 the adventures of elmo in grouchland is a 1999 american musical fantasy-comedy film directed by gary halvorson. it is the second theatrical feature-length film based on the popular u.s. children's series sesame street. produced by jim henson pictures in association with the children's television workshop and released by columbia pictures on october 1, 1999, the film co-stars mandy patinkin and vanessa l. williams. ctw could not use kermit the frog due to being in production of muppets from space. the film was shot in wilmington, north carolina at eue/screen gems. this is one of the few sesame street productions directly produced by the jim henson company (the other ones being the 1974 television special, out to lunch and the 1989 television special, sesame streetâ¦ 20 years & still counting). it is also the only sesame street production to be owned by sony pictures. ==plot== elmo is playing with his blanket in his house. after he bumps his blanket on a juice cup and after drying off his blanket at the laundromat, elmo sees zoe feeling depressed because her father cannot take her to the zoo, so he decides to make zoe happy again by imitating certain zoo animals (a lion, a monkey, and a pig). when zoe sees his blanket, elmo refuses to share, resulting in a tug-of-war that has elmo's blanket ripped slightly. elmo is furious and declares that he and zoe are no longer friends. suddenly, telly monster inadvertently takes away the blanket while rollerskating out of control. they go around finders keepers and knock over a tray of drinks ruthie is carrying. telly hits cookie monster on the revolving door at a hotel. the blanket accidentally lands in the hands of oscar the grouch, who drops it in his trashcan after sneezing on it. elmo drops into the bottom of oscar's trash can, where he finds the blanket nailed to a door. but they are both teleported to grouchland usa, a world filled with grouches where a greedy man named huxley (mandy patinkin) steals anything he can grab including elmo's blanket
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