• Genre: Fantasy
• MPAA Rating: PG
• AMG Rating:
• Regional Coding: ABC
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George Lucas produced and Jim Henson directed this gothic fantasy which pits living and breathing actors Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie (who, along with Trevor Jones, provides the film's music) against a motley collection of Muppet monsters. The film centers upon teenage Sarah (Connelly), who lives in a fantasy world of myth and magic, evil spells, and wondrous enchantment. She is baby-sitting her little brother when she cavalierly wishes that goblins would take him away. She gets her wish, and a coterie of goblins abduct him. She then encounters Jareth (David Bowie), the ruler of a mystical world one step removed from reality. He tells Sarah that the only way to get her brother back is to find her way through a M.C. Escher-like labyrinth and find the castle at the center. As she makes her way through the maze, she faces a number of horrific challenges (like the Bog of Eternal Stench) before she finds her way to the gravity-defying castle, where her brother is being held by the evil goblins. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

Bonus Features

• The storytellers: picture-in-picture track featuring interviews with Cheryk Henson, puppeteer Kevin Clash, Henson puppet makers Rollin Krewson and Connie Peterson, actor Warwick Davis, and makeup artist Nick Dudman
• Commentary with Brian Froud
• Making-of documentary: Inside the Labyrinth
• Journey through the Labyrinth: "Kingdom of Characters" & "The Quest for Goblin City"

Actors

David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Brian Henson, Shelley Thompson, Christopher Malcolm, Natalie Finland, Shari Weiser, Ron Mueck, David Barclay, David Shaughnessey, Karen Prell, Timothy Bateson

Director

Jim Henson

Producer

Eric Rattray, David Lazer

Mild Violence

• Sound : DTHD/DD5.1/DD2
• Language : Eng/Fre/Por
• Subtitles : Eng/Fre/Por/Spa

• Screen : WSE
• Dar : 2.35:1

Review

A campy '80s fantasy, Labyrinth brings together some of the leaders in the genre to assemble a popular adventure tale. While executive produced by George Lucas, director Jim Henson provides his inventive Muppets, and former Monty Python member Terry Jones crafts witty and inventive side bits in the screenplay to color the standard formula. The special effects, makeup, and creatures are top-notch, all created before CGI technology, thus marking an end of an era for live-action fantasy films. Jennifer Connelly is not especially good as Sarah, although she does serve her purpose as the inventive dreamer for the Alice in Wonderland- or Wizard of Oz-style journey. The actor most notable is David Bowie as the villain Jareth, whose glam rock wig and revealing tights give a nod to his former alter ego Ziggy Stardust. He is quite possibly the high point of the film, contributing to songwriting and creating an alluring figure in Jareth that rightfully could be borne of a young girl's imagination. The musical score and production numbers are silly enough to firmly plant the movie in the '80s, but they also seem to add to the charm that is missing from Jim Henson's other Muppet fantasy The Dark Crystal. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

• Release Date : September 29, 2009
• Length : 101 Minutes
• Dvdsides : 1
• Dvddiscs : 1
• Upc : 043396263307