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17/12/1982 Adventure, Family, Fantasy 1h 33m
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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.

  1. Frank Oz

    Director

  2. Jim Henson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jim Henson

    Jen / High Priest, Ritual Master

  2. Kathryn Mullen

    Kira, a Gelfling

  3. Frank Oz

    Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain

  4. Dave Goelz

    Fizzgig, a Friendly Monster / General, Garthim Master

  5. Steve Whitmire

    Scientist (voice)

  6. Louise Gold

    Gourmand

  7. Brian Meehl

    Ornamentalist / Urzah / Dying Master

  8. Stephen Garlick

    Jen (voice)

  9. Lisa Maxwell

    Kira (voice)

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Reviews

A review by Datapotomus
Written by Datapotomus on 2016-03-03
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 argument that it wasn’t done at the time all that well, and that is why this movie is good. Howe...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$15,000,000.00

Revenue
$44,626,631.00

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