Film
Big Bird in China
China · United States- Director
- Jon Stone
- Year
- 1983
A 75 Minute Musical Adventure
Big Bird and his Sesame Street companion, Barkley, the big, fluffy dog, travel across China in search of the legendary Feng Huang, the Phoenix Bird. Along the way they visit with Chinese schoolchildren, watch a Tai Ji demonstration, learn some Chinese words and songs, and meet the mischievous Monkey King.
Top cast
Caroll Spinney
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Brian Muehl
Barkley (voice)
Lianzi Ouyang
Xiao Foo (as Lien-Tze Quyang)
Frank Oz
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Jerry Nelson
Two-Headed Monster (voice)
Richard Hunt
Two-Headed Monster (voice)
Martin P. Robinson
Telly Monster (voice)
Jim Henson
Ernie (voice)
Cheryl Blaylock
Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Cheryl Blalock)
Edward G. Christie
Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Ed Christie)
Arabella Hong
The Shopkeeper
Ziu Ping Hua
The Storyteller
Quan She-Zhen
Monkey King
Liu Xio-Shen
Monkey King
Xu Tien-Ed
Monkey King
Fu-Hai Lu
Monkey King
Chi-Lian Wu
Monkey King
Li Jiang
Monkey King
Directed by
Jon Stone
Written by
Caroll Spinney, Jon Stone, Joseph A. Bailey
Produced by
Kuo Bao-Xiang, Xu Ja-Cha, David Liu