The Great Muppet Caper

Plot synopsis:
The film begins with Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, and Gonzo the Great commenting on the opening credits from a hot-air balloon and introducing the premise of the movie to the audience. Throughout the film, the characters frequently break the fourth wall, discussing (for example) each other's acting choices and singing ability in the middle of a scene.
Kermit, Fozzie, and Gonzo play investigative reporters for the Daily Chronicle. Kermit and Fozzie, specifically, play identical twin reporters, which becomes the source of a running gag—supposedly, nobody can tell they are twins unless Fozzie removes his hat. After the trio fail to report on a major jewel robbery, they ask their editor to allow them to travel to London to investigate the robbery and interview the victim, prominent fashion designer Lady Holiday.
With only $12 for the trip, they are forced to travel in an aeroplane's baggage hold and are thrown out of the plane as it passes over Britain. They stay at the dilapidated (but free) Happiness Hotel, which is populated by other Muppet characters such as Scooter, Rowlf the Dog, Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, Sam Eagle, the Swedish Chef, and Rizzo the Rat. When Kermit seeks out Lady Holiday in her office, however, he instead finds her newly-hired receptionist, the alluring Miss Piggy, and mistakes her for the fashion designer. Piggy poses as Lady Holliday, and asks Kermit out for dinner; to keep up the pose, she allows Kermit to assume she lives at a "highbrow" address. She sneaks into a townhouse at 17 Highbrow Street to wait for him, much to the surprise of the actual upper-class British residents, and they go to dinner at a nightclub.
At the nightclub, Lady Holiday's necklace is stolen by her jealous brother Nicky and his accomplices Carla, Marla, and Darla, three of her put-upon fashion models, the very same thieves who robbed her before. After the robbery, Miss Piggy's charade is revealed and she flees, leaving Kermit behind, though they later reconcile in a park. Despite Nicky's instant attraction to Miss Piggy, they frame her for the theft and plan to steal an even more valuable prize: Lady Holliday's largest and most valuable jewel, the fabulous Baseball Diamond, now on display at the local Mallory Gallery. Gonzo overhears their plot; and Kermit, Fozzie, Gonzo, and the other Muppets decide to intercept the thieves and catch them red-handed to exonerate Miss Piggy.
The Muppets sneak into the Mallory Gallery, and get to the Baseball Diamond at the same time as the thieves. They try to keep the diamond out of the theives' hands via a game of keep away, which turns into baseball, but Nicky eventually catches the diamond and takes Kermit hostage. However, in the meantime, Piggy has escaped from prison, and she races to the Mallory Gallery, crashing through the window on a motorcycle that serendipitously fell off a truck in front of her. She knocks Nicky out and dispatches Carla, Marla and Darla with a flurry of furious karate chops. As the police arrive, all charges against Piggy are dropped, Nicky and his fashion model-accomplices are arrested, and the Muppets get their deserved credit for foiling the heist.
The Muppets then return to the United States the same way they departed, being thrown out of the cargo hold and parachuting back to the USA, over the end credits.

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Review:
A great improvement over the earlier MUPPET MOVIE, which seemed more like a faltering first step into feature film techniques; this has a strong plot, bright characters and keen timing.
It also has great support from the comic greatness of John Cleese, Joan Sanderson, Jack Warden, Robert Morley and Peter Falk.Diana Rigg and Charles Grodin (in his best movie) manage to hold the central human characters together, up against the bright lunacy of the Muppets.
The Muppets Take Big Ben. Anglophile that I am, I love "The Great Muppet Caper," and think I might like it even more than the original "Muppet Movie." The gang find themselves foiling the plot of a group of crack diamond thieves led by Charles Grodin, and it's a hoot to watch the slick, professional thieves' preparations and actions juxtaposed to the loud, crude antics of the Muppets.
There's a pretty funny musical number that finds Miss Piggy ripping off Esther Williams, and another lovely song performed while the entire group goes bike riding.
The Muppets are in England and get involved with Lady Holiday (Diana Rigg), her brother (Charles Grodin) and jewel robberies.
Otherwise, Jim Henson as director keeps things entertaining throughout especially when he has Miss Piggy do her tribute to Esther Williams and when he has the whole Muppet gang on bikes which was impressive enough in the last movie when only Kermit was doing it.
Once again, such human celebrities like Diana Rigg and Charles Grodin add their own touches to the proceedings not to mention cameos by such luminaries like Peter Falk, Robert Morley, Peter Ustinov, and especially John Clesse their own sense of humor.
We have some humorous self-references and Gonzo being reckless, and then as we get into the film we have dubious claims Kermit and Fozzie are identical twins, and much fun over how bad the Happiness Hotel is.
There's plenty of great gags, horribly awesome puns, the cool flavor of the 'Jewel of the North Atlantic', and a few cameos (John Cleese and Peter Ustinov notably) surrounded by the nut-house that is the muppet world make this a near must see.
"The Great Muppet Caper" had a fantastic start, as Kermit, Fozzie and Gonzo fly about in a hot air balloon.
Much of this is because I wanted to see Muppets--not Charles Grodin, Diana Rigg and other human actors as well as some uninteresting plot about jewel thieves.
My favourite Muppet and the the best aspect of the film, or for me anyway, was the always wonderful Miss Piggy, who delighted in every scene she was in.
In order to foil him and his accomplices (all models), Kermit, Fozzie, and Gonzo must rely on the permanent residents of the extremely dilapidated Happiness Hotel.As a lifetime fan of the Muppets, this viewer will admit that the movie does go on a bit long, and contains a few too many musical numbers.
Even in 2018, an age when so many things are rendered digitally, the effects magic that makes the Muppets appear to ride bicycles is impressive.The movie gets off to a great start, with Kermit, Fozzie, and Gonzo riding a hot air balloon while the opening credits play out.
Kermit tells the worried Fozzie that they'll be over in a few minutes.Many of the Muppet characters get a brief hysterical moment of their own, including some of this viewers' own favourites, like the Swedish Chef, Animal, Statler and Waldorf, and Rowlf.Adding value to the shenanigans are a couple of cameo appearances: Jack Warden, Robert Morley, John Cleese, Peter Falk, and especially Peter Ustinov, who's one of the recipients of Miss Piggy's classic "Hi-YAAAAAH!" routine.
Kermit mistakes Miss Piggy for the real Lady Holiday.I love the Muppets and they know enough to highlight the stars.
The Great Muppet Caper is a fantastic movie for the whole family to watch,with some of the most loved characters in history.It was one of the films I had in my DVD collection (and still do),and you to watch constantly,I was looking through my DVDs and found this,so I decided to watch it.It brought back some great memories,and since I'm older there where plenty of jokes I didn't get the first time around,thats how great The Muppets are,they make it funny for the whole family.Also there stuff I didn't realize,like John Cleeses hilarious cameo appearance which reminded of his character Basil from Fawlty Towers.Two twins,Kermit The Frog and Fozzie Bear,are trying to make it as new reporters with there photographer Gonzo.They head to England and stay at Happiness Hotel along with several other Muppets,and catch a scandal along with Miss Piggy that a gang have planned to steal jewels from a wealthy lady.The Muppets try to stop it and get a good story out of it..
Not as good as the film that started the Muppet movie franchise, but still a fun family comedy.
All the films in the original Muppet movie trilogy, done with their late creator, Jim Henson, were made before I was born, but I first started listening to the soundtracks of the first two, "The Muppet Movie" and "The Great Muppet Caper", around the mid-nineties, and it wasn't long before I saw both films for the first time.
I now think the first one, from 1979, is the stronger of the two (I think most Muppets fans would agree), but this 1981 follow-up is still an impressive family movie.Kermit and Fozzie are reporters for the Daily Chronicle, and Gonzo is their photographer.
None of the songs can match "Rainbow Connection" and certain other memorable ones from "The Muppet Movie", and two of the songs here, "The First Time It Happens" and "Miss Piggy's Fantasy", make for two fairly lacklustre and tedious sequences.
The plot also works well for a lighthearted family movie like this.Jim Henson's Muppets made an excellent silver screen debut in 1979, in a film that's still widely admired after just over thirty years.
However, overall, "The Great Muppet Caper" is a very good family comedy adventure, and is still much better than "Muppets from Space", the last theatrical movie featuring the famous puppet characters, released in 1999.
The second theatrical outing of the popular "Muppet Show" TV characters relocates the action to London, as reporters Kermit The Frog and Fozzie Bear and photographer Gonzo are reluctantly sent by their editor Jack Warden to investigate the robbery of a famous jeweled necklace worn by unsympathetic fashion queen Diana Rigg.
However, when the film is funny, it's frequently hilarious: the in-jokey commentary by the trio of reporters accompanying the opening credits; their traveling to London in a plane's luggage compartment inside boxes denoting their species (Gonzo is a "Whatever") and their being thrown off the plane in mid-flight eventually landing at Robert Morley's feet; the eccentric and inquisitive guests at the Happiness Hotel; Miss Piggy's central musical number is an amusing pastiche of old Esther Williams aquatic routines; Miss Piggy's run-in with lorry driver Peter Ustinov (who complains, after being thrown into the garbage, that his is only a cameo), etc.
The Great Muppet Caper (1981, Dir. Jim Henson) Story A jewel thief has steals a priceless diamond necklace from Lady Holiday, and reporters Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear and Gonzo travel to England to interview.
There are some great cameos, with a hilarious appearance by John Cleese.Music Nearly all Muppet films have a tradition, in which they all contain musical numbers.
Like the music, the effects might seem outdated but still fit in with the feel of the Muppets.Conclusion Although it is not one of the most memorable Muppet films, 'The Great Muppet Caper' is still a delightful Muppet film, with wonderful songs and a story to match, that is still amazing to watch after so many years."What colours are their hands now?"  Various Characters.
The Great Muppet Caper is the perfect heist movie for kids.
I feel like all the Muppets really come to play here (Although Statler and Waldorf are underused) most especially Kermit, Fozzie, Gonzo, Pops, and Beauregard.
The Great Muppet Caper continues the previous film's mixture of slapstick, star cameos, songs, comedic set pieces and adds a heist caper into it.Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear are twins who along with Gonzo play newspaper reporters who are dropped off over London to interview fashion designer Lady Holiday (Diana Rigg) who has just been robbed of her jewellery.Miss Piggy plays Lady Holiday's new receptionist who Kermit mistakes for Lady Holiday and Miss Piggy carries on with the pretence but Miss Piggy could be in the frame to being framed for the thefts.It is fun, full of corny jokes but it is not as appealing as the first film.
The underwater number with miss piggy in particular was a highlight.It does of course feature some nice human performances, and while not all of the cameos work (John Cleese!) on the whole this is a good second big screen outing for Kermit and the gang as they try to solve the mystery of what happened to Lady Holiday's (Diana Rigg)jewels..
The great Muppet caper was wonderful starting with them being thrown out of their plane in their stow away boxes and landing in a pond, their ckecking into the happiness hotel and the song that went with it, miss piggy meeting Lady Holiday and her witty conversation with her.
In recent times when I've really started loving old time golden age Hollywood musicals with golden age stars like Judy Garland, June Allyson, Esther Williams, etc., that has caused me to really love the Esther Williams water ballet scene in the Muppet caper, especially when it turned out to be miss piggy's dream and then she in reality dives into a small fountain, being the only one who gets wet.
There's also lots of humorous wit through the movie, especially from Kermit, Fozzie, Gonzo, and of course Miss piggy.
And a number of great cameos from John Cleese, Charles Groden, and from the great Muppet man himself, Jim Henson in a restaurant.
However, when I was old enough to know how to operate the VCR and go through the stacks of VHS recordings that we had in our house, it was that fateful day I popped in 1981's "The Great Muppet Caper" starring all of your favorite Muppets; from Kermit the Frog to *John Cleese, yes, John Motherf*ckin' Cleese is in this movie.Like most Muppet fare the plot is going to include plenty of hijinks, celebrity cameos, and humor that goes well over the intended audiences heads, including one in "Caper" that refers to a guy cheating on his wife.
Good clean family fun.What stands out, like most Muppets movies, are the songs.
As a kid, you take things for granted like the amazing puppet work in this movie, the set design, the great script.
Even though these are just cameos, this film has some terrific star power and actually appreciates those great actors that don't get nearly the appreciation they do today.This movie is seriously, seriously funny.
The muppets are all wonderfully realized characters who actually all serve a dramatic purpose in the framework of the film, and they interact beautifully with the main stars of the film, Charles Grodin and Diana Rigg.Charles Grodin is excellent as this thief named Nicky who really steals the show with his fantastic overacting, which actually works to this movie's advantage and serves to make it even funnier.But seriously, if you've never seen The Great Muppet Caper before, you're missing out.
Kermit, Fozzie, and Gonzo are reporters investigating a jewel robbery in England, when Miss Piggy finds herself accused of stealing a diamond necklace from her employer, Lady Holiday (Diana Rigg).
Some of the best jokes are the ones that break the fourth wall, like that clever opening with Kermit, Fozzie, and Gonzo in a hot air balloon commenting on the opening credits, Diana Rigg pointing out her expository dialogue, Miss Piggy complaining about doing her own stunts, and Kermit chastising Miss Piggy for overacting.
Too much talent squandered trying to make a hip version of an old Hollywood musical cum newspaper mystery cum international adventure, and yet the muppets are The Muppets and there is the charm of Kermit and Gonzo and Miss Piggy and the rest just being silly and making bad jokes work by sheer force of silliness.Like a weaker Marx Bros movie is has its moments and when it is over it feels like it was worth it, but while you are watching---hmmm, maybe not so much..
The Great Muppet CaperSecond-best "Muppet" film sees the gang going to merry old England, where they get caught amidst a villainous plot thought up by Charles Grodin, who plans to steal an expensive crystal diamond from a UK museum and blame the crime on Ms. Piggy.
Kermit, Gonzo and Fozzie are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves (Diana Rigg) and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.After more than thirty years, some of this film may be a bit dated.
Peter Falk and John Cleese are still big names, but for a film that partially relies on cameos, this may take away its power.In general, it is pretty good, with a solid plot and plenty of musical numbers.
As with "The Muppet Movie", there are a lot of jokes, songs and cameos (including Jim Henson as a man in a restaurant).
This element of variety was carried over into the first film, The Muppet Movie (1979), and has also been developed in their second feature, The Great Muppet Caper.
There they meet a whole host of other Muppet characters, and become embroiled in a mystery involving brother and sister, Nicky and Lady Holiday (Charles Grodin and Diana Rigg).
The characters constantly refer to themselves being in a film (this is a device that Henson used also in The Muppet Movie).
This is a movie you can sit down and watch with yourkids, but you'll be enjoying it just as much as them.Kermit and Fozzie the Bear are reporters and are sent to Englandalong with their photographer Gonzo to track down the thieves whostole Lady Holiday's jewels.
The second Muppet movie has those lovable Jim Henson puppets trying to clear Miss Piggy's name as she is framed for stealing jewels by Charles Grodin and his lovely assistants.
It's up to bumbling "twin" reporters Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear, along with all the other Muppets, to prove her innocence and prevent the theft of Lady Holiday's prize possession - the Fabulous Baseball Diamond!Corny blurbs aside, the movie is hilarious, with tons of slapstick, camp, and celebrity cameos.
Miss Piggy shines in a juicy role, playing a star-struck aspiring model (though she apparently only knows one pose) who gets a big break (and a fun water-ballet extravaganza) only to be thrown in jail (right out of a women's prison movie), finally escaping to help the gang overcome the bad guys.
Kermit the Bear, Fozzie Bear, and Gonzo are reporters working in London, England who have to foil a group of nefarious jewelry thieves after said thieves frame Miss Piggy for stealing some priceless diamonds.Director Jim Henson keeps the enjoyable story moving along at a brisk pace, maintains an amiable tongue-in-cheek tone throughout, and stages the uproarious slapstick antics with tremendously infectious go-for-it verve.
This picture further benefits from sharp cameos by John Cleese, Robert Morley, Peter Ustinov (who gets beat up by Miss Piggy), and Jack Warden, plus ubiquitous British bit player Reg Thomason can be spotted several times as a restaurant patron (he's irritable the old guy with the young woman who Gonzo tries to take a photo of).
This time, the muppets get involved with an attempted jewel heist involving Miss Piggy's sophisticated boss (the gorgeous Diana Rigg) and her neer-do-well brother (the very American Charles Grodin, apparently content in villain roles after "Heaven Can Wait"), and romance erupts once again between frog and hog.
Director Jim Henson gives us the second Muppet movie with The Great Muppet Caper.
The movie is about Kermit The Frog, Fozzie Bear, and Gonzo, are reporters for a news paper and are assigned to a story about Lady Holidays(played by Diana Rigg) jewels being stolen.
Meanwhile the grown-ups can enjoy the subtle asides and the amusing cameo appearances from the likes of Peter Ustinov, John Cleese, Peter Falk and Jack Warden.A trio of unlikely and inept reporters  Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear and Gonzo  miss a scandalous jewel heist even though it happens practically right in front of them.
Nicky cleverly frames Miss Piggy for the crimes and, while she is locked away and the police think the danger has past, he plans his final, most audacious heist  a priceless gemstone stored in the high security Mallory Gallery..The Great Muppet Caper is a convivial, attractive film with much to like.
Basically Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson), Fozzie Bear (Frank Oz) and The Great Gonzo (Dave Goelz) are reporters for a newspaper, and plan to solve the crime in London of some jewel thieves robbing Lady Holiday (Dame Diana Rigg).
These crooks, one being Lady Holiday's brother Nick (Charles Grodin), plan to steal the fabulous Baseball Diamond from the Mallery Gallery, and all the Muppets are now trying to prove Miss Piggy's innocence from accusation.
This is the one of the best Muppet movies and comedy films you'll ever see!Synopsis: Kermit, Fozzie, and Gonzo work for their local newspaper, "The Daily Chronicle." After a huge robbery featuring the famous Lady Holiday takes place - literally right behind their backs!
He jumps in the middle of the street screaming "TAXIIII!" A taxi stops, Kermit acknowledges the effectiveness of that action, and Gonzo replies, "Yeah, it's great when it works." YOU CAN'T FIND JOKES LIKE THESE ANYWHERE ELSE!!!The songs are really good, too.
Diana Rigg plays the wealthy Lady Holiday, whose jewels have been robbed by her brother, Nicky Holiday (played by Charles Grodin), who plants the goods on Miss Piggy.