Finding an eight-foot-tall yellow bird shouldn't be a problem, but it is if you don't know where to look. Big Bird (Spinney) is taken away from the gang at Sesame Street because the imperious Miss Finch (Sally Kellerman) thinks he would be happier growing up and living with "his own
kind." She takes him to a town called Oceanview, Illinois, to live with a bird clan known as the Dodos. Big Bird thinks the Dodos are a bit too squirrely for him, so he leaves and starts back toward New York. Being a flightless bird, he has to walk and hitch and do all the things land-bound
animals must in order to return to his beloved and comfortable Sesame Street. Meanwhile, all of B...
Released:
1985
Rated:
G
Length:
88 mins