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The Dark Crystal

Movie
1982
1h 33m
PG
English
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
User Score: 
7.3
Critic Score: 
72
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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.
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The Dark Crystal

PG
Movie
1982
1h 33m
English
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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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.
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7.3
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The Dark Crystal (1982) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
72

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Cast

Full Cast & Crew
Jim Henson
Jen / High Priest, Ritual Master
Kathryn Mullen
Kira, a Gelfling
Frank Oz
Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamb...
Dave Goelz
Fizzgig, a Friendly Monster / Gener...
Steve Whitmire
Scientist (voice)
Louise Gold
Gourmand
Stephen Garlick
Jen (voice)
Lisa Maxwell
Kira (voice)
Billie Whitelaw
Aughra (voice)
Percy Edwards
Fizzgig (voice)
Barry Dennen
Chamberlain / Podling (voice)
Deep Roy
Additional Performer
Kiran Shah
Additional Performer
Jack Purvis
Additional Performer
Bob Payne
Historian, Scroll Keeper
Michael Kilgarriff
General (voice)
John Baddeley
Historian (voice)
David Buck
Slave Master (voice)
Charles Collingwood
Treasurer (voice)
Sean Barrett
Urzah (voice)
Miki Iveria
Podling (voice)
Patrick Monckton
Podling (voice)
Susan Westerby
Podling (voice)
Joseph OConor
Narrator / Urskeks (voice)
Thick Wilson
Gourmand (voice)
Directed By: Frank Oz, Jim Henson
Written By: Jim Henson (Story), David Odell (Screenplay)

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2Ls1T says...
6 years ago
The plot may be a bit wonky if you look too closely - hey, it's a children's film, albeit a rather disturbing one at times! - but the visuals are the major selling point of _The Dark Crystal_. It's a stunning world Jim Henson and his team created and is perfect escapism. The Skeksis are an iconic baddie but it has to be Aughra, slightly cantankerous and with a DGAF attitude, who is the film's MVP.
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SparklinDiamond says...
8 years ago
Dark crystal used to terrify me as a young kid, the bird like creatures are truly terrifying. Watching it again as an adult, the film was a bit lost and long-winded.
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CinemanicBonkers says...
8 years ago
I liked this when i was young, but the second time around it kinda bored me at times, but it has it's moments, and has a good picture.. cool effects.. reminds me of that rubbish star wars.. jokes sorry Yoda (frank Oz) all i can say is.. young years you kinda don't pay attention, and love anything ha
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jarvis-8243417 says...
5 years ago
The Dark Crystal is one of the most unique and imaginative fantasy films of the ‘80s. From writer/director Jim Henson comes this dark tale about a young boy named Jen who must embark upon a quest to heal the all-powerful Dark Crystal before the celestial Great Convergence, which could end the world. Astoundingly, all of the characters in the film are puppets that have remarkably creative and interesting designs. In fact, the entire visual style of the film is especially vivid and surreal. The Dark Crystal is a strange and bizarre film that's oddly fascinating and compelling.
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AndrewBloom
CONTAINS SPOILERS7/10  3 years ago
[6.7/10] Some folks take a quantitative approach when it comes to evaluating movies: “Plus five points for the story, minus three points for the acting,” and so on until they arrive at some final score. I’m not that literal about it, but there’s a version of this we all do when we’re consi More
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FLY_
7/10  3 years ago
Visually this is still stunning. The world and the characters have a unique style, that doesn't really look older than it was 40 years ago. This is very impressive.

Storywise this is extremely simple, and Gen is the most stupid and useless hero ever.

I mean there's this mystical crysta More
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Datapotomus
6 years ago
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 More
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