The Muppet Movie

The Muppet Movie
The Muppet Movie
Directed by	James Frawley
Written by	Jerry Juhl; Jack Burns;
Based on	The Muppets; by Jim Henson
Produced by	Jim Henson
Starring	Jim Henson; Frank Oz; Jerry Nelson; Richard Hunt; Dave Goelz; Charles Durning; Austin Pendleton; Edgar Bergen; Milton Berle; Mel Brooks; James Coburn; Dom DeLuise; Elliott Gould; Bob Hope; Madeline Kahn; Carol Kane; Cloris Leachman; Steve Martin; Richard Pryor; Telly Savalas; Orson Welles; Paul Williams;
Cinematography	Isidore Mankofsky
Edited by	Christopher Greenbury
Music by	Kenny Ascher
Production; company	Henson Associates
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	March 31, 1979 (United Kingdom); May 11, 1979 (United States);
Running time	97 minutes (UK version); 95 minutes (US version);
Countries	United Kingdom; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$8 million
Box office	$65.2 million

The Muppet Movie is a 1979 musical road comedy movie directed by James Frawley and produced by Jim Henson. It was written by The Muppet Show writers Jerry Juhl and Jack Burns.

The Muppet Movie was the first movie to star the Muppets.

In 2009, The Muppet Movie was selected by the United States National Film Registry.

Plot

The movie tells the origin story of the Muppets, as Kermit the Frog goes on a cross-country tour to Los Angeles, encountering several of the Muppets who all share the same ambition of finding success in professional show business along the way while being pursued by a greedy restaurant person named Doc Hopper who plans to turn Kermit into a frog legs dish.

Notes

References

↑ "THE MUPPET MOVIE (U)". British Board of Film Classification. May 14, 1979. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
↑ "Box Office Information for The Muppet Movie". The Numbers. Archived from the original on April 6, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
↑ Jones, Brian Jay (2013). "Life's Like a Movie". Jim Henson: The Biography. New York: Ballantine Books. pp. 296. ISBN 978-0-345-52611-3. Meanwhile, audiences made it [The Muppet Movie] one of the most profitable films of the decade, grossing over $65 million in its initial release—not a bad return on [Lew] Grade's initial $8 million investment.
↑ "The Muppet Movie". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 31, 2021.

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[1] "THE MUPPET MOVIE (U)". British Board of Film Classification. May 14, 1979. Retrieved July 27, 2015.

[numbers-2] "Box Office Information for The Muppet Movie". The Numbers. Archived from the original on April 6, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2016.

[JimBio-3] Jones, Brian Jay (2013). "Life's Like a Movie". Jim Henson: The Biography. New York: Ballantine Books. pp. 296. ISBN 978-0-345-52611-3. Meanwhile, audiences made it [The Muppet Movie] one of the most profitable films of the decade, grossing over $65 million in its initial release—not a bad return on [Lew] Grade's initial $8 million investment.

[4] "The Muppet Movie". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 31, 2021.

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