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.
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
Jon Stone
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Joseph A. Bailey
Writer
Caroll Spinney
Story
Ken Gutstein
Editor
Frank V. Phillips
Director of Photography
Ozzie Alfonso
Assistant Director
Brooks Fountain
Production Supervisor
Kuo Bao-Xiang
Producer
Xu Ja-Cha
Producer
David Liu
Producer
Tish Sommers
Associate Producer
Wang Jing-Po
Production Assistant
Zhang Fu-Gang
Production Assistant
Yu Pei-Xia
Production Assistant
Li Zhung
Production Assistant
Shari Roman
Production Assistant
Susan Milano
Post Production Assistant
Sam McLean
Animation
Ken Hahn
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dick Maitland
Sound Effects
Blake Norton
Sound
Bob Schlott
Sound
Larry Jameson
Special Effects
Kermit Love
Special Effects
Susan Moore
Special Effects
Don Sahlin
Special Effects
Debra Spinney
Special Effects
Richard Termine
Special Effects
Caroly Wilcox
Special Effects
Dick Lieb
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Peter Chow
Location Coordinator
Liu Hui
Translator
Victor DiNapoli
Art Direction
Margot Breier
Research Assistant
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