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Chicken Run (2000)

G  84 min  -  Animation | Family | Comedy   -  21 June 2000 (USA)
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Chicken Run is a comedy escape drama with a touch of passion set on a sinister Yorks chicken farm in 1950's England

Directors:

Peter Lord, Nick Park

Writers:

Peter Lord (story), Nick Park (story), and 14 more credits »
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 22 wins & 23 nominations See more awards »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Phil Daniels ...
Fetcher (voice)
Lynn Ferguson ...
Mac (voice)
Mel Gibson ...
Rocky (voice)
Tony Haygarth ...
Mr. Tweedy (voice)
Jane Horrocks ...
Babs (voice)
Miranda Richardson ...
Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
Julia Sawalha ...
Ginger (voice)
Timothy Spall ...
Nick (voice)
Imelda Staunton ...
Bunty (voice)
Benjamin Whitrow ...
Fowler (voice)
John Sharian ...
Circus Man (voice)
Jo Allen Jo Allen ...
Additional Chicken (voice)
Lisa Kay ...
Additional Chicken (voice)
Laura Strachan Laura Strachan ...
Additional Chicken (voice)
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Storyline

Having been hopelessly repressed and facing eventual certain death at the chicken farm where they are held, Rocky the rooster and Ginger the chicken decide to rebel against the evil Mr. and Ms. Tweedy, the farm's owners. Rocky and Ginger lead their fellow chickens in a great escape from the murderous farmers and their farm of doom. Written by Cory Booth <WHMacy@yahoo.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Chicken | Farm | Escape | Rooster | Freedom  | See more »

Taglines:

The Cluck Stops Here See more »

Genres:

Animation | Family | Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

C:R-1 See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$42,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$17,506,162 (USA) (25 June 2000) (2491 Screens)

Gross:

$106,793,915 (USA) (29 October 2000)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX  | SDDS  | DTS-ES

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

While the normal frame rate for a motion picture is twenty-four frames per second, and all the Aardman Animations shorts had been shot accordingly, this film was shot at only twenty frames a second to save on time and money. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Rocky abseils on a telephone wire through a round window into the shed with the pie machine. The bracket holding the wire is clearly attached exactly above the window. Later, when Mrs. Tweedy involuntarily skydives from the plane, she enters the shed through the same round window (the bracket is clearly visible above it) but she does not hit the wire on her way down. See more »

Quotes

[flings Ginger into the coal-bunker "cooler"]
Mr. Tweedy: Now let that be a lesson for the lot of ya - no chicken escapes from Tweedy's farm!
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Crazy Credits

Near the very end of the credits the conversation about which comes first,
the chicken or the egg??, comes up again. The two rodents want to take an
egg or a chicken and make a chicken farm to make their own eggs. However,
they cannot deside if they need a chicken or an egg. Finally, Rocky the
Rooster pipes in and says to "please pipe down". See more »

Connections

Referenced in The 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005) See more »

Soundtracks

"Flip Flop and Fly"
Written by Charles F. Calhoun
Performed by Ellis Hall See more »