

He also talked about officially putting “When Love Is Gone” back into The Muppet Christmas Carol, and why it was out of the film for so long.Ĭollider: Thank you for talking to me. The story following a teenaged Sarah (Connelly), who must solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King (Bowie), has even been commemorated with a special 35th anniversary 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray that includes rare and never-before-seen material.ĭuring this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, film and television director/writer/producer Brian Henson, who’s also Chairman of the Board of The Jim Henson Company, talked about the film’s gaining popularity over the years, how Labyrinth is like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, what goes into putting together an anniversary home release, carrying on the Henson legacy, what he learned from watching his father direct, their similarities in filmmaking approach, and what he’d go back and change with Labyrinth, now that the technology has evolved. While the fantasy adventure film Labyrinth, directed by Jim Henson and starring Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie, wasn’t a box office success during its initial theatrical release in 1986, it has since developed a level of popularity that has allowed it to endure, all of these years later.
