Finally, a screening at the Light House devoted entirely to your fella and his mates.
No but it’s actually much better news than that for all the lovers, the dreamers, and me. The Smithfield cinema have announced that coming up in the month of May, they’re going to be screening five of the feature films by our greatest felt thespians. The Muppets Take Light House will be a marathon session of Muppets on May 17th.
From noon on Saturday the 17th of May, the Light House will be showing The Muppet Movie, The Muppets Take Manhattan, Muppets Treasure Island, Muppets from Space and The Muppets 2011 all across the day, and tickets for the films are on sale now.
Kermit the Frog himself was even on hand today to announce the event:
The Muppet Movie marked Jim Henson’s handheld friend’s cinema debut in 1979, a feelgood road trip film that saw Kermit hit the road on his way to stardom in LA, meeting Fozzy, Miss Piggy and co along the way. With amazing gags and catchy tunes, it remains to this day more entertaining than humanly possible.
The spectacle of the Big Apple was taken by storm by the Muppets in The Muppets Take Manhattan in 1984. When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn’t easy to find a producer who’s willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy won’t take no for an answer, launching a search for someone to take them to Broadway.
Muppets Treasure Island was a favourite of many a 90s kid, and a great early introduction to the particularly pronounced acting chops of Tim Curry, scenery-eating actor and professional pirate. After telling the story of Flint’s last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart attack and dies just as Jim and his friends are attacked by pirates. The gang escapes into the town where they hire out a boat and crew to find the hidden treasure, which was revealed by Bones before he died. On their voyage across the seas, they soon find out that not everyone on board can be trusted.
Just as the Millenium approached, the answer to whatever it is that Gonzo was was answered by Muppets from Space, a gonzo adventure for Gonzo featuring aliens, government conspiracies, Hollywood Hulk Hogan and the kids from Dawson’s Creek. When Gonzo’s breakfast cereal tells him that he’s the descendant of aliens from another planet, his attempts at extraterrestrial communication get him kidnapped by a secret government agency, prompting the Muppets to spring into action. It’s hard to believe Gonzo’s story at first, but Kermit and friends soon find themselves on an epic journey into outer space filled with plenty of intergalactic misadventures.
After an extended on-screen hiatus, Jason Segal helped bring The Muppets back to the big screen in 2011 with…The Muppets. When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.
Tickets for The Muppets Take Light House book your seat for all five films and are €45 for adults, €35 for kids and €40 for concessions.