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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 Babies (also known as Jim Henson's Muppet Babies) is an American animated television series, produced by Jim Henson Productions and Marvel Productions, that aired from September 15, 1984, to November 2, 1991, on CBS. Series overview Season Episodes Originally released First released Last released 1 13 September 15, 1984 (1984-09-15) December 8, 1984 (1984-12-08) 2 13 September 14, 1985 ...
The Announcer (Jerry Nelson) provides an introduction over clips from the special. Kermit comes onstage to introduce the show, informing the audience that the Muppets plan on paying tribute to some of their favorite movies. The Muppet company perform "Hey, a Movie!" from The Great Muppet Caper. Fozzie Bear introduces a spoof of The Three ...
Rank Film Worldwide gross Year Reference [1]; 1: The Muppets: $171,802,998: 2011 [2]2: Gremlins: $148,168,459: 1984 [3]3: Muppets Most Wanted: $80,383,290: 2014 [4]4 ...
1981 – The Great Muppet Caper (animated fly and birds) 1981 – Maria, Mirabela; 1981 – The Evil Dead (stop-motion scene) 1982 – Creepshow (animated opening credits sequence and animated bridging sequences between anthology segments) 1982 – Pink Floyd The Wall (animated sequences by Gerald Scarfe) 1982 – Tron; 1982 – Trail of the ...
A retrospective journey ensued, featuring clips from seminal Muppet productions such as The Muppet Movie, The Muppets Take Manhattan, and The Great Muppet Caper. Notable segments included Fozzie and Rowlf's rendition of "I Got Rhythm", Gonzo the Great's daring motorcycle stunt, and Rita Moreno's performance of "Fever" alongside Animal.
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."