Labyrinth
Directed by Jim Henson. 1986. Ages 10+. 101 min.
Sponsored by St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
- Tue, Nov 3, 7:30 pm
Henson returns to the land of fantasy, this time creating a modern-day Alice in Wonderland (with conceptual design by illustrator Brian Froud). Jennifer Connelly plays Sarah, a young girl who must travel through the Labyrinth to save her baby brother from the Goblin King (David Bowie, “perfectly cast”—The New York Times). Full of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop’s typically imaginative creature design, the film’s eye-popping sets, including the M.C. Escher inspired castle, create a wholly believable world existing just behind the facade of reality. “The script, by Terry Jones, co-creator of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, is witty and slightly zany—a good combination to entertain both children and adults. The result, a fabulous film about a young girl’s journey into womanhood that uses futuristic technology to illuminate a mythic-style tale, is in many ways a remarkable achievement.”—The New York Times.