The Muppet Movie
The Muppet Movie is a 1979 musical road comedy film and the first theatrical film featuring the Muppets. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, the film was directed by James Frawley and produced by Jim Henson, and its screenplay was conceived by The Muppet Show writers Jerry Juhl and Jack Burns. Produced by Henson Associates and ITC Entertainment between the first and second half of The Muppet Shows third season, the film tells the origin story of the Muppets: Kermit the Frog embarks on a cross-country trip to Hollywood, encountering several of the Muppets—who all share the same ambition of finding success in professional show business—along the way while being pursued by Doc Hopper, an evil restaurateur with intentions of employing Kermit as a spokesperson for his frog legs business.
Plot
The film begins with the Muppets sitting down at a private screening to watch a movie that is a pastiche of how they all met.
Awards
Cast
- Austin Pendleton
- Bob Hope
- Bruce Kirby
- Carol Kane
- Caroll Spinney
- Charles Durning
- Cloris Leachman
- Dom DeLuise
- Edgar Bergen
- Elliott Gould
- Frank Oz
- James Coburn
- James Frawley
- Jerry Nelson
- Jim Henson
- John Landis
- Madeline Kahn
- Mel Brooks
- Melinda Dillon
- Milton Berle
- Orson Welles
- Paul Williams
- Richard Hunt
- Richard Pryor
- Steve Martin
- Steve Whitmire
- Telly Savalas
- Tim Burton