Sarah’s story and personality comprise the entirely of the Labyrinth. Her fantasy creates and sustains it, and the conflicts within the story reflect the conflicts and change within herself. We could basically put the entire site under this section.
The Labyrinth is Sarah’s coming-of-age story, and you can check out our blog for more on this (when I get around to writing this).
Anyway, Sarah is a budding thespian, practicing for open air festivals and performances with her dog Merlin. She’s the prototypical teen/pre-teen: grumpy, pouty, a little spoiled, and a lot short on real life experience. Her mantra starts as “it’s not fair!” but this is replaced by a wise acceptance of what it means to grow up and mature.
Jennifer Connelly, aged 15, plays Sarah.
#1 by Fernando Varela on April 5, 2010 - 10:28 am
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I have searched the web for the exact location in which the opening park scene was shot, some say it is NY, other say it is hampstead heath in London.
I have serious plans to visit the spot as the Labyrinth was a landmark in the formation of my personal aesthetics perception, and as far as I know it is the only “real” location in the movie. Of course it may have changed with the years, but I would not care.
Any help on this direction will be greatly appreciated.
Any ehlp about this
#2 by Hogbrain on April 5, 2010 - 12:10 pm
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Hi Fernando,
I’m sorry to say that I don’t have any new information. I did some looking, and the two location spots are Upper Nyack, NY, and Hampstead Heath, like you say. The city scenes immediately following the park are in New York, I’m pretty sure, but other than that I don’t know. This labyrinth site seemed to have a bit more information:
http://www.fast-rewind.com/locations_labyrinth.htm
#3 by Paul on August 1, 2010 - 10:55 am
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This shouldn’t be too difficult a problem to solve. I am astonished that no one has reported the real location, given the amount of years since the films release. If it is Hampstead Heath though, it shouldn’t been too diffcult to find the exact spot, as there is a very distinct looking bridge in the background. I might take a look down there myself in the next few months and see if anyone there can shed some light on the subject. I will come back and report – with photos – if indeed it is the correct location.
#4 by Emma on August 2, 2010 - 5:54 pm
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It’s definitely in the UK, if you watch the Anniversary edition with the commentary on (sad, I know), Brain Froud says the park is in the UK.
There’s over 25 ponds/lakes in Hampstead Heath, so it could be there.
#5 by Emma on August 2, 2010 - 6:14 pm
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OK, just checked it out!
I’m going with Hampstead Heath. Jim Henson lived in Hampstead and the creature workshop was in Hampstead too. Plus Wikipedia says it was filmed there
And my other post should have said Brian not Brain – Doh!
#6 by Leo on August 25, 2010 - 7:24 pm
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hi everyone!
i’m from brazil… but i’m in london right now!
do you have news about the exact spot?
i just have more 4 days in UK and i`d love to go there and see it!!!