The Dark Crystal

Overview

If you were raised in '80s, prepare to re-live your childhood. Melbourne’s most iconic art-deco movie palace is devoting its screen, for an entire week, to Frank Oz and Jim Henson’s beloved, puppet-filled fantasy adventure, The Dark Crystal.

The centrepiece of the current Astor Theatre calendar, The Dark Crystal follows Jen, a child-like ‘gelfling’ on a quest to reunite the pieces of a mystical stone and defeat the evil Skeksis. Although its elaborate animatronics and dark themes were considered too scary by many concerned parents in 1982, the film is now rightfully remembered as a classic. Besides, there’s nothing in the film even remotely as terrifying as David Bowie bulging out of his pants in Henson’s follow-up, Labyrinth.

In any case, whether you grew up with The Dark Crystal, weren’t allowed to see it, or are planning on catching it for the very first time, the big-screen at the Astor should prove the perfect place to do so.