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Lesser known, lightly discussed, Henson films.

DreamTripper

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Okay, everyone seems to know about and discuss all of the obvious films in "Fantasy Worlds." Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, MirrorMask, and others. But I rarely if ever have seen anyone discuss the first two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films, or the third Neverending Story movie. I also know that the creature shop supplied some animatronics for Cutthroat Island. What other lesser known "Fantasy" type films did they contribute to?
 

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Yes they did FX on many other movies but none as impressive as DARK CRYSTAL or LABYRINTH.
 

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they did the mad hatter and the march hare from the dream child.it was a movie about lewis carroll and the girl who inspired alice.not a bad film.a little old though
 

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They did pretty much everything in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy! The Vogons, Babel Fish, Marvin...Everything!


Hitchhikerishly Yours,
PC
 

Laszlo

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Indeed, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is one of their better efforts.
But still not as impressive as DARK CRYSTAL.
 

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Me and My wife watched Mirror Mask a few nights ago, she picked it out and didn't even know the Henson Folks Produced it.

It was a weird movie, but we like it!
 

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I'm STILL blown away by Audrey II in the film version of Little Shop of Horros (1986)!

Great cast, great film, great killer plant - totally underrated!!!
 

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Go HGTTG! I love Marvin, he's so quirky and depressed. It's really funny. The Vogons are especially neat. The poetry that kills the listeners....XD
 

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ReneeLouvier said:
Go HGTTG! I love Marvin, he's so quirky and depressed. It's really funny. The Vogons are especially neat. The poetry that kills the listeners....XD
Haven't seen it. Nor have I read it. Is it any good? Would a Red Dwarf/Monty Python/Time Bandits/Star Wars fan (who likes clever books) like it?
 

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If you like Monty Python then I think you would like HGTTG . The humour is very British. It is worth checking out at least once... I wrote a paper last semester about some of the religious themes and challenges found within the story.
 
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