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Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Michael Caine meets the Muppets in this 1992 retelling of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Like 1970's Scrooge, The Muppet Christmas Carol manages to present a song-and-dance version while remaining largely faithful to the original story. For scores of viewers, Caine's charming performance is one of the more definitive in recent Scrooge memory: gruff yet lovable, alternatively heartless and human, all the while serving as a deft counterpoint to Jim Henson's lovable Muppets. For Henson fans, this film is particularly poignant, as it was the first feature-length production to feature someone else as the voice of Kermit.
Michael Caine meets the Muppets in this 1992 retelling of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Like 1970's Scrooge, The Muppet Christmas Carol manages to present a song-and-dance version while remaining largely faithful to the original story. For scores of viewers, Caine's charming performance is one of the more definitive in recent Scrooge memory: gruff yet lovable, alternatively heartless and human, all the while serving as a deft counterpoint to Jim Henson's lovable Muppets. For Henson fans, this film is particularly poignant, as it was the first feature-length production to feature someone else as the voice of Kermit.
Photo by Jim Henson Company, The - © 1992