Follow That Bird (1985)
Follow That Bird (1985)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Caroll Spinney
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)
Jim Henson
Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice)
Frank Oz
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
Richard Hunt
Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)
Kathryn Mullen
Feathered Friends Magistrate / Grouch Diner Patron / Little Girl / Additional Muppets (voice)
Jerry Nelson
Count von Count / Herry Monster / Additional Muppets (voice)
Paul Bartel
Grouch Cook
Sandra Bernhard
Grouch Waitress
Waylon Jennings
Truck Driver
Laraine Newman
Mommy Dodo (voice)
Eddie Deezen
Donnie Dodo (voice)
Sally Kellerman
Miss Finch (voice)
Cathy Silvers
Marie Dodo (voice)
John Candy
State Trooper
Chevy Chase
Newscaster
Joe Flaherty
Sid Sleaze
Dave Thomas
Sam Sleaze
Brian Hohlfeld
Daddy Dodo (voice)
Linda Bove
Linda
Emilio Delgado
Luis
Loretta Long
Susan
Sonia Manzano
Maria
Bob McGrath
Bob
Roscoe Orman
Gordon
Alaina Reed Hall
Olivia
Kermit Love
Willy
Alyson Court
Ruthie
Richard Campbell
Boy with Apple
Liston Bates
Rescue Boy
Tawny Richard
Rescue Girl
Adrian McCalla
Kid at Map
Tanya Marie Cook
Tanya
Shawna Stoll
Airline Announcer
Martin P. Robinson
Mr. Snuffleupagus / Telly Monster / Board of Birds / Grouch Diner Patron (voice)
Bryant Young
Mr. Snuffleupagus (Back Half)
Fred Garver
Barkley (voice)
Cheryl Wagner
Miss Finch
Patricia Leeper
Mommy Dodo / Board of Birds (voice)
Gord Robertson
Daddy Dodo
Jeff Weiser
Donnie Dodo
Shari Weiser
Marie Dodo
Tim Gosley
Honker / Board of Birds
Noel MacNeal
Board of Birds (voice)
Bob Stutt
Board of Birds (voice)
Nikki Tilroe
Board of Birds (voice)
Lee Armstrong
Board of Birds (voice)
Rob Mills
Board of Birds (voice)
John Pattison
Board of Birds (voice)
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 2, 1985
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 28m
Content RatingG
Filming LocationsToronto, Canada
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
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 Tony Geiss and Judy Freudberg. Based on the children's television series Sesame Street created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett, it was the series' first theatrical feature-length 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 Sesame Street regulars Linda Bove, Emilio Delgado, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Alaina Reed, and Kermit Love in supporting roles and the voices of Laraine Newman, Brian Hohlfeld, Cathy Silvers, Eddie Deezen, and Sally Kellerman.
The plot of Follow That Bird concerns Big Bird (Spinney), who is assigned by a social worker to move away from Sesame Street in New York City, and to move in with a bird family in Illinois. Big Bird is discontent with his new family, and runs away with the intention of returning to Sesame Street, while the social worker, his friends, and two con artists attempt to find him.
Produced by Children's Television Workshop and Muppets, Inc. (one of the few Sesame Street productions they directly produced), and filmed at the Cinespace Film Studios and on location in the Greater Toronto Area, Follow That Bird was released in the United States on August 2, 1985, by Warner Bros. and received mostly positive reviews from critics. However, it was a box office disappointment, grossing $14 million.