Do you know why? Because he stole Jennifer Connelly from me!
I saw her first! I watched Labyrinth at least twenty times as a kid. I put in the ground work. Not fair!
Plot: Teenage girl, Sarah Williams (Connelly) is rather miffed at being lumped with her toddler, little brother, while her parents go off having fun. So, with an odd interest in goblins and fantasy, she calls upon the Goblin king (David Bowie) to take the child away...thing is, he does.
The following 80 minutes sees Sarah scouring the Jim Henson universe, looking for her brother and meeting a variety of decidedly peculiar creatures en-route.
This fantasy feature is a musical and it is with Bowies performance and that of the young Miss Connelly that this film stands tall, with songs like Magic Dance, that are catchy and timeless. The film was oddly a box office failure, but any child of the eighties will happily tell you that this story was memorable and cult in many ways...not least for the barrage of Muppets.
Budget: $25,000,000
Gross: $12,729,917
Fun Fact: This was Henson's final film before he died in 1990 and was produced by George 'i rule the universe' Lucas. Strangely enough, or not, there's also a manga comic sequel.
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