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Labyrinth (film)

Labyrinth
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jim Henson
Produced by Eric Rattray
Screenplay by Terry Jones
Story by Dennis Lee
Starring
Music by Trevor Jones
Cinematography Alex Thomson
Edited by John Grover
Production
companies
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date
  • June 27, 1986 (1986-06-27) (US)
  • December 2, 1986 (1986-12-02) (UK)
Running time
101 minutes
Country United Kingdom
United States
Language English
Budget $25 million
Box office $12.9 million

Labyrinth is a 1986 British-American adventure musical fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, executive-produced by George Lucas, and based upon conceptual designs by Brian Froud. The film revolves around 15-year-old Sarah's (Jennifer Connelly) quest to reach the center of an enormous otherworldly maze to rescue her infant brother Toby, who Sarah wished away to Jareth, the Goblin King (David Bowie). With the exception of Connelly and Bowie, most of the film's significant characters are played by puppets produced by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

The film started as a collaboration between Henson and Froud, with ideas for the film first being discussed between them following a screening of their previous collaboration, The Dark Crystal. Terry Jones of Monty Python wrote the first draft of the film's script early in 1984, drawing on Froud's sketches for inspiration. Various other script-writers, including Laura Phillips (who had previously written several episodes of Fraggle Rock), Lucas, Dennis Lee, and Elaine May, subsequently re-wrote and made additions to the screenplay, although Jones received the film's sole screenwriting credit. Labyrinth was shot on location in Upper Nyack, Piermont and Haverstraw in New York, and at Elstree Studios and West Wycombe Park in the United Kingdom.


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