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Labyrinth (1986)

PG 101 min  -  Adventure | Family | Fantasy  -   27 June 1986 (USA)
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15-year-old Sarah accidentally wishes her baby half-brother, Toby, away to the Goblin King Jareth who will keep Toby if Sarah does not complete his Labyrinth in 13 hours.

Director:

Jim Henson

Writers:

Dennis Lee (story), Jim Henson (story), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Bowie ...
Jennifer Connelly ...
Toby Froud ...
Toby
Shelley Thompson Shelley Thompson ...
Stepmother
Christopher Malcolm ...
Father
Natalie Finland Natalie Finland ...
Fairy
Shari Weiser Shari Weiser ...
Brian Henson ...
Hoggle / Goblin (voice)
Ron Mueck Ron Mueck ...
Ludo / Firey 2 / Goblin (voice)
Rob Mills Rob Mills ...
Ludo / Firey 3
Dave Goelz Dave Goelz ...
Didymus / The Hat / The Four Guards / Left Door Knocker / Firey 3 (voice) (as David Goelz)
David Alan Barclay David Alan Barclay ...
Didymus / Firey 1
David Shaughnessy David Shaughnessy ...
Didymus / The Hat / The Four Guards / Goblin (voice) (as David Shaughnessy)
Karen Prell Karen Prell ...
The Worm / The Junk Lady / Firey 2
Timothy Bateson Timothy Bateson ...
The Worm / The Four Guards / Goblin (voice)
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Storyline

Young Sarah is left home alone by her parents and she has to babysit her little brother Toby. But the baby keeps crying and Sarah, while telling him a story to make him sleep, inadvertently conjures from a fantasy world the Goblin King who steals the child and brings him to his castle in the middle of a labyrinth. Sarah has to rescue him before midnight, or the baby will became a goblin... Written by Flavio Rizzardi <spillo@maya.dei.unpid.it>  

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Plot Keywords:

Goblin | Labyrinth | Baby | Castle | Child  | See more »

Taglines:

A' mazing tale of never-ending fantasy. See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Musical

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Details

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Laberinto See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$12,729,917 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1
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Trivia

In the scene where Toby is seated on Jareth's lap, the baby has a fixed and hypnotized look off-camera as Jareth murmurs evilly into his ear. In fact, Toby screamed so much during the many takes of this scene, that something had to be done to keep him quiet. Fortunately, a crew member had a glove-puppet Sooty. For the duration of Jareth's speech, David Bowie had the Sooty puppet on one hand (out of shot) gently wiggling to distract Toby. The child was entranced, hence the hypnotic stare, and the perfect silence. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: The wires connected to Sarah are visible as she falls down into the junkyard. See more »

Quotes

Sarah: That's not fair!
Jareth: You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is?
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Connections

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Soundtracks

"Within You"
Performed by David Bowie
Written by David Bowie
Produced by David Bowie and Arif Mardin See more »