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Medium VHS
Production Year 1979
Certification G (USA)
Genre Musicals & Performing Arts; Kids & Family; Comedy; Art House & International
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Cast
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Bergen, Edgar
Berle, Milton
Brooks, Mel
Coburn, James
DeLuise, Dom
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Studio Sony Pictures
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Language Tracks English
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Running Time 95
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Color Mode Color
Plot Summary

This simply irresistible first feature from the Muppets has Kermit the frog going from the swamps to Hollywood to be a star. As he travels and picks up his usual friends (Miss Piggy, Fozzie the Bear), Doc Hopper (Charles Durning) is in pursuit, looking for Kermit to be the spokesman for his frog-leg cuisine. A loose rendition of The Wizard of Oz, the film incorporates the same cagey humor as their breakout syndicated TV series The Muppet Show. This is one of the few times that a human cast (notably Steve Martin, Orson Welles, and Carol Kane) are integrated seamlessly with nonhumans. Worth noting is Paul Williams's score, which includes the Oscar-nominated "The Rainbow Connection." Williams's music, much like Howard Ashman's work on The Little Mermaid and other Disney films, provides more than atmosphere; there's a degree of magic here. Williams did not work on the future Muppet films until A Muppet Christmas Carol. His contributions made these films the best of the Muppet series. --Doug Thomas

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Location BOX 6
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