DENVER, June 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Forty years ago
this summer, a frog with a dream to make millions of people happy
hopped out of the swamp, onto a bicycle and into cinema history in
"The Muppet Movie." For two days only this July, the
original classic is back in movie theaters nationwide from Fathom
Events, The Jim Henson Company and Universal Pictures.
Tickets are available at www.FathomEvents.com or at
participating theater box offices.
"The Muppet Movie" will play in more than 700 movie theaters on
Thursday, July 25, and Tuesday, July 30, at 12:30
p.m. and 7:00 p.m. local time
each day through Fathom's Digital Broadcast Network (DBN). For a
complete list of theater locations, visit the Fathom Events website
(theaters and participants are subject to change).
Following massive global success with the television hit "The
Muppet Show," which at its height aired in more than 100 countries
around the world, Muppets creator Jim
Henson took a huge creative risk to have the characters
star in their first motion picture. The result, "The Muppet Movie,"
directed by James
Frawley, proved to be an enormous box-office hit.
The film also charmed critics and received an Academy Award®
nomination for "The Rainbow Connection," the film's iconic theme
song with music and lyrics by Paul
Williams and Kenneth
Ascher.
The film stars Kermit (performed by Henson), Miss Piggy and
Fozzie Bear (performed by
Frank Oz), Gonzo (performed
by Dave Goelz) and his
chicken Camilla (performed by Jerry
Nelson), Scooter (performed by Richard Hunt), and Dr. Teeth and the
Electric Mayhem as they embark on a road trip to Hollywood where fame and fortune beckons,
driven only by hope, dreams and a wisecracking bear.
In addition to the Muppet performers, "The Muppet Show" is a
veritable who's-who of 1970s pop culture, with a cast that includes
Charles Durning,
Austin Pendleton and cameo
roles by Dom DeLuise, James
Coburn, Madeline
Kahn, Carol Kane,
Telly Savalas, Milton
Berle, Elliott
Gould, Edgar
Bergen, Bob Hope,
Richard Pryor,
Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Cloris Leachman and Orson Welles.
"'The Muppet Movie' is a cinematic treasure, a delightful film
that may have been made 40 years ago but is truly timeless, thanks
both to its iconic characters and to its always-stirring theme of
following your dreams and believing in your own abilities," said
Tom Lucas, Fathom Events Vice
President of Studio Relations. "This film's return to the big
screen is very well deserved and we are happy to work with The Jim
Henson Company and Universal Pictures to give it a proper
nationwide re-release."
For artwork/photos related to "The Muppet
Movie," visit the Fathom Events press site.
About Fathom Events
Fathom Events is the leading event cinema distributor with
theater locations in all top 100 DMAs® (Designated Market Areas)
and ranks as one of the largest overall theater content
distributors. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC);
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK); and Regal Cinemas, a
subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L), Fathom Events
offers a variety of unique entertainment events in movie theaters
such as live performances of the Metropolitan Opera, top Broadway
stage productions, major sporting events, epic concerts, the
yearlong TCM Big Screen Classics series, inspirational events and
popular anime franchises. Fathom Events takes audiences behind the
scenes for unique extras including audience Q&As, backstage
footage and interviews with cast and crew, creating the ultimate
VIP experience. Fathom Events' live Digital Broadcast Network
("DBN") is the largest cinema broadcast network in North America, bringing live and pre-recorded
events to 1,010 locations and 1,628 screens in 182 DMAs. The
company also provides corporations a compelling national footprint
for hosting employee meetings, customer rewards events and new
product launches. For more information, visit
www.FathomEvents.com.
About The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in
family entertainment for over 60 years and is recognized worldwide
as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics and digital animation.
Best known as creators of the world-famous Muppets, Henson has
received over 50 Emmy Awards, two Academy Awards and nine Grammy
Awards. The Company is currently in production on the feature film
The Happytime Murders, starring Melissa McCarthy, and the upcoming Netflix
original series The Dark Crystal: Age of
Resistance. Recent credits include Julie's
Greenroom (Netflix), Dot. (Sprout/Hulu), Splash and
Bubbles (PBS), Word Party (Netflix), Doozers
(Hulu/ Sprout), and the Emmy®-nominated Sid the Science Kid
(PBS), and Dinosaur Train (PBS). Television productions
include Fraggle Rock, The Storyteller and the sci-fi
cult series Farscape. Features include The Dark
Crystal, Labyrinth, and MirrorMask. Projects in
development include the highly anticipated film Fraggle
Rock.
The Jim Henson Company is headquartered in Los Angeles on the historic Charlie Chaplin lot with additional locations in
New York and London. The Company is home to Jim Henson's Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent
character-building, and visual effects group, as well as Henson
Recording Studios, one of the music industry's top recording
facilities.
http://www.henson.com
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www.twitter.com/hensoncompany
About Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures is a division of Universal Studios
(www.universalstudios.com). Universal Studios is part of
NBCUniversal. NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media
and entertainment companies in the development, production and
marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global
audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio
of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture
company, significant television production operations, a leading
television stations group and world-renowned theme
parks. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast
Corporation.
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