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Anyone thinks Henson is a Wizard of Oz fan?

Johnboy

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Afterall that is probably his favorite movie of all time and inspired him, i was wondering if Wizard of Oz was an influence over his two non-muppet fantasy flicks " Dark Crystal" and "Labyrinth"?

Afterall, Dark Crystal and Labyrinth did had the same theme about traveling to a castle to stop a bad guy, meeting new friends and battling some enemies that are as bad as the flying monkeys but in Dark Crystal i bet the Garthiam are influenced by the Flying Monkeys while The Skeckis in Dark Crystal and Jereth in Labyrinth are similar to The Wicked Witch, i guess Sarah and Jen are both the closeset thing to Dorothy Gale in terms of being the true hero or heroine of a story.

Afterall Gary Kurt ( Dark Crystal producer) and Brian Henson did the sequel to the Wizard of Oz in 1985.
 

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Also interesting to note- did you happen to notice the books that Sarah has in her room in "Labyrinth"?

Yes! One of them is "The Wizard of Oz" by Frank L. Baum!!! :smile:
 

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Even Fizgig in the flick is a little kind of like Toto! but anyone thinks that ball of cuteness looks a alien hybrid of a Pomerian and a Critter from the Critter flicks the same kind of round ball creature with two sets of teeth and wide mouth?
 

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In a few different biographies about Henson, they mention that The Wizard of Oz was the first film he saw as a baby. And that the MGM lion scared him. :smile:
 

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In an interview around the time of labyrinth's release, Jim had said that The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland were both direct influences in the creation of Labyrinth.
 
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