I am Big Bird : the Caroll Spinney story

DVD 2021

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, features extraordinary footage of Spinney's earliest collaborations with Jim Henson as it traces his journey from bullied child to childhood icon.

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Big Bird (Fictitious character)

Muppets (Fictitious characters)

Oscar, the Grouch (Fictitious character)

Puppeteers United States Biography

Sesame Street (Television program)

Spinney, Caroll

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Edition:

Widescreen version

Description:

1 videodisc (87 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital optical surround stereo Dolby Digital 5.1
widescreen (16:9)
NTSC
video file DVD video

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Other Title:

Caroll Spinney story

Notes:

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired
Originally produced in 2014
Features Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz, Debra Spinney, Jerry Nelson, Emilio Delgado, Dr. Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Joan Ganz Cooney
DVD, widescreen 16:9, Dolby digital 5.1 surround
In English; closed-captioned

Contents:

Youth
Paying dues
Figuring things out
Love
China
Mechanics
Vandalism
Close call
Changes
Enjoying life
"I love Big Bird"

Control Number:

1869580

UPC:

810044714210
883476146911

Other Authors:

Cinedigm (Firm), distributor
Cooney, Joan Ganz, interviewee (expression)
Copper Pot Pictures
Delgado, Emilio, interviewee (expression)
LaMattina, David, film director, film producer, screenwriter
Long, Loretta, interviewee (expression)
Manzano, Sonia, interviewee (expression)
McGrath, Bob, 1932-2022, interviewee (expression)
Nelson, Jerry, 1934-2012, interviewee (expression)
Oz, Frank, interviewee (expression)
Spinney, Caroll, performer, on-screen participant
Tribeca Productions
Walker, Chad N., film director, film editor, director of photography

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