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22 June 1979 (USA) moreTagline:
More entertaining than humanly possiblePlot:
Kermit and his new found friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog-legs merchant is after Kermit. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 8 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Life is a Movie more (70 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jim Henson | ... | Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Doc Hopper's Men / Link Hogthrob / Swedish Chef (voice) | |
| Frank Oz | ... | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef / Motorcycle Guy (voice) | |
| Jerry Nelson | ... | Floyd Pepper / Robin the Frog / Crazy Harry / Lew Zealand / Camilla / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (assistant) (uncredited) (voice) | |
| Richard Hunt | ... | Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice) | |
| Dave Goelz | ... | The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Doglion / Iraqian in El Sleezo Cafe / Pig (voice) | |
| Charles Durning | ... | Doc Hopper | |
| Austin Pendleton | ... | Max | |
| Edgar Bergen | ... | Himself / Charlie McCarthy (voice) | |
| Milton Berle | ... | Mad Man Mooney | |
| Mel Brooks | ... | Professor Max Krassman | |
| James Coburn | ... | El Sleezo Cafe Owner | |
| Dom DeLuise | ... | Bernie the Agent | |
| Elliott Gould | ... | Beauty Contest Compere | |
| Bob Hope | ... | Ice Cream Vendor | |
| Madeline Kahn | ... | El Sleezo Patron |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
95 minLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
DolbyCertification:
Singapore:PG | Canada:G | Portugal:M/6 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | UK:U | USA:G | Brazil:LivreFun Stuff
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Jim Henson spent an entire day in a 50-gallon steel drum submerged in a pond for the opening scene of Kermit in the swamp. moreGoofs:
Continuity: The colors of Gonzo's balloons change and re-arrange during his flight. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Statler: I'm Statler.
Waldorf: I'm Waldorf. We're here to heckle "The Muppet Movie".
Gate Guard: Gentlemen, that's straight ahead. Private screening room D.
Statler: Private screening?
Waldorf: Yeah, they're afraid to show it in public.
[they laugh as their car proceeds forward]
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Referenced in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) moreSoundtrack:
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We all lost something important when Jim Henson died. But his magic alone wasn't sufficient to do more than clever skits, both before and after this gem. Some fated match of director, writers, songwriters and puppeteers came together to create an underappreciated masterpiece.
Forget the kids -- this is a great work, period. Among the best story-films ever. And nowhere is the enfolding of reality and fantasy more rich than here. Naturally, you have the mix of humans (accented by celebrity cameos) and puppets. And some puppets are of humans, some of human-like animals, and some of animal-like animals. But that's just the tokens.
The real novelty comes in the story. It is a film about the making of itself, with a wonderful sequence at the end where the film is represented in cartoonish props contrasted with a `real' rainbow. Throughout, one weaves between being in the story and observing the story. Kermit (Henson's alterego) says `I hope you appreciate I'm doing my own stunts.' Think about it.
The songs, themselves self-referential, are important frosting: `why are there so many songs about rainbows?'
`Life is a movie, write your own ending, keep believing, keep pretending...' You don't get that in common fare. If you have kids, this is the most educational exposure you can give them among the kiddie offerings. There's nothing more powerful than the ability to perform abstract reasoning and the foundation of that is the play between what things are and what things represent them. Thanks and God bless you, Jim.