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Puppetry
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Best Family Feature Film Comedy | 2000
Budget 24,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 22,300,000 USD
This was the first Muppet film not to be a traditional musical film with original music. Instead, the soundtrack is primarily classic soul and funk tracks.
Baab the Sheep was voiced by 11-year-old Kristina Donnelly, who got the opportunity through the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Given a choice between acting in a Muppet film and voicing a puppet of her own, she chose the puppet. Near the end of her time filming, Steve Whitmire and Dave Goelz presented her with a special edition of the Hensonville News Observer and a bag full of The Muppets merchandise. She also kept the puppet she voiced.
In the DVD commentary, which includes a handful of The Muppets in character, Kermit the Frog says he's walking away to go to the snack bar and doesn't come back until just as the movie is ending. He claims that he was delayed by walking back into the wrong DVD commentary, that of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). That movie and this both feature the voice-over of Frank Oz. Furthermore, the Walt Disney Company has since bought both the Muppets and Star Wars films.
This is last The Muppets movie to have Frank Oz's involvement. Oz was not available for most of production, so substitute puppeteers performed his characters, and Oz dubbed the voices during post-production.
Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson had cameos because Dawson's Creek (1998) was being filmed on a neighboring soundstage.
"[Ed is examining Gonzo] Ed Singer: No nostrils. How do you smell? Rizzo the Rat: Awful. Trust me, I'm his roommate."
"[Miss Piggy runs by] Statler: Is breakfast over? Waldorf: No, why? Statler: 'Cause I think the bacon just ran out. [they laugh]"
