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20 May 2005 (USA)
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Hit the Bricks this May! more
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This version of The Wizard of Oz is played by the Muppets! full summary | add synopsis
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The Muppets
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Witch
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Lion
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Scarecrow
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Goofy Holler
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy.
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(3 articles)
Segel Writing Muppet Movie Comeback
(From WENN. 22 March 2009, 4:05 PM, PDT)
TV Reviews: 'The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 20 May 2005)
(From WENN. 22 March 2009, 4:05 PM, PDT)
TV Reviews: 'The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 20 May 2005)
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Very cute kids movie
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ashanti | ... | Dorothy Gale |
 | Jeffrey Tambor | ... | Wizard |
 | Quentin Tarantino | ... | Himself |
 | David Alan Grier | ... | Uncle Henry |
 | Queen Latifah | ... | Aunt Em |
| Steve Whitmire | ... | Kermit the Frog / Scarecrow / Beaker / Bean Bunny / Rizzo the Rat / Statler (voice) |
| Dave Goelz | ... | The Great Gonzo / Tin Thing / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Waldorf (voice) |
 | Bill Barretta | ... | Pepe the Prawn / Toto / Dr. Teeth / Johnny Fiama / Lew Zealand / Rowlf / Swedish Chef (voice) |
| Eric Jacobson | ... | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Lion / Witches / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice) |
| Brian Henson | ... | Crazy Harry / Sal Manilla (voice) |
| Kevin Clash | ... | Clifford (voice) |
| John Kennedy | ... | Angel Marie / Floyd (voice) |
| Rickey Boyd | ... | Scooter / Very Old Tom (voice) |
| Tyler Bunch | ... | Janice / Old Tom (voice) |
| Julianne Buescher | ... | Muppet Performer (voice) (as Julianne Buscher) |
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USA:120 min (including commercials) | Finland:88 min (DVD) | USA:100 min (dvd version)
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When Dorothy and Kermit first meet Gonzo, the sound of Gonzo unplugging himself from the computer is the same sound as the hyper-drive failing in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
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Continuity: The Wicked Witch of the West's hat disappears after she comes in from the balcony.
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Toto:
What in the name of all that is holy are you, okay?
Tin Thing: Oh, I'm a T.I.N. thing, a fully robotic information gathering device for the Wicked Witch of the West. And I can answer any question in the universe. Anything.
Toto: I got one. Why are the women so confusing, okay?
Tin Thing: Let me process that.
[holds his breath as an antenna sprouts from the top of his tin head]
Tin Thing: [releases deep breath] It only seems that way because men are so simple.
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Tin Thing: Oh, I'm a T.I.N. thing, a fully robotic information gathering device for the Wicked Witch of the West. And I can answer any question in the universe. Anything.
Toto: I got one. Why are the women so confusing, okay?
Tin Thing: Let me process that.
[holds his breath as an antenna sprouts from the top of his tin head]
Tin Thing: [releases deep breath] It only seems that way because men are so simple.
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Movie Connections:
References Girls Gone Wild (1998) (V)
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Poppy Fields
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My daughter just loved this movie. She has seen it more times than I can count. It's definitely not as good as the Muppet movies I grew up with (I still love The Great Muppet Caper), but most kids will love it.
The problem with this movie is that it lost the sweetness that always existed in the Muppet movies. Dorothy is no longer the sweet little farm girl from Kansas. She is now a feisty waitress in Aunt Em's diner who lives in a trailer park in Kansas and dreams of being a Pop Star. She wants to be somebody special and fortunately learns that she always special and never needed stardom.
You'll see the munchkins replaced by Hensons legendary rats, including Rizzo. Toto is now Pepe the Prawn. Miss. Piggy is hilarious as the three different witches. I loved their version of the wicked witch. She and her gang are still wicked but much less frightening as a leather-wearing motorcycle gang.
Parents will no doubt suffer as they watch all of this campy silliness, but at least the kids will be happy.
P.S. Good luck trying to figure out why in the world Quentin Tarantino was in the movie. That was a complete waste of five minutes.