Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird
| Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird | |
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Theatrical release poster by Steven Chorney | |
| Directed by | Ken Kwapis |
| Written by | Tony Geiss Judy Freudberg |
| Based on | Sesame Street by Joan Ganz Cooney Lloyd Morrisett Big Bird by Jim Henson |
| Produced by | Tony Garnett |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Curtis Clark |
| Edited by | Evan Landis |
| Music by | Van Dyke Parks Lennie Niehaus |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $14 million |
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (or simply Follow That Bird) is a 1985 American family musical road comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis, and written by Tony Geiss and Judy Freudberg. Based on the children's television series Sesame Street created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett, it was the series' first theatrical feature-length 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.
Produced by Children's Television Workshop and filmed at the Cinespace Film Studios and on location in the Greater Toronto Area, Follow That Bird was theatrically released in the United States on August 2, 1985, by Warner Bros., and in the United Kingdom on November 22, 1985, by Columbia Pictures through Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors and received mostly positive reviews from critics. However, it was a box office disappointment, grossing $14 million.