The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Romance, Comedy, Family • 1h 34m
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, Juliana Donald, Lonny Price, Louis Zorich, Art Carney, James Coco, Dabney Coleman, Gregory Hines, Linda Lavin, Joan Rivers, Elliott Gould, Liza Minnelli, Brooke Shields, Frances Bergen, Ed Koch, John Landis, Vincent Sardi Jr., Kathryn Mullen, Karen Prell, Brian Muehl, Bruce Edward Hall, James J. Kroupa, David Rudman, Melissa Whitmire, Michael Earl, Glenngo King, Tim de Haas, Cheryl Bartholow, Martin P. Robinson, Steve Burnett, Mary Lou Harris, Gates McFadden, Joanne Hamlin, Hector Troy, Norman Bush, Nancy Kirsch, Alice Spivak, John Eric Bentley, Dorothy Baxter, Stephen Sherrard Hicks, Susan Miller-Kovens, Sinead Maguire, Trisha Noel, Ron Foster, Michael Hirsch, Vic Polizos, Kenneth McGregor, Chet Washington, Graham Brown, James Bryson, Chico Kasindir, Viola Borden, Paul Stolarsky, Maree Dow, Don Quigley, Michael Connolly, Wade Barnes, Ruth Button, Lee-Ann Carr, Richard DuBois, Diana Hayes, Jane Hunt, Jacqueline Page, Harriet Rawlings, Milton Seaman, Gary Tacon, Joe Jamrog, Mark Marrone, Cyril Jenkins, Mary Kay Adams, Robert Armin, Peter Baird, Michael Bertolini, Cheryl Blaylock, Jeff Breslauer, Fran Brill, Edward G. Christie, Ralph Cole Jr., Charles Francis Corbett, Faz Fazakas, Brian Henson, Heather Henson, Rollie Krewson, David Lazer, Joel Leder, Ronn Lucas, Sonia Manzano, Antone Pagán, Todd Stockman, Thomas E. van Dell, Gabriel Velez, Caroly Wilcox, Jim Martin, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Jeffrey Breslauer
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About the film
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.
Director: Frank Oz
Theatrical Cut: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
Director's Cut: Warner Bros Blu-ray
The 4K Blu-ray has both a poor Dolby Atmos remix and the original theatrical Dolby Stereo mix in its best fidelity but only for the Theatrical Cut.
The Blu-ray has a 5.1 remix for the Director's Cut that, while inferior to the original theatrical Dolby Stereo mix, is still far superior to the Dolby Atmos remix on the 4K Blu-ray, and is the best option for the Director's Cut.
Only the DVD has the isolated score.
Directors: Frank Oz & Jim Henson
Shout! Factory's 2.0 is a downmix of the 5.1
Director: Frank Oz
Director: Dennis Hopper
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Director: David Lean
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The 5.1 on Sony 4K Blu-ray is from the 1989 70mm mix. The original is 4-track. not on the disc.
Original Stereo mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray, Sony Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Original Stereo mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray, Sony Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Director: Satoshi Kon
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Director: Ben Stiller
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Director: Luc Besson
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2020 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray vs 2017 Sony 4K Blu-ray (20th annivesary) vs 2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray (Luc Besson Box Set). The first two have totally different texture.
StudioCanal: More natural looking. Better defined grain. The white balance is rather yellow/orange. Some say it is closer to the original theatrical release.
2017 Sony: More vibrant and impactful. The white balance is rather neutral. While color noise and grain can look busy because it had been sharpened and had micro-contrast boosted.
2025 Sony: Supposedly an improved version of the 2017 release? Shows around 20mbps-higher overall video bitrate. caps
2007 Sony Blu-ray or LaserDisc AC3? (TBC) https://fanrestore.com/thread-7303.html
The Atmos on the Sony release is reportedly better than StudioCanal's.
Disc info of the box set discs. This film have recieved multiple encode/versions in different regions over the years. The 2017 Germany4K Blu-ray is encoded differently than the 2017 Sony but not better. Also, the same can be said to 2024 France Gaumont 4K Blu-ray while comparing to the 2020 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. The StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray omits all the extras from previous releases, being barebones.
Director: Frank Capra
More Romance on Blu-ray
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincent Sherman
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Compton Bennett
4K restoration from original technicolor negatives
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: William Dieterle
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Robert Altman
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Cinematrographe's HDR grading is overcooked, which is a known VinSyn tendency. Additionally, their booklet mis-credits the encode to FiM.
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