The Muppet movie
(DVD)

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979.

Director of photography, Isidore Mankofsky ; editor, Chris Greenbury ; production designer, Joel Schiller ; music and lyrics by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher ; creative consultant, Frank Oz ; music arranged and conducted by Ian Freebairn-Smith.

Muppet performers Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog/Rowlf/Dr. Teeth/Waldorf), Frank Oz (Miss Piggy/Fozzie Bear/Animal/Sam the Eagle), Jerry Nelson (Floyd Pepper/Crazy Harry/Robin the Frog/Lew Zealand), Richard Hunt (Scooter/Statler/Janice/Sweetums/Beaker), Dave Goelz (The Great Gonzo/Zoot/Dr. Bunsen Honeydew), Charles Durning (Doc Hopper), Austin Pendleton (Max), Edgar Bergen, Milton Berle, Mel Brooks, James Coburn, Dom DeLuise, Elliott Gould, Bob Hope, Madeline Kahn, Carol Kane, Cloris Leachman, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, Telly Savalas, Orson Welles, Paul Williams, Carroll Spinney (Big Bird).

On a fine day not so long ago, Kermit the Frog was playing and singing in the swamp. A lost Hollywood talent agent hears him, and tells him he has talent. Therefore, Kermit sets out for Hollywood to find fame and fortune. Along the way Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, the Electric Mayhem band, and the romantically inclined Miss Piggy join him. Fast food magnate Doc Hopper--who is determined to enlist Kermit as spokes-frog for his southern fried frog-leg restaurants--also follows him. Doc Hopper employs all means underhand to suborn Kermit, including abducting Miss Piggy. Kermit must make a choice between stopping Hopper and dashing the other Muppets dreams of the big time.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD; Region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround; widescreen presentation aspect ratio 1.85:1, enhanced for 16x9 televisions and full screen presentation aspect ratio 1.33:1.

In English or dubbed French; closed-captioned.