-The Dark Crystal the film was written by David Odell which was taken from a Jim Henson story. -It was directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz -94 minutes long (1hr 34mins) -Rated a 'pg' - presented by Jim Henson Home Entertainment, Columbia Tristar Home video - the best price is £1.85 from amazon.co.uk , I checked and i couldnt find out whether you had to pay for post and packaging though. -The film was released in 1982. - a science fiction film.
The Dark crystal is set one thousand years ago, and there was a pure crystal which got shattered and was reassembled but a shard of the crystal went missing , and because the crystal would only be pure again once the shard was found the crystal was infamously known as the dark crystal from then on.this then divides the world into two halves where one side is controlled by the evil vulture looking skekses [skek-seas] and the other is occupied by the peace-keeping mystics.
there was an ancient prophecy made that if the crystal was going to become pure once agian and the evil occupants of the world overthrown then a member of the gelfling race could only do so.Therefore the skekses over a thousand years hunted the gelflingd down and killed every known member of the gelflings.
The only known member of the gelflings was a young boy named jen who was taken in and protected by the mystics. Now there is only 10 members each of the skekses and the mystics, and when the three suns cme into conjuction soon the crystal mmust be whole again or else the world will be conquered by the evil skekses.
so jen must now leave the protection of the mystics to go and heal the crystal. Jen has to journey through mysterious and strange lands seeking help of unknown creatures. I won't spoil the ending for you now, but all i will say that there are a few more suprises for jen along the way.
all in all a very good film for all ages!
-siobhan
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far, far away, but like Star Wars it takes the audience to a place that exists only in the imagination and, for an hour and a half, on the screen. Recalling the w...
far, far away, but likeStar Warsit takes the audience to a place that exists only in the imagination and, for an hour and a half, on the screen. Recalling the world...
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