Underplayed Gems

The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

The Muppets Take Manhattan poster
Directed by
Frank Oz
Genre
comedy film, musical film, children's film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
G
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 423 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The Muppets graduate from college and head to New York City to put on a Broadway show. They face rejection and get separated, but then try to reunite and make their dream come true.

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What happens

The Muppets Take Manhattan is a 1984 American musical comedy film directed by Frank Oz and the third theatrical film featuring the Muppets. The film stars Muppet performers Jim Henson, Oz, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, as well as special appearances by Art Carney, James Coco, Dabney Coleman, Gregory Hines, Linda Lavin, Liza Minnelli, Joan Rivers, and Brooke Shields. Filmed in New York City during the prior summer, it was released theatrically in the United States on July 13, 1984, by Tri-Star Pictures. A fantasy sequence in the film introduced the Muppet Babies characters. The Muppets Take Manhattan was the first film to be directed solely by Oz, who previously co-directed The Dark Crystal with Henson. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics with praise for its puppetry, humor, songs and characters but criticism for some of its writing. The film was a box office success, grossing $25.5 million on a budget of $8 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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