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WhenFollow That Bird,a now-beloved movie about Big Bird,

hit cinemas in 1985, it was a total flop, earning only $2.4

million on its opening weekend in the US.

After10,297balloonslifthishouseawayin

the Pixar filmUp, 78-year-old Carl meets

Kevin, a large tropical bird that resembles a

Himalayan monal pheasant.

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LEFT: COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION; RIGHT: MARY EVANS/HAROLD HECHT/RONALD GRANT/EVERETT COLLECTION

Director Alfred

Hitchcock often made

cameos in his films.

The Birdswas the 35th

movieofhisinwhichhe

made an appearance.

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2.4