Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird

Sesame Street Presents:
Follow That Bird
Theatrical release poster by Steven Chorney
Directed byKen Kwapis
Written byTony Geiss
Judy Freudberg
Based onSesame Street
by Joan Ganz Cooney
Lloyd Morrisett
Big Bird
by Jim Henson
Produced byTony Garnett
Starring
CinematographyCurtis Clark
Edited byEvan Landis
Music byVan Dyke Parks
Lennie Niehaus
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • August 2, 1985 (1985-08-02)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$14 million

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (or simply Follow That Bird) is a 1985 American family musical comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis, and written by Tony Geiss and Judy Freudberg. Based on the children's television series Sesame Street, it was the series' first theatrical feature 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. It was 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. Pictures, and grossed $14 million.