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Muppets from Space
Muppets from Space is a 1999 American science fiction comedy film directed by Tim Hill in his directional debut and written by Jerry Juhl, Joseph Mazzarino, and Ken Kaufman. It is the sixth theatrical film featuring the Muppets. The film stars Muppet performers Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Bill Barretta, and Frank Oz, as well as Jeffrey Tambor, F. Murray Abraham, David Arquette, Josh Charles, Hollywood Hogan in his final feature film appearance, Ray Liotta, Rob Schneider and Andie MacDowell. In the film, Gonzo attempts to discover his origins. After he and Rizzo the Rat are captured by government officials during his search, Kermit the Frog and the rest of the Muppets set out to rescue them.
The film was produced by Columbia Pictures and Jim Henson Pictures and released on July 14, 1999 by Sony Pictures Releasing. It grossed $22.3 million against a budget of $24 million, making it a box-office failure, and received mixed reviews from critics; many considered it the weakest theatrical Muppet movie.
It is the last Muppet film to involve Oz and Juhl, the last theatrically released Muppet film to be produced by the Jim Henson Company before the franchise was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2004, and the last theatrically released film until The Muppets in 2011.
Gonzo's species has always been a mystery, but after having nightmares of being denied entry to Noah's Ark, he begins to realize just how alone he is in the world. Gonzo tells Kermit that he is getting tired of being referred to as a "whatever". After an alien species appears to be trying to send a message through his bowl of alphabet cereal, Gonzo realizes that he may not be alone after all and that evening, he climbs to the rooftop of the Muppet boarding house to watch the sky. He is struck by a bolt of lightning, which allows him to communicate with a pair of cosmic knowledge fish, who reveal his origins as an alien from outer space.
Hoping to contact the aliens, Gonzo makes an impromptu appearance at the television studio for UFO Mania during a live broadcast, where Miss Piggy is working. Concerned about Gonzo's behavior, Kermit and Rizzo go down to the studio. Unable to convince his friends of the aliens' existence, Gonzo is lured by Agent Barker to K. Edgar Singer of C.O.V.N.E.T., a clandestine national security facility whose mission is to investigate threats of extraterrestrial attacks. Singer is aware of the aliens' attempts to communicate with Earth, and having seen Gonzo on television, believes that he is the key to convincing his superior General Luft that aliens exist.
Gonzo and Rizzo are taken to C.O.V.N.E.T., where Rizzo gets flushed down a tube to the facility's rat medical research held by Dr. Tucker, alongside other Muppet rats. Unable to get answers from Gonzo about the aliens, Singer decides to have Gonzo's brain surgically removed and has him taken to a holding cell while the surgery is prepared. Meanwhile, after Miss Piggy interrogates Barker, she, Kermit, Fozzie, Pepe, and Animal go to rescue Gonzo and Rizzo from C.O.V.N.E.T., using various inventions from Bunsen and Beaker.
While Gonzo is in his cell, an alien channeling his voice through a sandwich asks him where the alien ship can land, and Gonzo suggests a beach named Cape Doom, unaware that Singer's assistant Agent Rentro (Bobo the Bear) is listening. Gonzo is then taken to the surgery room, and the Muppets arrive to rescue him and Rizzo. Meanwhile, Rizzo escapes from medical research and frees Gonzo from the dissection table, while Singer and Luft witness the other rats attack the surgeon Dr. Phil Van Neuter. Feeling that his time has been wasted, Luft angrily leaves. Upon discovering from Rentro that Gonzo is heading for Cape Doom, Singer prepares a weapon called the Subatomic Neutro-Destabilizer to use on the aliens and heads to Cape Doom with Rentro.
The Muppets rescue Gonzo from the facility, then arrive at Cape Doom where a crowd of alien believers await their arrival. After an hour-long wait, the ship arrives and the aliens, who all resemble Gonzo, explain that many years ago they lost him, but now welcome him back. Singer shows up and tries to kill the aliens, ultimately failing to do so (Rentro having removed the weapon's battery), and is laughed at. Gonzo considers going with his long-lost family to their home planet but chooses to stay on Earth with the Muppets with his family's blessing, while a redeemed Singer is invited by the aliens to go with them and leaves as Earth's ambassador.
Muppets from Space
Muppets from Space is a 1999 American science fiction comedy film directed by Tim Hill in his directional debut and written by Jerry Juhl, Joseph Mazzarino, and Ken Kaufman. It is the sixth theatrical film featuring the Muppets. The film stars Muppet performers Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Bill Barretta, and Frank Oz, as well as Jeffrey Tambor, F. Murray Abraham, David Arquette, Josh Charles, Hollywood Hogan in his final feature film appearance, Ray Liotta, Rob Schneider and Andie MacDowell. In the film, Gonzo attempts to discover his origins. After he and Rizzo the Rat are captured by government officials during his search, Kermit the Frog and the rest of the Muppets set out to rescue them.
The film was produced by Columbia Pictures and Jim Henson Pictures and released on July 14, 1999 by Sony Pictures Releasing. It grossed $22.3 million against a budget of $24 million, making it a box-office failure, and received mixed reviews from critics; many considered it the weakest theatrical Muppet movie.
It is the last Muppet film to involve Oz and Juhl, the last theatrically released Muppet film to be produced by the Jim Henson Company before the franchise was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2004, and the last theatrically released film until The Muppets in 2011.
Gonzo's species has always been a mystery, but after having nightmares of being denied entry to Noah's Ark, he begins to realize just how alone he is in the world. Gonzo tells Kermit that he is getting tired of being referred to as a "whatever". After an alien species appears to be trying to send a message through his bowl of alphabet cereal, Gonzo realizes that he may not be alone after all and that evening, he climbs to the rooftop of the Muppet boarding house to watch the sky. He is struck by a bolt of lightning, which allows him to communicate with a pair of cosmic knowledge fish, who reveal his origins as an alien from outer space.
Hoping to contact the aliens, Gonzo makes an impromptu appearance at the television studio for UFO Mania during a live broadcast, where Miss Piggy is working. Concerned about Gonzo's behavior, Kermit and Rizzo go down to the studio. Unable to convince his friends of the aliens' existence, Gonzo is lured by Agent Barker to K. Edgar Singer of C.O.V.N.E.T., a clandestine national security facility whose mission is to investigate threats of extraterrestrial attacks. Singer is aware of the aliens' attempts to communicate with Earth, and having seen Gonzo on television, believes that he is the key to convincing his superior General Luft that aliens exist.
Gonzo and Rizzo are taken to C.O.V.N.E.T., where Rizzo gets flushed down a tube to the facility's rat medical research held by Dr. Tucker, alongside other Muppet rats. Unable to get answers from Gonzo about the aliens, Singer decides to have Gonzo's brain surgically removed and has him taken to a holding cell while the surgery is prepared. Meanwhile, after Miss Piggy interrogates Barker, she, Kermit, Fozzie, Pepe, and Animal go to rescue Gonzo and Rizzo from C.O.V.N.E.T., using various inventions from Bunsen and Beaker.
While Gonzo is in his cell, an alien channeling his voice through a sandwich asks him where the alien ship can land, and Gonzo suggests a beach named Cape Doom, unaware that Singer's assistant Agent Rentro (Bobo the Bear) is listening. Gonzo is then taken to the surgery room, and the Muppets arrive to rescue him and Rizzo. Meanwhile, Rizzo escapes from medical research and frees Gonzo from the dissection table, while Singer and Luft witness the other rats attack the surgeon Dr. Phil Van Neuter. Feeling that his time has been wasted, Luft angrily leaves. Upon discovering from Rentro that Gonzo is heading for Cape Doom, Singer prepares a weapon called the Subatomic Neutro-Destabilizer to use on the aliens and heads to Cape Doom with Rentro.
The Muppets rescue Gonzo from the facility, then arrive at Cape Doom where a crowd of alien believers await their arrival. After an hour-long wait, the ship arrives and the aliens, who all resemble Gonzo, explain that many years ago they lost him, but now welcome him back. Singer shows up and tries to kill the aliens, ultimately failing to do so (Rentro having removed the weapon's battery), and is laughed at. Gonzo considers going with his long-lost family to their home planet but chooses to stay on Earth with the Muppets with his family's blessing, while a redeemed Singer is invited by the aliens to go with them and leaves as Earth's ambassador.