Emmet Otter's Jug-band Christmas (2015 TV-Movie)

Emmet Otter's Jug-band Christmas is a TV-movie release on television on December 24, 2015. It's a remake of the 1977 special, and also based on the book of the same name.

Plot
In this one-hour musical Christmas special remake, Kermit the Frog narrates the story of Alice Otter (Amy Adams) and her son, Emmet (Philip McGhee), who live along the river in the village of Frogtown Hollow. Ma and Emmet struggle to make ends meet through odd jobs and projects for neighbors and villagers, but this Christmas they dream of having enough money to buy each other a special gift. Known for their musical abilities, the Otters are encouraged by their friends to enter a local talent contest. The mother and son reminisce about Pa Otter, who serves as the inspiration for them to enter the show.

Without each other's knowledge, Ma and Emmet prepare for the contest in the hope of winning the fifty-dollar prize to buy Christmas gifts for each other. Emmet performs as a member of the Frogtown Jubilee Jug Band and Ma Otter sings a solo number, but both face tough competition from a hard rock group formed by a gang of woodland creatures who call themselves the Riverbottom Nightmare Band.

Live-Action

 * Philip McGhee - Emmet Otter
 * Amy Adams - Alice Otter
 * Haley Joel Osment - Wendell Porcupine
 * David Gallagher - Charlie Muskrat
 * Doug Erholtz - Chuck Beaver
 * ??? - Chuck Stoat
 * ??? - Stan the Weasel
 * ??? - Fred Lizard

Puppeteers

 * Steve Whitmire as the voice of Kermit the Frog
 * Courey Burton as the voice of Doc Bullfrog
 * ??? as the voice of Howard Snake
 * ??? as the voice of Pop-Eyed Cat Fish

Songs

 * "The Bathing Suit That Grandma Otter Wore"
 * "There Ain't No Hole in the Washtub"
 * "When the River Meets the Sea"
 * Barbecue"
 * "Our world"
 * "Brothers"
 * "River Bottom Nightmare Band"
 * "Welcome Brothers to Our World"
 * "When the River Meets the Sea (reprise)"

Trivia

 * This is Chris Buck's first co-directed Jim Henson film with Brian Henson.
 * Chris Buck's previous co-directed works were Tarzan (1999) and Frozen (2013).