The Dark Crystal

1982 93 min ★ 7.1 Adventure, Family, Fantasy

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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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

Brian Meehl

Ornamentalist / Urzah / Dying Master

Stephen Garlick

Jen (voice)

Lisa Maxwell

Kira (voice)

Billie Whitelaw

Aughra (voice)

Details

Director

Jim Henson

Screenplay

David Odell

Tagline

"Another world, another time... in the age of wonder."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$44,626,631

Production

ITC Entertainment, Henson Associates

Reviews

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Datapotomus

March 3, 2016

★ 4.5/10

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...

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CinemaSerf

January 18, 2025

★ 7/10

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 ...