The Muppets Take Manhattan

The Muppets Take Manhattan is a 1984 American movie musical fantasy comedy film directed by Frank Oz. It is the third theatrical film in The Muppets franchise. It features special appearances by Art Carney, James Coco, Dabney Coleman, Gregory Hines, Linda Lavin, and Joan Rivers. Filmed in New York City during the prior summer, it was released theatrically on July 13, 1984, by Tri-Star Pictures. A fantasy sequence in the film introduced the Muppet Babies, toddler versions of the lead Muppet characters.
Muppets Take Manhattan was the first film to be directed solely by Oz, who previously co-directed The Dark Crystal with Jim Henson. Not counting the Sesame Street film Follow that Bird, it is the final Muppet film produced before the deaths of Henson and Richard Hunt.
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