It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

*It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie*
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Written by	Tom Martin; Jim Lewis
Directed by	Kirk R. Thatcher
Starring	The Muppets; David Arquette; Joan Cusack; Matthew Lillard; Whoopi Goldberg
Music by	Mark Watters
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Warren Carr; Martin G. Baker
Cinematography	Tony Westman
Editor	Gregg Featherman
Running time	85 minutes
Production company	The Jim Henson Company
Budget	$20 million
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	November 29, 2002

It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is a 2002 NBC Christmas television movie. It was directed by Kirk R. Thatcher and was produced by Warren Carr and Martin G. Baker. It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie was released on November 29, 2002. The movie stars The Muppets, Whoopi Goldberg, David Arquette, Matthew Lillard, Joan Cusack, and the cast of Scrubs. It is a homage to Frank Capra's 1946 movie, It's a Wonderful Life.

The movie gained positive reviews from critics and holds a 90% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.^[1] The movie was nominated at the Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for the song "Everyone Matters".^[2]

Cast[change | change source]

Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog, Rizzo the Rat, Beaker
Dave Goelz as The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, Waldorf
Bill Barretta as Pepé the King Prawn, Swedish Chef, Johnny Fiama, Bobo the Bear, Lew Zealand, Howard Tubman, Rowlf the Dog
Eric Jacobson as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Yoda Muppet
Kevin Clash as Sam Eagle (voice only)
Brian Henson as Scooter, Janice, Sal Minella
John Henson as Sweetums
John Kennedy as Sam Eagle (puppetry only), Dr. Teeth
Jerry Nelson as Robin the Frog, Pops, Floyd Pepper, Announcer, Statler
Allan Trautman as Joe Snow (puppetry only), Eugene the Tuba Player