Turkey Hollow
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Television release poster
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| Screenplay by | Tim Burns Christopher Baldi |
| Story by |
Jim Henson Jerry Juhl Kirk R. Thatcher |
| Directed by | Kirk R. Thatcher |
| Starring |
Mary Steenburgen Jay Harrington Graham Verchere Genevieve Buechner Reese Alexander Gabe Khouth Peter New Linden Banks |
| Narrated by | Ludacris |
| Music by | Mick Giacchino |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Ritamarie Peruggi Harvey Kahn |
| Cinematography | Randal Platt |
| Editor(s) | Richard Schwadel |
| Running time | 88 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Jim Henson Company |
| Distributor | Lifetime |
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Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow is a 2015 Thanksgiving television film created by The Jim Henson Company and aired on Lifetime on November 21, 2015. The film is narrated by Ludacris and stars Mary Steenburgen, Jay Harrington, Graham Verchere, Genevieve Buechner, Reese Alexander, Gabe Khouth, Peter New, and Linden Banks.
As part of the Thanksgiving holidays, a recently divorced man named Ron Emmerson (Jay Harrington) takes his children Tim (Graham Verchere) and Annie (Genevieve Buechner) to the farm of Ron's eccentric Aunt Cly (Mary Steenburgen) in the town of Turkey Hollow which has no technology. Tim and Annie find themselves caught up in searching for the "Howling Hoodoo," an elusive 10 ft. monster that has been considered a legend to the citizens of Turkey Hollow while also coming across the plot of the scheming neighbor Eldridge Slump (Linden Banks) and his farmworker minions Buzz (Gabe Khouth) and Junior (Peter New) that involves illegal turkeys activities and a plot for Eldridge to claim Aunt Cly's farm. With the aid of some new creature friends named Squonk, Zorp, Burble, and Thring, the Emmersons must expose Slump's plot and save the day.
Kirk Thatcher cameos in a photo as Uncle Ned.
Turkey Hollow started out as a story called "The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow" which was written by Jerry Juhl as one of Jim Henson's proposed specials. The original production phase of "The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow" made it as far as puppet design where some of them were built and still exist in the archives. Photos of Lisa Henson and Cheryl Henson were taken in Jim Henson's back yard as a test to see how the puppets would look in the real world outside of a sound stage. The intention was to shoot the special on location. In 2014, "The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow" was adapted into a graphic novel.
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