Search - Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird on DVD

MPAA Rating: G Content Advisory: Excellent For Children Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 03/26/2002 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 29 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 2 Genres: Children's/Family, Road Movie See Also: Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird [25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]

The first film to be adapted from the popular children's television series Sesame Street, Follow That Bird follows the story of Big Bird after a social worker (Sally Kellerman) takes him away from Sesame Street to live with a family of birds in Illinois. Unhappy in his new surroundings, Big Bird attempts to hitchhike back home to Sesame Street. Over the course of his journey he meets a number of odd and charming characters, in the form of cameos by Chevy Chase, Sandra Bernhard, Waylon Jennings, Dave Thomas and John Candy. The music for this engaging family film was written by Van Dyke Parks and Lennie Niehaus. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide

Carroll Spinney - Big Bird
Carroll Spinney - Oscar
Jim Henson - Ernie
Jim Henson - Kermit the Frog
Frank Oz - Bert
Paul Bartel - Grouch Cook
Sandra Bernhard - GrouchyWaitress

Ken Kwapis directed the first feature-length film to carry the Sesame Street label, Follow That Bird. The film comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. English and Portuguese soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Surround, and a Spanish soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Mono. Subtitles are available in all three of those languages, as well as French. Supplemental materials include a theatrical trailer. Although this disc will satisfy kids and parents, some interactive kid-centric extras would have been welcome. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide