Labyrinth (Superbit Collection) |  | Director: Jim Henson
Actors: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson, Christopher Malcolm
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 1404930736
UPC: 043396008724
EAN: 9781404930735
ASIN: B0000844MS
Theatrical Release Date: June 27, 1986
Release Date: March 4, 2003
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Sarah (a teenage Jennifer Connelly) rehearses the role of a fairy-tale queen, performing for her stuffed animals. She is about to discover that the time has come to leave her childhood behind. In real life she has to baby-sit her brother and contend with parents who don't understand her at all. Her petulance leads her to call the goblins to take the baby away, but when they actually do, she realizes her responsibility to rescue him. Sarah negotiates the Labyrinth to reach the City of the Goblins and the castle of their king. The king is the only other human in the film and is played by a glam-rocking David Bowie, who performs five of his songs. The rest of the cast are puppets, a wonderful array of Jim Henson's imaginative masterpieces. Henson gives credit to children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, and the creatures in the movie will remind Sendak fans of his drawings. The castle of the king is a living M.C. Escher set that adults will enjoy. The film combines the highest standards of art, costume, and set decoration. Like executive producer George Lucas's other fantasies, Labyrinth mixes adventure with lessons about growing up. --Lloyd Chesley
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Sarah (a teenage Jennifer Connelly) rehearses the role of a fairy-tale queen, performing for her stuffed animals. She is about to discover that the time has come to leave her childhood behind. In real life she has to baby-sit her brother and contend with parents who don't understand her at all. Her petulance leads her to call the goblins to take the baby away, but when they actually do, she realizes her responsibility to rescue him. Sarah negotiates the Labyrinth to reach the City of the Goblins and the castle of their king. The king is the only other human in the film and is played by a glam-rocking David Bowie, who performs five of his songs. The rest of the cast are puppets, a wonderful array of Jim Henson's imaginative masterpieces. Henson gives credit to children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, and the creatures in the movie will remind Sendak fans of his drawings. The castle of the king is a living M.C. Escher set that adults will enjoy. The film combines the highest standards of art, costume, and set decoration. Like executive producer George Lucas's other fantasies, Labyrinth mixes adventure with lessons about growing up. --Lloyd Chesley
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The Superbit titles utilize a special high bit rate digital encoding process which optimizes video quality while offering a choice of both DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. These titles have been produced by a team of Sony Pictures Digital Studios video, sound and mastering engineers and comes housed in a special package complete with a 4 page booklet that contains technical information on the Superbit process. By reallocating space on the disc normally used for value-added content, Superbit DVDs can be encoded at double their normal bit rate while maintaining full compatibility with the DVD video format.
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thanks, amazon. February 1, 2010
L. Walsworth (atlanta, ga)
this was all my little sister wanted for her birthday, and i couldn't find it anywhere in the real world. luckily, amazon has everything and this was sent directly to her in time for her b-day. she loves it.
 Labrynth February 1, 2010
Rebecca L. Howell (St. Louis, MO, US)
There was not an option on the DVD to play it without letterbox. But, the movie is great.
Awesome movie. Beautiful transfer! January 30, 2010
David Andora (Chicago, Il United States)
One of my all time favorite films on so many levels. The behind the scenes documentaries and extras are really informative and fascinating. It's really something magical to watch the incredible physical efforts from so many in a time before CGI everything. This Blu-Ray edition is even sharper than the semi-recent re-release in the theaters. Get it! You won't be disappointed!
Yeah, Cod-Piece! January 14, 2010
Inept Editor (New York, NY)
This week I went to the movie showtimes section of my newspaper with the intent of going to see the new movie, Stardust. As much as I do very much want to see that movie, based on a book by Neil Gaiman, who I consider to be perhaps today's definitive master of fantasy, I was sidetracked by a listing of a special showing going on in at the same theater. That would be the phrase "Jim Henson's Labyrinth."
My heart indeed skipped a beat when I saw this. With all due respect to Mr. Gaiman, Stardust will still be playing in theaters next week, but a special screening of a Jim Henson movie is not to be missed. I will say that I have long felt that the loss of Henson is one of the truest tragedies of the modern creative age, everything the man did was full of such odd twists and turns, taking things to levels of originality and imagination far outreaching the majority of his peers, and Labyrinth is a prime example of that.
I was apprehensive at first going in, almost even deciding to see Stardust instead, feeling that maybe it would be better to see something new than risk tarnishing the memory of a movie I had not seen in well over a decade. Well the call of muppets cannot be denied and so I ended up taking the risk and I'm glad I did. While the usage of synthesizers and the presence of a very-era David Bowie certainly date the movie, they don't distract from the enjoyment of it, and I even remember why I had such a massive crush at one point on Jennifer Connelly.
I'm a big fan in general of the Muppets and Fraggle Rock, but what impresses me about Labyrinth and its predecessor, the Dark Crystal, is the ability to take the same level of imagination directed towards those worlds and channel them into an entirely different universe, with a magic all its own, a place where Kermit the Frog and crew would be entirely foreign concepts. Labyrinth creates a world where a glam rock idol rules over an army of goblins, goblins who use weapons which are made up of other goblins. A world where a giant Yeti monster controls summons rocks with his yell because they're his friends, and where a noble fox with an eyepatch rides a dog into battle.
With all the above mentioned insanity, it seems like it would be hard to point out something that sums up what makes Labyrinth such an amazing piece of film. However, for me, it happens in a scene about midway through the movie. Hoggle, the cowardly little creature who leads heroine Sarah through various parts of the labyrinth is searching for her and is interrupted by Jareth the Goblin King, but first passes a piece of stone that is shaped like a face. As he moves past the face, we see that it is in fact three separate pieces that form one single image when seen directly in front of the camera. This face is probably visible on film for a matter of seconds, if that, and is then broken apart as the angle moves away from the rocks. Yet Henson and crew found this detail important enough to spend time cutting material, designing a set, and placing the rocks in exactly the right spot, hoping that at least one viewer would catch it
A classic fantasy film great for the whole family January 14, 2010
David Long (NJ)
Seeing this movie again recently as an adult after fondly remembering it as a kid, it hasn't lost anything over the years. It remains a very charming, entertaining movie that fans of fantasy movies will enjoy regardless of their age. Starring a young Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie, the cast of characters also includes a diverse group of puppets from Jim Henson which are brought to life. The story is straightforward, but the characters make the movie very heart-warming and interesting.
Sarah is a teenager forced to babysit her brother who has a rich imagination, reading and acting out parts from a fairy tale which she then accidentally gets herself thrust into. When she wishes the Goblin King would take away her baby brother, he comes and does just that. In order to get the boy back, she must travel to the castle inside the center of a large labyrinth and confront the Goblin King Jareth within 13 hours.
Along her path in the labyrinth, Sarah encounters many different creatures. First she meets Hoggle, a dwarf whom she later discovers is acting under orders of Jareth to sabotage her efforts. Hoggle develops a fondness for Sarah however, and is torn between a desire to help her and his fear of Jareth. Learning that not everything is what it seems, she trusts and befriends Ludo, a giant beast who is actually quite gentle. Finally, she befriends Sir Didymus, a small knight who looks a little like a fox and uses a dog as his steed. There are many other fascinating characters discovered along the way, who are not always friendly.
In addition to the various characters, the movie also features several fun songs from David Bowie. Each song is well-suited to the situation and worked into the movie. Bowie himself is great as Jareth, the menacing (but not exactly scary) Goblin King. The goblins themselves are often silly - though they don't intend to be - and make you laugh. Jennifer Connelly is good in her role, but I think Bowie and the cast of puppets steal the show. Overall, it's a very enjoyable, fun film.
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