It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
| It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | |
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| Created by | Jim Henson |
| Written by |
Tom Martin Jim Lewis |
| Directed by | Kirk R. Thatcher |
| Starring |
Steve Whitmire Dave Goelz Bill Barretta Eric Jacobson David Arquette Joan Cusack Matthew Lillard William H. Macy Whoopi Goldberg |
| Theme music composer | Mark Watters |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) |
Warren Carr Martin G. Baker |
| Cinematography | Tony Westman |
| Editor(s) | Gregg Featherman |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
The Jim Henson Company NBC Studios |
| Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
| Budget | $20 million |
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| Original network | NBC |
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It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is a 2002 NBC television film, directed by Kirk Thatcher and written by Tom Martin and Jim Lewis and stars Whoopi Goldberg, David Arquette, Joan Cusack, the cast of Scrubs and The Muppets. The plot centers on Kermit the Frog who, after losing all hope for saving the Muppet Theatre, is assisted by an angel who shows him a world in which he had never been born. The film is an homage to Frank Capra's 1946 film, It's a Wonderful Life, which has a similar plot.
This was the first Muppet production without the involvement of veteran Muppet performer Frank Oz. Instead, Eric Jacobson performed Oz's characters Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, and Animal, marking his feature film debut as those characters. Oz's character Sam Eagle was voiced by Kevin Clash, while John Kennedy provided the puppetry. Director Kirk R. Thatcher later directed The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) and A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008).
The film contains an original song, "Everyone Matters", performed by Kermit and Gonzo as part of the world in which he had never been born, and then reprised at the end. The film also makes reference to the Muppet classic song "Rainbow Connection", featuring a statue of Kermit in a park, erected in dedication "for the lovers, the dreamers and you".
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