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Follow That Bird

1985 · 88 min

A gentle, song-filled road adventure that feels like a warm hug, with mild peril and lots of silly charm for small viewers.

Tagline: It's big adventure! It's big laughs! It's Big Bird on the big screen!
Overview: 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.

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: found family
friendship
family
identity
love
Places: road trip
small town
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: kids
Form: musical
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	3
Romance	0
Tension	3
Darkness	1
Complexity	1
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: family, comedy, adventure, music
Directed by: Ken Kwapis
Written by: Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss
Starring: Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Kathryn Mullen, Jerry Nelson, Paul Bartel, Sandra Bernhard
Cinematography: Curtis Clark
Runtime: 88 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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