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Labyrinth

Labyrinth

Actor(s): David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson, Brian Henson
Director(s): Jim Henson
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG
Content Advisory: Mild Violence
Movie Release: 1986
DVD Release: 10/12/1999
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Edition: Dual Layered
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins
Studio: Columbia TriStar
Members Wishing: 8
Genres: Fantasy, Children's Fantasy, Fantasy Adventure
See Also: Labyrinth [Superbit], Labyrinth [Collector's Edition], Labyrinth [UMD for PSP], Labyrinth [Anniversary Edition], Labyrinth [Includes Digital Copy], Labyrinth [Includes Digital Copy], Labyrinth [Blu-ray]

DVD Synopsis

George Lucas produced and Jim Henson directed this gothic fantasy which pits living and breathing actors Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie (who, along with Trevor Jones, provides the film's music) against a motley collection of Muppet monsters. The film centers upon teenage Sarah (Connelly), who lives in a fantasy world of myth and magic, evil spells, and wondrous enchantment. She is baby-sitting her little brother when she cavalierly wishes that goblins would take him away. She gets her wish, and a coterie of goblins abduct him. She then encounters Jareth (David Bowie), the ruler of a mystical world one step removed from reality. He tells Sarah that the only way to get her brother back is to find her way through a M.C. Escher-like labyrinth and find the castle at the center. As she makes her way through the maze, she faces a number of horrific challenges (like the Bog of Eternal Stench) before she finds her way to the gravity-defying castle, where her brother is being held by the evil goblins. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Actors

David Bowie - Jareth
Jennifer Connelly - Sarah
Toby Froud - Toby
Shelley Thompson - Stepmother
Brian Henson - Hoggle
Christopher Malcolm - Father


Editorial Review of DVD

The DVD of this -Alice in Wonderland-like children's film comes with four bios/filmographies, each two screens in length, a behind-the-scenes featurette of fuzzy audio and visual quality, and three theatrical trailers. Although presented as widescreen anamorphic (2:35:1 ratio) with dual-layered, English, two-channel Dolby Surround, the picture looks slightly grainy in places and a faint hiss persists in the audio background throughout the film. The puppet animations look and sound impressively lifelike and highly detailed. Also included are English and Spanish subtitles and a small three-fold booklet containing creation and production notes. ~ Craig Chalquist, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

James B. (wandersoul73) from LANCASTER, TX wrote on 6/23/2009...

I really love this lively puppet-fest!

Robey S. (Robey) wrote on 1/26/2009...

1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Good movie, but not for young kids. Or at least watch with them to explain, violence, and mild language, girl saying "I hate you" to baby, etc.


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