The Dark Crystal
Directed by	Jim Henson Frank Oz
Produced by	Jim Henson, David Lazer
Written by	Jim Henson David Odell
Starring	Stephen Garlick Lisa Maxwell Billie Whitelaw
Music by	Trevor Jones
Cinematography	Oswald Morris
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	December 17, 1982 (USA)
Running time	93 min.
Language	English
Budget	$15,000,000 (USD) (estimated)
Followed by	Power of the Dark Crystal (2008)
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The Dark Crystal is a 1982 fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. Like most of Henson's other work, its characters are Muppets. The Muppet Show characters for which he is famous do not appear, but some of the same performers are used. Character and creature designs in the movie are by Brian Froud. The screenplay was written by David Odell, who had worked with Henson as a staff writer on The Muppet Show. Trevor Jones provided the film's atmospheric music. The movie makes an attempt to study the nature of good and evil in terms of conscience, vital drive, and the triune nature of harmony. The film was produced by ITC Entertainment - the British production company responsible for producing The Muppet Show. Cover art from The Dark Crystal, Region 2 DVD, 2004. ... Jim Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was the most widely known American puppeteer in modern American television history. ... Frank Oz (born May 25, 1944) is an American film director, actor and puppeteer. ... Jim Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was the most widely known American puppeteer in modern American television history. ... Jim Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was the most widely known American puppeteer in modern American television history. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Lisa Maxwell in The Bill Lisa Maxwell is an English actress who was born in November 1963, in the Elephant and Castle area of London, England. ... Billie Whitelaw, CBE (born June 6, 1932) is a distinguished English actress for both stage and film. ... Trevor Alfred Charles Jones (born March 23, 1949 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African orchestral film score composer. ... This article is about the American media conglomerate. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... Power of the Dark Crystal is the sequel to the 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal scheduled for spring 2008. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. ... Jim Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was the most widely known American puppeteer in modern American television history. ... Frank Oz (born May 25, 1944) is an American film director, actor and puppeteer. ... John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters created by Jim Henson and the company he created. ... The Muppet Show was a television program featuring a cast of Muppets (diverse hand-operated puppets, typically with oversized eyes and large moving mouths) produced by Jim Henson and his team from 1976 to 1981. ... Brian Froud (born 1947 in Winchester) is an English fantasy illustrator. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Muppet Show was a television program featuring a cast of Muppets (diverse hand-operated puppets, typically with oversized eyes and large moving mouths) produced by Jim Henson and his team from 1976 to 1981. ... Trevor Alfred Charles Jones (born March 23, 1949 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African orchestral film score composer. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... For other uses, see Evil (disambiguation). ... Triune can refer to: Trinity refers to the Unity in Christianity. ... The ITC Entertainment logo The Incorporated Television Company (ITC) was founded by television mogul Lew Grade in 1954. ...

The book titled The World of The Dark Crystal, written by Brian Froud, was released at the same time as the film. The book gives much of the story background presented in this article. The World of The Dark Crystal is a companion book written in conjunction with the film The Dark Crystal. ... Brian Froud (born 1947 in Winchester) is an English fantasy illustrator. ...

Plot

Synopsis

The film takes place on Thra, a planet with three suns; the Great Sun, the Rose Sun and the Dying Sun. According to the website habidabad. ... The eight planets and three dwarf planets of the Solar System. ... Sol redirects here. ...

One thousand years before the beginning of the movie, the urSkeks cracked the Crystal of Truth, and split into two races during the Great Conjunction of the three suns - the hunchbacked, gentle beings known as Mystics (or urRu in the original drafts and novelization), and the vulture-like, cruel bipedal beings known as Skeksis. In that moment the Crystal became the Dark Crystal. The Skeksis drove the Mystics from the castle where the shattered crystal resided and then instituted a reign of terror over their world. Their wrath was particularly directed toward the elf-like Gelflings due to a prophecy that promised the restoration of the crystal and the end of the Skeksis' power. The prophecy, rediscovered in an ancient Gelfling city, read: The UrSkeks are the original rulers of the planet Thra in the film The Dark Crystal. ... The UrRu or Mystics are gentle and wise inhabitants of the planet Thra in the film The Dark Crystal. ... The UrRu or Mystics are gentle and wise inhabitants of the planet Thra in the film The Dark Crystal. ... Skeksis (specifically skekUng the Garthim Master) on permanent display at The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, GA The Skeksis are the corrupt rulers of the planet Thra in the film The Dark Crystal. ... For other uses, see Elf (disambiguation). ... Gelflings are elf-like beings who populated the fictional world of Thra, in Jim Hensons 1982 movie The Dark Crystal. ... This article or section seems to describe future events as if they have already occurred. ...

Jen believes he is the last of the Gelflings. After his parents were killed by the crustacean-like Garthim created by the Skeksis, he is raised in a lush valley in which the Mystics reside. The Mystic who has raised him is dying, and he calls Jen to his side and reveals that he is meant to "heal" the crystal by replacing the shard found at Aughra's observatory. The emperor of the Skeksis dies at the same time that the Mystic does, because they are both part of the same being. In a duel over the succession called Haakskeekah (trial by stone), the Chamberlain SkekSil is driven from the palace in rags. Jen is a protagonist of Jim Hensons 1982 fantasy film, The Dark Crystal. ... For the Dutch band, see Crustacean (band). ... The Garthim are accomplices to the Skeksis in Jim Hensons film The Dark Crystal. ... Aughra is one of the supporting characters in Jim Hensons imaginative 1982 fantasy classic film The Dark Crystal. ... Haakskeekah is a ficticious word used by the fictional race of Skeksis in Jim Hensons 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal. ...

Jen reaches Aughra, a wise woman character of unknown species, and discovers the actual crystal shard by playing music on his flute, to which it resonates. He must unify the shard with the crystal from which it sprang in time for the Great Conjunction, when his world's three suns will be aligned with one another. Garthim arrive to capture or kill Jen, who flees as Aughra is taken prisoner. For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... â™  This article is about the family of musical instruments. ... A crystal oscillator is an electronic circuit that uses the mechanical resonance of a vibrating crystal of piezoelectric material to create an electrical signal with a very precise frequency. ...

Meanwhile, the Mystics hear the signal of the Crystal, and begin their trek back to the castle.

By a river, Jen is frightened by a ball-shaped, dog-like pet known as Fizzgig and meets another Gelfling, Kira, whose existence he never suspected. They stay for a night amongst the bulbous Podlings who raised Kira and are then attacked by Garthim there. Kira, Jen, and Fizzgig escape the attack, but many Podlings are captured by the Garthim. In frustration and despair, feeling responsible for the Garthim raid, Jen discards the crystal shard. Kira reassures him that he had nothing to do with the attack,' It wasn't your fault... the Garthim have always come. ' Kira is a protagonist in Jim Hensons 1982 fantasy film, The Dark Crystal. ...

In the morning, as they awaken, they discover one of the houses of the old Gelfling City, where Jen cites the prophecy of the Crystal and recovers the shard, although Kira faces apprehension about entering the ruins ("Bad things happened in here once" is her sentiment). Jen and Kira are confronted by the disgraced SkekSil, who offers to help them, but they refuse. Riding on furry, long-legged Landstriders, the Gelflings quickly realise the castle of the crystal, just in time to see the Garthim that attacked Kira's village. Kira, followed by Jen, ride to attack the Garthim and try to free the captured Podlings while the Landstriders fight the Garthim to distract them from the rescue effort. The Landstriders are a race of forest-dwelling creatures in Jim Hensons fantasy film, The Dark Crystal. ...

The Gelflings fail to rescue the Podlings and find the Garthim, after subduing the Landstriders, closing in on them at the edge of the deep, rocky moat that encircles the castle. Sweeping Jen and Fizzgig into her arms, Kira jumps off the cliff... revealing that female Gelflings have wings. At the bottom of the gully, Jen and Kira end up at the Teeth of the Skreesh, an undefended sewer entrance to the lower parts of the castle. SkekSil meets them again and attempts to convince them to offer peace to the Skeksis. As Jen and Kira attempt to escape, SkekSil grabs Kira's arm in protest. Worried for Kira's safety, Jen strikes SkekSil, using the crystal shard as a dagger, wounding SkekSil's arm. Concurrently, a Mystic suffers a spontaneous wounding on his arm in the selfsame location. During this time Fizzgig also attacked SkekSil by biting him and renting chunks of cloth from his ragged robes. Enraged, SkekSil forces Jen into a wall, inciting a cave-in. SkekSil then takes Kira prisoner, believing Jen to be dead. The moated manor house of Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire, England Moats (also known as a Fosse) were deep and wide water-filled trenches, excavated to provide a barrier against attack upon castle ramparts or other fortifications. ...

For capturing Kira, SkekSil is restored to his position as Chamberlain. The Skeksis require Gelfling to make their "everlasting essence", a potion with which their leader SkekUng the Garthim-Master will regain his youth by draining Kira's life essence. The potency of the "everlasting essence" and the Crystal prophecy feared by the Skeksis, fuelled their genecide of the Gelfling. Only a few drops of the "everlasting essence" are drawn from Kira before her invocation of one of the imprisoned animals in the labratory, who break free, releasing themselves from bondage and attack the Skeksis overseer, SkekTek, causing his fall back into a volcanic pit, killing him. Again, due to the link between the Skeksis and the Mystics, his Mystic counterpart disintegrates into flames at the same time. Kira escapes, and the link between her and Jen gives him the strength to escape the cave-in.

In the central interior chamber where the crystal is housed, Jen alights upon the Crystal but the shard falls from his hands. Kira throws the shard, returning it to Jen. In so doing she leaves herself open to attack. As a consequence she is run through, killed, by the Ritual Master. At the conjunction of the three suns, Jen penetrates the shard unifying the Crystal, shattering the Garthim (who were originally created by the Skeksis, and so are not truly living beings) and reuniting the Mystics and Skeksis into their urSkek incarnations. The urSkek communicate directly to the consciousness via mystical sign language. One of them, UngIm, restores Kira to life, and they leave this plane of existence as the crystal has been healed, made whole. The Crystal is dark no longer and has been returned to the Crystal of Truth and the world too has been similarly healed. A mudrā (Sanskrit, मुद्रा, literally seal) is a symbolic gesture usually made with the hand or fingers. ... For other uses of the word plane, see plane. ...

Characters

• Jen - A male Gelfling
• Kira - A female Gelfling
• Aughra - An astrologer of an unknown species
• Fizzgig - Kira's pet
• The urRu/Mystics
  • urSu, Jen's Master
• The Skeksis
  • SkekSo, the Emperor
  • SkekSil, the Chamberlain
  • SkekUng, the Garthim-Master and later the new Emperor
  • SkekTek, the Scientist
  • SkekZok, the Ritual-Master
  • SkekNa, the Slave-Master
• Ydra, Kira's adoptive mother, a Podling
• Podlings - a race of gentle 'earth-people '
• Garthim - Large, crab-like soldiers/thugs of the Skeksis
• Crystal Bats - Winged creatures used by the Skeksis to find the shard of the Crystal and which act as spies for the Skeksis
• Landstriders - Long-legged forest animals and friends of Kira
• Nebrie - Grub-like forest animal that Kira is able to talk to. One is seen roasted on the dining table of the Skeksis

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Voice Cast

English Language Version

• Stephen Garlick: Jen
• Lisa Maxwell: Kira
• Billie Whitelaw: Aughra
• Percy Edwards: Fizzgig
• Barry Dennen: SkekSil, Podling 1
• Michael Kilgarriff: SkekUng
• Jerry Nelson: SkekZok, SkeSo
• Thick Wilson: SkekAyuk
• Brian Muehl: SkekEkt
• John Baddeley: SkekOk
• David Buck: SkekNa
• Charles Collingwood: SkekShod
• Sean Barrett: UrSu
• Mike Iveria: Podling 2
• Patrick Monckton Podling 3
• Sue Wetherby: Podling 4
• Joseph O'Conor: Narrator, UngIm

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Japanese version

• Tohru Furuya: Jen
• Naoko Matsui: Kira
• Naoko Kouda: Aughra, SkekEkt
• Ryūzaburō Ōtomo: SkekUng
• Hiroshi Miyauchi: SkekSil
• Norio Wakamoto: SkekZok, UrZah
• Shozo Iizuka: SkekAyuk, SkekShod
• Goro Naya: SkekSo, SkekOk
• Nachi Nozawa: SkekTek
• Fumihiko Tachiki: SkekNa
• Fujio Tokita: UrSu
• Tetsuro Tanba: Narrator, UrSkek

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Reception

The Dark Crystal made slightly over $40 million in theaters, with an estimated budget of $15 million.^[1] Its limited appeal at the time was partly due to parental concerns about its dark nature, and partly because it was soon overshadowed by E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which was released the same year.^[2] It was more of a critical success, winning a Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film and earning the grand prize at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival. (The film was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and a BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects.)^[1] Other critics, however, panned the film as "watered down J.R.R. Tolkien. . . without charm as well as interest"^[3] In both France and Japan, The Dark Crystal was the highest-grossing box office release for the year (1983).^[1] For the Atari 2600 video game based on the movie, see E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600). ... The following are a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Fantasy Film: ... The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is one of the annual Hugo Award categories, presented by members of the World Science Fiction Convention. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...

Sequel and other media

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A sequel, entitled Power of the Dark Crystal, is currently in (or about to begin) production for 2008.^[4][5] Genndy Tartakovsky is attached to direct.^[6][7] A detailed synopsis can be read at http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050515d.php. For other uses, see Sequel (disambiguation). ... Power of the Dark Crystal is the sequel to the 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal scheduled for spring 2008. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Genndy Tartakovsky (Russian: Геннадий Тартаковский (Gennadij Tartakovskij), born January 17, 1970) is an Emmy Award-winning Russian-born American animator. ...

A manga prequel, Legends of the Dark Crystal, is scheduled for publication by TokyoPop on November 13, 2007. The manga is written by Barbara Kesel, with art by Heidi Arnhold. The story will be set hundreds of years before the story in The Dark Crystal, and before the Great Extermination. A prequel is a work that portrays events which include the structure, conventions, and/or characters of a previously completed narrative, but occur at an earlier time. ... For the music movie, see Tokyo Pop. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Barbara Randall Kesel is a writer and editor of comic books; her bibliography includes work for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Crossgen, and Image Comics. ...

An online text based RPG was made but fans were disappointed as the game did not represent the film fairly. A new game was created in 2006 with the intention of being released on the Nintendo DS but was soon stopped as interest in the game faded. The creator Alex Chandler has the only copy of the game which has still not been released. This article is about games in which one plays the role of a character. ...

Technical notes

All characters in the movie are Muppets, and none are based on humans or any other specific Earth creature. At the time of the movie's release, it was billed as the first live-action film without any human beings on screen.^[1] John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters created by Jim Henson and the company he created. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ...

Originally, Jim Henson wanted members of one of the factions, the Skeksis, to speak in their own constructed language. The Skeksis dialogue was subtitled in English. This was dropped after screen test audiences found the subtitling too distracting, but the original effect can be observed for selected scenes on the various DVD releases.^[1] A constructed or artificial language — known colloquially as a conlang — is a language whose phonology, grammar, and/or vocabulary have been devised by an individual or group, instead of having naturally evolved as part of a culture. ...

Mystical resonances

The narrative dramatises Advaita Vedanta and non-dual philosophies. Crystals have been engaged as tools throughout the Human Condition as evidenced by the academic discourses of Ethnography, Anthropology and Sociology. Geoglyphs and earth-based iconography and magical consciousness is evident throughout the movie. The mystical sign language that the urSkeks (the resolved urRu and Skeksis) employ is visually cognate with vinyasa mudra. Advaita Vedanta (IAST ; Sanskrit ; IPA ) is a sub-school of the Vedānta (literally, end or the goal of the Vedas, Sanskrit) school of Hindu philosophy. ... For other uses, see Human condition (disambiguation). ... Ethnography ( ethnos = people and graphein = writing) is the genre of writing that presents varying degrees of qualitative and quantitative descriptions of human social phenomena, based on fieldwork. ... Anthropology (from Greek: ἀνθρωπος, anthropos, human being; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the study of humanity. ... Sociology (from Latin: socius, companion; and the suffix -ology, the study of, from Greek λόγος, lógos, knowledge) is an academic and applied discipline that studies society and human social interaction. ... A geoglyph is a drawing on the ground, or a large motif, (generally greater than 4 metres) or design produced on the ground, either by arranging clasts (stones, stone fragments, gravel or earth) to create a positive geoglyph (stone arrangement/alignment, petroform, earth mound) or by removing patinated clasts to... Look up Iconography in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up magic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The UrSkeks are the original rulers of the planet Thra in the film The Dark Crystal. ... Vinyasa is the unique linking of one asana to the next in a serpentine flow. ... A mudrā (Sanskrit, मुद्रा, literally seal) is a symbolic gesture usually made with the hand or fingers. ...

Subsequent cultural references

• The Crystal Method covers the opening narration of the movie in their song "Trip Like I Do", the opening track of their debut album Vegas.
• The Skeksis make an appearance in the lyrics of the Scissor Sisters track "Return to Oz".
• Alien, an album by Canadian industrial-metal band Strapping Young Lad features a song called "Skeksis." Though the lyrics do not reference the film, some of the vocal melodies are the same as those found in the main (opening) theme of the film.
• The German Industrial band Weena Morloch features samples from the movie in their song "Girl" from the EP "Trauma 7".
• Stephen Lynch's song "D&D" includes the lyrics "Now The Lord of The Rings, The Dark Crystal and things, we use these as a reference tool."
• A Skeksis makes an appearance as a nanny in Episode 1007 of South Park entitled "Tsst".
• The Skeksis are referred to in the Farscape episode "Thanks For Sharing", and the alien race known as the Halosians in the episode "Out Of Their Minds" are designed in homage to the Skeksis.
• John Hodgman's 700 hobo names, found in his book "The Areas of My Expertise", contains a section of names from the film, including the Ornamentalist, the Scroll Keeper, the Garthim-Master, and several others.
• In Episode 309 of South Park entitled "Jewbilee," the boys gather around the camp fire to summon Moses and sing to the same type of frequencies as the Mystics and the Skeksis did to the Crystal.

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} The Dark Crystal at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ A review by Richard Scheib
3. ^ New York Times review
4. ^ Power of the Dark Crystal (2008). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2006-08-02.
5. ^ Power of the Dark Crystal (2008). TheMovieInsider.com. Retrieved on 2006-08-02.
6. ^ "Tartakovsky Directing Dark Crystal Sequel", Comingsoon.net, 2006-02-01. Retrieved on 2006-08-02. 
7. ^ "GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY TO DIRECT POWER OF THE DARK CRYSTAL", The Jim Henson Company, 2006-02-01. Retrieved on 2006-08-02. 

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External links

• The Book of Habidabad The largest, most complete, and most informative website about Jim Henson's cult classic film!
• The Dark Crystal at the Internet Movie Database
• DVD Talk on Dark Crystal – 25th Anniversary Edition DVD
• O.T.I.S.: Odd Things I've Seen
• Kira's Swamp A Gelfling & Dark Crystal fansite
• Keith Short - Film Sculptor Images of set pieces for this film
• Soundtrack Review (25th Anniversary Edition) at Tracksounds