A 1981 musical comedy, The Great Muppet Caper is the second full-length movie featuring The Muppets, the iconic characters created by Jim Henson. It is a delightful musical comedy that follows Kermit, ...

If it's the fate of rebooted franchises to follow in the footsteps of their predecessors, then let's just say that “Muppets Most Wanted” puts a fresher spin on “The Great Muppet Caper” than “Star Trek ...

Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday (Dame Diana Rigg), a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace was stolen. Kermit meets ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Dame Diana Rigg‘s career was all about showing women off in all their fabulous glory. From her iconic turn as super spy Emma Peel in the original Avengers to her ...

Here's how a real Muppet and a real Suzuki Savage came together to create movie magic in The Great Muppet Caper.

2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need comforting. With that in mind, we asked our contributors ...

When I first heard the news that comic actor Charles Grodin had died at the age of 86, I exclaimed, “No!” Grodin’s performances in a string of family comedies — most notably The Great Muppet Caper — ...

The Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA will present MIDSUMMER STICK-UPS!, a heist film series featuring screenings of classics like HEAT, THE KILLING, and THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER on 35mm and DCP.

S.F. Sketchfest’s Summer Social spends a day at the Castro Theatre on Saturday, Aug. 13, beginning with a family matinee of “The Great Muppet Caper,” which is still fabulously entertaining 35 years ...

The Muppets are a profoundly conservative institution — not politically speaking, necessarily, but by virtue of the fact that in a world of rapidly unfolding technological innovation, topsy-turvy ...

Tracking the trajectory of the Muppets' big-screen career reveals a pretty-hard-to-miss arc. It's roughly the same arc you'd get if you viewed Gonzo the Great in profile. This is a franchise that was ...