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Henson, Jim (February 26, 2011). "1/29/1985 – 2/26/1985 – 'Meet Elaine May on Labyr.' ". Jim Henson's Red Book. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012 . Retrieved January 21, 2012. Bayliss, Spurrier and Stables create a tale of intrigue, full of epic twists and turns! :D Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation #1 neatly interweaves with what has already been established as well as adding fresh things in at the same time! :D It is full epic world building (we get to meet the former Owl King), humour, suspense, skulduggery, action and adventure! :D Brilliant stuff! :D Make sure you have the next one! :D Crisp High Five! :D

In 2008, the American Film Institute nominated Labyrinth for inclusion on its Top 10 Fantasy Films list. [93] Labyrinth is ranked 72nd on Empire's "The 80 best '80s movies" [94] and 26th on Time Out's "The 50 best fantasy movies". [95] In 2019, The Telegraph named it as one of "The 77 best kids' films of all time". [96] Legacy [ edit ] The world is larger than life when you’re a child, odd and suspicious. Everything is new. There is this strange confusion of language, the rules at school, school itself. And just when you learn the rules, they change on you. Once you hit the teenage years, everything is turned upside down all over again, much like the changing staircases in one of the last scenes in Labyrinth (and in Harry Potter, which followed much later). It’s why adolescence lends itself so well to horror . Perhaps Labyrinth was preparing its audience for the explosion of YA, the teen as self-possessed heroine inheriting the Earth, scorched though it may be.Cameron, Jen (October 26, 2005). "Movie Review: Mirrormask". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on October 28, 2011 . Retrieved January 28, 2012. Prange, Melissa (December 3, 2018). "Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Under the Spell #1 Review". Rogues Portal. Archived from the original on December 7, 2018 . Retrieved October 30, 2019.

storm rages about the house. In a fit of temper, she wishes that the ghoulies would come and take the child away. Unfortunately, they do. Since its release, a number of books based on Labyrinth have been published. The Goblins of Labyrinth is a book containing Brian Froud's concept art for the film with descriptions by Terry Jones. It was published in 1986 [108] and reissued in a deluxe expanded 20th anniversary edition in 2006. [109] A concurrent novelization of the film was written by A. C. H. Smith [110] which, along with Smith's novelization of The Dark Crystal, was reprinted with illustrations and Jim Henson's notes by Archaia Publishing in 2014. [111] The film was adapted into picture book form as Labyrinth: The Storybook, written by Louise Gikow with illustrations by Bruce McNally, [112] and Labyrinth: The Photo Album, written by Rebecca Grand with photographs taken by John Brown from the film set. [113] Other tie-in adaptations included a read-along storybook produced by Buena Vista Records, which came with either a 7" 33⅓ RPM record [114] or cassette tape. [115] I'm so behind on my book reading, I admit. An intensive, starting a new class, and juggling an unexpected (but welcomed) job will do that. The edition I bought has a lovely extra section with sketches by Brain Froud and a peek into Jim Henson’s idea notebook when he was working on the story.To access art is to access darkness, and to dwell in childhood is to dwell in a place of death, the potential deepest darkness. For those who are parents, the shadow of death is always with us. When my son was born after 24 hours of labor, the midwives informed us that I had suffered a partial placental abruption. Had the placenta fully detached too soon, my baby likely would have suffered brain damage, and I could have bled to death. Consider the terror new parents are meant to feel abut SIDS, and the alarming and ever-changing information of how parents should do the most basic of tasks: put their baby to sleep. Maybe yours is the kind of mind that’s never worried about why in the 1986 film Labyrinth, Goblin King Jareth – ostensibly a human man, albeit one who can turn into an owl – rules a species with which he shares zero physical characteristics. If so, then go in peace, friend, and enjoy life. You likely already are. If, however, yours is the sort of mind that regularly lets you leave home in slippers because it’s busy wondering how they get the horses to the Olympics, then step this way. The Labyrinthmystery has been answered! Henson, Jim (December 1983). "12/-/1983 – 'End of December – Dennis Lee hands in "Novella" of Labyrinth' ". Jim Henson's Red Book. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012 . Retrieved January 20, 2012. Jim Henson's Labyrinth 30th Anniversary Special #1". Comic Book Resources. August 5, 2016. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021 . Retrieved May 19, 2019. Jones has said that Bowie's involvement in the project had a significant impact on the direction taken with the film. Jones had originally intended for the audience not to see the centre of the Labyrinth, prior to Sarah's reaching it, as he felt that, in doing so, it robbed the film of a significant "hook". Henson decided that he wanted Jareth to sing and appear throughout the film, which was something Jones considered the "wrong" decision, with the thought of Bowie starring in the film in mind. Despite his misgivings, Jones rewrote the script to allow for performing songs throughout the film. This draft of the script "went away for about a year". During this time, it was redrafted first by Phillips and subsequently by Lucas. [17] [20]

ACH Smith, who is also the author of The Dark Crystal and Lady Jane, has captured all the excitement and poetry Labyrinth is a 1986 musical fantasy film directed by Jim Henson with George Lucas as executive producer. Based on conceptual designs by Brian Froud, the film was written by Terry Jones, and many of its characters are played by puppets produced by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. The film stars Jennifer Connelly as 16-year-old Sarah and David Bowie as Jareth, the Goblin King. In Labyrinth, Sarah embarks on a quest to reach the center of an enormous, otherworldly maze to rescue her infant half-brother Toby, whom she wished away to Jareth. For all its flaws and superficial delights, Labyrinth reacquainted audiences with an old idea that Hollywood had long neglected: Childhood is a scary and dangerous place, an inherently strange time filled with dead-ends, wrong turns, lies, and traps. In other words: It’s not the Muppets. a b "Labyrinth Production Notes". Astrolog.org. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012 . Retrieved January 20, 2012. Knoll, Justin (April 13, 2017). " 'Don't Breathe' Helmer Fede Alvarez to Direct 'Labyrinth' Spin-Off for TriStar". Variety. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017 . Retrieved April 13, 2017.

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Comiskey, Ray (December 2, 1986). "Bowie's Latest and the Greatest Ghost Story Session". Irish Times. Dublin. p.12. ProQuest 522100416 The saddest thing about all this is that no one seems to make films like Labyrinth anymore. Viewing it again at the age of 25 just made me appreciate it even more, for all of it's breathtaking imaginative figures, rich scenery and original plot; especially when some of the scenes seem somewhat dated while the essence and heart of the film remain in tact, even twenty years down the road. Bowie's performance was variously lauded and derided. In his largely positive review of the film for Time, Richard Corliss praised him as "charismatic" referring to his character as a " Kabuki sorcerer who offers his ravishing young antagonist the gilded perks of adult servitude". [9] Bruce Bailey enjoyed Bowie's performance, writing that, "the casting of Bowie can't be faulted on any count. He has just the right look for a creature who's the object of both loathing and secret desire." [80] In a largely critical review, Hal Lipper found that, "Bowie forgoes acting, preferring to prance around his lair while staring solemnly into the camera. He's not exactly wooden. Plastic might be a more accurate description." [86]

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