The Dark Crystal

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dark fantasy film fantasy film film puppet-animated film

The Dark Crystal is a 1982 dark fantasy puppet-animated film co-directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz, renowned for its groundbreaking practical effects and richly imagined mythical world.

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Label	Occurrences
The Dark Crystal canonical	13
The Dark Crystal (1982 film)	1
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dark fantasy film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ film ⓘ puppet-animated film ⓘ
artDirectionBy	Brian Froud ⓘ
basedOn	original story ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Oswald Morris ⓘ
costumeDesignBy	Brian Froud ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Frank Oz ⓘ Jim Henson ⓘ
distributedBy	Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Dennis Virkler ⓘ Ralph Rosenblum ⓘ
filmingLocation	Elstree Studios ⓘ
followedBy	The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance ⓘ
genre	adventure film ⓘ dark fantasy ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ
hasAwardNomination	Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film ⓘ
hasCharacter	Aughra ⓘ Mystics ⓘ Skeksis ⓘ
hasHomeMediaRelease	Blu-ray ⓘ DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	Jen ⓘ Kira ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
musicBy	Trevor Jones ⓘ
notableFor	elaborate animatronics ⓘ groundbreaking practical effects ⓘ richly imagined mythical world ⓘ
producer	Gary Kurtz ⓘ Jim Henson ⓘ
productionCompany	ITC Entertainment ⓘ The Jim Henson Company ⓘ
publicationDate	1982 ⓘ
rating	PG ⓘ
releaseDate	1982-12-17 ⓘ
runtime	93 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	David Odell ⓘ
setInFictionalUniverse	Thra ⓘ
setInTimePeriod	distant mythical past ⓘ
storyBy	Brian Froud ⓘ Jim Henson ⓘ
usesMedium	puppetry ⓘ

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Frank Oz → notableWork → The Dark Crystal ⓘ

Billie Whitelaw → notableWork → The Dark Crystal ⓘ

Gary Kurtz → notableWork → The Dark Crystal ⓘ

Gary Kurtz → workedOn → The Dark Crystal ⓘ

Gary Kurtz → producerOf → The Dark Crystal ⓘ

Jim Henson → notableWork → The Dark Crystal ⓘ

Trevor Jones → knownFor → The Dark Crystal ⓘ

Trevor Jones → hasWorkedOn → The Dark Crystal ⓘ

The Jim Henson Company → notableWork → The Dark Crystal ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Billie Honor Whitelaw → notableWork → The Dark Crystal ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Dark Crystal (1982 film)

Frank Richard Oznowicz → notableWork → The Dark Crystal ⓘ

Frank → notableWork → The Dark Crystal ⓘ

subject surface form: Frank Oz

Mike Edmonds → notableWork → The Dark Crystal ⓘ