Follow That Bird (1985)
It's Big Adventure! It's Big Laughs! It's Big Bird on the Big Screen!
88 min
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. 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.
- Release date
- August 2, 1985
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $13,962,404
Trailer
Cast
- Caroll Spinney as Big Bird
- Caroll Spinney as Oscar
- Caroll Spinney as Bruno the Trashman
- Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog
- Jim Henson as Ernie
- Frank Oz as Cookie Monster
- Frank Oz as Bert
- Frank Oz as Grover
- Richard Hunt as The Count (puppeteer)
- Richard Hunt as Elmo
- Richard Hunt as Ernie (assistant)
- Kathryn Mullen as Granny Fanny Nesselrode
- Kathryn Mullen as Grouch
- Kathryn Mullen as Grouch Diner Patron
- Jerry Nelson as Biff
- Jerry Nelson as The Count
- Jerry Nelson as Herry Monster
- Paul Bartel as Grouch Cook
- Sandra Bernhard as Grouch Waitress
- John Candy as State Trooper
- Chevy Chase as Newscaster
Crew
- Ken Kwapis · Director
- Tony Geiss · Writer
- Judy Freudberg · Writer
- Tony Garnett · Producer
- Lennie Niehaus · Composer
- Van Dyke Parks · Composer
- Curtis Clark · Cinematographer
- Evan Landis · Editor
- Stanley Warnow · Editor
- Stuart Aikins · Casting director
- Linda Francis · Casting director