Synopsis
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
Directed by Brian Henson
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
O Conto de Natal dos Marretas, Los Teleñecos en Cuento de Navidad, O Conto de Natal dos Muppets, Die Muppets-Weihnachtsgeschichte, Die Muppets Weihnachtsgeschichte, Festa in casa Muppet, Noël chez les Muppets, Muppets Juleeventyr, Mupparnas julsaga, Muppeték karácsonyi éneke, Χριστουγεννιάτικη Ιστορία, Рождественская сказка Маппетов, Colinda de Crăciun a măpușilor, Коледната песен на мъпетите, Різдвяна пісня Маппетів, Mapetų Kalėdų giesmė, Opowieść wigilijna Muppetów, 머펫의 크리스마스 캐롤, 圣诞欢歌, Una Navidad con los Muppets, Muppetki in božična pravljica, Muppeti - Božićna priča, מזמור חג המולד של החבובות, الدمى وترنيمة عيد الميلاد, マペットのクリスマス・キャロル, 布公仔聖誕頌
Kermit should have played Scrooge. It would be nice to see him take a risk for once in his goddamn career
Brian Henson later offered the role to Michael Caine, who replied: "I'm going to play this movie like I'm working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. I will never wink, I will never do anything Muppety. I am going to play Scrooge as if it is an utterly dramatic role and there are no puppets around me."
And that's why this movie works so well!
The image of the little bunny muppet sad and cold wrapped in newspaper is more devastating than anything ever put to film.
4/5 Marleys
“Thank you for making me part of this.”
I don’t think we talk enough about how absolutely masterful the Muppet films are from a production standpoint! Like they’re brilliant comedic works, but they’re also true magical works, mixing camera tricks and production design and set builds and miniatures with sleight of hand to make sure you’re never thinking too deeply about the construction it takes to film even single shots. It’s so easy to just forget these are puppets being controlled by people because they feel like such vibrant characters and are staged so immaculately. I would kill to see the storyboards for this movie, or a BTS doc. I once worked on a late night show where they wanted…
I'm tired of these stupid debates over whether this is a Halloween or Christmas movie! It is a HALLOWEEN movie! There are GHOSTS! A little boy DIES! The Christmas future muppet is SCARY! If you think it's a Christmas movie you're LYING! Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!
is this the single most affecting performance of michael caine’s entire career? given that i cry every time he gets the scarf from beaker, i think so.
Ok I watched it the normal way. So damn cute! So damn timeless! Why the fuck am I crying over a tiny frog puppet!
Merry Christmas to everyone except the demonic Lynchian nightmare that is the Ghost of Christmas Past in The Muppet Christmas Carol