River Oaks Theatre Friday Midnight Movie: The Muppet Movie

Every Friday and Saturday night at 11:55pm, it’s another Midnight Movie Classic at the Landmark River Oaks Theatre.

Friday, August 7:  The Muppet Movie.

The irreverent, irrepressible and downright irresistible Muppets star in their first full-length movie. See how their meteoric rise to fame and fortune began: with a rainbow, a song…and a Frog.

After a fateful meeting with a big-time talent agent, Kermit the Frog heads for Hollywood dreaming of showbiz. Along the way, Fozzie Bear, the Great Gonzo and the dazzling Miss Piggy join him in hopes of becoming film stars too.

But all bets are off when Kermit falls into the clutches of Doc Hopper (Charles Durning), a fast-food mogul seeking to promote his French-fried frog-leg franchise.

Cameos by Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Orson Welles, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Richard Pryor and more!

THE MUPPET MOVIE (G)
1 hrs, 35 mins
RELEASE: 06/22/1979

CAST: Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Edgar Bergen, Milton Berle, James Coburn, Dom DeLuise, Elliott Gould, Bob Hope, Madeline Kahn, Carol Kane, Cloris Leachman, Richard Pryor, Telly Savalas, Orson Welles, Paul Williams

DIRECTOR: James Frawley