The group is warned by a reformed Max that Hopper has hired an assassin, Snake Walker (Scott Walker), to kill Kermit. The Mayhem offer to drive the entire group the rest of the way in their bus. ![]() ![]() He returns to camp, where he discovers the Electric Mayhem have come to their rescue, having learned of their plight by reading ahead in the film's script. Kermit wanders off, ashamed for bringing his friends on a fruitless journey, but some personal reflection restores his commitment. Sitting at a campfire, the group sadly realizes that they will likely miss the audition the next day. Joined by Rowlf the Dog and reunited with Miss Piggy along the way, the Muppets continue their journey to Hollywood, but their car breaks down in the desert. However, immediately after the fight and saving Kermit, Miss Piggy receives a job offer and promptly abandons a devastated Kermit. When Kermit arrives at the designated location, mad scientist Professor Krassman ( Mel Brooks) tries to brainwash Kermit into performing in Hopper's advertisements, but Miss Piggy furiously knocks out Hopper's henchmen and causes Krassman to be brainwashed by his own device. When Kermit and Miss Piggy meet for dinner that night, Hopper and Max sneak up on Miss Piggy and abduct her as bait to lure Kermit. The group meets Miss Piggy at a county fair, and she and Kermit immediately become love-stricken with each other. The others drive away, only for Sweetums to emerge and reveal that he had only gone to pack his things. They invite Sweetums to come with them, but he runs away. They trade in their failing vehicle at a used car lot, where they meet Sweetums. Driving on, they meet and are joined by Gonzo and his girlfriend Camilla the Chicken, who are also interested in becoming movie stars. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, and the band's manager Scooter, who help them disguise their car. In an old church, Kermit and Fozzie meet the rock band Dr. Unwilling to accept Kermit's refusal, Hopper resorts to increasingly forceful means of persuasion. Horrified, Kermit kindly refuses and he and Fozzie drive away. The two set out in Fozzie's 1951 Studebaker, but are soon pursued by entrepreneur Doc Hopper ( Charles Durning) and his assistant Max ( Austin Pendleton) in an attempt by Hopper to convince Kermit to be the new spokesfrog of Hopper's struggling French-fried frog legs restaurant franchise. Kermit meets Fozzie Bear, who is working as a hapless stand-up comedian, and Kermit invites Fozzie on his journey. Inspired by the idea of "making millions of people happy", Kermit sets off on a cross-country trip to Hollywood. After he plays his banjo and sings " Rainbow Connection", he is approached by Bernie ( Dom DeLuise), a talent agent who encourages Kermit to pursue a career in show business. ![]() Kermit the Frog lives a simple life in a Florida swamp. The story opens with the Muppets sitting down at a private screening to watch a movie, for not only a screen testing, but as a pastiche of how they all met. In 2009, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The Muppet Movie was followed by seven feature films starring the Muppets, as well as several more television series and media. Notable for its surreal humour, meta-references and prolific use of cameos, The Muppet Movie was released by Associated Film Distribution in the United Kingdom on May 31, 1979, and in the United States on June 22, 1979, and it received critical praise, including two Academy Award nominations for Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher's musical score and their song, " Rainbow Connection". The film stars Muppet performers Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, and Dave Goelz, as well as Charles Durning and Austin Pendleton, and it features cameo appearances by Dom DeLuise, James Coburn, Edgar Bergen (in his final film appearance before his death), Steve Martin, and Mel Brooks, among others. Produced between the first and second half of The Muppet Show 's third season, the film tells the origin story of the Muppets, as Kermit the Frog embarks on a cross-country trip to Los Angeles, encountering several of the Muppets-who all share the same ambition of finding success in professional show business-along the way while being pursued by Doc Hopper, a greedy restaurateur with intentions of employing Kermit as a spokesperson for his frog legs business. A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, the film was written by The Muppet Show writers Jerry Juhl and Jack Burns. ![]() The Muppet Movie is a 1979 musical road comedy film directed by James Frawley, produced by Jim Henson, and the first theatrical film to feature the Muppets.
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