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7.3Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into a fantastical world to rescue him from the Goblin King. Guarding his castle is the labyrinth itself, a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers.
Released: 1986-06-27101 minDir: Jim HensonAdventure, Family, FantasyBudget: $25.0MBox office: $12.7M
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Cast
- David Bowie as Jareth
- Jennifer Connelly as Sarah
- Toby Froud as Toby
- Shelley Thompson as Stepmother
- Christopher Malcolm as Father
- Brian Henson as Hoggle / Goblin (voice)
Themes
- rescue
- race against time
- maze
- castle
- musical
- puppet
- babysitter
- surrealism
- baby-snatching
- coming of age
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
163,150 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
78%
Metacritic
50/100
- Year
- 1986
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award4 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jim Henson
- Screenplay by
- Terry Jones
- Story by
- Dennis Lee Jim Henson
- Produced by
- Eric Rattray
- Starring
- David Bowie Jennifer Connelly
- Cinematography
- Alex Thomson
- Edited by
- John Grover
- Music by
- Trevor Jones
- Production companies
- Henson Associates Lucasfilm Ltd.
- Distributed by
- Tri-Star Pictures (United States) Columbia – EMI – Warner Distributors (United Kingdom)
- Release dates
- June 27, 1986 ( 1986-06-27 ) (United States) December 2, 1986 ( 1986-12-02 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 101 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $34 million
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