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Follow That Bird (1985)

Film · 1985 · 88 min · G · Family · Comedy · Adventure

It's Big Adventure! It's Big Laughs! It's Big Bird on the Big Screen!

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.

Directed by Ken Kwapis

Starring Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Kathryn Mullen, Jerry Nelson, Paul Bartel, Sandra Bernhard

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In cinemas2 August 1985
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First release anywhere2 August 1985

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