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Nov 24, 2021 · "The Muppet Christmas Carol" was a watershed project for the studio and franchise founded by puppet-master Jim Henson. Not only was the film the first one ever directed by Henson's son, Brian ...
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- There was a lot riding on the film in 1992 as the first Muppets movie to be released since creator Jim Henson’s death. It was also the first big-screen outing for the Muppets in the better part of a decade, and marked the first time many people will have seen the characters in action since their creator’s death two years earlier.
- Kermit The Frog performer Steve Whitmire says he had a supernatural experience the night before he began filming Muppet Christmas Carol. Following the death of Jim Henson, Steve took over the role of Muppets favourite Kermit The Frog.
- Songwriter Paul Williams – who previously penned Kermit’s Oscar-winning signature tune Rainbow Connection – was on hand to make sure Steve got Kermit’s voice just right.
- Muppet Christmas Carol was not only Brian Henson’s first time helming a Muppets project – but his first time directing any film. The late Jim Henson’s son Brian took on directing duties, and while it might have been new to him, you apparently wouldn’t have known it.
United States [3] Language. English. Budget. $12 million. Box office. $27.2 million [4] The Muppet Christmas Carol is a 1992 American Christmas musical film directed by Brian Henson (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Jerry Juhl. It is the fourth theatrical film featuring the Muppets.
A list of the notable differences and changes made between A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and the Muppets' adaptation featured in The Muppet Christmas Carol. The 1992 film is often cited as being a strongly faithful adaptation of Dickens' text (despite starring frogs and dogs and bears and chickens and whatever), but as always with adaptations, there are changes. Many minor characters ...
Dec 20, 2017 · The Muppet Christmas Carol is a decent Christmas movie, and a surprisingly good adaptation of Charles Dickens' best book. It is, however, amiable more than anything else. 25 years later, it may be ...
Dec 10, 2022 · The Muppet Christmas Carol was first released on 11 December 1992. Gregory Wakeman finds out how grief and addiction helped shape a film that still has a huge following 30 years on.
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Dec 11, 2022 · Even on its 30th birthday there remains a melancholic touch to the opening moments of The Muppet Christmas Carol. Its immediate dedication to Muppets creator Jim Henson and fellow performer Richard Hunt (the voice behind Scooter), each of whom had died before the film’s production in the January of 1992, has grown more bittersweet over the ...
