- HD 1080
- Runtime: 88m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Ken Kwapis
- Stars: Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Kathryn Mullen
- keywords: farm, friendship, airplane, airport, waitress, flying, police, gas station, social worker, key, runaway, adoption, chicken, restaurant, scarecrow, villain, letter, diner, carnival, search, suitcase, postcard, roller-skating, road trip, family relationships, swimming pool, truck, cage, little boy, puppetry, best friend, crying, little girl, singing, police officer, parade, new home, truck driver, news reporter, teddy bear, volkswagen beetle, sign languages, news, part animation, lost child, child, cookie monster, based on tv series
- Production_studio: Henson Associates, Warner Bros. Pictures, Children's Television Workshop
- Slogan: It's Big Adventure! It's Big Laughs! It's Big Bird on the Big Screen!
- The Follow That Bird is featured in the top rankings of 1985
- #65 in Top Comedy Movies of 1985
- #6 in Top Family Movies of 1985
- #15 in Top Adventure Movies of 1985
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.