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| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Year: | 1986 |
| Rating: | PG |
| Length: | 1h 41mins |
| Cast: | Jim Henson, David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud |
George Lucas produced and Jim Henson directed this Gothic fantasy which pits living and breathing actors Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie (who also provides the film score) 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
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