Movies: Frank Oz

  • 1975
    The Muppet Introduction

    The Muppet Introduction (1975)

    The Muppet Introduction

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    "Janice introduces "the person who will introduce the person who will introduce the next speaker," P. Fenton Cosgrove, who brings on Sam the Eagle, who (reluctantly) presents Kermit." (Muppet Wiki)...

    The Muppet Introduction
  • 1985
    Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

    Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets (1985)

    Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

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    Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets was released by Playhouse Video in 1985, as part of a series of compilations featuring songs and sketches from The Muppet Show. In this one hour special, Rowlf the Dog presents a compilation of his best numbers an...

    Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
  • 1988
    Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear

    Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear (1988)

    Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear

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    Fozzie Bear teaches the viewers -- as well as his young friends P.J. and Kai-Lee -- to tell funny jokes and perform impressions and magic tricks. At the end of the video, Fozzie encourages the viewers to bring their parents and friends into the room,...

    Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
  • 1983
    Big Bird in China

    Big Bird in China (1983)

    Big Bird in China

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    Big Bird and his Sesame Street companion, Barkley, the big, fluffy dog, travel across China in search of the legendary Feng Huang, the Phoenix Bird. Along the way they visit with Chinese schoolchildren, watch a Tai Ji demonstration, learn some Chines...

    Big Bird in China
  • 2017
    Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched

    Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched (2017)

    Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched

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    Five of the original Muppet performers come together for the first time ever to share behind-the-scenes secrets of the Muppets. Includes rare performance footage, surprising stories and insights into how Jim led his team to produce legendary work....

    Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
  • 1965
    Time Piece

    Time Piece (1965)

    Time Piece

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    Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this 9-minute experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson. Screened for the first time at...

    Time Piece
  • 2023
    S.P.I.C.

    S.P.I.C. (2023)

    S.P.I.C.

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    A young boy's desire to get his mother back, and a father's struggle to make things right collide....

    S.P.I.C.
  • 1969
    Getting Ready to Read

    Getting Ready to Read (1969)

    Getting Ready to Read

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    The video promotes reading skills with various Sesame inserts, along with a new framing sequence where Big Bird operates his own "Reading Hotline."...

    Getting Ready to Read
  • 2014
    Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

    Jim Henson: Behind the Seams (2014)

    Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

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    Go behind the scenes to witness the magic of the Muppets in this compilation of rare footage of the variety of puppetry created by Jim Henson. Through a combination of documentary clips, interviews, and rare behind the scenes footage, this program of...

    Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
  • 1969
    Making

    Making "The Score" (1969)

    Making "The Score"

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    A behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Score (2001)....

    Making
  • 1978
    Hip Hip Parade!

    Hip Hip Parade! (1978)

    Hip Hip Parade!

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    Hip Hip Parade! was a primetime special promoting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, originally broadcast on PBS stations throughout Thanksgiving week 1978. Hosting the special were Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear, of The Muppet Show fame....

    Hip Hip Parade!
  • 1975
    Just a Few Announcements

    Just a Few Announcements (1975)

    Just a Few Announcements

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    "Before the Muppets begin their meeting, Janice reads a series of announcements." (Muppet Wiki)...

    Just a Few Announcements
  • 1972
    The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

    The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972)

    The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

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    Four mistreated farm animals seek refuge as a band of traveling musicians in this musical tale narrated by Kermit the Frog....

    The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
  • 2020
    Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson

    Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson (2020)

    Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson

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    On Saturday 16 May 2020, the cast of the Muppet Guys Talking documentary - Frank Oz, Fran Brill, Dave Goelz and Bill Barretta - reteamed via Skype for a charity fundraising conversation to honor Jim Henson in aid of the COVID-19 appeal....

    Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
  • 1981
    Muppet Side Splitter

    Muppet Side Splitter (1981)

    Muppet Side Splitter

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    Jim Henson’s “for hire” work using Muppets to spice up dull corporate meetings...

    Muppet Side Splitter
  • 1987
    A Muppet Family Christmas

    A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)

    A Muppet Family Christmas

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    Fozzie Bear surprises his mother on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays. Doc and his dog Sprocket, who had planned a quiet Christmas, end up joining the Muppets in their holiday activities and prepar...

    A Muppet Family Christmas
  • 1967
    The Paperwork Explosion

    The Paperwork Explosion (1967)

    The Paperwork Explosion

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    Mankind has devoted too much time, too much money and plenty of space on paperwork and more paperwork. In the 1960's, to remove all those obstacles and all that paper, and in order to make life easier, IBM has created a groundbreaking device - a mach...

    The Paperwork Explosion
  • 2002
    Films Are Not Released, They Escape

    Films Are Not Released, They Escape (2002)

    Films Are Not Released, They Escape

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    Ben Burtt and his team explain the process of creating the sound for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) in the all-new documentary "Films Are Not Released, They Escape"....

    Films Are Not Released, They Escape
  • 1965
    Run, Run

    Run, Run (1965)

    Run, Run

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    RUN, RUN, a polished live-action effort shot by Jim Henson and Frank Oz in Greenwich, CT in October 1965, is a visualization of the joys of childhood and the wonder of nature. In the short, Jim’s daughters run freely through woods saturated by the co...

    Run, Run
  • 1979
    Let's Have the Dam Break

    Let's Have the Dam Break (1979)

    Let's Have the Dam Break

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    "As Leo gives a speech on the state of accounting, Grump desperately needs to relieve himself." (Muppet Wiki)...

    Let's Have the Dam Break