Kiwi Connection To The Muppets

Posted by Gold FM on 13/12/2011

A Kiwi has a connection to the latest "Muppet Movie". He penned the song "Man or Muppet" and if you're familiar with "Flight Of The Concords" you will probably recognise the writing style in the song when you hear it. Bret McKenzie one half of Flight Of The Concords wrote "Man or Muppet' and has had a big role to play in the sound track for the movie.

The video for the songs pulls at the heart strings and this may encourage you to see the movie.

The Muppets is a 2011 American musical comedy film, and the first Muppets theatrical release in 12 years, as well as the first Disney-produced Muppets film since 1996's Muppet Treasure Island. In the film, Walter (performed by Peter Linz), the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his brother Gary (Jason Segel) and Gary's girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) must raise $10 million to save the Muppet Theater from Tex Richman (Chris Cooper), a businessman who plans to demolish the Muppet Theater to drill for oil. The film is directed by James Bobin, written by Segel and Nicholas Stoller, produced by Martin Baker, David Furnish, Segel, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and John Scotti, and features Bret McKenzie as the music supervisor.

The film is being distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and was released in North America on November 23, 2011 to overwhelming critical acclaim and is scheduled for release in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2012. The film was first announced in March 2008 and production started in September 2010. The film premiered at the 2011 Savannah Film Festival.

The film was rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for some mild rude humor.