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Release Date:
4 November 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
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Plot:
After ruining his reputation with the town, a courageous chicken must come to the rescue of his fellow citizens when aliens start an invasion. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
3 wins
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13 nominations
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(66 articles)
Adam Lambert wants to act? What should he do?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 10 November 2009, 1:00 PM, PST)
Box-Office Oracle: Nov. 6 - Nov. 8, 2009
(From Rope Of Silicon. 5 November 2009, 3:29 PM, PST)
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 10 November 2009, 1:00 PM, PST)
Box-Office Oracle: Nov. 6 - Nov. 8, 2009
(From Rope Of Silicon. 5 November 2009, 3:29 PM, PST)
User Comments:
Almost too slight, but a vast improvement on "Dinosaur."
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Zach Braff | ... | Chicken Little (voice) |
 | Garry Marshall | ... | Buck Cluck (voice) |
 | Don Knotts | ... | Mayor Turkey Lurkey (voice) |
 | Patrick Stewart | ... | Mr. Woolensworth (voice) |
 | Amy Sedaris | ... | Foxy Loxy (voice) |
 | Steve Zahn | ... | Runt of the Litter (voice) |
 | Joan Cusack | ... | Abby Mallard (voice) |
 | Wallace Shawn | ... | Principal Fetchit (voice) |
 | Harry Shearer | ... | Dog Announcer (voice) |
 | Fred Willard | ... | Melvin - Alien Dad (voice) |
 | Catherine O'Hara | ... | Tina - Alien Mom (voice) |
 | Patrick Warburton | ... | Alien Cop (voice) |
 | Adam West | ... | Ace - Hollywood Chicken Little (voice) |
 | Mark Walton | ... | Goosey Loosey (voice) |
| Mark Dindal | ... | Morkubine Porcupine / Coach (voice) |
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81 min
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Certification:
Argentina:Atp |
Hong Kong:I |
Ireland:G |
Finland:K-7 |
Philippines:G |
Australia:PG |
Singapore:PG |
Mexico:AA |
Taiwan:GP |
UK:U |
Brazil:Livre |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
Canada:G (all jurisdictions) |
Netherlands:AL |
Czech Republic:U |
Peru:PT |
USA:G (certificate #41987) |
Sweden:Btl |
Germany:o.Al. |
Malaysia:U |
Portugal:M/4 |
Iceland:L |
South Korea:All |
New Zealand:PG |
USA:G
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Continuity: When the panel falls out at the end, Melvin's wife pushes the button and sends the panel into the middle of the ship's underside. When Fish's glow-stick is spinning and the ship comes to a rest, the panel is the one from the outside edge.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Buck Cluck: [voice over] Now, where to begin?
[shaft of light and pixie dust]
Buck Cluck: How about "Once upon a time"?
[screen suddenly goes black]
Buck Cluck: How many times have you heard that to begin a story? Let's do something else.
[gasps]
Buck Cluck: I got it. I got it. Here we go. Here's how to open a movie.
[opening to The Lion King]
Buck Cluck: No, I don't think so. It sounds familiar, doesn't it to you?
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Buck Cluck: [voice over] Now, where to begin?
[shaft of light and pixie dust]
Buck Cluck: How about "Once upon a time"?
[screen suddenly goes black]
Buck Cluck: How many times have you heard that to begin a story? Let's do something else.
[gasps]
Buck Cluck: I got it. I got it. Here we go. Here's how to open a movie.
[opening to The Lion King]
Buck Cluck: No, I don't think so. It sounds familiar, doesn't it to you?
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Soundtrack:
Stir It Up
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Reviewing "Robots," "The New York Times" opined that when it comes to animation there's Pixar, there's Japan, and there's everyone else (it should be noted that not all Japanese cartoons are good - "Shin Chan," anyone? - but you see A.O. Scott's point). "Chicken Little" definitely falls into the "anywhere else" camp, but while it won't siphon away fans from John Lasseter or Nick Park - especially since Disney's delayed its UK release for a few months, the way they did with "Sky High" (but not "Herbie: Fully Loaded," I notice. Idiots) - it's not DreamWorks-mediocre either.
The House of Mouse's first attempt at computer animated movies without Pixar was the skilfully made but hollow "Dinosaur"; this one is under the auspices of the team behind the wonderful "The Emperor's New Groove," and while it doesn't have that cartoon's spirit it still has some virtues of its own. More deliberately cartoonish in its look and feel than many recent features, it's also probably a little too sentimental for some tastes - an awful lot of the movie involves our feathered hero wanting not only to redeem himself for the whole "the sky is falling" farrago but also to open up two-way communication with his single dad, with all the Family Issues that implies. Fortunately it never really swamps the movie, with the family message never overriding the main intent, i.e. to entertain.
Unlike the inexplicably hugely successful "Madagascar," it doesn't drag and the voice cast (Zach Braff, Garry Marshall, Joan Cusack, et al) doesn't get in the way of the movie's effect; it relies a little too much on popular culture references and songs for its effect (particularly in the opening - that works in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in live action - and in the case of Runt of the Litter, the show-tune-loving pig voiced by Steve Zahn), but it's a colourful, charming little movie that thankfully ends well before it has a chance to wear out its welcome, and it's nice to have a movie with a message that doesn't try to ram it down your throat. There are worse Disney movies that could have been dedicated to veteran animator Joe Grant.
And if nothing else, I defy anyone to find another movie that has the voices of Don Knotts and Patrick Stewart joining in on "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" over the credits...