Sixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King.Sixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King.Sixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 4 nominations total
Brian Henson
- Hoggle
- (voice)
- …
Dave Goelz
- Didymus
- (voice)
- …
David Alan Barclay
- Didymus
- (as David Barclay)
- …
David Shaughnessy
- Didymus
- (voice)
- …
Timothy Bateson
- The Worm
- (voice)
- …
Michael Hordern
- The Wiseman
- (voice)
Denise Bryer
- The Junk Lady
- (voice)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe owl in the title sequence is computer generated. The first attempt at a photo-realistic CGI animal character in a feature film.
- GoofsApproximately 1 hour and 32 minutes into the film, the Goblin King conjures a glass sphere. The sphere reflects the image of the Goblin King, but there is a noticeable discrepancy where his lips in the reflection are not synchronized with his actual lip movements while speaking.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Saturday SuperStore: Episode #5.10 (1986)
- SoundtracksChilly Down
Performed by David Alan Barclay, Karen Prell, and Rob Mills
Written by David Bowie
Produced by David Bowie and Arif Mardin
Featured review
They don't make them like this anymore!
Let's face it, the eighties gave us the best of everything: best music, best movies, best acting, etc. Now, we get leftovers that have been churned out a thousand times and remakes that make me nauseous. Labyrinth is a breath of fresh air from all that.
Despite Jim Henson being dead and gone, his movies live on- and Labyrinth rules supreme. Well, to me, anyways. With a combination of (gasp) original ideas, characters, and enchanting music, Labyrinth is a classic that is overshadowed by travesties such as LOTR.
For those of us who were around in the 80's, like myself, chances are, you were familiar with David Bowie, rock god. He pulls himself up from that disaster The Hunger and plays Jareth the goblin king with wit, charm, and charisma that you can't deny.
Jennifer Connelly- whom, I already loved from Phenomena/Seven minutes in Heaven- was perfect for Sarah- she had the right tone, right intelligence, right facial expressions- every scene where she wasn't in it left me begging Henson to bring her back (which he did! :)
Labyrinth has everything that movies today only WISH that they could possess: great acting, great cast all around, fun/original storyline (Quick! Hide! It's an original IDEA!!!) and it's fun for the whole family.
Labyrinth is a classic, a gem that will always have a special place in my heart. If you haven't seen this beautiful masterpiece yet, please do so. After all- the only things in life that one should regret are the things that you haven't done. Make sure missing Labyrinth isn't one of them.
Despite Jim Henson being dead and gone, his movies live on- and Labyrinth rules supreme. Well, to me, anyways. With a combination of (gasp) original ideas, characters, and enchanting music, Labyrinth is a classic that is overshadowed by travesties such as LOTR.
For those of us who were around in the 80's, like myself, chances are, you were familiar with David Bowie, rock god. He pulls himself up from that disaster The Hunger and plays Jareth the goblin king with wit, charm, and charisma that you can't deny.
Jennifer Connelly- whom, I already loved from Phenomena/Seven minutes in Heaven- was perfect for Sarah- she had the right tone, right intelligence, right facial expressions- every scene where she wasn't in it left me begging Henson to bring her back (which he did! :)
Labyrinth has everything that movies today only WISH that they could possess: great acting, great cast all around, fun/original storyline (Quick! Hide! It's an original IDEA!!!) and it's fun for the whole family.
Labyrinth is a classic, a gem that will always have a special place in my heart. If you haven't seen this beautiful masterpiece yet, please do so. After all- the only things in life that one should regret are the things that you haven't done. Make sure missing Labyrinth isn't one of them.
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- TeamStrode
- Jul 6, 2006
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Лабіринт
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,723,253
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,549,243
- Jun 29, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $14,633,843
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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