Production Information
Release Date
2015-05-05 00:00:00 -0400
Director
Dave LaMattina and Chad N. Walker
Screenwriter
Dave LaMattina
Producer(s)
Dave LaMattina and Chad N. Walker
Cast
Caroll Spinney
Runtime
87 minutes
Synopsis
For 45 years, Caroll Spinney has been beloved by generations of children as the man behind Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch - and at 80 years old, he has no intention of stopping. A loving portrait of the man in the yellow suit, I Am Big Bird features extraordinary footage of Spinney's earliest collaborations with Jim Henson as it traces his journey from bullied child to childhood icon. And as the yellow feathers give way to grey hair, it is the man, not the puppet, who will steal your heart.
Film Stills
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Archival photo of Caroll Spinney and Kermit Love on the set of a Sesame Street production. Photo courtesy of Debra Spinney.
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Archival photo of Caroll Spinney and Jim Henson. Photo courtesy of Debra Spinney.
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Archival photo of Caroll Spinney and Snuffleupagus on the set of Sesame Street. Photo courtesy of Debra Spinney.
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Archival photo of Debra Spinney and Caroll Spinney. Photo courtesy of Debra Spinney.
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Archival photo of Caroll Spinney and Oscar The Grouch. Photo courtesy of Gary Boynton/Puppeteers of America.
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Archival photo of Caroll Spinney puppeteering Big Bird. Photo courtesy of Robert Furhing.
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