The Muppet Movie
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Actor: Dom DeLuise, Edgar Bergen, James Coburn, Mel Brooks, Milton BerlePrimary Contributor: Jim Henson
Primary Contributor: Frank Oz
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Live, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-06-05
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of The Muppet Movie
Movie Review: Misguided attempt at PC - Boycott!
Summary: 2 Stars
First - I love this movie. One of my favorites ever. Five stars, easily.
So why the 2-star review?
I bought it recently for my kids, and lo and behold, one of the best scenes is not there! Where is the part where Kermit, feeling forsaken by the departure of Miss Piggy, drowns his sorrows in a piano tune with Rolf the Dog?
From other reviews I read here, it sounds like this scene was cut because of some humorous references to alcohol (which probably only adults will understand, anyway). I suppose someone thought this was the "politically correct" thing to do. They're saving our children from becoming alcoholics!
I saw this movie when it originally came out in theaters in 1979. I was eight. I had the soundtrack album and listened to it hundreds of times. I am not an alcoholic! Nor am I afraid my own kids (ages 8 and 5) would be somehow warped by witnessing the scene that was cut.
Boycott this movie. Don't buy it or any others made by this company. And write them to tell them why. We don't need corporations to "protect" us from ourselves.
Summary of The Muppet Movie
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 ThomasJim Henson vaulted Kermit, the famous floppy-armed frog, and his Muppet pals to the big screen with this charming 1979 musical adventure. Like the TV show that inspired it, Henson and director James Frawley playfully acknowledge movie clich?s and conventions and allow the characters to address the camera in asides, like a Hope and Crosby road film for the 1980s. The ambitious singing frog decides to leave his swamp and conquer Hollywood, gathering a group of friends along the way (Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and more) and bumping into oodles of guest stars making tongue-in-cheek cameos (my favorite is the tip-of-the-hat appearance by Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy). Meanwhile, despicable fast-food king Charles Durning pursues Kermit, hoping to make him the spokesfrog for his Frogs-Legs restaurant franchise. Austin Pendleton costars as Durning's sad sack henchman while guest stars include James Coburn, Dom DeLuise, Madeleine Kahn, Steve Martin, Milton Berle, Bob Hope, Carol Kane, Cloris Leachman, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Telly Savalas, Elliot Gould, Orson Welles, and Big Bird. Paul Williams penned the bouncy, song-filled score. You'll believe a frog can sing! --Sean Axmaker
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