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Big Bird in China
A 75 Minute Musical Adventure
6.0(6)19831h 15m
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.
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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
Yi-Ping Chou
Monkey King
Zhang Xin-Tien
Monkey King
Wang Kwan-Wei
Lion Dog
Bao Yi-Ting
Lion Dog
Lu Ja-Lin
The Dancing Phoenix
Katherine Lakoski
The Singing Phoenix (voice)
Crew
Directing
- Jon StoneDirector
- Ozzie AlfonsoAssistant Director
Writing
- Caroll SpinneyStory
- Joseph A. BaileyWriter
- Jon StoneWriter
Production
- Jon StoneExecutive Producer
- Tish SommersAssociate Producer
- Kuo Bao-XiangProducer
- Xu Ja-ChaProducer
- David LiuProducer
- Brooks FountainProduction Supervisor
- Peter ChowLocation Coordinator
- Margot BreierResearch Assistant
- Wang Jing-PoProduction Assistant
- Zhang Fu-GangProduction Assistant
- Yu Pei-XiaProduction Assistant
- Li ZhungProduction Assistant
Camera
- Frank V. PhillipsDirector of Photography
Editing
- Ken GutsteinEditor
Sound
- Dick LiebOriginal Music Composer
- Dick MaitlandSound Effects
- Blake NortonSound
- Bob SchlottSound
- Ken HahnSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Dick LiebConductor
Art
- Victor DiNapoliArt Direction
Visual Effects
- Sam McLeanAnimation
Crew
- Larry JamesonSpecial Effects
- Kermit LoveSpecial Effects
- Susan MooreSpecial Effects
- Don SahlinSpecial Effects
- Debra SpinneySpecial Effects
- Richard TermineSpecial Effects
- Caroly WilcoxSpecial Effects
- Susan MilanoPost Production Assistant
- Liu HuiTranslator