The Dark Crystal
Another world, another time... in the age of wonder.
Overview
On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Revenue
- $44,626,631
- Production
- ITC Entertainment, Henson Associates
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Cast
Jim Henson
Jen / High Priest, Ritual Master
Kathryn Mullen
Kira, a Gelfling
Frank Oz
Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain
Dave Goelz
Fizzgig, a Friendly Monster / General, Garthim Master
Steve Whitmire
Scientist (voice)
Louise Gold
Gourmand
Lisa Maxwell
Kira (voice)
Billie Whitelaw
Aughra (voice)
Barry Dennen
Chamberlain / Podling (voice)
Deep Roy
Additional Performer
Kiran Shah
Additional Performer
Jack Purvis
Additional Performer
Bob Payne
Historian, Scroll Keeper
David Buck
Slave Master (voice)
Charles Collingwood
Treasurer (voice)
Sean Barrett
Urzah (voice)
Miki Iveria
Podling (voice)
Joseph O'Conor
Narrator / Urskeks (voice)
Jerry Nelson
High Priestess / Dying Emperor (voice)
Crew
- Director
- Frank Oz,Jim Henson
- Writers
- David Odell,Jim Henson
- Producers
- Jim Henson,Gary Kurtz,David Lazer,Lew Grade
- Cinematography
- Oswald Morris
- Composer
- Trevor Jones
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Datapotomus
March 3, 2016
Some old things just don’t really hold up. I was hoping that this movie was going to be a lot better than it was. To myself, I thought it would be great as this was one of Jim Henson’s more notable films. However, the story didn’t really grip me all that much. That could be because today we have a ton of these movies. The one where the is the hero who must overcome an orphan story to become the hero that they are today. However today, that has been all, but played. There could be the argu…
CinemaSerf
January 18, 2025
When the old emperor dies, a new even nastier "Skeksis" one takes his place, and so begins this latest reign of terror for all the "Gelfling" on the distant world of "Thra". The only way to rectify things is for the dark crystal, damaged aeons ago, to be restored to it's former glory and that can only happen at the conjunction of their planet's three suns. That onerous task now falls to the timid "Jen" and his friend "Kira" and so they set off on a series of perilous adventures as they must loca…