Big Bird in China
1983 television film directed by Jon Stone / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Big Bird in China is a 1983 television special based on the children's television series Sesame Street produced by Children's Television Workshop and China Central Television. It was originally broadcast on May 29, 1983, on NBC.[1] Big Bird, Barkley and Little Xiao Fu travel through China to find Feng Huang, the Phoenix bird.
Big Bird in China | |
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Created by | Jon Stone |
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Story by | Caroll Spinney (uncredited) |
Directed by | Jon Stone |
Starring | Caroll Spinney |
Music by | Dick Lieb |
Country of origin | United States China |
Original language | English |
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Cinematography | Frank V. Phillips (director of photography) (uncredited) |
Editor | Ken Gutstein |
Running time | 75 minutes |
Production company | Children's Television Workshop |
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Network | NBC China Central Television |
Release | May 29, 1983 (1983-05-29) |
The production was released on VHS from Random House Home Video in 1987, and on VHS and DVD from Sony Wonder on February 10, 2004. Although the voice of Telly Monster was Brian Muehl, Martin P. Robinson re-dubbed Telly's lines for the 2004 VHS and DVD releases when Big Bird goes to China. Also, it lacks about a minute of the original production, in which Big Bird is looking for someone who speaks "American", though it can be seen on early VHS releases.
This television special had a sequel known as Big Bird in Japan.