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As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.
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| Length: | 87 minutes
(1 hour 27 minutes) | | MPAA Rating: | G | | Sorting Category: | Family |
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| | Classifications: | - Comedy
- Kids
- Family
- Puppets
- Sci-Fi
- Action
- Fantasy
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Synopsis: Gonzo is contacted by his alien family through his breakfast cereal. He is kidnapped and it's up to Kermit and the gang to rescue Gonzo and help reunite him with his long-lost family.
Reaction: Odd and not as instantly classic as some of the previous outings, but still quite fun.
Personal Rating: 7/10 |
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Random Trivia For This Title: - Kermit is seen reading the "Hensonville News Observer", a reference to Jim Henson.
- Steve Whitmire has a cameo as the hippie giving Bunsen and Beaker a ride.
- Originally the idea for the film was that aliens had seen Gonzo on [The Muppet Show] and came to visit him on Earth. Gonzo would believe he was one of them until he discovered the truth at the movie's conclusion.
- The first [Muppet] film since the deaths of Jim Henson and Richard Hunt to have their signature Muppet characters (Rowlf, Scooter, and Dr. Teeth) talk. Rowlf's only line is "Awwww!" at the breakfast table, when he finds out they're having bologna. Dr. Teeth's only line is "Shalom!", on the way to a bar mitzvah. Scooter was voiced by Richard's brother Adam Hunt, and his line is "Get your Gonzo T-shirts. Only ten bucks!"
- Randal Kleiser was to direct the film, but was dropped before production began.
- The voice of Baab the Sheep was eleven year old Kristina Donnelly, who was given the opportunity through the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Kristina wanted to be an actress in a [Muppet] film, but when given a choice between that and voicing a puppet of her own (the suggestion made to her by Steve Whitmire and Dave Goelz), she chose the puppet. Near the end of her time filming Steve and Dave presented her with a special edition of the Hensonville News Observer and a bag full of Muppet merchandise. The puppet she voiced, Baab, was also given to her.
- The band Ween was asked to provide a song for this movie. It was to be for the scene in which Gonzo was sitting on the roof dreaming of where he might have come from. After the song was recorded, it was decided that all of the music in the movie should be funk/soul and they asked Ween to record a remake of {Brick House}. They declined.
- The original concept was based upon the song {I'm Going to Go Back There Someday} which Gonzo sings in The Muppet Movie. Muppeteer Dave Goelz recorded a new version of the song (in 4/4 time) but it was not used in the film. It was included on the soundtrack album, however.
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