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Publication: Dakota Student, , University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth was released in the summer of 1986, it featured the fresh faced actress Jennifer Connelly portraying our protagonist Sarah and introduced David Bowie as the Goblin King himself. Labyrinth was a collaborative piece by the previously mentioned Jim Henson and artist Brian Froud; and was produced by the George Lucas Company. The film featured many original songs by the aforementioned Bowie. If another musical artist had been chosen, the movie may have had a completely different sound.
At the beginning of the film we are briefly introduced to the protagonist’s life, which is filled with quite a bit of melodrama. When we first meet her she is very stubborn and childish; exclaiming that everything is unfair. Her patience reaches the last straw one night when she has to stay home and watch her crying baby brother, Toby. She wishes away her brother, never expecting that he would actually disappear. What follows is a series of trials and tribulations, as she fights her way through the...