Underplayed Gems

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985)

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird poster
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
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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)

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