The Muppet Movie

Name: The Muppet Movie
Duration: 1 h 35 min

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After that first second we quit wondering: This is magic, after all, so who wants to know where Henson is?

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Perfect for family viewing.

Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

Director: James Frawley

Producer: Lew Grade, Jim Henson, David Lazer

Writer: Jack Burns, Jerry Juhl

Release Date: Jun 22, 1979

Runtime: 1hr 35m

Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.

Orson Welles plays a studio executive named Lew Lord who draws up a standard rich-and-famous contract for The Muppets, a reference to real-life Producer Sir Lew Grade (later Lord Grade). When Jim Henson was trying to find a producer to make The Muppet Show (1976) happen, no American network understood, nor was interested in the concept, Grade recognized Henson's vision and made the show possible.

When Fozzie stops the car the first time to speak to Big Bird the car is further up; when the camera moves to Big Bird, he is seen standing directly next to the car.

- [singing; repeated lines]
- Kermit: Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection. The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

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