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Follow That Bird

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

6.5/ 1019851h 28mG

FamilyComedyAdventureMusic

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

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Caroll Spinney

Caroll Spinney

Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)

Jim Henson

Jim Henson

Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice)

Frank Oz

Frank Oz

Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)

Richard Hunt

Richard Hunt

Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)

Kathryn Mullen

Kathryn Mullen

Feathered Friends Magistrate / Grouch Diner Patron / Little Girl / Additional Muppets (voice)

Jerry Nelson

Jerry Nelson

Count von Count / Herry Monster / Additional Muppets (voice)

Paul Bartel

Paul Bartel

Grouch Cook

Sandra Bernhard

Sandra Bernhard

Grouch Waitress