|
|
Release Date: 1984
Cast: Dabney Coleman, Brooke Shields, Frances Bergen, Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire, Art Carney, Joan Rivers, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Liza Minnelli, Richard Hunt, Gregory Hines ...MORE
Cast: Dabney Coleman, Brooke Shields, Frances Bergen, Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire, Art Carney, Joan Rivers, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Liza Minnelli, Richard Hunt, Gregory Hines, Juliana Donald, Elliott Gould, James Coco, John Landis, Jim Henson, Fozzie Bear, Linda Lavin ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Adventure, Musical, Animation, Family-Oriented Comedy, Children'S/Family, Lgbt, Family, Comedy
The Muppets Take Manhattan is a 1984 family film directed by Frank Oz. It is the third of a series of live-action musical feature films starring Jim Henson's Muppets, and is the second to last film before Henson's death (The latter being Follow That Bird). This film was produced by Henson Associates and TriStar Pictures, and was filmed on location in New York City during the summer of 1983 and released in movie theatres in 1984. It was the first film directed solely by Frank Oz (who also performs Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, and Animal), as he previously co-directed The Dark Crystal with Jim... MORE
The Muppets Take Manhattan is a 1984 family film directed by Frank Oz. It is the third of a series of live-action musical feature films starring Jim Henson's Muppets, and is the second to last film before Henson's death (The latter being Follow That Bird). This film was produced by Henson Associates and TriStar Pictures, and was filmed on location in New York City during the summer of 1983 and released in movie theatres in 1984. It was the first film directed solely by Frank Oz (who also performs Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, and Animal), as he previously co-directed The Dark Crystal with Jim Henson. it was released in between the second and third seasons of Fraggle Rock.
The film introduced the Muppet Babies, as toddler versions of the Muppet characters in a fantasy sequence. The Muppet Babies later received their own Saturday morning animated television series, which aired on CBS from 1984 until 1992 and has since been syndicated worldwide.
As the film opens, Kermit, Miss Piggy, and their friends are graduating from college and are performing in a variety show, Manhattan Melodies, on campus. Kermit believes that there is "something missing" from the script, but his friends suggest LESS
|
Comments About The Muppets Take Manhattan