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Budget. $8 million [6] Box office. $65.2 million [7] The Muppet Movie is a 1979 musical road comedy film directed by James Frawley, produced by Jim Henson, and the first theatrical film to feature the Muppets. A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, the film was written by The Muppet Show writers Jerry Juhl and Jack Burns.
- $8 million
- Jim Henson
- Paul Williams, Kenneth Ascher
- Entertainment Reporter
- The Muppet Movies in Chronological Order. Muppet Treasure Island. The Muppet Christmas Carol. The Muppet Movie. The Great Muppet Caper. The Muppets Take Manhattan.
- Muppet Treasure Island. The Muppets' roots as a theater troupe essentially mean that both Muppet Treasure Island and the following film The Muppet Christmas Carol are essentially performances put on by the Muppets.
- The Muppet Christmas Carol. Moving up next by a whole century would be The Muppet Christmas Carol, with the various Muppet characters bringing the classic Charles Dickens Christmas story to life.
- The Muppet Movie. The first movie The Muppets ever starred in and acting as an origin story for how the group came together, The Muppet Movie focuses on Kermit the Frog traveling from the swamp to Los Angeles, and meeting many of the Muppets on the road.
Jun 22, 1979 · The Muppet Movie: Directed by James Frawley. With Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt. Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- James Frawley
- 1979-06-22
June 2, 2024. Running time. 1HR 40MINS. Synopsis. They’re irresistible! They’re irrepressible! They’re The Muppets starring in their first full-length movie! After a fateful meeting with a big-time talent agent in a Southern Swamp, Kermit heads for Hollywood to be a star. Along the way, a cast of lovable Muppet characters, including the ...
- James Frawley
- Regal Cinemedia
- Frank Oz
The Muppet Movie is the first of a series of live-action musical feature films starring the Muppets. The film is a movie-in-a-movie, as we see Kermit the Frog and the rest of the Muppets gathering for the first screening of "The Muppet Movie." Kermit notes to his nephew Robin as the lights dim that the movie is a somewhat fictionalized account of the true story of how the Muppets first got ...
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Jul 25, 2019 · Posted: Jul 25, 2019 10:35 am. Forty-years ago this summer, a man and a frog made their dreams come true. The release of The Muppet Movie in the summer of 1979, starring Kermit the Frog, was the ...
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