It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

The largest Merry Muppet Christmas Movie of all time ( original title: It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie) is a television film directed by Brian Henson from 2002, in which the Muppets play the main role. The film is a collaboration between Jim Henson Pictures, MGM and NBC. The film was nominated in the category Outstanding Music and Lyrics for an Emmy in 2003. The following year he was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award for Best Youth DVD category.

The film parodies, among other films and TV shows the well-known Christmas movie Is not life beautiful? ( It's a Wonderful Life). In addition to the Muppets also play David Arquette, Joan Cusack and Whoopi Goldberg in the lead roles.

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Similar to the original It's a Wonderful Life, the film begins with the fact that at Christmas something bad happened. While the Muppets decorate their Christmas tree, sing Jingle Bells and following the example of the short story The Gift of the Magi give gifts ( Rizzo the Rat sold, for example, his cheese collection to buy Gonzo a petri dish, but Gonzo replied his petri dishes to buy Rizzo a diamond cheese cutter ) appears a sad Kermit, Miss Piggy chases away and tells all: "We have lost everything, the money, the theater, everything." Sadly, he goes out, sits down on a bench and freezes. The Unnoticed Angel Daniel in heaven sees this over a white monitor ( the sky is shown as a white bright office and all employees (angels) wear white ), but no one wants to help him. Therefore, he goes himself ( mentioned in the film the boss ) to the office of God. The office is a huge flower meadow with sofa and remote control for the monitor. The boss is skeptical about whether Kermit his help and justice needs something, but then Daniel shows the story of Kermit via monitor.

Kermit's story begins in the NBC show Last Call with Carson Daly, Kermit tells where the presenter Carson Daly of the Christmas show of the Muppets with pride and pleasure. When he is back in the theater, provides him Gonzo Frenchman Luc Fromage ago, the so- lame with Cirque du, wants to present a parody of the famous Cirque du Soleil, a big opening number. Gonzo and Luc are thrilled Kermit but not like this number, which is abominable Luc ( You're just a frog, ugh ). These Pepe wants during the Christmas holidays to Miami for Christmas Party by Ricky Martin, but this is missing the Muppets the money.

Since Rachel Bitterman, the greedy, the new head of Bitterman Bank and Development ( BBAD ), the bank that sponsors the Muppets appear. The old chief, Mr. Bitterman is, in her words, dead Bitterman requires that the Muppets pay until 24 December at midnight, or the theater belongs to the bank. Pepe falls in love with the attractive Bitterman and leaves the Muppets.

Kermit asks Dr. Honeydew for help; he says, you have to save, reduce the salaries for longer periods, for example. Kermit directed his friends, they agree to only as Fozzie tells them how much Kermit for she has made, and agrees scooter.

Now start the preparations for the show. But unfortunately Miss Piggy gets a job at Scrubs - even an NBC series, playing a guest role. Kermit tries celebrities to get involved, but they all say from. Following the request of the Muppets, he sees no other way than Miss Piggy retrieve again. So he goes to the set of Scrubs - where Miss Piggy plays a Leichenkomparse. After Kermit Please return to the theater, she is fired from Bill Lawrence.

Meanwhile Bitterman Pepe will give a Christmas bonus, but only if he tells her all about the financial situation of the Muppets. Their plan is to make the theater the modern, hipppen nightclub The Dot. To keep the Muppets under pressure, they secretly forges the Treaty of midnight to 18:00. But Pepe gets it with and wants to warn Kermit and the others.

The Muppets have sold the theater to secure enough cards. Pepe runs to Kermit and wants to tell him about Bitterman, but he has no time, as he is drawn with his scarf to Rizzo and a few other rats, dressed as a reindeer with a sleigh on the stage. The show begins.

As an opening number show the Muppets Moulin Scrooge, a parody of Moulin Rouge. Miss Piggy plays Satine and sings the Eartha Kitt song Santa Baby. The number is a success.

Behind the Scenes Pepe Kermit tells finally of Bitterman's plan. Fozzi persuades Kermit to bring the money itself to Bitterman and waived his moonwalk presence. Replaced him Pepe, tells a joke but no one finds funny. Him Statler and Waldorf comment.

While Fozzi brings the money he is being followed by Nancy and Nicki Nut -What, a reference to the movie The Grinch, a crocodile hunter ( Crocodile Hunter) and a Santa Claus. In the hustle and bustle he accidentally swapped the purse and brings Bitterman instead of a bag of money laundering, which he had to endure some burns on the skin by laser beams before Bitterman's office entrance (a reference to Mission Impossible ). As Kermit itself goes to Bitterman and she recalled pleading that the theater is the dream of the Muppets, she sends him off with a vicious laughter ( Kermit, you ruin your life and the lives of your friends with your ridiculous dreams of the theater ). Sad Kermit itself is then on the bench in the city park and freezes to death, as at the beginning of the film.

The Boss and Daniel sees the full horror and agrees to send an angel down. She wants Daniel and give him, because he was not prepared for the job, create the book wonders for dummies along the way. On Earth, Daniel Kermit thaws, but he wants to be left alone and shouts " I wish I'd never been born " (I wish, I'd never been born). Daniel throws snow in Kermit's eyes and shows what would happen if - he had never been born. From the Central Park, shopping center Bitterman Plaza has now become, Gonzo is homeless and trying to get money from people with the "dancing Amy Stone ". Kermit sees Rizzo in Fear Factor. In the show, the contestant is confronted with the rat when she is afraid, she needs to eat the rat. Dr. Teeth and the band are now River Dancer and Doc Hopper (from The Muppet Movie) now has a restaurant for frog legs, what Kermit particularly frightened because he initially does not understand that the world is here without him.

But the biggest shock is that from the theater the night club has become. Dr. Honeydew stands at the entrance and checked the guest list. Scooter 's cage dancers, Sam is also a dancer. Johnny Fiama is bartender and Robin the frog wearing back and forth the garbage and bottles. Waldorf and Statler buy women drinks, but they can not pay. As Kermit Miss Bitterman wants to appeal, he and Daniel of Beaker, who is now at the Security, is thrown. There he meets Fozzie, who is now pickpocket. Miss Piggy is a spinster and working from home as a telephone operator, by playing a Jamaican.

After Kermit has now understood and Daniel seeks to reclaim his life, he sees Gonzo, who complains in the song Everyone Matters about his life. Kermit sings and tries in his text to give him strength and to convince them otherwise. Daniel appears and brings him with a kiss ( The trick came from the Boss) back his old life. Full of joy and new experiences running Kermit to the theater and wishes all a Merry Christmas and even kissing Miss Piggy on the snout, creating her new courage.

But as Miss Bitterman appears and demands "money! Exactly, I said money ". Miss Piggy imagines her and wants to throw them out, which becomes a karate fight, is made at the Kermit the neck. Since coming to Pepe and has good news for the Muppets: He has the money he has received from Bitterman, brought to the city and get a certificate that the theater of the Muppets now confirmed as a historic landmark and does not change and may be removed. Angry leaves Rachel Bitterman the theater.

As a happy ending, the Muppets gather in front of the theater with a lot of other people and sing We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

In heaven, the Boss and Daniel about what people really need to chat. The Boss replies: Daniel, I work with mysterious means. "

The film ends in front of the theater and the crowd sings the song Everyone Matters with the Muppets.

Criticism

" With many guest appearances enriched delicious fun with the familiar Muppet puppets, gorgeous parodies of relevant classics and first-run movies that 's a Wonderful Life ',' Moulin Rouge ',' The Grind ' offers. "

" A fine mess with many guest stars. "

The User by IMDb staff were ambivalent opinion. Some found the film a worthy and timely successor to the Muppet Christmas movies. Some found it as insult to Jim Henson, primarily from the fact that dolls that erstummten by the death of puppeteer, suddenly spoke again, eg Rolf ( played by Henson ), who in this film at the end only a couple says words ( "Hey Kermit " and " yes").

2002 in film Screenplay Film score Mark Watters Bill Lawrence (TV producer) Emmy Award Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (film) Steve Irwin
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