Plot
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.
Cast
Caroll Spinney
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)
Jim Henson
Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice)
Frank Oz
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
Richard Hunt
Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)
Kathryn Mullen
Feathered Friends Magistrate / Grouch Diner Patron / Little Girl / Additional Muppets (voice)
Jerry Nelson
Count von Count / Herry Monster / Additional Muppets (voice)
Paul Bartel
Grouch Cook
Sandra Bernhard
Grouch Waitress
Waylon Jennings
Truck Driver
Laraine Newman
Mommy Dodo (voice)
Eddie Deezen
Donnie Dodo (voice)
Sally Kellerman
Miss Finch (voice)
Crew
Tony Geiss
Writer
Judy Freudberg
Writer
Ken Kwapis
Director
Tony Garnett
Producer
Curtis Clark
Director of Photography
Related films
8.0Toy Story
1995
6.2The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999
6.6Trolls
2016
6.9The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019
6.6Spellbound
2024
7.2Peter Pan
1953
6.5The Star
2017
7.3The Jungle Book
1967
8.2Klaus
2019
6.7Peter Rabbit
2018
6.6Trouble
2019
6.7The Tigger Movie
2000
7.6The Little Prince
2015
6.6UglyDolls
2019
6.5Once Upon a Forest
1993