4. HENSON WROTE THE MOVIE’S ORIGINAL OUTLINE WHILE IT SNOWED IN AT A HOTEL.
Henson and his daughter Cheryl were compelled to spend the night at a Howard Johnson’s at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City amidst a snow squall on February 6, 1978. With little else to do, Henson hand-wrote different pages of the film’s framework for screenwriter David Odell.
5. HENSON MADE A COMPULSORY BOOK RECOMMENDATION.
Both Brian Froud and The Dark Crystal screenwriter David Odell were advised by Henson to read Jane Roberts’ 1972 book Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul. He told them to take into account Roberts’ encounters while channeling a multi-dimensional being that existed outside time and space. Odell stated that Aughra’s line “He could be anywhere then” was influenced by Roberts’ book.
6. THE ORIGINAL GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES WERE AN INFLUENCE TOO.
Frank Oz stated that Henson wasn’t reluctant to alarm the youngsters who were his fans from the Muppet films and his puppets from Sesame Street. He wanted to return to the darkness of the original stories by the Brothers Grimm.
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