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Overview

Aardman Animations, the British clay-animation studio that created a cult sensation and won three Academy awards with its short subjects featuring Wallace and Gromit, presents its first feature film, a mixture of comedy and adventure. Mrs. Tweedy voice of Miranda Richardson operates a chicken farm, where most of the birds have resigned themselves to a short and uneventful life of producing eggs and ending up as the main course of someone's Sunday dinner. But when Rocky voice of Mel Gibson, a rooster from America, arrives on the farm, things begin to change. Rocky soon finds romance with a hen named Ginger voice of Julia Sawalha who longs for a better life and has been trying to find a way out of the farm for some time; together they devise a plan to escape to freedom. However, Rocky and Ginger soon find themselves racing against the clock when Mrs. Tweedy decides it's time to turn the entire flock into chicken pies. Nick Park, director of the Wallace and Gromit shorts, co-directed Chicken Run with Peter Lord, who produced several Aardman projects and created animation for the TV series Pee-Wee's Playhouse. The voice cast also includes Jane Horrocks, Phil Daniels, and Timothy Spall.
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Barnes & Noble - Patricia Kim O'Cone
A coop full of tender chickens attempt to fly for freedom in the newest claymation creation from Nick Park and Peter Lord, whose U.K.-based Aardman Animations is known for its wildly popular Wallace & Gromit series. After several unsuccessful attempts to escape the chicken farm of vicious Mrs. Tweedy voiced by Miranda Richardson, a snappy hen named Ginger Julia Sawalha thinks she finds the answer to her prayers in the form of a Yankee Doodle Dandy named Rocky Mel Gibson, who can supposedly fly. But can the charming rooster save the hens from their imminent doom -- being diced for pot pies? Intelligent execution of a witty story makes this farmhouse allegory vastly entertaining, and it's enhanced all the more by a colorful cast of characters and clever references to films like The Great Escape. Simultaneously humorous and touching, Chicken Run's visual and technical magic is wholly cinematic in scope, a perfect example of the animation niche Aardman has carved for itself. Although not always the fun-filled children's romp you would expect -- several allusions to the tragedies of World War II are made -- Chicken Run still strikes home on many levels. And after only one viewing, you may think twice before eating another chicken pot pie.
All Movie Guide - Karl Williams
This film marked the smashing feature-debut of Aardman Animations, the Oscar-winning model-animation studio from Britain that specializes in "Claymation." Co-directors Nick Park and Peter Lord have eliminated the jerky motion traditionally associated with the process through the use of high-tech models and computer-aided filming methods; the painstaking methodology results in a triumph of a family film, seamlessly blending a sly script, intelligent pacing, memorable visuals, and joyful vocal performances by stars Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson, and Julia Sawalha. The barometer of a successful "kids picture" is whether there are enough laughs to keep adults entertained, and Chicken Run is Grade A on all counts. A box-office success, the film was also a triumph for the animation division of Dreamworks Pictures, the U.S. studio financing the project, which quickly re-upped with Aardman for another feature project.
Time Magazine - Richard Corliss
It's a parable of plucky sisterhood: hens who endure life's drab defeats while hoping for a break. The film is funny and touching and beautifully understated; its characters earn big laughs with the subtlest wrinkle of a brow, sobs with a stifled sigh.

It's a parable of plucky sisterhood: hens who endure life's drab defeats while hoping for a break. The film is funny and touching and beautifully understated; its characters earn big laughs with the subtlest wrinkle of a brow, sobs with a stifled sigh.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 11/21/2000
  • UPC: 667068575439
  • Original Release: 2000

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  • Source: Dreamworks Video
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Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Mel Gibson Voice Only
Julia Sawalha Voice Only
Miranda Richardson Voice Only
Jane Horrocks Voice Only
Lynn Ferguson Voice Only
Imelda Staunton Voice Only
Benjamin Whitrow Voice Only
Anthony Haygarth Voice Only
Timothy Spall Voice Only
Phil Daniels Voice Only
Technical Credits
Peter Lord Director, Original Story, Producer
Nick Park Director, Original Story, Producer
Fred de Bradeny Asst. Director
Jake Eberts Executive Producer
Tim Farrington Art Director
Alastair Green Set Decoration/Design
Harry Gregson-Williams Score Composer
Jeffrey Katzenberg Executive Producer
Karey Kirkpatrick Screenwriter
Phil Lewis Production Designer
Tristan Oliver Cinematographer
Frank Passingham Cinematographer
Patsy Pollock Casting
John Powell Score Composer
Michael Rose Executive Producer
Jan Sanger Production Designer
Mark Solomon Editor
Mark Solomon Editor
David Sproxton Producer
Sally Taylor Costumes/Costume Designer
Lenny Young Associate Producer
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    we all love this movie

    My 2 kids (ages 8 & 9) and I all love this movie. There's a variety of humor, both slapstick and more sophisticated to keep us all interested. And a great story.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Better than I expected!!!

    When I first saw this movie, I thought, "Okaaaay... this looks like a really, really, really dumb movie". Boy, was I in for a surprise when I got the opportunity to actually WATCH this movie! This movie was absolutely FUNNY!!!!!!!!! Julia Sawalha did a good job at Ginger, and Mel Gibson was really funny as Rocky ("Why should I help you?" "Because I'm... cute?"). Whoever wrote this script was pretty clever all right. My favorite lines were: "My whole life flashed before my eyes... it was very boring", "I don't want to be a pie. I don't like gravy!". All though it did get a bit corny, I still think it's a good movie... a movie that's all about chickens, that is. Anyway, it's a really good movie, and if you plan on buying, I hope you enjoy it. :-)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Brilliant Fun

    Best amiated film in a long time! Sutible for all the family

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Don't waste your time!

    The animation was neat - really quite good--- but, the story line........ was lame. I kept checking to see how much longer I had to endure the movie. Could hardly stay awake. I would recommend spending time elsewhere.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Eggstraordinary!

    What a super selection this film would make for the family video center! A flock of chickens lives on Tweady's Farm, which is about to be mechanized for greater profit. Evil Mrs. Tweady has just invested in an enormous machine which will kill the chickens, skin them, and make them into Mrs. Tweady's ''homemade'' pies. When things look their worst, a Yank hero (voice of Mel Gibson) comes cannonballing into their avian roost. Gibson is the never-say-die type and he convinces the chickens they can escape by flying away. By the end of the movie the chickens do fly, literally and metaphorically, but not in the way you'd think. ''Chicken Run'' is not a computer-generated movie. It was filmed in stop-action, a painstaking process similar to claymation, where inert figures have to be moved a tiny, tiny amount and photographed one frame at a time. This film took years to produce, but the quality is up there on the screen. Don't think that ''Chicken Run'' is just a kid's movie. There's a lot of throwaway wit that adults (and even grandparents) will enjoy. For example, the most heroic chickens inhabit coop (stalag) 17. A super film, fun for all ages. Most people who see it are amazed at how good it is.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Simply ''' THE BEST '''

    When i saw the movie in the first time i did not like too much ... but when i did in the second time i could not hold my self watching it ... i watched it 5 times after the first one it is simply THE BEST .

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    it was great

    it was exciting it wwas funny it was touching that is why I have become a vegatarian.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    The creators of this film are to be congratulated!

    The patience and perseverence it must have taken to make this film! I'd like to believe that the results made them feel that it was all worth it. It sure was for the audience. If you can overlook some gratuitous feminism, this film hits the mark in every category, and is unlike any film ever made. Such imagination went into this film that one could be excused for thinking that the creators ate watermelon and pizza every night just before bed and dreamdt all this stuff up!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    great movie! :)

    We all loved this movie! It showed a different side to chickens. It was action packed, non stop rollercoaster type fun. I highly recommend this movie. You can't beat the all star cast either and the animation is divine! SEE THE MOVIE!!!!!!! :)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    a can't miss!!!!!

    A can't miss for the whole family, clever enough for adults and overall funny for kids. None of my kids moved throughout the movie. It would be an injustice to children if they miss this movie.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    WHAT A MOVIE!!!

    I sat through this movie 5 times. This was truely the summer blockbuster. My sons, and I enjoyed it so much we didn't mind going again and again. As an adult you could appreciate all of the special effects and ''Claymation'' and the kids could enjoy a quality movie.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    wicked

    chicken run is very funny and keeps you in suspence. It has the funny one Babs and the clever one Ginger and the so called hero Rocky its definatly the one to watch!

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