Labyrinth (1986)

Director: Jim Henson  Starring: Jennifer Connelly  David Bowie  
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Publisher: Sony Pictures
Format: DVD
UPC: 00043396185814
Buy.com Sku: 204714428
Item#: V2JKGU
Buy.com Sales Rank: 23830
Category Keywords: Adventure  Family (General)  Fantasy  Fantasy Worlds  Kidnapping And Missing Persons  Kids Adventure  Puppets  Recommended  Theatrical Release  Witches And Wizards 
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Anniversary Edition.
 
 
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Hi-fi Stereo, English, French, Subtitled
 
Relive the magic! This newly restored, 2-disc Anniversary Edition of Jim Henson's Labyrinth contains an all-new commentary and bonus features that are guaranteed to captivate as never before. David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly invite you into a magical universe where nothing is what it seems! Babysitting infant stepbrother Toby on a weekend night isn't young Sarah's (Connelly) idea of fun. Frustrated by his crying, she secretly imagines the Goblins from her favorite book, Labyrinth, carrying Toby away. When her fantasy comes true, a distraught Sarah must enter a maze of illusion to bring Toby back from a kingdom inhabited by mystical creatures and governed by the wicked Goblin King (Bowie).
 
"...twists and turns and surprises around every corner."  ABC-Radio
"...a film for the child in all of us...a timeless tale that anyone can relate to."  Horror View
"Labyrinth will take you on a fascinating journey that will leave you spellbound and breathless."  KHJ-TV
"Entertaining variation on Alice in Wonderland...A treat for kids and the young at heart..."  Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"A fabulous film of remarkable achievement results from the impressive collaboration between Jim Henson and George Lucas."  The New York Times

 


Editor's Note

Fifteen-year-old Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) is so resentful of her baby brother Toby that she hopes he will just disappear. Her dream becomes reality when goblins kidnap the boy--but Sarah unexpectedly finds herself horrified by the loss. So she sets forth to retrieve him, and finds herself on the adventure of a lifetime. To accomplish her task, she will somehow have to reach the center of the fantastical labyrinth where the wicked Goblin King (David Bowie, who performs two songs) has imprisoned the lad. But the task is easier said than done, for the maze is filled with strange creatures and mind-bending puzzles that confuse the girl. Directed by Jim Henson and penned by Monty Python's Terry Jones, LABYRINTH is a distinctive, beautifully designed dark fantasy for all ages.


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Features
Audio: English, Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Audio: Portugese Dolby Digital Stereo
Dubbed: Japanese, Portugese
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Subtitles: English, French, Japanese, Portuguese
 
Entertainment Reviews
Labyrinth - DVD Review
By: Jesse Hassenger - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews
Published on: 8/8/2007 2:11 AM
Jim Henson's first non-Muppet feature film, The Dark Crystal, gave us a dark and immersive puppet-only world. Its box-office failure explains the step back from creepiness demonstrated by his next fantasy project, Labyrinth....read the full review

 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 8/14/2007
Running Time: 101 minutes
Original Release Date: 1986
Catalog ID: 18581
UPC: 00043396185814
Number of Discs: 2

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, Japanese Dubbed, Portuguese Dubbed
Available Subtitles: English, French, Japanese, Portuguese
Video: Color

Aspect Ratio
Widescreen  2.35:1

 
Cast & Crew
Christopher Malcolm
David Bowie
Frank Oz
Jennifer Connelly
Shari Weiser
Shelley Thompson
Toby Froud
Warwick Davis
Alex Thomson - Cinematographer
Dennis Lee - Based On Story By
Eric Rattray - Producer
George Lucas - Executive Producer
Jim Henson - Director
Jim Henson - Based On Story By
John Grover - Editor
Terry Ackland-Snow, et. al. - Art Director
Terry Jones - Screenplay
Trevor Jones - Original Music By

 
Awards

Nominee (1987)
   British Academy Awards, Roy Field, et. al., Best Special Visual Effects

 
Memorable Quotes
"You remind me of the babe."----Jareth (David Bowie) to one of the goblins|"What babe?"----Goblin|"The babe with the power."----Jareth|"What power?"----Another goblin|"The power of voodoo."----Jareth|"Who do?"----Goblins|"You do."----Jareth|"What?"----Goblins|"Remind me of the babe."----Jareth

"Ow! It bit me!"----Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) to Hoggle about a fairy|"What'd you expect fairies to do?"----Hoggle|"I thought they did nice things...like granting wishes!"----Sarah|"Shows what you know, don't it?"----Hoggle


 
Professional Reviews
New York Times
"...A fabulous film...[and] in many ways, a remarkable achievement..." 06/27/1986 p.C14

Variety
"...[Bowie] looks intriguing..." 06/25/1986

DVD Verdict 9 of 10
A labor of love and wicked fun from Jim Henson and George Lucas, Labyrinth is a charmingly low-key fantasy classic...Like many who grew up in the '80s, in the heyday of monster makeup, I was fascinated by movie special effects. I think the same way some kids watch movies and want to be actors, other kids want to be doing the latex and goop, the fun stuff. I was one of those kids until I realized there was hard work involved, and Labyrinth is fun because it is the result of two such kids (Jim Henson and George Lucas) who actually had enough ambition to pull off something special...While this film charms me, and still impresses with the look it was able to achieve for the time, it isn't the type that is typically up my alley. I would have a hard time recommending this purely on its merits as a movie, because the plot is relatively standard-issue. If you don't have an affection for this film already, I'm not sure how enjoyable it is. - Deren Ney
 
Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
"Labyrinth" is a movie that obviously was made with infinite care and pains, and it began with a real inspiration: Why not create a fantasy out of some of the drawings of M. C. Escher, who is famous for visual paradoxes such as a room with staircases that go "up" in every possible direction? The movie is an impressive production that is often good to look at. Some real thought went into it and the David Bowie soundtrack is fine, yet there's something missing. It never really comes alive...Without a strong plot line to pull us through, all movies like this run the danger of becoming just a series of incidents. There's no structure to the order of the adventures. Sarah does this, she does that, she's almost killed here, almost trapped there, until at last nothing much matters. Great energy and creativity went into the construction, production and direction of this movie, but it doesn't have a story that does justice to the production. - Roger Ebert
 

  
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