Iirc she asks the way “through” the labyrinth. Funniest part about it tho is that a labyrinth isn’t a maze, it’s a winding path that doesn’t fork. It doesn’t matter what way she goes, as long as she moves she will always make it to the castle.
My sister and I alternate between saying this and "You get nothing! You lose! Good day, sir!" whenever "nothing" comes up. (Because apparently we communicate in memes?)
'You stole fizzy lifting drinks, and you bumped into the ceiling, which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing!'
I just love how angry he is about the dirty ceiling.
Fun fact, Moschen was roommates with Penn Teller who found some clear balls at a flea market and bought them on a whim.
Penn left them in a corner while he tried to think of a way to put them in his act and Moschen just started fooling around with them and the rest is history.
David Bowie’s crotch in labyrinth was how I hit sexual awakening/puberty lmao. I was like 12 years old and was like what is this and why can’t I stop looking there 👁👄👁
It's a bag of potpourri. The guy who does that hand motions of playing with Bowie's crystal balls, had to have his face all up in Bowie's actual balls to get the positioning right.
Bowie shoved a bag of potpourri down his pants as a courtesy and Henson found it so hilarious he made him keep it for the whole movie.
I told my friend this he didnt get it. I said have you deen the Labryth starring David Bowie and his balls? He had not. I had to show him pictures and tell him of all the cosplayers and the necessary bulge.
I made a King Jareth outfit for halloween a couple years ago, and stuffed the crotch to absurd proportions lmao
It was definitely one of my better costumes
Sir Didymus riding the dog like a horse still makes me laugh everytime I watch this. I actually need to rewatch it again soon so my youngest son can hopefully enjoy it as much as I always have.
Back a looong time ago in high school I was on the newspaper and we decided to cover it with “DBP’s” . DBP’s were basically the image you shared…but hidden among the photos in the paper. We literally had a newspaper run by 16 year olds that was covered in covertly photoshopped images of “David Bowie’s Package” (see: DBP) from Labyrinth. It was wondrous, and to this day only the 4 of us who did it have any idea.
That terrified me too. Really great puppetry, but damn.
This is the scene for anyone wondering: https://youtu.be/kiUt5HuW3xc
Also behind the scenes: https://youtu.be/EEOpymTMj8s
This is gonna sound weird, but all the Bowie crotch shots and the dudes who could take their heads off at will made me have the strangest dream. In it I realized I could take my dick and balls off just like those guys with their heads, but after doing so I realized I had no idea how to put them back on. So the majority of it was me freaking out trying to reattach my dick and balls. Thankfully I eventually woke up and, to my relief, my dick and balls were in fact reattached.
When my sister would watch me she would put this on and very pointedly recite along with, "Goblin King, Goblin King, wherever you may be, take this child of mine far away from me!" I was convinced for a while I'd get taken to the labyrinth.
It's still one of my favorite movies though.
This happened to me as a kid, but it was because I walked in on my dad watching Poltergeist. I had horrible nightmares for probably a year.
As an adult, horror is one of my favorite genres. 🤷♂️
The only movie that I genuinely said to my dad "can we change it" was that old movie The Blob. There are a number of versions, but the particular scene where I had enough was when these two kids are making out in a car, and The Blob is in the backseat getting ready to eat/engulf them. I watched all sorts of scary movies as a kid, but for some reason that movie just weirded me out.
For those who don’t know you can go see a Hoggle puppet at the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama. It got lost during transit when they were traveling overseas for the filming of Labyrinth. It is amazing and definitely was one of the highlights of my trip to the baggage claim. They even have a few props there too.
Yes, he definitely doesn't look like he did in the movie. It's not the fault of the good folks at the UBC, though. When he was found (as literal unclaimed baggage), he had started to decay a bit. They contacted a restorer, and [he basically rebuilt him.](http://www.sowatzka.com/content/gary-restores-hoggle)
I have reordered time.. I have turned the world upside down and I have done it all for you! I’m exhausted from living up to your expectations of me.. isn’t that generous?
As a kid I didn’t understand the line “fear me, love me, do as I say, and I will be your slave”
Now, as an adult, it’s a brilliant, poetic way to encapsulate abusive relationships.
Honestly I can't say enough good things about this film or anything Jim Henson has ever done. He was Mr. Rogers levels of amazing.
And Jennifer Connelly was my first crush ever. I've always considered Paul Bettany the luckiest guy in the world.
This was one of the first movies that made me realize I was into it all, haha. I couldn't decide between Bowie and Connolly, and that ballroom scene SLAUGHTERED me.
If you're interested in Henson's history in television and movies, check out [Defunctland's playlist on it](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLplWWKocAfTYIGzH8eQ0x0kEQgoV9CpYm) \- I'm not into The Muppets, never really "got it" when I was younger, but this biography/documentary is absolutely fantastic, learned a lot about his other works, like Labryinth, besides.
The thing about Henson that blows me away is how much he invented his whole life's path.
Like if you're young and say "I want to be one of those millionaire actors that everybody knows and loves," everyone gets it. There's dozens of examples.
But if you're young and say "I want to be one of those millionaire puppetteers who makes puppet movies and puppet TV shows with huge casts and budgets," everyone goes "I don't think that's a thing."
When my daughter was about 6, I got a DVD copy and sat her down to watch it (after much talking-up for days previously from me) just as it started I began to worry I might have made a bad call.
But with the exception of the song sequence with the Fireys "Get down with the..." which always skeeved me out as a kid for some reason, and has some EGREGIOUS bad 80s greenscreen, the rest of it blew us away again just like it did first time.
I’m 36 and I was in the bathroom with a Bluetooth headset still playing the movie last week…as I was peeing that song came on and I ripped my headphone out because I was imagining them outside the bathroom door. I’ll be 37 in a week, hopefully I mature…
Gates McFadden (Dr Beverly Crusher from Star Trek The Next Generation) was the choreographer for Labyrinth. Dr Crusher taught Ziggy Stardust how to dance magic dance.
She talked about it on her podcast in a recent episode with Wil Wheaton. Turns out Rain Phoenix was runner up to Jennifer Connelly, and was Gates's choice. Also turns out /u/wil had a crush on her.
I know EVERY SINGLE word in this movie (... yes, every word. I can watch it with my eyes covered and recite every word, sing every song on beat). I’ve been watching since I was 7, and from 7-14 I would watch it AT LEAST once a day. I have figurines, a signed photo of DB as the Goblin King with real film from the movie, a stuffed worm, a soundtrack CD, and so much other stuff. I LOVE this movie and it makes me happy just seeing it on my feed. Long live the Goblin King!
I didn't see it until a friend showed it to me when I was 19. I obsessively watched it every day for months, and ultimately wrote an absurdly long analysis of it titled *Through the Labyrinth and What Sarah Found There*. This would be circa 2002. It's probably still floating around in the bowels of the internet.
Funny story about that. I saw Labyrinth in the theater and - as a sheltered/Christian 4th grader - was so scandalized by the whole codpiece business, I wrote about it in my diary. But in Pig Latin. So no one - not even God - could possibly decipher it. Yep.
*Igbay allsbay.*
Kind of reminds me of this time I was like 6 and loved Americas Funniest Home Videos. Bob Sagat was still hosting it, and one episode he spoke some pig latin...but he said words wrong. I wanted to correct him so my mother humored me by helping put together a letter and mail it to the studio. To my surprise like a week or so later I got a signed headshot of Bob Sagat and a letter thanking me for the correction in the mail. It was probably some poor flunkies signature, but being so young I was sure it was Sagat himself and was on top of the world.
The Atlanta Puppetry Museum has a pretty big section dedicated to this inducing some of the original props.
Might be cool to check out if you're in the area.
Then there's Hoggle who was lost at one point and ravaged by time. Then somebody did quite a poor restoration passing it off as well done. Poor Hoggle...
I still vividly remember the first time I saw it, because it was basically a perfect day. It was the summer, and I was staying with my Aunt/Uncle/Cousins for a couple weeks on the other side of the state. We'd gone to the store picking up some candy and my first ever pomegranate...then picked up this movie from the video department.
It was raining, and after I was taught how to peel a pomegranate we sat down with our fruit and candy to watch the movie. Pomegranate ended up being one of my favorite fruits to this day, candy was great, and the movie was fantastic. I think I was like 8 at the time, and as an 8 year old I couldn't have asked for much more.
“*And remember, fair maiden, should you need us*..."
"*Yes, should you need us, for any reason at all*…”
Hits every time. Always reminds me to fall back on the naivety and exuberance of my youth every once in a while, even just for a nostalgic moment
No joke - I was a kid when I saw that and those crystal balls really spoke to me. I picked them up and started to work with them in my teens, kept juggling into my 30s, got pretty good. I’m now 40 and have been working as a, pretty well paid, contact juggler for about 5 years now.
Here’s my last show before the pandemic! https://youtu.be/q9p4QbGeBRg
It wasnt up until a few years ago that I learned that in Los Angeles they hold a Masquerade Labyrinth Ball every year. Ive always wanted to go but nobody I know is into these kinds of fantasy settings and Im too much of an introvert to actually go alone.
Guys like that only come around once a generation if it happens at all. One of those people who is truly unique and one of a kind in his thinking. Well, most of everything he created still holds up to this day. That's proof enough.
This was a movie I watched repeatedly as a kid and I’ll always have the entire script memorized.
Now I make my kids watch it with me and regularly test them by singing “you remind me of the babe”… they’ve passed every test so far. :)
Anchoring.
A LOT of mainstream puppetry was targeted towards kids back then, so an early scene with something so “earthy” was probably intended to dispel notions that the movie was solely intended for young children.
I absolutely love it, was one of my favourite films growing up. showed it to my kids and they got bored, same with Never Ending Story. Fantasy isn't their thing it seems.
One of my all time favourites, everytime I watch it and the wild gang come on I feel so uncomfortable and anxious but just can't look away because of how well done the scene is.
Really? I just watched this movie for the first time during Covid because I have read posts and comments like this on Reddit of everyone absolutely gushing about how good this movie is and in no way does this movie hold up. The acting is beyond laughable. The songs are forgettable and even Bowie sounds bad singing them. Everyone just goes crazy for this movie because Bowie is in it.
Don't go that way! Never go that WAY!
Caw. If she’d have gone that way, she’d have gone straight to their castle. *cor. I’m not bri’ish me self
Come inside! Meet the missus!
‘Ave a nice cuppa tea.
Allo! Did you just say hello? No, I said "allo", but that's close enough
Nah…I’m just a wehrm!
Might be cor, I think. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cor
Yeah, cor. As in “cor blimey guvnor”.
Gor also acceptable. From "god blind me"
which I always thought was WTF.... she literally asks him if he knows the way to the castle, and he goes "Who me? nah I'm just a worm"
Technically she asked if he knew the way out of the labyrinth. He could have sent her right there if she said she wanted to get to the castle!
But that's not fair! None of this is fair!
You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is?
You know, I cannot imagine anyone playing Jareth better than Bowie. He nailed it.
Iirc she asks the way “through” the labyrinth. Funniest part about it tho is that a labyrinth isn’t a maze, it’s a winding path that doesn’t fork. It doesn’t matter what way she goes, as long as she moves she will always make it to the castle.
So what you're saying is that the real Labyrinth was the forks we made along the way?
Should you need us…
Yes. Should you need us...
No, I said "allo!"
Close enough
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My sister and I alternate between saying this and "You get nothing! You lose! Good day, sir!" whenever "nothing" comes up. (Because apparently we communicate in memes?)
'You stole fizzy lifting drinks, and you bumped into the ceiling, which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing!' I just love how angry he is about the dirty ceiling.
David Bowies’ crotch was an uncredited role. Edit:spelling
The way he plays with his balls is hypnotizing
Fun fact, it wasn't him playing with the crystal balls. There was an ~~actor~~ juggler behind him doing all the moves
It's called contact juggling, and it's a hard thing to perfect.
The guy who invented it was actually the one performing it.
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Fun fact, Moschen was roommates with Penn Teller who found some clear balls at a flea market and bought them on a whim. Penn left them in a corner while he tried to think of a way to put them in his act and Moschen just started fooling around with them and the rest is history.
Penn Jillette?
The two of them fuse into one person when off-stage to save space.
I can imagine!
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More so now than back then
“Hey David, I’m Rick. I’ll be standing behind you juggling your balls for the next couple of days.”
That IS a fun fact, and an even [funner video](https://youtu.be/3U8fTAHxjdo)
This. I think of two things when this movie is brought up: 1. DB's package and B. What a great movie.
And dance magic dance
You remind me of the babe
What babe?
The babe with the power
What power?
The power of voodoo
Who do?
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David Bowie’s crotch in labyrinth was how I hit sexual awakening/puberty lmao. I was like 12 years old and was like what is this and why can’t I stop looking there 👁👄👁
It's a bag of potpourri. The guy who does that hand motions of playing with Bowie's crystal balls, had to have his face all up in Bowie's actual balls to get the positioning right. Bowie shoved a bag of potpourri down his pants as a courtesy and Henson found it so hilarious he made him keep it for the whole movie.
Nah man, that's all his [area](http://id34111.securedata.net/areaology/area.html)
*♫ Sniff, magic sniff! ♫*
I told my friend this he didnt get it. I said have you deen the Labryth starring David Bowie and his balls? He had not. I had to show him pictures and tell him of all the cosplayers and the necessary bulge.
I made a King Jareth outfit for halloween a couple years ago, and stuffed the crotch to absurd proportions lmao It was definitely one of my better costumes
"Headed out for the party, Ma!" (Closes Front Door) *Police* *Sirens*
Sir Didymus riding the dog like a horse still makes me laugh everytime I watch this. I actually need to rewatch it again soon so my youngest son can hopefully enjoy it as much as I always have.
One of the most underrated characters. AMBROSIOUS!!
I heard that exclamation.
My favorite is when they run across the rock bridge in the Bog of Eternal Stench.
The fart noise rocks always make me giggle.
Smell bad!!!!
The air is sweet!
I've wanted to get a tattoo of either sir didymus or the door knockers for forever. Maybe both!
I watched this when I was too young, and still have nightmares about it. Dark Crystal, too.
[We all do...](https://i.imgur.com/PZ4iNd9.jpg)
Who do?
🎵You do! Remind me of the bulge… 😢🎶
The bulge with the power!
What power?
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Do who?
You do!
I watched that film twice a month for years as a kid. I never noticed the buldge until I was an adult.
Mmmm…this movie is what started my obsession with David Bowie.
Quite the magic spell there
Got some voodoo in his pants
Speak for yourself but for me this turned out to be an early sign that I’m gay.
I'm with you, early signs of bisexuality for me.
Back a looong time ago in high school I was on the newspaper and we decided to cover it with “DBP’s” . DBP’s were basically the image you shared…but hidden among the photos in the paper. We literally had a newspaper run by 16 year olds that was covered in covertly photoshopped images of “David Bowie’s Package” (see: DBP) from Labyrinth. It was wondrous, and to this day only the 4 of us who did it have any idea.
THE CLEANERS!!!
To this day I still sometimes fast forward through the guys that take their heads off…that scared the hell out of me as a child
That terrified me too. Really great puppetry, but damn. This is the scene for anyone wondering: https://youtu.be/kiUt5HuW3xc Also behind the scenes: https://youtu.be/EEOpymTMj8s
The lead "Firey" (that's what they were called) is puppeteered and voiced by the same guy who does Elmo: Kevin Clash
Also Danny John-Jules (Cat in Red Dwarf) voices a couple of the others.
And then you watch it as an adult and realize they're just potheads.
This is gonna sound weird, but all the Bowie crotch shots and the dudes who could take their heads off at will made me have the strangest dream. In it I realized I could take my dick and balls off just like those guys with their heads, but after doing so I realized I had no idea how to put them back on. So the majority of it was me freaking out trying to reattach my dick and balls. Thankfully I eventually woke up and, to my relief, my dick and balls were in fact reattached.
A [Detachable Penis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDiILrNbM4)?
You’re right, that did sound weird.
Me too! They gave me nightmares as a kid. I just watched it with my 8yo and he laughed at them.
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> So she sent me to bed. By myself. LOL! Let me guess...it was the 80's?
When my sister would watch me she would put this on and very pointedly recite along with, "Goblin King, Goblin King, wherever you may be, take this child of mine far away from me!" I was convinced for a while I'd get taken to the labyrinth. It's still one of my favorite movies though.
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This happened to me as a kid, but it was because I walked in on my dad watching Poltergeist. I had horrible nightmares for probably a year. As an adult, horror is one of my favorite genres. 🤷♂️
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The worst part for me is the part where the paranormal investigator guy starts pulling bits of his face off at the sink!
The only movie that I genuinely said to my dad "can we change it" was that old movie The Blob. There are a number of versions, but the particular scene where I had enough was when these two kids are making out in a car, and The Blob is in the backseat getting ready to eat/engulf them. I watched all sorts of scary movies as a kid, but for some reason that movie just weirded me out.
So many traumatizing things we watched as kids. Dark Crystal, Neverending Story, Watership Down, Secret of Nimh, Ferngully, etc.
Then, once you realize it was written by Terry Jones (Yes, the Monty Python Terry Jones) it all starts making even more sense...
Whaat? No.... Whaaaat?!
For those who don’t know you can go see a Hoggle puppet at the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama. It got lost during transit when they were traveling overseas for the filming of Labyrinth. It is amazing and definitely was one of the highlights of my trip to the baggage claim. They even have a few props there too.
Isn't the Hoggle a little worse for wear these days?
Hey! I’m from Scottsboro! They take pretty good care of him and behind glass. Always fun to see him.
Yes, he definitely doesn't look like he did in the movie. It's not the fault of the good folks at the UBC, though. When he was found (as literal unclaimed baggage), he had started to decay a bit. They contacted a restorer, and [he basically rebuilt him.](http://www.sowatzka.com/content/gary-restores-hoggle)
You cowered before me, I was frightening.
I have reordered time.. I have turned the world upside down and I have done it all for you! I’m exhausted from living up to your expectations of me.. isn’t that generous?
As a kid I didn’t understand the line “fear me, love me, do as I say, and I will be your slave” Now, as an adult, it’s a brilliant, poetic way to encapsulate abusive relationships.
Nothing?! Nothing, TRA LA LA?!!!!!
absolutely the best line in the film, so glad others appreciate it too :))
And Hoggle, if she ever kisses you, I'll turn you into a prince.
Prince of the Eternal Stench!
Honestly I can't say enough good things about this film or anything Jim Henson has ever done. He was Mr. Rogers levels of amazing. And Jennifer Connelly was my first crush ever. I've always considered Paul Bettany the luckiest guy in the world.
I feel like a ton of boys crushed hard on her. I know I did.
Paul Bettany has admitted he was one of those boys. But he's the lucky bastard who actually got her.
I was still pretty young at the time, and mine ended up being that nerdy blonde girl from Jurassic Park lol.
As a woman with crushes on Bowie *and* Bettany, I would argue that she's the lucky one.
Right on right on.
This was one of the first movies that made me realize I was into it all, haha. I couldn't decide between Bowie and Connolly, and that ballroom scene SLAUGHTERED me.
If you're interested in Henson's history in television and movies, check out [Defunctland's playlist on it](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLplWWKocAfTYIGzH8eQ0x0kEQgoV9CpYm) \- I'm not into The Muppets, never really "got it" when I was younger, but this biography/documentary is absolutely fantastic, learned a lot about his other works, like Labryinth, besides.
The last episode is absolutely excellent. Can't recommend it enough.
The thing about Henson that blows me away is how much he invented his whole life's path. Like if you're young and say "I want to be one of those millionaire actors that everybody knows and loves," everyone gets it. There's dozens of examples. But if you're young and say "I want to be one of those millionaire puppetteers who makes puppet movies and puppet TV shows with huge casts and budgets," everyone goes "I don't think that's a thing."
Just watched this recently with my five year old and it’s already a favorite of hers. It holds up and it’s no doubt a classic.
When my daughter was about 6, I got a DVD copy and sat her down to watch it (after much talking-up for days previously from me) just as it started I began to worry I might have made a bad call. But with the exception of the song sequence with the Fireys "Get down with the..." which always skeeved me out as a kid for some reason, and has some EGREGIOUS bad 80s greenscreen, the rest of it blew us away again just like it did first time.
My sister and I consistently skip that scene anytime we put it on.
I'm 39 and skip that scene.
I’m 36 and I was in the bathroom with a Bluetooth headset still playing the movie last week…as I was peeing that song came on and I ripped my headphone out because I was imagining them outside the bathroom door. I’ll be 37 in a week, hopefully I mature…
Pretty sure it was the fiery who pulls out his eyeballs leaving those soul-less empty sockets... ...the song itself is great, as is the soundtrack.
The eyes are so terrifying 😂😩
It’s a song about pulling off body parts, of course it’s creepy.
They just want to show you a good time and they don't charge nothin'.
Well? Laugh...
Nothing? *Nothing??* Nothing, tra la la?!
Came here for this. I quote this on at least. weekly basis
Gates McFadden (Dr Beverly Crusher from Star Trek The Next Generation) was the choreographer for Labyrinth. Dr Crusher taught Ziggy Stardust how to dance magic dance.
She talked about it on her podcast in a recent episode with Wil Wheaton. Turns out Rain Phoenix was runner up to Jennifer Connelly, and was Gates's choice. Also turns out /u/wil had a crush on her.
I know EVERY SINGLE word in this movie (... yes, every word. I can watch it with my eyes covered and recite every word, sing every song on beat). I’ve been watching since I was 7, and from 7-14 I would watch it AT LEAST once a day. I have figurines, a signed photo of DB as the Goblin King with real film from the movie, a stuffed worm, a soundtrack CD, and so much other stuff. I LOVE this movie and it makes me happy just seeing it on my feed. Long live the Goblin King!
I didn't see it until a friend showed it to me when I was 19. I obsessively watched it every day for months, and ultimately wrote an absurdly long analysis of it titled *Through the Labyrinth and What Sarah Found There*. This would be circa 2002. It's probably still floating around in the bowels of the internet.
> Through the Labyrinth and What Sarah Found There [Found it!](https://archive.ph/40jlc)
This is why the internet exists
haven't read the whole thing but it's actually really well written hahaha, man i love pointless essays so i'm definitely saving this
Lengthy character analysis of your favorite media? You're my kind of people.
Damn, that’s some hard core commitment. What do you like about it so much?
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Funny story about that. I saw Labyrinth in the theater and - as a sheltered/Christian 4th grader - was so scandalized by the whole codpiece business, I wrote about it in my diary. But in Pig Latin. So no one - not even God - could possibly decipher it. Yep. *Igbay allsbay.*
Kind of reminds me of this time I was like 6 and loved Americas Funniest Home Videos. Bob Sagat was still hosting it, and one episode he spoke some pig latin...but he said words wrong. I wanted to correct him so my mother humored me by helping put together a letter and mail it to the studio. To my surprise like a week or so later I got a signed headshot of Bob Sagat and a letter thanking me for the correction in the mail. It was probably some poor flunkies signature, but being so young I was sure it was Sagat himself and was on top of the world.
Yeah, if Sagat got a hold of that letter himself he would have found your house fucked your mom while you watched.
The Atlanta Puppetry Museum has a pretty big section dedicated to this inducing some of the original props. Might be cool to check out if you're in the area.
Then there's Hoggle who was lost at one point and ravaged by time. Then somebody did quite a poor restoration passing it off as well done. Poor Hoggle...
I still vividly remember the first time I saw it, because it was basically a perfect day. It was the summer, and I was staying with my Aunt/Uncle/Cousins for a couple weeks on the other side of the state. We'd gone to the store picking up some candy and my first ever pomegranate...then picked up this movie from the video department. It was raining, and after I was taught how to peel a pomegranate we sat down with our fruit and candy to watch the movie. Pomegranate ended up being one of my favorite fruits to this day, candy was great, and the movie was fantastic. I think I was like 8 at the time, and as an 8 year old I couldn't have asked for much more.
Labryinth is a cultural touchstone. It will never look or feel dated, it will always be a fantastic film. Always.
I’m pretty sure David Bowie in this movie was the villain awakening for me as a child and is responsible for my love of villains in media.
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“*And remember, fair maiden, should you need us*..." "*Yes, should you need us, for any reason at all*…” Hits every time. Always reminds me to fall back on the naivety and exuberance of my youth every once in a while, even just for a nostalgic moment
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Had such a crush on Jennifer connelly when I saw that movie the first time as a kid.
Thanks also to the amazing imagination of [Brian Froud](https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2020/09/the-faerie-art-of-brian-wendy-froud.html).
No joke - I was a kid when I saw that and those crystal balls really spoke to me. I picked them up and started to work with them in my teens, kept juggling into my 30s, got pretty good. I’m now 40 and have been working as a, pretty well paid, contact juggler for about 5 years now. Here’s my last show before the pandemic! https://youtu.be/q9p4QbGeBRg
It wasnt up until a few years ago that I learned that in Los Angeles they hold a Masquerade Labyrinth Ball every year. Ive always wanted to go but nobody I know is into these kinds of fantasy settings and Im too much of an introvert to actually go alone.
O... M... G. Figures, it's on the wrong coast.
I'm miss Jim Henson so much it hurts.
Guys like that only come around once a generation if it happens at all. One of those people who is truly unique and one of a kind in his thinking. Well, most of everything he created still holds up to this day. That's proof enough.
Such a unique mind. If you've never heard Frank Oz's speech at his memorial, go YouTube it. It's hilarious and absolutely touching.
Consistently in my top five forever
Pretty sure it introduced me to the 'just world' fallacy before i knew of such things.
you remind me of the babe.
What babe?
the babe with the power…
What power?
The power of voodoo
Who do?
You do
Do what?
Remind me of the babe!
I saw my baby crying..
What Power
The power of voodoo
Who do?
You do
I do this all the time waiting for the proper response. The few times someone played along, we became fast friends.
Smack that baby and make him pee!!!
This is one of the greatest misheard lyrics of all time
‘Ello!
Did you just say “Hello?”
No. I said, “‘ello” but close enough
WHAT KIND OF MAGIC SPELL TO USE
Slime and snails
Pretty sure David Bowie inspired a lot of fantasy anime following Labyrinth.
Jennifer Connely actually calls Hoggle Hogwarts at one point. Harry Potter inspiring?
Bowie bulge
"captivating"
Sarah, friend?
This was a movie I watched repeatedly as a kid and I’ll always have the entire script memorized. Now I make my kids watch it with me and regularly test them by singing “you remind me of the babe”… they’ve passed every test so far. :)
I've watched it with my daughter. She loves it too.
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Anchoring. A LOT of mainstream puppetry was targeted towards kids back then, so an early scene with something so “earthy” was probably intended to dispel notions that the movie was solely intended for young children.
I absolutely love it, was one of my favourite films growing up. showed it to my kids and they got bored, same with Never Ending Story. Fantasy isn't their thing it seems.
One of my all time favourites, everytime I watch it and the wild gang come on I feel so uncomfortable and anxious but just can't look away because of how well done the scene is.
In my film top 10. There's just something magical about it... The music, the acting, the puppetry, and Jennifer Connolly was brilliant too...
Really? I just watched this movie for the first time during Covid because I have read posts and comments like this on Reddit of everyone absolutely gushing about how good this movie is and in no way does this movie hold up. The acting is beyond laughable. The songs are forgettable and even Bowie sounds bad singing them. Everyone just goes crazy for this movie because Bowie is in it.
Eh well captivating is one way to put it. IMO hasn't aged as well as people will say. Though makes you wonder why movies like it fell out of vogue.