Ten Favorite Movies Featuring the Work of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop

(Some of these movies feature the puppetry and animatronic effects for which the Creature Shop is best known; some of them most definitely do not. I’ve arranged them in chronological order.)

 

  • The Muppet Movie (directed by James Frawley, 1979)

  • Dreamchild (directed by Gavin Millar, 1985)

  • Labyrinth (directed by Jim Henson, 1986)

  • The Witches (directed by Nicolas Roeg, 1990)

  • The English Patient (directed by Anthony Minghella, 1996)

  • Gosford Park (directed by Robert Altman, 2001)

  • Batman Begins (directed by Christopher Nolan, 2005)

  • MirrorMask (directed by Dave McKean, 2005)

  • The Darjeeling Limited (directed by Wes Anderson, 2007)

  • Where the Wild Things Are (directed by Spike Jonze, 2009)

— February 9, 2021


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