I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

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    • Directed by: Dave LaMattina, Chad N. Walker
    • Released: 2021 (educational)
    • Year of Production: 2015
Running Time: 86 min
Language: English
Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions
Subjects: Film and Cinema, Art, Education, Performance Art
      
  
Think you know everything there is to know about Sesame Street? You don't. You might know that Frank Oz turned down an offer to play Big Bird, but you probably don't know that until a last minute change of heart by NASA, Big Bird was supposed to go to space aboard the Challenger. Or you may know that Oscar the Grouch got his voice from a cantankerous cabbie, but you'd be surprised to learn that a fire in his trash can almost led to Caroll's untimely demise. Caroll's stories are the stuff of legend. He has been a constant presence in our lives for over 40 years, his path weaving through American history like that of Forrest Gump. His time inside the Bird has taught him about the world and about himself. I AM BIG BIRD will peel away the instances in Caroll's life that inspired his creation of characters that influenced generations of children. And, as the yellow feathers give way to gray hair, it is the man, not the puppet, who will steal your heart.
      
2014 AFI Doc Fest Official Selection and 2014 DOC NYC
     

This film, by Dave LaMattina and Chad Walker, reminds us that even the most omnipresent cultural phenomena were created by someone, usually through a combination of hard work and happenstance. – The New York Times

           

About the filmmaker 
      
Dave LaMattina, is an American filmmaker. He is best known as the director of documentaries Brownstones to Red Dirt, We Must Go and I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story.

 

 

 

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