Santa
Fe Doll Festival 2000:
The Dark Crystal Premier Movie Event
April 14-16
From http://santafedollart.org/
:
'We are proud to announce that in association
with The Jim Henson Organization we will be presenting a special
screening of "The Dark Crystal" one of Jim Henson's most magical
and ground breaking creations. World famous illustrator and designer
of "The Dark Crystal" Brian Froud, his
artist wife Wendy Froud and well known
sculptor Michael McCormick, both of whom
sculpted and brought to life many of the movies' legendary characters
will follow the screening with a fascinating program about their involvement
with this cult classic and also the movie"Labyrinth".
There will also follow a question and answer session.'
1/2000
Sequel Rumors Disproved!
Back in October of 1999, this rumor showed up several places online:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news5/99-102.htm
'The Dark Crystal: The Prequel: 'UrSkek'
has a very interesting rumour regarding a potential second "Dark Crystal"
film. In fact the scoop also includes a short paragraph discussing the
first film for those who've never heard of it. In any case remember
this is rumour for now: "Well, as you may or may not know, Jim Henson
created and directed a film in the late seventies, early eighties called
"The Dark Crystal" Mr. Henson himself called the film, "The most challenging
work he has ever done. The film took about 5 and a half years to produce
and was the first of it's kind as far as all puppetry and no humans
is concerned. He worked with a huge team, Brian Froud (Labyrinth), was
the film's creative impulse, turning out imagery of other worlds and
other times. In the age of wonder. Well, we are now almost to the year
2000 and Mr. Henson's son is now working on a prequel for "The Dark
Crystal." He is very detailed as far as wantiing the same type of look
and effect for the new film as his father used on the old. All puppets
and hopefully, no CGI. His vision is to take the audience back to before
the evil Skeksis took control, when the land was green and good and
the Gelflings (the elvin race of people) were plentiful. Suffice to
say the The Dark Crystal was not received as well as Jim Henson would
have liked but his son is bound to reverse that. With the recent Star
Wars film, he believes he has a shot at it. No word yet on a release
date, still in preliminary stages. Brian Froud is back on board, along
with many other members who worked on the first film. Frank Oz (co-director
on the first film) is not official yet, he is watching the film's progress
with much interest." '
Shortly after publicizing this information on this news page, I
received an email from Bland H. Garrett, IV, who had asked Brian Froud
about these rumors directly:
'When I met Brian and Wendy Froud in Minneapolis
last November, I asked him about the prequel. I also asked him on the
SciFi.com
chat. He said that it was a
rumor that started on the Internet in Australia. He said that there
is not going to be another Dark Crystal movie and if they were working
on it they owe him money. :-)
'I also asked him about the race of underground
dwellers that were never used in the film. Wendy said they were miners
and Brian told me that Jim used the idea to create "Fraggle Rock." Thus,
the "Boober's Dream" episode with "The Dark Crystal" at the drive-in.
Love your site! Bland H. Garrett, IV'
1/2000
The
Dark Crystal on DVD & Video!!!
The
Dark Crystal has
finally bee released on video and DVD,
and with basically everything our Re-Release campaign
ever asked for! (It seems someone at Jim Henson Productions
was listening after all. Hooray!!!!!)
Release date September 21,
1999
Columbia/Tristar
DVD
Special Features: Theatrical Trailer, Filmographies,
Separate Film Score Audio Track,
Production Notes,
Deleted Scenes, Documentaries, Cast/Crew
Bios
DVD
Video Format: Widescreen 2.35:1 aspect
ratio
DVD Audio
Tracks: English: Dolby Digital Stereo
Running time of 94 minutes
The videotape should include
the making-of documentary,
deleted scenes, and more.
Find the details on the Labyrinth
re-release HERE
The
Storyteller is also being released on video.
Episodes 1 and 2, Sapsorrow
and The
Soldier and Death
available from Amazon for $10.99
(List Price: $12.95)
The Dark Crystal
on TV!!!
The
Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth
are regularly showing on the
Odyssey channel along with their making-of
documentaries,
The World of the Dark Crystal, and Inside
the Labyrinth.
Also expect regular showings of other Henson favorites!!!
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