Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985)

Original title

Follow That Bird

Directed by

Ken Kwapis

Genre

musical film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

G

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 91 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Big Bird is mistakenly placed with a new family in a different town, so he tries to fly back home to Sesame Street. His friends go on a road trip to find him and bring him back.

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What happens

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (or simply Follow That Bird) is a 1985 American family musical comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis, and written by Tony Geiss and Judy Freudberg. Based on the children's television series Sesame Street, it was the series' first theatrical feature film. It stars Muppet performers Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson and Frank Oz alongside Sandra Bernhard, John Candy, Chevy Chase, Joe Flaherty, Waylon Jennings, and Dave Thomas. It was filmed at the Cinespace Film Studios and on location in the Greater Toronto Area. Follow That Bird was theatrically released in the United States on August 2, 1985, by Warner Bros. Pictures, and grossed $14 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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