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FILM NOTES
FILM NOTES
Labyrinth arrived in 1986 through Tri-Star Pictures, a Jim Henson production made in partnership with George Lucas, blending puppetry, practical effects, and rock stardom in a way few studio pictures attempted before or since. David Bowie's presence as Jareth the Goblin King, alongside a teenage Jennifer Connelly, gave the film a strange, singular identity that struggled at the box office on release but grew steadily into a cult favorite through home video and repeated television airings. Its handmade creature work and Bowie's songwriting remain the reasons it is still discussed today, decades after the Henson Creature Shop closed its doors.
This cell, marked simply The Labyrinth, points to the film's central stage rather than a single figure or scene, the sprawling maze that Sarah must navigate to reach the castle beyond the Goblin City. Collectors drawn to this piece are typically after the world itself rather than a star turn, the architecture and puzzle-logic that define the story's core challenge. As a design-focused frame it sits apart from character-driven cells, valued for representing the film's premise in its purest form.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Labyrinth (1986).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three complete frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on each edge; spacing appears even and the punched holes appear cleanly cut with no visible tearing.
Soundtrack
Two variable-area optical tracks visible as a white waveform band running along one edge beside the picture area.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight warm-yellow tint; the dye image reads as deep blue-violet on a dense black ground, consistent with a colour print stock.
Projection history
No splices or cue marks are visible; the image area appears continuous across all three frames.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames appear to be consecutive frames of the same shot, showing a maze-pattern graphic consistent with title or credit artwork from Labyrinth (1986).
Era check
The dual variable-area optical soundtrack, colour dye image on a safety base, and 35mm four-perforation format are all consistent with a theatrical release print from the mid-1980s.
Read from the original intake capture shown below. Observations only — film is authenticated, not graded.
This original motion picture film element has been examined and authenticated by Crown Grading in partnership with National Film Vault, and encapsulated for archival preservation.
Why so little survivesRelease prints were leased to theaters, not sold. When the run ended they went back to the distributor to be destroyed, and most were. What collectors hold today came from the prints that escaped that order, and no new 35mm prints of these films are being struck.
CROWN SERIAL 000063041
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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