Kermit and his friends go to New York City to get their musical on Broadway only to find it's a more difficult task than they anticipated.Kermit and his friends go to New York City to get their musical on Broadway only to find it's a more difficult task than they anticipated.Kermit and his friends go to New York City to get their musical on Broadway only to find it's a more difficult task than they anticipated.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 nominations total
Jim Henson
- Kermit the Frog
- (voice)
- …
Frank Oz
- Miss Piggy
- (voice)
- …
Dave Goelz
- Gonzo
- (voice)
- …
Steve Whitmire
- Rizzo the Rat
- (voice)
- …
Richard Hunt
- Scooter
- (voice)
- …
Jerry Nelson
- Camilla
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn an interview, Juliana Donald (Jenny) recalled how filming of the jogging scene in the park was temporarily delayed by a camera problem. In wide eyed amazement, a little boy passing by approached and started talking to Kermit, oblivious to Jim Henson operating him. Despite the surrounding commotion of technicians trying to fix the camera issue, Jim started interacting with the boy. Moments later, Jim found himself doing an impromptu performance with Kermit for an entire group of children who had gathered around to watch. Juliana said, "It was so memorable to me because time just stopped. It was a wonderfully magical moment where you experience someone's true joy with their work."
- Crazy creditsAfter the final credits roll, we can hear Animal say "Bye Bye, Bye Bye, Bye Bye...Hasta Luego".
- Alternate versionsThe most recent VHS and Family Channel versions have Animal's slow growls of "BAAAAAAD MAAAAAAN" (at Dabney Coleman) dubbed out, though his repeated shouts of the phrase can be heard at the end of the scene. However, the growls are present on the DVD version. The same goes for the sound of Kermit's panting for breath immediately after leaving Leonard Winesop's office.
- ConnectionsEdited into Muppet Babies: Musical Muppets (1985)
- SoundtracksTogether Again
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
Performed by Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, and Dave Goelz
Featured review
Enjoyable mostly on nostalgic terms, and great with an audience
Throughout this film, you might think this film is just for kids. Well, it is mainly pointed towards them, but it's also well-rounded enough with the jokes pointed also at the adults in the audience. This time around, the Muppet gang try to get on Broadway, with the dire straits keeping them from getting it produced, leading them to splitting up. But Kermit won't stop, and his determination keeps things moving along until after getting the deal together he gets hit by a car and sent into amnesia!
It's a send-up, in part, of those old starring vehicles from the 40s with musicals actually as the topic of a musical, only here there's the usual lot of zaniness and wonderful moments thrown into a pot of hysterically funny moments (Lou Zealand's boomerang fish; Gonzo's water-stunt display, the whisper campaign, among many others), but also with a lot of heart too. The Muppet writers aren't shy of the conventions, on the contrary, they embrace them to the point where it's almost refreshing to see such a 'lets put on a show' story where through thick and think the characters will meet their dream.
While not as totally original in scope as the Muppet Movie, it's got many catchy and memorable songs, excellent locations all over Manhattan, and even some intonations of inter-species dating (and marriage)! Cameos include Liza Minneli ("a frog?"), Elliot Gould (as the cop), Brooke Shields (propositioned by a rat), Edward I. Koch, Gregory Hines and Joan Rivers. So get ready to sing-along, or just have a lot of big laughs and romantic (yes romantic) times with one of the best Muppet movies.
It's a send-up, in part, of those old starring vehicles from the 40s with musicals actually as the topic of a musical, only here there's the usual lot of zaniness and wonderful moments thrown into a pot of hysterically funny moments (Lou Zealand's boomerang fish; Gonzo's water-stunt display, the whisper campaign, among many others), but also with a lot of heart too. The Muppet writers aren't shy of the conventions, on the contrary, they embrace them to the point where it's almost refreshing to see such a 'lets put on a show' story where through thick and think the characters will meet their dream.
While not as totally original in scope as the Muppet Movie, it's got many catchy and memorable songs, excellent locations all over Manhattan, and even some intonations of inter-species dating (and marriage)! Cameos include Liza Minneli ("a frog?"), Elliot Gould (as the cop), Brooke Shields (propositioned by a rat), Edward I. Koch, Gregory Hines and Joan Rivers. So get ready to sing-along, or just have a lot of big laughs and romantic (yes romantic) times with one of the best Muppet movies.
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- Quinoa1984
- Sep 15, 2000
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Muppet Movie III
- Filming locations
- Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA(Danhurst College)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $25,534,703
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,416,022
- Jul 15, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $25,534,703
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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