What 1985 Sesame Street theatrical film centers on Big Bird's journey home?
Answer
Follow That Bird
The 1985 Sesame Street theatrical film centered on Big Bird’s journey home is Follow That Bird.
In the film, a social worker places Big Bird with a family of dodos in Illinois, believing he should live among birds. Big Bird feels unhappy and leaves, beginning a cross-country trip back to Sesame Street while his friends search for him.
His journey includes a truck ride, a stay on a farm, and trouble with the Sleaze Brothers, carnival operators who capture him and display him as the “Bluebird of Happiness.” The story ultimately treats home as a community built on friendship, not simply shared species.
Released on August 2, 1985, Follow That Bird was the first theatrical feature based on Sesame Street. It is sometimes confused with The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, the second Sesame Street theatrical film, released in 1999.