Trivia: In the scene where you get a look at Sarah's bedroom, if you look closely you'll see that many of the objects in her room resemble people or obstacles she meets in the Labyrinth. For example the book ends holding up her books look like Hoggle, she has a toy maze (labyrinth) and the doll in the music box is dressed in the same dress she wears at the ball. The music box also plays the tune of the song that Jareth sings to her at the ball.
Trivia: More shots of Jareth's "hidden" face are visible at the Bog of Eternal Stench. When Hoggle hangs on as Sarah tries to pull him up, he says, "Oh it doesn't matter what it's like. It's a bog of Eternal Stench." In the next wide shot when he yells, "Help!" and then after the stone ground gives way under their feet, in the two wide shots, Jareth's face is on the jagged stone wall at the right of the screen. (00:55:30 - 00:55:30)
Trivia: These all come straight from the Labyrinth DVD. The Goblin City required the biggest panoramic backcloth ever made. The Enchanted Forest that Sarah visits was constructed from 40,000 sprays of artificial leaves, 120 truckloads of tree branches, 1,200 turfs of grass, 850 pounds of dried leaves and 133 bags of linchen. The Shaft of Helping Hands was made up of 150 human hands as well as 200 foam rubber hands. The Bog of Eternal Stench has to be the best effect in the whole movie, it was made up of 30,000 gallons of water, mixed with a ton of celacol (stuff to thicken the water with, a paste almost) brown and blue dyes, liquid paraffin and hundreds of little glass beads were also thrown in to add to the effect.
Trivia: At the very start of the scene where Jareth gives Hoggle the 'poison' peach, there are four rocks which Hoggle walks past. They each make a part of Jareth's face- chin, nose/mouth, eyes/forehead and hair. When Jareth appears, he is leaning on one of the rocks, but from that angle, his face is no longer apparent.
Trivia: One of the Fireys is portrayed by Kevin Clash, better known as "Elmo" on the children's show "Sesame Street."
Trivia: When David Bowie is wiggling the crystal ball on his hands/fingers in front of Jennifer Connelly (the gift he offered Jennifer Connelly in the beginning of the film, so she would give up the search for her brother) it is in fact someone standing behind him whose arms are David Bowie's pretend arms, as it is very difficult to do for a 'lay' person and even the artist (who couldn't see what he was doing) wasn't perfect, as it required numerous takes to get it right.
Trivia: This is only on the DVD. As Hoggle walks off saying "There's one thing for sure, she'll never get through the labyrinth" look at the top left corner of the screen and you'll see the face of Jareth (David Bowie.) You see his face again, when Sarah and friends are walking through the forest, and Sir Didymus says "We should reach the castle well before day." Look at a tree to the right of the screen and you'll see the face.
Trivia: For all the films scenes, the actor inside ludo needed a video-camera sticking out of a horn so he could see.
Trivia: Cheryl McFadden, listed as Director of Choreography and Puppet Movement, is Gates McFadden who plays Dr. Crusher on "Star Trek: The Next Generation."
Trivia: The door-knockers in the hedgerow maze look and behave remarkably like the two elderly characters (Statler and Waldorf) satirically criticizing the 'Muppet Show' (another Jim Henson creation).
Trivia: At the beginning of the movie in Sarah's room, if you look closely at her scrap book on her table you can see a newspaper clipping featuring her biological mother and new husband - David Bowie.
Trivia: Jim Henson's son Brian provides the voice for Hoggle, and well as various goblins throughout the film.
Answer: They are real. This is seen when Jareth turns into an owl and Sarah sees him fly out of the house. Further proof of this is when everybody that Sarah met were in her room and Jareth was looking into her room before flying off.