A Forgotten gem: The Dark Crystal

It has been nearly 30 years, that Jim Henson's vision and masterpiece hit the big screen, but noted as a commercial failure, due to a lack of interest of people, primarily due, to E.T.'s Popularity at the time, but also the lack of intellectual and visionary imagination of people.  But, all is not lost.  Those few followers of the movie, such as myself, and millions of others, have made The Dark Crystal, into a popular cult status.  The film itself, was the engineering masterpiece, of not only Jim Henson, but the combined works of Frank Oz, David O'Dell, and Brian Froud as a whole.  The thing about the movie.....there are no humans visible at all, and all is done using puppets, and skillful stunt performers and actors, behind a multitude of disguises, to bring this movie to life.  The creation of a new world for generations to enjoy.  This movie, took more than half a decade to film, and to finally put onto the screen.  This movie, brought out a brighter imagination for me, and has since, been one of my all time favorites, since 1982, when I first saw it in theaters as a small boy.

For the synopsis of The Dark Crystal, Click Here, as it is a long one, just to get an idea about this movie.  This was also among the first movies I bought, back in 2004, when I first started a DVD collection of my favorite films.