The Dark Crystal

1982 film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz
Movie film Q1198483
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The Dark Crystal

Summary

The Dark Crystal is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,115 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Dark Crystal's image is recorded as On-Line Systems-06 -The Dark Crystal.jpg[3].
  • The Dark Crystal's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • The Dark Crystal's director is recorded as Jim Henson[5].
  • The Dark Crystal's director is recorded as Frank Oz[6].
  • The Dark Crystal's screenwriter is recorded as David Odell[7].
  • The Dark Crystal's screenwriter is recorded as Jim Henson[8].
  • The Dark Crystal's composer is recorded as Trevor Jones[9].
  • The Dark Crystal's genre is recorded as fantasy film[10].
  • The Dark Crystal's genre is recorded as adventure film[11].
  • The Dark Crystal's cast member is recorded as Lisa Maxwell[12].
  • The Dark Crystal's cast member is recorded as Billie Whitelaw[13].
  • The Dark Crystal's cast member is recorded as Steve Whitmire[14].
  • The Dark Crystal's cast member is recorded as Barry Dennen[15].
  • The Dark Crystal's cast member is recorded as Michael Kilgarriff[16].
  • The Dark Crystal's producer is recorded as Jim Henson[17].
  • The Dark Crystal's producer is recorded as Gary Kurtz[18].
  • The Dark Crystal's collection is recorded as Museum of Modern Art[19].
  • The Dark Crystal's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 206696698[20].
  • The Dark Crystal's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 40158427959306062111[21].
  • The Dark Crystal's GND ID is recorded as 7703850-2[22].
  • The Dark Crystal's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83042611[23].
  • The Dark Crystal's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16459958p[24].
  • The Dark Crystal's IdRef ID is recorded as 183859774[25].
  • The Dark Crystal's production company is recorded as Universal Pictures[26].
  • The Dark Crystal's production company is recorded as ITC Entertainment[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Jim Henson[17] and Gary Kurtz[18]. Directors include Jim Henson[5] and Frank Oz[6]. Screenwriters include David Odell[7] and Jim Henson[8]. Cast members include Lisa Maxwell[12], Billie Whitelaw[13], Steve Whitmire[14], Barry Dennen[15], and Michael Kilgarriff[16].

Publication

Publication dates include +1982-12-17T00:00:00Z[28], +1983-03-25T00:00:00Z[29], +1983-04-01T00:00:00Z[30], +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z[31], and +1983-02-17T00:00:00Z[32]. The Dark Crystal's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[33]. Genres include fantasy film[10] and adventure film[11].

Reception

Reviews include 78%[34] and 6.6/10[35].

Why It Matters

The Dark Crystal ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,115 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [33] . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [35] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [30] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [31] . wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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