| The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | |
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| Directed by | Gary Halvorson[1] |
| Screenplay by | Mitchell Kriegman Joey Mazzarino[1] |
| Story by | Mitchell Kriegman[1] |
| Based on | Elmo by Jim Henson |
| Produced by | Alex Rockwell Marjorie Kalins[1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Alan Caso[1] |
| Edited by | Alan Baumgarten |
| Music by | John Debney |
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Running time | 73 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States[1] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $26 million[2] |
| Box office | $11.7 million[2] |
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (or simply Elmo in Grouchland) is a 1999 American musical adventure comedy film directed by Gary Halvorson in his feature film debut. This was the second of the two theatrical feature films to be based on the children's television series Sesame Street, after Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird in 1985. It stars Mandy Patinkin and Vanessa Williams alongside Muppet performers Kevin Clash, Caroll Spinney, Steve Whitmire, and Frank Oz.
Produced by Jim Henson Pictures and Children's Television Workshop, the film was released by Columbia Pictures on October 1, 1999. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, but was a box office flop, grossing $12 million against a budget of more than $26 million.
The film was one of the few Sesame Street productions directly produced by The Jim Henson Company. This was the final Muppet feature film to involve Fran Brill and Frank Oz, who retired from being full-time puppeteers the following years,[3] and the last Muppet film to feature Caroll Spinney before his retirement in 2018 and his death in 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference
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