The Muppets Take Manhattan
by Frank Oz
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Actor: Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Steve WhitmireDirector: Frank Oz
Brand: Sony
Writer: Frank Oz
Writer: Jay Tarses
Writer: Tom Patchett
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Portuguese (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Live, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-06-05
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of The Muppets Take Manhattan
Movie Review: The Last of the Classic Muppet Magic!
Summary: 5 Stars
After graduating from college where their stage musical was a big hit, Kermit and the Muppet gang decide to take the play to New York to make it on Broadway! That turns out to be tougher than they thought, but Kermit never gives up and makes some wonderful new friends while pursuing his dream!
Full of Muppet magic, music, heart, and fun, not to mention the traditional, timely cameos, "Muppets Take Manhattan" is a must-see for anyone and everyone! If you haven't seen one of the three classic Muppet feature films made prior to the death of the great Jim Henson, you haven't seen the truly iconic Muppets and probably don't know why so many people absolutely love them! "Muppets Take Manhattan" is the Muppets at their best, co-existing in the "real" world and surviving through their love and wit, following their dreams and bringing mayhem wherever they go! This first solo directorial effort for Frank Oz is just as good as its predecessors, and the music is absolutely magical, as usual! The song "Saying Good Bye" will cause you to tear up, and who could forget the introduction of the Muppet Babies with the song "I'm Gonna Always Love You"? Great stuff!
Grab this DVD while you can! It's got both widescreen and fullscreen presentations, an interview with Jim Henson (though it is unfortunately divided up without the benefit of a "Play All" feature), and 3 Muppetisms, plus 3 trailers, though none are for this particular film. The real reason I recommend getting this as soon as you can though is who knows how hard it will be to get in the future! With the Muppets in Disney's hands now and all the legal issues and editing this has caused in regards to Henson releases, I don't recommend putting off this purchase. It's one you won't regret it! "Muppets Take Manhattan" is a must own!
Also recommended are, of course, "The Muppet Show", "The Great Muppet Caper", and "The Muppet Movie", but also some post-Henson Muppet work: "Muppet Christmas Carol", "Muppets from Space", and "Muppet Treasure Island". They're not quite the same without Jim, but they're still pretty good. It's the post-Henson TV movies that have really hurt the Muppets' reputation, but here's hoping Disney can find the right way to handle the Muppets in the near future, even if they often have trouble recapturing the Disney magic as it is (and I sadly say that, being a bigger Disney fan than anything else). Let's also hope that someday, somehow, uncut versions of A Muppet Family Christmas, The Christmas Toy, and Emmet Otter's Jug-band Christmas finally get released. Releasing hacked up versions of these films should be a crime! And Disney, when are you going to give us "The Muppets at Walt Disney World"? That Henson era classic should be a given for you guys! Further recommendations: Fraggle Rock, Sesame Street Old School, Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, Big Bird in China, Big Bird in Japan, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Follow That Bird, Kermit's Swamp Years, The Storyteller, The Witches, Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, and the original Star Wars trilogy.
Summary of The Muppets Take Manhattan
MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN - DVD MovieKermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Scooter, and the rest of the Muppets are celebrating their impending graduation from college by performing Kermit's original musical Manhattan Melodies for their senior variety show. Following graduation, the friends decide to take the production to Broadway, but things don't go quite as planned. They end up living in bus station lockers and hanging out at a local restaurant while waiting for their Broadway dream to become a reality. Eventually, the gang loses hope, everyone goes their separate ways, and Kermit is left alone in New York City. After his initial disillusionment, Kermit rallies and develops a three-step plan to get his play onto the Broadway stage. The question is, will it work? And even if the play makes it to Broadway, will it be too late to reunite all the Muppets? The Muppets Take Manhattan is full of fun song and dance, the puppetry is great, and New York scenery abounds at every turn. Add a generous handful of guest cameos featuring famous personalities like Liza Minnelli, Joan Rivers, Dabney Coleman, and Vincent Sardi--cameos that were written not just as showcases, but as integral parts of the plot--and the talented Frank Oz making his directing debut, and this 1984 production earns its position as one of the classic Muppet Movies. The 2011 Blu-ray offers pretty good picture quality, but the most notable improvement from the previous DVD release is that the interview with Jim Henson, which was originally spliced into 14 separate menu segments, can now be watched individually or as one continuous (albeit still choppy) feature. (Ages 5 and older) --Tami Horiuchi
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