The Muppet Movie
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| The Muppet Movie | |
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| Directed by | James Frawley |
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| Based on | The Muppets by Jim Henson |
| Produced by | Jim Henson |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Isidore Mankofsky |
| Edited by | Christopher Greenbury |
| Music by | Kenny Ascher |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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| 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.
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References
- ↑ "THE MUPPET MOVIE (U)". British Board of Film Classification. May 14, 1979. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. 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.
