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The vision is that of Jim Henson, the Mupâ€" petâ€"maker himself. and if in plot its a basic amailgamation | of | faâ€" miliar and predictable elements. in its visual execution it is stunâ€" hingly imaginative and innovaltive. The story is set in an imaginary triâ€"solar world inhabited by Skeksis (bad), Mystics (good), Gelflings and Podlings (good), Garthims (bad). Aughra â€" and Urskeks (frightening but basiâ€" cally good). Landâ€" striders (devotedâ€"toâ€" theâ€"death beasts of burden) and Fizzgig (a fluffball monstrosity that is a Gelfling‘s best friend). About the last thing one thinks of while watching the movie The Dark Crystal are the Muppets. Yet. it has been these funny, generally weird but _ always somehow personable. puppetâ€"like creations who have paved the way. both financially and artisti cally,. for this latest animated vision of good versus evil. As screen fare inâ€" tended primarily for preâ€"teenâ€"age audiâ€" ences, The Dark Crys tal seems at times ex ceedingly grim. and very likely to induce nightmares among the very young. Victor Stanton Chronicle Special The plot revolves around â€" an upcoming conjunction of the three suns and the ef fect this will have upon g‘a!mo OF THE s_gn!x CHILDREN: ~ OF A LESSER GOD PREVALENT UBE OF $HGN LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT a Love sromy setween a spegom Tnenams? ( ”fl\ wORks n A SCHOOL FOR w PEOPLE WiTH HEAANG _ & ” AND SPEECH PROBL ENS TONY AND A YOUNG WOMAN in THE $CHOOL. SARAH FROM DEAF SINCE BATH Seturday . Fd;m 19 â€" 800 9& Sunday, â€" 200 pn. and pn. $13.00 â€" s16.00 $19.00 An Extraordinary Love Story! "A PLAY YOU WILL NEVER FORGET! A MAJOR EVENT, FULL OF LOVE, uppets an afterthought in grim Dark Crystal In storyâ€"telling spirit. as well as in allegorical concept. The Dark Crystal bears a strong resemblance toâ€" Tolkien‘s Lord Of a shattered powerâ€"givâ€" ing crystal which has long ago separated good from evil. If the missing shard is not replaced by the time of the conjunction. the corrupt reptilian Skekâ€" sis will continue to mule the world throughout eternity. The mission to find and restore the shard falls upon Jen, believed to be the last of the Gelfings. a race of small humanâ€"fea tured beings. â€"Clve Sarmes. M Y Post Movie review The Rings, which was itself derivative of Ar: thurian tales. Youngâ€" sters, of course. are more likely to recogâ€" nize certain slight simâ€" ilarities to theâ€" Star Wars films â€" not sur prising â€"since â€" Henson and coâ€"director Frank Oz created the Yoda of The Empire Strikes Back and Dark Crystal coâ€"producer Gary Kurtz was producer of both Star Wars pic tures irs films â€" not sur at any given moment. Along with such sing since Henson _ Entire landscapes areâ€" early Disney features d coâ€"director Frank _ presented in such an as Snow White And The created the Yoda of _ astonishingly complex Seven Dwarfs and esâ€" e Empire Strikes _ vista of colors, moveâ€" â€" pecially Fantasia, The ck and Dark Crystal _ ments and sounds that Dark Crystal is likely â€"producer Gary _ one likely would have _ to be heralded long into rtz was producer of _ to see the movie severâ€" the future as a classic h Star Wars pic al times to take note of _ among animated movâ€" es everything. jes. & @‘6@@0 * TOP 20 "Bao > C Whatever its borrowâ€" ings. the picture is alâ€" together fascinating in its own right. This is due largely to the inâ€" credible amount of deâ€" tail seen on the screen alt any given moment. Entire landscapes are presented in such an astonishingly complex vista of colors, moveâ€" ments and sounds that one likely would have to see the movie severâ€" al times to take note of everything. Fans of the Muppets may not be altogether prepared for someâ€" thing quite this difâ€" ferent from Henson‘s other TV and movie puppet shows (includâ€" ing the new television series, Fraggle Rock), but once the initial shock has worn off watching this film can be quite a mesmerizing experience. Despite its predomiâ€" nantly dark, and at times downright horâ€" rific, mood, The Dark Crystal also contains a goodly amount of humor. Its most comâ€" pelling quality, howevâ€" er, is its visual richness which makes it terrifyâ€" ingly believeable. And while the tiny hero and heroine (in the nature of such stories, Jen eagly on discovers he is, %nun- ately, not the last Tiving Gelfling) tend to be rather bland both in appearance and perâ€" sonality. the many other creatures with whom they interact. abound with attentionâ€" holding physical and character eccentriciâ€" ties. 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