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At 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.At 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.At 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Steve Whitmire
- Kermit the Frog
- (voice)
- …
Bill Barretta
- Croaker
- (voice)
- …
Joey Mazzarino
- Goggles
- (voice)
- (as Joseph Mazzarino)
- …
John Kennedy
- Blotch
- (voice)
- …
Jerry Nelson
- Statler
- (voice)
Dave Goelz
- Waldorf
- (voice)
Cree Summer
- Pilgrim
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKermit is the only regular Muppet to appear in the movie, unless you count Statler and Waldorf's cameo at the movie theater.
- GoofsIn the scene where Young Kermit, Croaker, and Pilgrim are under the bench in George Washington High School, a dark moving figure (possibly Bill Barretta) is seen moving with Croaker.
- Quotes
Goggles, Turtle #1: Oh... I get it! Dissection must be some kind of full body massage.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Troldspejlet: Episode #28.9 (2003)
- SoundtracksRoll on Down the Highway
Words and Music by Robin Bachman and Charles Frederick Turner
Performed by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Courtesy of MCA Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
I didn't see this movie,
although I couldn't put my finger on why. I could have picked it up at Wal-Mart for five bucks, and yet I didn't. There was something about the packaging and the ads I'd seen that made me think "This isn't a Muppet film. This is a kids' movie by people who think they know what kids like" and I didn't know what made me think that way.
Until a few minutes ago, when the answer struck me like a lead brick: Color.
In most, if not all, Muppet productions to date, it has been much easier to ignore the fact that the characters are fairly brightly colored, felt objects, because of the surrounding color. The Muppet Show took place in a dimly lit theater, with dark burgundy curtains serving as Kermit's introductory backdrop. Sesame Street is, for the most part, dark grey. Fairly subdued, real-type places. The Muppet Movie ranges the gamut, but it always takes place in real locations, with no bright colors added for the sake of bright colors. And that's what was missing from (at least the promotional portions of) this movie. It seemed like they were aiming for kids because nothing seemed real. Including the grass. Including the swamp. None of it seemed like it was even *attempting* to be real, and so it was difficult for me to take it seriously enough to even desire to watch it.
It might be a good movie. I don't know. Maybe I'll learn different sometime.
But for this Muppet fan, it was just asking for one unbelief-suspension too many.
Until a few minutes ago, when the answer struck me like a lead brick: Color.
In most, if not all, Muppet productions to date, it has been much easier to ignore the fact that the characters are fairly brightly colored, felt objects, because of the surrounding color. The Muppet Show took place in a dimly lit theater, with dark burgundy curtains serving as Kermit's introductory backdrop. Sesame Street is, for the most part, dark grey. Fairly subdued, real-type places. The Muppet Movie ranges the gamut, but it always takes place in real locations, with no bright colors added for the sake of bright colors. And that's what was missing from (at least the promotional portions of) this movie. It seemed like they were aiming for kids because nothing seemed real. Including the grass. Including the swamp. None of it seemed like it was even *attempting* to be real, and so it was difficult for me to take it seriously enough to even desire to watch it.
It might be a good movie. I don't know. Maybe I'll learn different sometime.
But for this Muppet fan, it was just asking for one unbelief-suspension too many.
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- atreyu_hibiki-1
- Nov 22, 2004
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Rainbow Connections
- Filming locations
- 220 N Lakeview Avenue, Winter Garden, Florida, USA(Jim Henson's house)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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