The Muppet Movie (1979)
Genres: Comedy, Family, Musical
Cast: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton, Edgar Bergen, James Coburn, Mel Brooks, Orson Welles, Dom DeLuise, Bob Hope, Steve Martin, Carol Kane, Paul Williams, Milton Berle, Elliott Gould, Richard Pryor, Cloris Leachman, James Frawley, Caroll Spinney
The Muppet Movie is a musical road comedy film directed by James Frawley, produced by Jim Henson, and the first theatrical film featuring the Muppets. A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, the film was written by The Muppet Show writers Jerry Juhl and Jack Burns. Produced between the first and second half of The Muppet Show's third season, the film tells the origin story of the Muppets, as Kermit the Frog embarks on a cross-country trip to Los Angeles, encountering several of the Muppets—who all share the same ambition of finding success in professional show business—along the way while being pursued by Doc Hopper, a greedy restaurateur with intentions of employing Kermit as a spokesperson for his frog legs business.