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The Great Muppet Caper is a 1981 musical heist comedy film directed by Jim Henson (in his feature directorial debut) and the second theatrical film featuring the Muppets.The film stars Muppet performers Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, and Steve Whitmire, as well as Charles Grodin and Diana Rigg, with special cameo appearances by John Cleese, Robert Morley, Peter ...
Muppet Classic Theater: September 27, 1994: David Grossman Muppet Sing Alongs: Muppets On Wheels: June 16, 1995: David Gumpel Yes, I Can Learn featuring the Muppet Babies: Yes, I Can Help featuring the Muppet Babies: Yes, I Can Be a Friend featuring the Muppet Babies: August 11, 1995: Muppet Sing Alongs: Muppet Treasure Island: February 14, 1996
Taking on the form of a caper, the film was inspired by both The Great Muppet Caper and The Muppets Take Manhattan as well as The Pink Panther and The Thomas Crown Affair. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Bobin said that the film was "a tip of the hat to the old-school crime capers of the '60s, but featuring a frog, a pig, a bear, and a dog—no panthers, even ...
The Muppet Movie was followed by seven more feature films starring the Muppets, the first of which, The Great Muppet Caper, was released in 1981. In 2009, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."
It appears that Kermit, Miss Piggy, and Animal can all finally relax, at least for the moment. Financial Times is reporting that Goldman Sachs (GS) has officially called off the great Muppet hunt.
Beauregard also appeared in The Great Muppet Caper in 1981, where he played a taxi driver. He brought Kermit, Fozzie, and Gonzo to the Happiness Hotel, and right through the front door, into the lobby. Beauregard's other major role was in the 1990 special The Muppets at Walt Disney World, where he dragged Miss Piggy onto a series of thrill rides.
Although it was the fourth Muppet film to receive an Oscar nomination, this was the first time a Muppet film had won an Academy Award. It was the first Muppet film nominated for Best Original Song since 1981's The Great Muppet Caper and the first time a Muppet film in general had been nominated for any kind of Academy Award since 1984's The ...
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