Follow That Bird (1985)
Follow That Bird (1985)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Caroll Spinney
Big Bird
Jim Henson
Kermit the Frog
Frank Oz
Cookie Monster
Waylon Jennings
Truck Driver
Laraine Newman
Mommy Dodo (voice)
Richard Hunt
Gladys the Cow
Eddie Deezen
Donnie Dodo (voice)
Sally Kellerman
Miss Finch (voice)
Kathryn Mullen
Grouch Diner Patron
Cathy Silvers
Marie Dodo (voice)
Jerry Nelson
Count von Count
Joe Flaherty
Sid Sleaze
Dave Thomas
Sam Sleaze
Brian Hohlfeld
Daddy Dodo (voice)
Paul Bartel
Grouch Cook
Linda Bove
Linda
Sandra Bernhard
Grouch Waitress
Emilio Delgado
Luis
Loretta Long
Susan
John Candy
State Trooper
Sonia Manzano
Maria
Chevy Chase
Newscaster
Ken Kwapis
Director
Bob McGrath
Bob
Roscoe Orman
Gordon
Tony Geiss
Writer
Alaina Reed Hall
Olivia
Judy Freudberg
Writer
Tony Garnett
Producer
Kermit Love
Willy
Alyson Court
Ruthie
Lennie Niehaus
Composer
Richard Campbell
Boy with Apple
Van Dyke Parks
Composer
Curtis Clark
Cinematographer
Liston Bates
Rescue Boy
Tawny Richard
Rescue Girl
Evan Landis
Editor
Adrian McCalla
Kid at Map
Stuart Aikins
CastingDirector
Tanya Marie Cook
Tanya
Linda Francis
CastingDirector
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)
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 2, 1985
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 28m
Content RatingG
Filming LocationsToronto, Canada
Genres
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 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 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. It tells the story of Big Bird being assigned to the Dodo Family by a social worker working for the Feathered Friends as he soon runs away from them to get back to Sesame Street as he is searched by the social worker, his friends, and two con artists.
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, the film 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 $13.9 million ($36 million when adjusted for inflation) and resulting in a slight loss for the Children's Television Workshop.
This is the only Sesame Street feature film to star both Henson (as Kermit the Frog and Ernie) and Richard Hunt and the last Muppet film to involve them in before their deaths in 1990 and 1992.