark Crystal Quote.
Jen: Where is this Augrah? How does she look like? How will I find her? "Follow the Greatest Sun for a day to the home of Augrah"... hmph. Some directions!
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Aughra: Mouldy mildew, mother of mouthmuck, dangle and strangle and death.
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Aughra: Another Great Conjunction coming up! Anything could happen! Whole WORLD might burn up! [snorts] End of Aughra! Hm!
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Aughra: Ya look like Gelfling... [sniffs] SMELL like Gelfling... [sniffs] maybe y'ARE Gelfling!
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Jen: The prophecy didn't say anything about this! Kira: Prophets don't know everything!
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Gelflinks
I couldn't help the pun but check out these Dark Crystal links.
- The Book of Habidabad - A Dark Crystal Site
- The largest and most in depth site about Jim Henson's film
- The Jim Henson Company
- The official site of The Jim Henson Company. Current info on new and favorite productions with links to Creature Shop, Recording Studio & Soundstage.
- The Dark Crystal - A film by Jim Henson
- The Jim Henson Legacy - Home Page
- Established in 1993, The Jim Henson Legacy was created by family and friends in response to the extraordinary interest in the life and work of Jim Henson.
- World of Froud
- Artists Brian, Wendy and Toby Froud's website. Creator of Lady Cottington, Sneezle, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Faeries, Good Faeries/Bad Faeries, ...
- The Dark Crystal Script
- The Dark Crystal Script taken from a transcript of the screenplay and/or the Jim Henson movie
- Welcome to MuppetsOnline.com - Muppets, Fraggle Rock, Sesame Street, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Muppet merchandise and more.
- Hello and welcome to MuppetsOnline.com. This is Sam the Eagle speaking. You can travel around this site merely by clicking the buttons to your left. Home will take you back here. Each section is looked after by a Muppet, so look around as there is lots to do. Visit the Muppet Shop and buy some of our work for yourself or a loved one. It's patriotic and American.
- Dark Crystal Font | dafont.com
- Dark Crystal Font | dafont.com
- Quiz - What Race are You from The Dark Crystal? - Quizilla Quizzes
- Quiz, Horoscope, Flash Games, Poems - Quizilla!
Reader Feedback
OldGrampa wrote...
One of my all time favorite movies. I love muppets and fantasy so this wovie along with the Labyrinth was great! 5*
Posted October 18, 2008
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