The Dark Crystal: Test Footage - Jim's Red Book - The Jim Henson Company

[@caitlinjane92]

Wow, this is so cool! I'm so glad this footage still exists for all of us Dark Crystal fans to see for the first time and enjoy.

[@brandonspain12345]

Can we agree the Gelflings look so much cuter looking in this version? They actually almost have a Baby Yoda thing going on.

[@pointerhawk]

My fav film when I was a kid. Having this footage is fantastic!

[@erindurkin4441]

I admired Wendy Froud's Fairy puppet dolls, because I love fairy tales.

[@AnneGirlCarrots]

A day before I turned two and I just celebrated 36... sigh where are the movies like this these days?

[@abluetale1016]

AnneGirlCarrots congratulations on having your childhood being rekindled

[@SharpDesign]

And now we have the series.

[@SamPasserdoodlesandhappenings]

It's fun to watch Henson and the team do what they do best: Experiment with new forms of creativity and see what comes of it. Sure it may look different from the end result, but it was all part of the process of Jim when it came to really grinding that brain of his and taking his art to the next level.

[@dragonheadthing]

Thank you for uploading this!

[@dennissmith5807]

Love it. I saw The Dark Crystal in the theater back in the day.

[@jamespfrommer2003]

This is a awesome video of first testing of the dark crystal

[@Sephirayne]

Great to see this. Dark Crystal remains one of my favourite films. Thanks for sharing this :D

[@luvzfrance24]

This is a trip to see now that Age of Resistance is out. The creative evolution is just amazing

[@stevennorthrup5790]

This is from around the time when The Dark Crystal was in development.

[@timepoet77]

I'll say it again: Henson is a true genius, in every sense.

[@freddyrichards878]

Thomas R. Skidmore and we'll keep saying it until the media hears it out

[@ocarinagirlandthestories648]

It’s amazing how far they have come whit the dark crystal. They did a. Movie first and and then the graphic novels and book series and now a Netflix series... and this where it all started. I’m myself am a huge dark crystal fan even though I haven’t been one for too long only since like a. month after the Netflix show was released but I have read the age of resistance book series and the graphic novels power of the dark crystal and seen the Netflix show of course and the movie so this is really cool for me to see, and also Jen looks so different

[@KarNYCLoAMR]

That was cool! I could tell it was Jim Henson himself working some of the puppets, I recognize his delivery. Observation: early version of male gelfling had a 70's hobbit hairdo. The mystic looks practically the same as in the film.

[@mystikcrystalstone8525]

Amazing 🙂

[@VaughnMichael]

Wow this is amazing!

[@acylumk0rpse789]

Amazing

[@Alenia84]

Henson i love you!!

[@JOgleJSO1]

I remember this one! I think we had that also on VHS a long time ago. I know, what's VHS? LOL.

[@devanhinskey9001]

The music you're hearing is called "Fantasy, Fugue and Ghost Beads" by the Paul Winter Consort. You can listen to it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fonTqWeMidKKY7M

[@finfan7]

The funny thing is, I saw the mystic coming in around 1:45 and my first thought was , 'No, go the other way. You're going to scare it off.'

[@SamK1281]

Oh WOW THANK YOU! AWESOME!! Any more Dark Crystal stuff like this? Like do you have in your archives the Work Print? I have a copy but it's bad.

[@heatherlyn7879]

all the Jim Henson critters are cute and creative 😄

[@yosefdemby8792]

Creative yes. Cute, not necessarily.

[@ughgross1258]

The orginal gelflings look like my oc, Kanara

[@AngusArtEntertainment]

Who needs drugs when you have a wild imagination like Jim did?

[@deadpan666true]

The new Hobbit films could do with some of the magic on show here! ;)

[@SirBlackReeds]

Puppets wouldn't have worked for those films.

[@emobloom]

The Muppit

[@TimKretschmann]

@@SirBlackReeds They said that about Yoda as I recall.

[@Drummerpetra]

Wow!

[@AngusArtEntertainment]

Same here!

[@marieoconnor1283]

it like innoventions test footage

[@Chynen1c]

They had no sound, just a music.

[@theremixphilly]

I Love Henson

[@amirouch4305]

صبف

[@kawaiichibiz]

Rad

[@warlockuk]

Yet :/ Only a matter of time before Disney violate it.

[@yosefdemby8792]

No no. Disney doesn't own The Dark Crystal. They only own the Muppets (except those created for Sesame Street). Heck, Disney doesn't even own Fraggle Rock!

[@Warlock_UK]

@@yosefdemby8792 Well, I did comment 7 years ago (and from an old account) :) I didn't realise they'd just sold a subset of The Muppets (not Kermit) and not the whole Henson brand.

[@yosefdemby8792]

@@Warlock_UK No, they sold Kermit to Disney as well

[@Warlock_UK]

@@yosefdemby8792 ah, I'm thinking of the deal with Sesame and not Disney.

[@DudeRevolution]

Drugs...

[@ch3rry_trance184]

Fantastic 🙂