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Muppets Most Wanted (Original title)
Dates: 2014 (Copyright), 21 March 2014 (Release)

Country: USA

Director: James Bobin

Synopsis: Family comedy. The Muppets are on a world tour when they find themselves embroiled in a jewel-heist masterminded by an evil Kermit the Frog lookalike who has the real Kermit jailed in his place.

Genres:
Comedy, Children's

Subjects:
Criminals, Police
Releases
Date: 21 March 2014Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Dialogue (original): English
Date: 28 March 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 112 mins 44 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)

Credits (99)
©: Inc. Disney Enterprises, Production Company: Mandeville Films, Filmed with the support of the: British Film Commission, UK Government's Film Tax Relief, Executive Producer: John G. Scotti, Executive Producer: Nicholas Stoller, Produced by: David Hoberman, Produced by: Todd Lieberman, Unit Production Manager: John G. Scotti, Unit Production Manager: Angus More Gordon, Production Supervisor: Hannah Godwin, Production Co-ordinator: Bertie Spiegelberg, Financial Controller: Bobbie Johnson, Production Accountant: Becky Maxwell, Location Manager: Ali James, Post-production Supervisor: Abigail Callahan, 1st Assistant Director: Benjamin Howarth, Script Supervisor: Anna Worley, Splinter Unit Script Supervisor: Sharon Mansfield, Casting by: Randi Hiller, Tamara-Lee Notcutt, UK Casting by: Kelly Valentine Hendry, Victor Jenkins, Written by: James Bobin, Written by: Nicholas Stoller, Based on Disney's Muppet Properties and Characters: Disney, Director of Photography: Don Burgess, Camera Operator: Peter Cavaciuti, Camera Operator: David Worley, Steadicam Operator: Peter Cavaciuti, Still Photographer: Jay Maidment, Visual Effects Supervisor: Sean P. Mathiesen, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Nick Ocean, Victoria Albanese, Visual Effects Producer: Scott Shapiro, Visual Effects by: The Senate Visual Effects, Visual Effects by: Nvizible, Visual Effects by: Double Negative Singapore, Visual Effects by: Base FX, Factory VFX, Special Effects Supervisor: Stefano Pepin, 80s Robot Created by: Legacy Effects, Edited by: James Thomas, Additional Editor: Jon Poll, Production Designer: Eve Stewart, Supervising Art Director: Grant Armstrong, Art Director: Hannah Mosley, Set Decorator: Anna Lynch-Robinson, Graphic Designer: Amy Merry, Storyboard Artist: John Coven, Storyboard Artist: Tracey Wilson, Property Master: Terry Wood, Prop Maker: Fiona Gourlay, Costume Designer: Rahel Afiley, Assistant Costume Designer: Sally Turner, Assistant Costume Designer (Puppets): Stephen Rotondaro, Costume Supervisor: Dulcie Scott, Make-up & Hair Designer: Emma Scott, Puppet Captain: Bill Barretta, Special Effects Supervisor (Puppets): Jane Gootnick, Animatronics Supervisor (Puppets): Thomas O. Newby, Animatronics Designer (Puppets): Tim Rose, Animatronics Designer (Puppet): Adam Keenan, Muppet Designers & Builders: LLC Puppet Heap, Paul Andrejco, UK Muppet Performer: Louise Gold, UK Muppet Performer: Nigel Plaskitt, UK Muppet Performer: Mak Wilson, UK Muppet Performer: Warrick Brownlow-Pike, David Silva Covarrubias, Main Titles: PIC Agency, End Titles/End Crawl by: Picture Mill, Prints by: DeLuxe, Original Score by: Christophe Beck, Original Songs by: Bret McKenzie, Score Conducted by: Tim Davies, Score Orchestrations by: Tim Davies, Songs Arranged and Orchestrations by: Christophe Beck, Songs Arranged and Orchestrations by: Chris Caswell, Songs Arranged and Orchestrations by: Doug Walter, Songs Arranged and Orchestrations by: Steven Morrell, Zach Robinson, Music Supervisor: Bret McKenzie, Score Produced by: Jake Monaco, Score Recorded and Mixed by: Casey Stone, Choreographer: Francesca Jaynes, Assistant Choreographer: Dale Mercer, Production Sound Mixer: John Midgley, Re-recording Mixer: Kevin O'Connell, Re-recording Mixer: Beau Borders, Supervising Sound Editor: Kami Asgar, Supervising Sound Editor: Sean McCormack, UK Stunt Co-ordinator: Frank Henson, US Stunt Co-ordinator: Allan Graf, Dialect Coach: Jill McCullough, Unit Publicist: Kathryn Donovan, In Memory of: Jane Henson, Jerry Nelson
Cast (43)
Ricky Gervais (Dominic Badguy), Ty Burrell (Jean Pierre Napoleon), Tina Fey (Nadya), Steve Whitmire (Kermit the Frog/Foo Foo/Statler/Beaker/Lips/Rizzo the Rat/Link Hogthrob/the newsman), Eric Jacobson (Miss Piggy/Fozzie Bear/Sam Eagle/Animal), Dave Goelz (The Great Gonzo/Dr Bunsen Honeydew/Zoot/Beauregard/Waldorf), Bill Barretta (Pepe the King Prawn/Rowlf the Dog/Dr Teeth/the Swedish chef/Bobo the Bear/Big Mean Carl/Baby Boss/Carlo Flamingo/leprechaun security guard), David Rudman (Scooter/Janice/Miss Poogy/Bobby Benson/Wayne), Matt Vogel (Constantine/Floyd Pepper/Sweetums/Pops/Robin/Lew Zealand/Crazy Harry/80s robot/Camilla/Uncle Deadly), Peter Linz (Walter/Manolo Flamingo), Tony Bennett (himself), Hugh Bonneville (Irish journalist), William Brand (Berliner 2), Andrés Cantor (announcer), Jemaine Clement (prison king), Kenneth Collard (Berliner 1), Sean Combs (himself), Rob Corddry (1st AD), Mackenzie Crook (Prado museum guard 1), Celine Dion (Piggy fairy godmother), Lady Gaga (herself), Zach Galifianakis (Hobo Joe), Josh Groban (maximum security prisoner), Salma Hayek (herself), Tom Hiddleston (The Great Escapo), Tom Hollander (theatre manager), Toby Jones (Prado museum guard 2), Frank Langella (beefeater vicar), Ray Liotta (Big Papa), Ross Lynch (young florist), James McAvoy (UPS guy), Aleksandar Mikic (other guard), Chloë Grace Moretz (newspaper girl), Fleur Poad (Berliner 3), Dylan 'Hornswoggle' Postl (prisoner 1), Usher Raymond (the usher), Miranda Richardson (Berliner at window), Saoirse Ronan (herself), Til Schweiger (German cop), Russell Tovey (delivery man), Danny Trejo (Danny Trejo), Stanley Tucci (Ivan the guard), Christoph Waltz (himself)