He enjoyed collaboration, teamwork, and what it brought to a project. When you’re Jim Henson I don’t imagine it’s very difficult to get top-notch British directors to work for you.
THE STORYTELLER JIM HENSON SERIES
The casting of John Hurt and Brian Henson were the final pieces to Jim Henson’s creative puzzle, and without their energy the series would not have been quite the same. Dog, like the viewers at home, hung onto his owner’s every word, frequently stopping him to clarify elusive plot points, lighten the mood, or just be plain scared. Brian Henson, Jim’s son, provided the important comic relief for the series as The Storyteller’s dog named, well, Dog. The two swirled together, and you were never sure which one you were going to get. Hurt, wearing elfin-like prosthetics, lent the show an alternating aura of mischievousness and dark gravitas. That is until you cast actor John Hurt ( Alien, The Elephant Man), as the eponymous title character, to read them.
Does that name ring a bell? Oh, he just went on to direct a couple of films like The English Patient and The Talented Mr Ripley.Ī script is only a script, and words are only words. If the concept couldn’t get any better, the late British television writer Anthony Minghella was hired to script all the episodes. The concept was one that fascinated him, and the two conceived a show that would not only combine authentic multi-cultural folktales, but the technological might of the now-legendary Creature Shop. Every story has a beginning, and it was a folklore class that his oldest daughter Lisa took at Harvard that ultimately brought Jim to The Storyteller.
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