On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and to restore order to his world.On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and to restore order to his world.On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and to restore order to his world.
- Directors
- Writers
- David Odell(screenplay by)
- Jim Henson(story by)
- Stars
Top credits
- Directors
- Writers
- David Odell(screenplay by)
- Jim Henson(story by)
- Stars
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award
- 2 wins & 5 nominations total
Videos4
Jean-Pierre Amiel
- Mystic Weaver (performer)as Mystic Weaver (performer)
- (as Jean Pierre Amiel)
Simon J. Williamson
- Mystic Chanter (performer)as Mystic Chanter (performer)
- (as Simon Williamson)
David Greenaway
- Mystic Healer (performer)as Mystic Healer (performer)
- (as Dave Greenaway)
- Directors
- Writers
- David Odell(screenplay by)
- Jim Henson(story by)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
Another planet, another time. One thousand years ago, the mysterious Dark Crystal was damaged by one of the Urskeks and an age of chaos has began. The evil race of grotesque birdlike lizards, the Skeksis, gnomish dragons who rule their fantastic planet with an iron claw. Meanwhile, orphan Jen, raised in solitude by a race of the 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. —Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
- Taglines
- When evil screams throughout the world, when all three suns converge, when all that's fair and fine seems lost... a hero will emerge!
- Genres
- Certificate
- PG
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaJim Henson's plan with this movie was to get back to the darkness of original Brothers Grimm fairy tales. He felt that children liked the idea of being scared and that this was a healthy emotion for them with which to deal.
- GoofsThe Gelfling puppets have three fingers and one thumb on each hand. When Kira and Jen make their way into the castle via a mouth-like entrance, Kira's right hand has five fingers in the long shot (actors, not puppets, were used for long shots of the Gelflings).
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits show only the credits for the crew.
- Alternate versionsThe original home video release replaced the theatrical end credit roll (the credits rolled over an image of the last shot of the film) with a different, video-based one (end credits rolling over an image of Aughra's face.). Subsequent home video releases restored the original end credit roll.
- ConnectionsEdited into The World of 'The Dark Crystal' (1983)
Top review
I can never get enough of this!
Finally,I was looking to write a review on one of my favourite Non-Asian Fantasy movies of all time and here I found it!The Dark Crystal is definitely that!
Hmmmmmmm,where to start?Well,we have heard a similar story of good vs. evil from J.R.R Tolkien,but not one so realistic though!But probably the high point is the very deep character development.Probably have to agree with Riza about the skeksis here.They do seem like the most intresting of all the characters (save for Augra). I would not want to run up into them in the dark,or the light for that matter.Jen and Kira are very cute,but I think Kira is a little more interesting than Jen (no,I'm not sexist,I just think that Jen seemed rather emotionless most of the time,but then again,that's what you get by being raised by emotionless creatures).
Not too many flaws in the film.The story is great,the characters are fantastic,the soundtrack is uplifting,the SFX are more real that anything in "The Phantom Menace" and the ending.....well,it needed to be a little realistic,and the lengh needed to be a little bit longer,but other than that,we have a near-flawless masterpiece right up here!
Hmmmmmmm,where to start?Well,we have heard a similar story of good vs. evil from J.R.R Tolkien,but not one so realistic though!But probably the high point is the very deep character development.Probably have to agree with Riza about the skeksis here.They do seem like the most intresting of all the characters (save for Augra). I would not want to run up into them in the dark,or the light for that matter.Jen and Kira are very cute,but I think Kira is a little more interesting than Jen (no,I'm not sexist,I just think that Jen seemed rather emotionless most of the time,but then again,that's what you get by being raised by emotionless creatures).
Not too many flaws in the film.The story is great,the characters are fantastic,the soundtrack is uplifting,the SFX are more real that anything in "The Phantom Menace" and the ending.....well,it needed to be a little realistic,and the lengh needed to be a little bit longer,but other than that,we have a near-flawless masterpiece right up here!
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- Mitora-san
- Dec 21, 2000
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- The Crystal
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $41,613,957
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,657,335
- Dec 19, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $41,630,431
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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