A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
A Muppets Christmas:
Letters to Santa is a 2008 NBC television special, directed by Kirk Thatcher and produced by The Muppets Studio, featuring The Muppets in a Christmas mission to personally deliver three letters to Santa, accidentally diverted by Gonzo, to the North Pole.
The special, shot in Brooklyn and Midtown Manhattan, was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on DVD.
Billy Bunny's Animal Songs
Billy Bunny's Animal Songs is a direct-to-video film featuring The Muppets.
It was the first of the titles in the Muppet Sing-Alongs series filmed in 1990 before production on The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson and released in May 21, 1993.
This film was credited as one of Carmen Osbahr's first projects with the Muppets and also served as one of Richard Hunt's final works before his death.
The Muppet Movie
The Muppet Movie is a 1979 musical road comedy film and the first theatrical film featuring the Muppets.
Directed by James Frawley and produced by Jim Henson, the film's screenplay was conceived by" The Muppet Show" writers Jerry Juhl and Jack Burns.
An American and British venture produced by Henson Associates and ITC Entertainment between the first half and the second half of" The Muppet Show" s third season, the film depicts Kermit the Frog as he embarks on a cross-country trip to Hollywood.
Along the way, he encounters several of the Muppets—who all share the same ambition of finding success in professional show business — while being pursued by Doc Hopper, an evil restaurateur with intentions of employing Kermit as a spokesperson for his frog legs business.
In addition to the Muppet performers, the film stars Charles Durning and Austin Pendleton, and features cameo appearances by Dom DeLuise, James Coburn, Edgar Bergen( in his final film appearance), Steve Martin, and Mel Brooks, among others.
Notable for its surreal humour, meta-references and prolific use of cameos," The Muppet Movie" was released in the United Kingdom on May 31, 1979, and in the United States on June 22, 1979, and received critical praise; including two Academy Award nominations for Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher's musical score and their song," Rainbow Connection".
In 2009, the film was deemed" culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
The success of" The Muppet Movie" led to several other feature films starring the Muppets:" The Great Muppet Caper"( 1981)," The Muppets Take Manhattan"( 1984)," The Muppet Christmas Carol"( 1992)," Muppet Treasure Island"( 1996)," Muppets from Space"( 1999)," The Muppets"( 2011) and" Muppets Most Wanted"( 2014).
Operation Leopard
La légion saute sur Kolwezi also known as" Operation Leopard" is a French war film directed by Raoul Coutard filmed in French Guiana.
The script is based on the true story of the Battle of Kolwezi that happened in 1978.
It was diligently described in a book of the same name by former 1 REP Captain Pierre Sergent.
He published his book in 1979; the film came out in 1980.
Raoul Coutard shot the film in a documentary style.
The Night of Nights
The Night of Nights is a 1939 black- and- white drama film written by Donald Ogden Stewart and directed by Lewis Milestone for Paramount Pictures that starred Pat O' Brien, Olympe Bradna, and Roland Young.
The film received positive contemporary reviews from publications such as" The New York Times".
Director Milestone went on to other successful productions after the film came out, including" Ocean's 11" and" Pork Chop Hill".
The movie has no relation to the use of the phrase" Night of Nights" for the night of the Academy Awards ceremony, the album by musical group
The Seekers, or the Touhou Project song.
The Muppets (film)
The Muppets is a 2011 American musical comedy film and the seventh theatrical film featuring the Muppets.
The film was directed by James Bobin in his directorial debut, written by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller, produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman and starred Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, and Rashida Jones, as well as Muppet performers Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, and Peter Linz.
Bret McKenzie served as music supervisor, writing four of the film's five original songs, while Christophe Beck composed the film's score.
In" The Muppets", devoted Muppet fan Walter, his human brother Gary and Gary's girlfriend Mary help Kermit the Frog reunite the disbanded Muppets, as they must raise$ 10 million to save the Muppet Theater from Tex Richman, a businessman who plans to demolish the studio to drill for oil.
Walt Disney Pictures first announced the film in March 2008, with Segel and Stoller as the screenwriters and Mandeville Films as co-producer.
Bobin was hired to direct in January 2010, and the film's supporting cast was filled out in October of the same year with the casting of Adams, Cooper and Jones.
Filming began in September 2010 and was completed entirely in Los Angeles.
The film was the first theatrical Muppet production without the involvement of veteran Muppet performers Frank Oz and Jerry Nelson, although Nelson provides an uncredited vocal cameo in his final role before his death in 2012.
Instead, their characters are performed by Jacobson and Vogel, respectively, marking their theatrical feature film debut as those characters.
" The Muppets" premiered at the Savannah Film Festival and was released theatrically in North America on November 23, 2011.
The film was a critical and commercial success; grossing$ 165 million worldwide on a budget of$ 45 million and garnering praise for its humor, screenplay and music.
The film won an Oscar for Best Original Song for McKenzie's song" Man or Muppet", as well as garnering BAFTA and Critic's Choice Awards nominations.
A sequel, titled" Muppets Most Wanted", was released on March 21, 2014.
The Muppets Go to the Movies
The Muppets Go To The Movies( or The Muffets Go To The Movies as misspelled by Fozzie Bear) is a 1981 one- hour television special that aired on ABC.
It was used to help promote" The Great Muppet Caper".
Better a Widow
Better a Widow is a 1968 Italian comedy film.
It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.
The Muppets
The Muppets are an ensemble cast of puppet characters known for their absurdist, burlesque, and self- referential style of variety- sketch comedy.
Created by Jim and Jane Henson in 1955, they are the namesake for the Disney media franchise that encompasses television, music, film, and other media associated with the characters.
The Muppets originated in the short- form television series" Sam and Friends", which aired from 1955 to 1961.
Following appearances on late night talk shows and in advertising during the 1960s, the Muppets began appearing on" Sesame Street" in 1969.
The Muppets attained celebrity status and international recognition through" The Muppet Show"( 1976 – 1981), which received four Primetime Emmy Award wins and twenty- one nominations during its five- year run.
During the 1970s and 1980s, the Muppets diversified into theatrical films, including" The Muppet Movie"( 1979);" The Great Muppet Caper"( 1981); and" The Muppets Take Manhattan"( 1984).
The Walt Disney Company began involvement with the Muppets in the late 1980s, during which Henson entered negotiations to sell The Jim Henson Company.
The Muppets continued their media presence in the 1990s with television series" The Jim Henson Hour"( 1989) and" Muppets Tonight"( 1996 – 98), both of which were similar in format to" The Muppet Show", and three films:" The Muppet Christmas Carol"( 1992)," Muppet Treasure Island"( 1996), and" Muppets from Space"( 1999).
Disney acquired the Muppets in February 2004, allowing the characters to gain broader public exposure than in previous years.
Under Disney, subsequent projects included two films:" The Muppets"( 2011) and" Muppets Most Wanted"( 2014); a short- lived primetime series on ABC; and a reboot of the" Muppet Babies" animated series.
In their six- decade career, the Muppets have been regarded as a staple of the entertainment industry and popular culture in the United States and English- speaking area generally, being recognized by various cultural institutions and organizations, including the American Film Institute, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Library of Congress, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Muppets from Space
Muppets from Space is a 1999 American science fiction comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures and Jim Henson Pictures.
The sixth feature film to star the Muppets, it is the first film since the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson to have an original Muppet- focused plot, and is a deviation of other Muppet films as it is the only non-musical film to date.
The film was directed by Tim Hill from a screenplay by Jerry Juhl, Joey Mazzarino, and Ken Kaufman, and stars Jeffrey Tambor, Pat Hingle, Rob Schneider, and Andie MacDowell, alongside Muppet performers Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Bill Barretta, and Frank Oz.
In the film, Gonzo attempts to discover his origins after having nightmares.
After he and Rizzo the Rat are captured by government officials during his search, Kermit the Frog and the rest of the Muppet gang must save them.
The film was released on July 14, 1999 by Sony Pictures Releasing.
Alongside" The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland", it is the last Muppet feature film to have the involvement of Oz prior to his retirement from Muppet performing the following year and Jerry Nelson prior to his own retirement( bar an uncredited vocal cameo in" The Muppets" serving as his final role before his death in August 2012) as well as the last Muppet film written by Juhl prior to his death in 2005.
It was also the last" Muppets" film to be released theatrically until" The Muppets" in 2011.
The film was shot in Wilmington, North Carolina at EUE/ Screen Gems in 1998.

Question: Which film came out first, Better A Widow or The Muppets (Film)?
Answer: Better A Widow