Being Elmo: A Puppeteers Journey

The film traces Kevin Clash s rise from his modest beginnings in Balti to his current success as the man behind Elmo, one of the world s most recognizable and adored characters. Millions of children tune in daily to watch Elmo, yet when Kevin walks down the street he is not recognized. Pivotal to the film is the exploration of Jim Henson s meteoric rise, and Kevin s ultimate achievement of his goal to become part of the Henson family of puppeteers. In addition to puppeteering Elmo, Mr. Clash is arguably the creative force behind today s Sesame Street, producing, directing and traveling around the globe training other puppeteers. Includes interviews with Frank Oz, Rosie O Donnell, Whoopi Goldberg, Carroll Spinney, Joan Ganz Cooney, Marty Robinson, Fran Brill, and Bill Barretta. Written by Anonymous Being Elmo: A Puppeteers Journey is a 2011 American English-language Documentary film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Bill Barretta, Tau Bennett, Fran Brill, Carson Carr, George Clash and Oprah Winfrey. Constance Marks Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Constance Marks, Corinne Lapook and James Miller. Being Elmo: A Puppeteers Journey is written by Philip Shane and Justin Weinstein and it is directed by Constance Marks. Submarine Deluxe acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Being Elmo: A Puppeteers Journey was released on 27th April 2012 and takes a screen time of 77 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The motion picture made a box office gross of $0 million. Cinematography was done by James Miller. The music was composed by Joel Goodman.
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