Chicken Run
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Actor: Anthony Haygarth, Jane Horrocks, Miranda Richardson, Phil Daniels, Timothy SpallBrand: GIBSON,MEL
Cinematographer: Tristan Oliver
Cinematographer: Frank Passingham
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), DTS 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-11-21
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Dreamworks Animated
DVD Reviews of Chicken Run
DVD Review: Chickens!
Summary: 5 Stars
Great fun for the whole family. The kids will watch it over and over. And you will find yourself watching it with them. Every time! And it seems like every time you will find something new to laugh at. Great movie. 5 stars!DVD Review: Disney has got a serious rival
Summary: 4 Stars
I saw this movie yesterday with its original dialogue, and I must say that I was stunned. The creators who made the "Wallace & Gromtit"-shorties have gone and delivered what has got to be one of the best movies of this year and one of the best animated-films ever. This film looks fantastic, the voices are perfect, the setting is brilliantly created and the atmosphere of the chicken-farm in the 1950`s England is perfect. This is an animated film, that will be loved by kids and adults alike. It is also a good and interesting story that is excellently told, and this keeps you glued until the end. DVD Review: Fantastic service by seller
Summary: 5 Stars
The seller immediately shipped the purchased VHS tape to me in near-new condition as advertised. I previewed the tape prior to giving it to our grandson a week from Monday for his 7th birthday. He loves to view our copy when he comes to visit grandpa and grandma and now he will have his own to enjoy.DVD Review: Poeltry in Motion
Summary: 5 Stars
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a bunch of dimwitted chickens in a makeshift aircraft! Who knew chickens could organize and outwit humans? Veddy British and utterly charming, Chicken Run will make you think about freedom, friendship, loyalty, determination, courage, dignity and tasty chicken pies with mixed vegetables. Hilarious and touching. Watch the making-of documentary to get an idea of the tremendous effort that went into the making of this claymation masterpiece.DVD Review: Chickens on the Run
Summary: 4 Stars
After their huge success with Creature Comforts and the Wallace & Gromit shorts, Nick Park and Peter Lord ventured out into the world of full-length features. Using the same style of animation that they'd established with W&G, they decided to create a spoof of old wartime prison escape films. The result is the featherbrained caper known as Chicken Run.
Life on the Tweedys' farm was never easy. Mrs. Tweedy was a cruel woman and her husband a paranoid fool. He insisted that the chickens were planning elaborate escapes. And he was right. A plucky hen named Ginger was organizing the other hens in repeated attempts to fly the coop. But her plans were being foiled time and time again. Until one day a rowdy American rooster named Rocky came soaring into their mundane lives. They had grown tired of being forced to lay eggs and being killed for food if they failed to produce. Maybe this rooster could teach them to fly. But he wasn't what he appeared to be. Meanwhile Mrs. Tweedy had become impatient and discovered that she could make greater profits if she simply killed the chickens. She buys a horrible pie-making machine and this urges the chickens to unite and form a proper escape plan. Everything seems to be looking up until Rocky disappears and Ginger is once again forced to save her companions.
Chicken Run has much of the same visual style as other Aardman films and shorts, but it's unique for its humor, which is more accessible in America than most of their previous television endeavors. The voice cast is fantastic, especially Mel Gibson (before he lost his mind) as Rocky. All in all, Chicken Run is a whimsical adventure for children of all ages.
The DVD features a commentary track, two behind the scenes featurettes, a hilarious screaming chicken Panic Button, and much more including facts about the film, which are hidden throughout the menus.
Description of Chicken Run
Chickens try to escape an egg farm but they can't fly. A circus chicken comes along and the ladies have great hopes he can help them fly the coop.Genre: Feature Film Family
Rating: G
Release Date: 2-AUG-2007
Media Type: DVD
There were a lot of disappointments in the 2000 summer movie season, but Chicken Run wasn't one of them. Made by Aardman Animations, which produced the Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit shorts, this is a dazzling stop-motion animation film that is both deftly funny and surprisingly touching. The concept is simple: The Great Escape--with chickens. But directors Peter Lord and Nick Park take it much further than that (and remember: there's a whole generation out there that has no idea who Steve McQueen is). Julia Sawalha voices Ginger, a plucky English hen who has been trying to escape from Tweedy's chicken farm, where the vicious Mrs. Tweedy (Miranda Richardson) fries up any chicken who doesn't produce enough eggs. When egg profits slump, Mrs. Tweedy decides to turn her farm into a chicken-pie factory, giving new urgency to Ginger's plan. Enter Rocky the Flying Rooster (Mel Gibson), a brash American who has escaped from a circus and promises to teach the chickens to fly to safety. The film is filled with innumerable visual touches and the animation has a tactile quality that makes you want to reach out and touch these funny fowl. Above all, it's played with intelligence, wit, and heart--a rare combination in any film. While Chicken Run is being marketed to a youth audience, it truly is a family film that operates on both a child and an adult level. It would be a shame if grownups skipped it because they thought it was strictly for kids. --Marshall Fine
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