Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird is a 1985 American road film directed by Ken Kwapis, starring many Sesame Street characters . This was the first of two Sesame Street feature films, followed in 1999 by The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. The film was produced by the Children's Television Workshop and Warner Bros. Pictures, and filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Toronto International Studios, and on location in the Greater Toronto Area. This is also the final Muppet film to be released before the death of Jim Henson. Big Bird is sent to the fictional town of Oceanview,... Illinois, to live with a family of dodos by Miss Finch , a social worker who thinks he needs to be with his own kind upon being sent to him by the Board of Birds. His new family thinks exactly the same, even saying he should have a bird as a best friend instead of Mr. Snuffleupagus. This causes Big Bird much distress. When he runs away from his new home, his Sesame Street friends band together to find him.
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| Release date: | August 2, 1985 |
| Directed by: | Ken Kwapis |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 88 Minutes |
| Producer: | Tony Garnett |
| Music by: | Lennie Niehaus, Van Dyke Parks |
| Cinematography: | Curtis Clark |
| Screenplay by: | Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss |
| Genre: | Musical, Adventure, Children's, Comedy |