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 Sesame Street Presents - Follow that Bird :: 0790764504
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| Follow That Bird is as much a journey through time as it is a romp past the Sesame Street stop sign. Curiously, the cast members--live ones like Gordon and Maria, not just the Muppets--have the timeless look to them. Only the cameos (by Sandra Bernhard, John Candy, and others) plus a few ill-conceived hairdos clue us in that this feature film was made in 1985. Otherwise, it's all sophisticated Sesame humor and bighearted fun here as Oscar, the Count, and crew set off to rescue Big Bird, who's on the lam from a family of adoptive dodos. Only one conceivable complaint: The latter crop of Street viewers may miss Elmo, who hadn't been created when Bird first flew into theaters. --Tammy La Gorce Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
I loved this movie as a kid and still enjoy it even today! I remember watching this movie with my Mom and Dad and we all loved it!
The movie is geared towards children, but I can honestly say that adults will love it, too! There's a lot of funny moments in this video that my younger sisters and I still love! (And we're all older)!
For instance, the Dodo family that Big Bird goes to stay with say some hilarious things, such as, "You've got to come home before you can leave", and the two men who try to find Big Bird for their fun fare are really funny, too! They kind of remind me of the two villians in 101 dalmations because one comes up with all the ideas and the other one sort of follows along.
Kids who love Big Bird will love this movie! Big Bird, Snuffy, the count, Oscar, Bert and Ernie, Cookie, and many other memorable characters, including Bob, Maria, Linda, and Gordon come together in this delightful movie! Ernie and Bert make me laugh in this film, especially since Ernie is up to his old tricks by bugging Bert in this movie! I love how he tries to get him to fly an airplane! The songs are great, too, and it's truly a winner for the whole family!
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Author: Guest
I personally think that follow that bird was the best movie out of the whole sesame street collection and it is a movie that children will look to for years to come and i remember when i was 2 when i saw it and i thought that big bird had his best preformance ever and he has been the most popular character for over 50 years and 2 of the celebrities in the movie are dead now but their legacy will live on in this movie and so i recremend this movie for all generations to come
sage wolff of pine haven wyoming
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Author: Guest
I watched this movie as a kid, over and over again. I finally wore out the first tape, then my parents bought me another. When i was younger, it would keep my occupied, the singing, the laughs, and different lifestyles of the characters in the movie. I was fascinated with the farm the little boy and girl live on. This movie didn't just last during my childhood, but i'm 17 now and i still love to watch the movie. It has meanings and morals all through the movie. And when you're older and watch the movie, you regroup with your inner child and it's is when you realize what the movie is telling you, that happiness is right in your neighborhood. I finally learned that after watching the movie for 17 years...
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Author: Guest
I would like to recommend this movie to anyone who knows what it is to sit through 20 sequential showings of the same film because of a 5-year-old's obsession. This movie is the only one that none of us mind seeing over and over again. The story is genuinely funny and moving (Big Bird is taken away from Sesame Street and adopted by Dodos) and wants to go home. Meanwhile, the folks on Sesame Street are trying to find him to bring him home. And finally, a very funny couple of "Sleaze Brothers" have kidnapped him to turn him into the Blue Bird of Happiness for their 10-rate carnival. This is very well done and performed with genuine love by a very talented set of actors. See it -- enjoy!
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Author: Guest
A Blast from the Past: Follow That Bird!
I came across this video at a thrift shop and snapped it up for nostalgia's sake. It was Sesame Street's first full-length movie, "Follow That Bird".
I remember going to see the live drama production for my sister's birthday when we must have been somewhere between 4 and 8. We were so dazzled by it that I still remember it pretty well all these years later, after seeing it just once.
Often I find that movies I remember fondly from my childhood just don't stand up to rewatching years later, but this one is a noteable exception. I found that the story was well-told and interesting even this many years later. Of course, it helped that I was watching it with my own two- and three-year olds, who were glued to it and wanted to watch it again as soon as it ended.
One thing to note is that my 3 1/2 year-old gets very emotionally involved and gets a bit upset and scared if she watches this movie without an adult. So if you are watching it with young children, you will want to watch it with them and be sensitive to how they are responding. It is a rather emotionally intense movie for a young child, although I would still recommend it for all ages.
The girls and I really enjoyed this video. The basic premise is that the interfering Feathered Friends Society of birds decides to place Big Bird in a home with a bird family, since he "belongs with his own kind" and "can't possibly be happy" in a different kind of home.
Spoilers:
Big Bird misses Sesame Street, and when his new bird family won't allow Big Bird's best friend Snuffy to come and visit him because Snuffalupagus is not a bird, Big Bird decides to go home to Sesame Street.
He takes off walking across several states toward home, with Miss Finch from the FFS chasing after him to try to make him return to the bird family, The Dodos. Along the way he also ends up being chased by a pair of cheating carnival masters, who want to display him in a sideshow to make money.
Meanwhile, Big Bird's friends from Sesame Street head out in three or four different directions, determined to find him before Miss Finch does. Bert and Ernie in an airplane, Oscar the Grouch and Maria in the grouchmobile, and other amusing combinations of characters make for a fun and humorous ride.
End of spoiler
Admittedly, the movie is geared toward the under-ten crowd and a lot of the songs and jokes are a bit corny, but I enjoyed it immensely. For any adult who enjoyed Sesame Street as a kid, this is a movie you will enjoy reminiscing with. I laughed at the jokes, enjoyed the music and got a bit teary-eyed at the sad parts even as a "grown-up".
The message that sometimes interfering social agencies try to fix what's not broken and would be better off staying out of many situations is not lost, either.
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