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Capture The True Meaning Of The Season With The Jim Henson Company's Emmy®-Nominated Timeless Tale Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Available November 4, 2008 from Lionsgate And HIT Entertainment

New York, NY

Street Date: 11/4/08
Order Date: 10/8/08
DVD SRP: $14.98

Program Description

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas™, a ground-breaking television special from The Jim Henson Company that debuted on HBO in 1977, received many awards for its endearing holiday story. Available on a fully-loaded DVD November 4, 2008, from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment, this heartwarming musical is part of the Jim Henson's Christmas Classics collection. The special features a toe-tapping score and original songs by Academy Award® winning composer Paul Williams in a newly designed DVD package. Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas follows the story of Emmet and his Ma, two ottersdown on their luck, who each secretly enter a Christmas Eve talent show hoping to use the prize money to buy a special holiday gift for the other.

DVD Synopsis

Take a trip down river to Frogtown Hollow in Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas! In this classic Jim Henson musical, meet Emmet and Ma - a poor but tight-knit family of otters struggling to make ends meet during the holidays. When a local talent contest comes to town, Emmet and Ma Otter each enter with the hopes of winning the cash prize just in time for Christmas. See all of the critters in Frogtown Hollow sing and dance to the soulful sounds of their homespun river music in this four-time Emmy®-nominated classic, including Outstanding Children's Program. In the true spirit of the holidays, watch them learn that family is the greatest Christmas gift of all.

DVD Special Features

• Sing-A-Long
• Emmet Otter's Favorite Tunes
• Emmet Otter Behind the Scenes Documentary
• Bloopers
• The Lost Song
• Deleted Scenes
• Photo Gallery

Program Information

Year of Production: 1977
Title Copyright: © 1977/2008 The Jim Henson Company. JIM HENSON'S mark & logo, EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS mark & logo, certain characters and elements are trademarks of The Jim Henson Company. All Rights Reserved. ™ & © 2008 The Jim Henson Company.
Rating: NR
Type: DVD Repackage
Genre: Children/Family/Puppets
Ages: children of all ages and adult fans of Jim Henson.
Closed Captioned: English Closed Captioned
Format: Full Screen
Feature Run Time: 50 Minutes
DVD Audio Status: 2.0 Dolby Digital
Website: www.jimhenson.com

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About the Jim Henson Company

The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 50 years and is recognized worldwide as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics and computer graphics. Best known as creators of the world famous Muppets (the rights to which are now owned by The Walt Disney Company), Henson is the recipient of over 50 Emmy Awards and nine Grammy Awards. Credits include the Saturn Award-winning "Farscape" and the features "MirrorMask," "Five Children and It", "Good Boy!" and the recently released direct to DVD feature "Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby". With additional locations in New York and London, The Jim Henson Company is headquartered in Los Angeles on the historic Charlie Chaplin lot complete with soundstage and post-production facilities. Independently owned and operated by the five adult children of founder Jim Henson, the Company is also home to Jim Henson's Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent character-building and visual effects group with international film, television and advertising clients, as well as Henson Recording Studios, one of the music industry's top recording facilities known for its world-class blend of state of the art and vintage equipment. The Company is currently in post-production on 40 episodes of "Sid the Science Kid," a new science readiness animated series for preschoolers that debuted on PBS Kids® in September 2008, and recently launched "Puppet Up! - Uncensored," a live puppet improvisational show that has played to sold out crowds around the world and premiered as a special on TBS. The Company has also announced the creation of Jim Henson Designs, a merchandise collection inspired by Jim Henson's earliest sketches. www.henson.com