Labyrinth was nominated at the British Academy Film Awards for Best Special Visual Effects [92] and received two Saturn Award nominations for Best Fantasy Film and Best Costumes. Studios published Labyrinth: A Discovery Adventure, a hidden picture book illustrated by Laura Langston and Kate Sherron.

This way the story of the adventure you are on will develop and you can meet other characters, weird creatures, explore new and familiar parts of the Labyrinth, face challenges and solve riddles on your way to accomplish your mission. Studios streaming, video-on-demand, broadcast, digital download, packaged media and limited non-theatrical rights to the films. Featuring twenty previously unpublished illustrations by legendary illustrator and concept artist Brian Froud and an exclusive peek into Jim Henson’s creative process with fifty never-before-seen pages from his personal journal, detailing the initial conception of his ideas for Labyrinth. This is great fun, as you and your friends have to answer the question: “Imagine you were in Jim Henson’s Labyrinth . Jones was given Dennis Lee's novella to use as a basis for his script but later told Empire that Lee had produced an unfinished "poetic novella" that he "didn't really get on with".The 2007 release was promoted as an Anniversary Edition and featured a commentary by Brian Froud and two newly produced making-of documentaries, "Journey Through the Labyrinth: Kingdom of Characters" and "Journey Through the Labyrinth: The Quest for Goblin City", which featured interviews with producer George Lucas, choreographer Gates McFadden of Star Trek fame (listed as Cheryl McFadden [62]), and Brian Henson.

She recites the lines from her book that mirror her adventure to that point, but she still cannot remember the last line. In the extensive junkyard scene, Jareth operates the Junk Lady as a puppet, whereas, in the film, she is autonomous. In Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: The Ultimate Visual History, Brian Henson is quoted as saying that that in a market full of boys going on movie adventures, Jim was “very intrigued with the idea of a fantasy movie that has a little bit of scariness, with a girl lead who’s at that age where she wants to be respected and independent like an adult, but she actually is, in her heart, still a child. Connelly moved to England in February 1985, in advance of the film's rehearsals, which began in March. As the World Falls Down" was initially slated for release as a follow-up single to "Underground" at Christmas in 1986, but this plan did not materialise.Each of the film's key puppets required a small team of puppeteers to operate it, but Hoggle was the most complex puppet of the production.

Jim Henson was unhappy with the compositing of the finished scene, although he considered the puppetry featured in it worthy including them. Labyrinth is ranked 72nd on Empire's "The 80 best '80s movies" [95] and 26th on Time Out's "The 50 best fantasy movies". Sendak's Outside Over There and Where the Wild Things Are are shown briefly in Sarah's room at the start of the film, along with copies of Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, and Grimms' Fairy Tales. Watching them make builds of something so dear to my heart like Labyrinth is has been absolutely riveting.

The early script ends with Sarah kicking Jareth in disgust, and her blows transform him into a powerless, sniveling goblin. But the really sad thing is that this came out when Jim Henson was still alive, which means he let this happen. Newcomers working on the production included puppeteers Anthony Asbury, Angie Passmore, Nigel Plaskitt, and Mak Wilson (the latter three of whom are credited for performing goblins) who had previously worked on the satirical puppet show Spitting Image, while a few others, including David Barclay, David Greenaway, Toby Philpott, and Mike Quinn, were carried over from The Dark Crystal. She has a squeaky voice that begins to grate on you; when she cries, you can see the onions in her eyes.

After flipping it inside out I ironed things down, then went around the edge of the rectangle with a top stitch to close up the gap.Bowie said that, "I had some initial problems working with Hoggle and the rest, because, for one thing, what they say doesn't come from their mouths, but from the side of the set or from behind you.