Fresh
By and large, the script by Tony Geiss and Judy Freudberg and the direction by Ken Kwapis don't strain for yuks; what they seek, and more often than not attain, is a tone of kindly kidding.
Walter Goodman, New York Times
Follow That Bird
It's Big Adventure! It's Big Laughs! It's Big Bird on the Big Screen!
1985 · 1h 28m · G
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
Directed by
Ken Kwapis
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Ken Kwapis Director
- Waylon Jennings as Truck Driver
- Sandra Bernhard as Grouch Waitress
- John Candy as State Trooper
- Caroll Spinney as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)
- Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog / Ernie(voice)
- Frank Oz as Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover (voice)
- Richard Hunt as Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl (voice)
- Kathryn Mullen as Feathered Friend's Magistrate / Grouch Diner Patron (voice)
- Jerry Nelson as Count von Count / Herry Monster (voice)
- Paul Bartel as Grouch Cook
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91%
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