And the novelisation gives us more on the characters of Linda Williams and her actor boyfriend Jeremy. Rookie and HelloGiggles noted Sarah as a rare example of a female lead in a fantasy adventure who is the rescuer rather than the rescued. Sarah's animosity towards her brother turns into undying love when she is faced with the responsibility of rescuing him, wrote Today.

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In this 2018 podcast interview, Smith explains that Henson gave him over 20 pages of feedback about the draft manuscript and invited him to visit the set and watch several days’ filming. Sarah's relationship with her friends — characters from her imagination based on her childhood toys who assure her they will be there when she needs them — demonstrates that "You don’t have to give up your fantasies because you grow up; they’re part of you all your life," Jim Henson said. Sarah, says Froud, is approaching the age of sexual awakening, and so has created Jareth as a composite image of the kind of men who turn her on. A tricky about photographing this display is that it’s on a turntable, and that makes zooming and focusing very challenging. Connelly also related the character's development to her own experience of adolescence, saying that while Sarah's change from child to adult is like an "on-off switch", for herself "It's more of a gradual progression.The film's lasting popularity and cult status have been attributed in large part to Sarah's character arc [28] [152] and Connelly's performance. Labyrinth' Gets New 35th Anniversary Release So You Can Experience the "Magic Dance" in 4K Ultra HD". There’s more to the film of course, and ultimately, Sarah vanquishes Jareth by rejecting his sinister allure and asserting her own power. Jareth then informs Sarah that Toby is in his castle at the centre of the Labyrinth, and that to retrieve the baby she must solve the maze in thirteen hours or Toby will remain in the goblin realm forever. I’ve heard MOPOP has a great Fashionably Undead Prom every year – I think that’s probably when I’ll try to go.

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Sarah actively resists temptation and distractions from her quest; [27] when Sarah is subjected to Jareth's erratic whims and elaborate obstacles, Mattson wrote, "she actively resists his narrative, twisting the conflicts around to suit her needs until Jareth becomes the one reacting to her. Connelly said that Sarah is at the start of the film "a bit closed off" due to her parents' separation and has "made her own little world where she's looking back and clinging on to memories, and doesn't really want to accept the fact that things change and [aren't] going to be the way she wants forever. UK bed retailer Dreams ranked Sarah's bedroom as the sixth "most iconic" bedroom from film and television, writing that it "perfectly exemplifies the 80's teenage girl room, with plenty of posters, floral bedroom furniture and stuffed toys that turn out to be the characters she meets on her quest". Early production meetings also gave focus to reflecting Sarah's emotional journey through the film's visuals.

You Remind Me of the Babe With the Power": How Jim Henson Redefined the Portrayal of Young Girls in Fanastial Movies in His Film, Labyrinth". This film helped cement our relationship, so we felt it appropriate to dress as the characters on our first Halloween together. Falling into a junkyard, she is distracted by an old Junk Lady who offers Sarah her various childhood items. Noting the importance of the role, Nina Darnton of The New York Times found Connelly's portrayal of Sarah "disappointing", saying, "She looks right, but she lacks conviction". Sarah’s mother Linda Williams is a theatre actor who’s famous enough for her love life to be written about in the papers.