Line #12 Trivia/TheDarkCrystal


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4	* OutlivedItsCreator: Creator/JimHenson died eight years after the release of ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', and the film didn't have a live-action puppetry follow-up for nearly four decades, but it grew enough of a {{cult\|classic}} following and eventually got a Creator/{{Netflix}} prequel with puppets in 2019, ''The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'', in addition to a number of books and comic books.
5	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
6	** A sequel to the film called "Power of the Dark Crystal" was planned for a long time. Set hundreds of years after the events of the first movie, Jen and Kira would have been the rulers of a peaceful new world which fell into darkness when a mysterious girl made of fire, together with a Gelfling outcast, stole a shard of the legendary Crystal in an attempt to reignite the dying sun at the center of the planet, resulting in the Mystics and Skeksis appearing once more. After being stuck in DevelopmentHell for years, the project was officially cancelled in movie form before being resurrected ''again'' in the form of a 12-issue comic miniseries by Creator/ArchaiaEntertainment.
7	** Creator/GenndyTartakovsky was pegged to do a prequel to the film in the mid-2000's, which, despite his dedication to strictly adhere to practical effects and puppetry, was dismissed by Creator/FrankOz as [[CreatorBacklash pointless]]. The project eventually fizzled and almost completely faded. Eventually, it morphed into ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance''. Between then and now, in late 2013, Penguin Young Readers held a [[http://www.darkcrystal.com/authorquest.php contest]] for a prequel novel set in the Dark Crystal universe; the contest was won by Joseph M. Lee with ''The Ring of Dreams''. Lee later wrote four prequel novels.
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11	* ActingForTwo:
12	** [=skekSo=] and [=skekZok=] are both voiced by Jerry Nelson and performed by Creator/JimHenson; Henson also performed Jen.
13	** [=skekUng=] and Fizzgig are performed by Dave Goelz.
14	** Frank Oz performs [=skekSil=] and Aughra.
15	** Kiran Shah performs Jen, Kira and Aughra as their body actors.
16	** [=urSu=] and [=urZah=] are both performed by Brian Muehl.
17	** Joseph O'Conor voices both the narrator and [=UngIm=].
18	* ChannelHop: The movie was initially set to be distributed by Associated Film Distribution[[note]]a joint American distribution firm between Lord Lew Grade and ITC, which had co-produced ''Series/TheMuppetShow''; and record producer EMI and their film arm[[/note]] like ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' was; but after the one-three punch of ''Film/RaiseTheTitanic'', ''Film/CantStopTheMusic'', and ''Film/TheLegendOfTheLoneRanger'', [[CreatorKiller AFD was essentially executed]] and its remaining backlog, including ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'' and this film, were sold to Creator/{{Universal}}; currently, the Jim Henson Company owns the rights and licensed it out to [[Creator/ShoutFactory Shout! Studios]] for recent media releases; it previously went through Thorn EMI Video (then successor Creator/{{HBO}} Video), then through Disney's Jim Henson Video label in the mid '90s, and Creator/SonyPictures Home Entertainment ([[TheArtifact a remnant]] of the Henson/Sony partnership in the late 90s). Universal still owns theatrical distribution rights to the film, and they re-released the film through Fathom Events.
19	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The film is titled ''El cristal encantado''[[note]]The Enchanted Crystal[[/note]] in Latin America. If it was correctly translated, it should be "El Cristal Oscuro".
20	* CreatorsPest: A. C. H. Smith grew to find the podlings annoying while writing the novelization. He originally wrote a scene where a cafe full of them goes over a cliff but Creator/JimHenson wouldn't let him publish it.
21	* DeletedScene: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIfEB9ExJKY The Skeksis Emperor [=skekSo=]'s funeral and the discussion between urZah and Jen]], most notably.
22	* DuelingDubs: There are three Japanese dubs for the film. The first was produced for the VHS release in the late 1980s. The second dub premiered in 1991 on NHK. When the film was released on Blu-ray years later, a third dub was produced. In both the VHS and Blu-ray releases, the late Miyako Aso voiced Aughra.
23	* LoopingLines: During post-production of the film, all of the characters' lines had to be re-recorded, with Steve Whitmire (the Scientist) and Brian Muehl (the Master) being the only actors to serve as both puppeteers and voice actors.
24	* OffTheShelfFX: The Scientist's bionic eye is made from a toy [[Franchise/StarWars TIE Fighter]].
25	* PlayingAgainstType: Compare this movie to other Jim Henson projects. [[DarkerAndEdgier Yeah]].
26	* RealLifeRelative: In the Italian dub, Fiamma Izzo voices Kira and her late father Renato Izzo is the ADR director.
27	* ReferencedBy: In ''Film/AfterMidnight'', Wade describes the potential appearance of aliens as "Real ''Dark Crystal'' shit."
28	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
29	** As seen in some of the DVD extras, the Skeksis were originally going to speak an "alien" language. This was kept up through the first preview, which was a disaster. Henson was convinced that the visuals alone would be plenty to figure out what the Skeksis were saying, but was proven wrong when he showed a rough cut of the Chamberlain's banishment to ''[[Series/TheMuppetShow Muppet Show]]'' writer Jerry Juhl, who was soon ''begging'' him to have them speak English so people could understand what the hell was going on. All Mystic and Skeksis vocals were dubbed in between the first and second showing for executives. A lot of Skeksis words were kept in the novelization.
30	** The Podlings were supposed to have many eyes coming out of their heads (since they were based off potatoes), but that looked too unnerving, so it was scrapped.
31	** Composer Trevor Jones originally planned to write a score using acoustical instruments, electronics and building structures, but those plans were scrapped when Gary Kurtz became involved.
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35	* See [[Trivia/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance here]].
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