1981 Directed by Jim Henson
Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.
Jim Henson Frank Oz Dave Goelz Jerry Nelson Richard Hunt Charles Grodin Diana Rigg John Cleese Robert Morley Peter Ustinov Jack Warden Susan Backlinie Joan Sanderson Peter Falk Danny John-Jules Erica Creer Kate Howard Della Finch Michael Robbins Peter Hughes Peggy Aitchison Tommy Godfrey Christine Nelson Valli Kemp
A few stray observations I noticed while watching The Great Muppet Caper.
1. This picture easily retains the meta comedy and movie within a movie subject of the first Muppets picture while giving some actual form to the musical numbers.
2. That form is heavily inspired by Busby Berkeley, and this films Ginger Rogers is Piggy. She is at the center of all these great sequences as dancers twirl and slide around her.
3. This is pretty much the most Piggy centric Muppets film which I greatly appreciate considering she is such a good character. She's not afraid to be unlikeable, vain and self centered. The creators of the Muppets never damn her for this behaviour as well which I…
Coming two years after 1979's fantastic "The Muppet Movie," Jim Henson's "The Great Muppet Caper" rates as a worthy and fizzy followup. Boasting the same lineup of muppeteered characters, groaningly hilarious quips, and meta moments, the film may not reach the highs notes of its predecessor, but it is a frothy and charming piece of work.
"The Great Muppet Caper" follows its team of Muppet protagonists to
London where they get caught up in a case regarding burgled diamonds. The mystery is not as important as the hijinks of the characters, so the caper conceit feels empty. This story does allow, however, for English cameos and an arched-eyebrow sense of humor.
Jim Henson's direction imbues the film with more visual…
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Circumstances pushed this up a bit in my informal Jim Henson study but man alive, I almost feel like I can just stop here - this is one of those perfect intersections between technical virtuosity and hilarious silliness, almost every scene features a Muppet doing something that on paper seems impossible, the bicycle number being only the most famous of many examples. And I mean come on, it's just so funny.
The fact that Kermit and Fozzie are supposed to be identical twins in this is one of the most inherently funny things ever.
Decent Muppet movie, but not the best offering Henson and Co. had to offer. The music isn't nearly as memorable as in the first film, and the story, while entertaining, isn't nearly as fun to follow as the first film, or even “Muppets Take Manhattan.” But it is by no stretch a bad movie, it certainly has plenty to offer and won't disappoint any Muppet fans.
This film seems a bit better than just okay but it isn’t right at the top of my favourite Muppet movies. Personally I prefer the newer muppet films to the older ones. I thought that the story was good and the human characters were likeable as well as the Muppet characters being as likeable as they always are! However, I did find myself getting a little bit bored in a few places. This watch was a rewatch as I used to watch it when I was younger but I definitely won’t be rushing to watch this again soon as I think I will enjoy it less and give it a lower rating if I watch it too soon. I gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and I will probably wait a couple of years before I watch this again.
The plot is barely sturdy enough to carry us from one musical number to the next, but come on; this movie is pure happiness.
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Perhaps underrated and overshadowed by its classic predecessor, The Great Muppet Caper is a fantastic directorial debut from the legendary Jim Henson. It may be a bit lacking in terms of plot (not that that’s what we’re here for anyway)—but it makes up for that with top-notch comedy and incredible technical achievements of puppetry (Biking, swimming, tap dancing, driving a taxi through a wall, flying in a hot air balloon, climbing up a drain pipe, parachuting out of an airplane!) There are plenty of outstanding musical numbers, and self-aware hilarity abounds…
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