Die Muppets erobern Manhattan (1984)
38KDie Muppets erobern Manhattan: Directed by Frank Oz. With Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire. Kermit and his friends go to New York City to get their musical on Broadway only to find it’s a more difficult task than they anticipated.
“A fascinating insight into the lives of a variety of talking animals and the trials and tribulations they face in the human dominated New York, this film deals with the age old tale of frog meets pig in a mature, contemporary fashion. The director, late great Mr Henson, pulls no punches in his gritty treatment, and the viewer is left with no doubt as to the authenticity and integrity of the bold statement this film makes; in truth, u0026quot;peoplesu0026quot; really is u0026quot;peoplesu0026quot;. Shocking at the time, the film may now seem clumsy in comparison to modern epics such as the highly charged u0026quot;Toy Storyu0026quot; or more violent bloodfests such as u0026quot;Antzu0026quot;, but Hensonu0026#39;s meisterwork is nonetheless worthy of acclaim. The foolishness of the Academy in witholding an Oscar in fear of controversy was later exposed by an older and more embittered Kermit, in his 1993 director/writer debut short entitled simply u0026quot;Pondlifeu0026quot;, an autobiographical return to form which revealed the story of his consequent lack of self esteem and alcohol problems, leading to his eventual divorce from manhattan co-star Miss Piggy. Piggy herself has since written a series of well received self-help books.”
