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Sesame Street: Follow That Bird(Movie, 1985)

1h 28min | Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Kids & Family, Music

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 31 votes)

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (or simply Follow That Bird) is a 1985 American musical road comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis and written by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss. Based on the children's television series Sesame Street created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett, it was the first theatrical feature-length Sesame Street 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 with ()

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About Sesame Street: Follow That Bird

Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.

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Trailer for Sesame Street: Follow That Bird + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird (1985) Official Trailer - Big Bird, Chevy Chase Movie(Trailer, 1:27)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Toronto

Plays in: New York City (NYC)

Made by: Warner Bros. Pictures, Henson Associates (HA), Children's Television Workshop (CTW)

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), Portuguese (PT)

Translated into 8 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Hungarian (HU), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date CA: 08/02/1985

Cast: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, John Candy, Chevy Chase, Laraine Newman, Eddie Deezen, Sally Kellerman, Paul Bartel, Dave Thomas, Alyson Court, George Lucas, Alaina Reed Hall

Director: Ken Kwapis

Producer: Tony Garnett

Screenwriter: Judy Freudberg

Composer: Lennie Niehaus

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird"

"Vila Sésamo Onde Está o Garibaldo"

"Follow that Bird"

Keywords: child, truck, social worker, singing, puppetry, airplane, adoption, swimming pool, diner, gas station, teddy bear, flying, search, runaway, new home, cage, part animation, restaurant, carnival, lost child

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