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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   45,801 votes
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Directors:
Writers:
Peter Lord (story) &
Nick Park (story) ...
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Release Date:
21 June 2000 (USA) more
Tagline:
This Ain't No Chick Flick! more
Plot:
Chicken Run is a comedy escape drama with a touch of passion set on a sinister Yorks chicken farm in 1950's England full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 22 wins & 23 nominations more
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(63 articles)
IMDb, RottenTomatoes: Movies of the Decade
 (From newsinfilm. 27 December 2009, 2:29 PM, PST)

White, Woodburn win celebrity chest
 (From digitalspy. 2 December 2009, 3:08 PM, PST)

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Something for everyone more (340 total)

Cast

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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 ... Additional Chicken (voice)
Lisa Kay ... Additional Chicken (voice)
Laura Strachan ... Additional Chicken (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
C:R-1 (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
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Runtime:
84 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
John Sharian's part was a lot longer, but cut to the point that only a single line of his was left: "Sure". It was a costly cut, since Nick Park arranged for him to be flown from America just to do the part. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Mr. Tweedy's position after being knocked out. more
Quotes:
Mr. Tweedy: Me tools! Why you thieving little buggers!
Mac: What's the plan?
[pause]
Ginger: Attack!
[the chickens tackle Mr. Tweedy]
Bunty: Nice plan.
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Movie Connections:
References Alien (1979) more
Soundtrack:
Barwick Green more

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32 out of 36 people found the following review useful.
Something for everyone, 20 June 2000
10/10
Author: AdRager

Chicken Run is a wonderfully entertaining movie for EVERYONE! Kids will love the eye-candy of chickens doing absurd things and tossing off silly one-liners. Adults will enjoy the brilliantly funny dialogue and the sweet, engaging story. Parents will enjoy taking their kids to a movie that does not have the Disneyesque product tie-ins and must-buy soundtrack. Movie buffs can try to count the references to The Great Escape, Stalg 17, Star Trek and Braveheart and may be pleasantly surprised at the quality of the camera work.

Nick Park, Peter Lord & Co. succeeded (where so many other have failed recently) in making an animated movie whose story, plot and dialogue are equal to the brilliant animation. In the wordless opening minutes we are engaged and in invited to care about these silly chickens. By the time the snappy dialogue gets rolling we've already identified with the chickens' plight. It may be a bit slow through the middle for the younger moviegoers. But the sound of laughter, cheers and applause from the whole audience as the chickens make their final bid for freedom is well worth the wait. The only sad part is we may have to wait another five years for another Aardman Animations to produce another picture of the quality.

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