Chicken Run [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/22/2019
UPC:	0191329085578
Original Release:	2000
Source:	Dreamworks Animated
Language:	English
Time:	1:25:00
Sales rank:	16,421

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mel Gibson	Rocky Rhodes
Miranda Richardson	Mrs. Tweedy
Tony Haygarth	Mr. Tweedy
Julia Sawalha	Ginger
Timothy Spall	Nick the Rat
Phil Daniels	Fetcher the Rat
Lynn Ferguson	Mac
Jane Horrocks	Babs
Imelda Staunton	Bunty
Benjamin Whitrow	Fowler
John Sharian	Circus Man
Jo Allen	Chicken,Additional Chicken
Lisa Kay	Chicken
Laura Strachan	Chicken,Additional Chicken
Gérard Depardieu	Voix française de Rocky
Valérie Lemercier	Voix française de Ginger
Béatrice Agenin	Voix française de Mme Tweedy
Frédéric Norbert	Voix française de Nick/Ric
Henri Guybet	Voix française de Mr Tweedy
Josiane Balasko	Voix française de Bunty/Bernadette
Claude Piéplu	Voix française de Fowler/Cdt Poulard
Heidrun Bartholomäus	Voices,Ginger
Ingolf Lück	Voices,Rocky
April Hailer	Voices,Mac
Barbara Ratthey	Voices,Mrs. Tweedy
Regina Lemnitz	Voices,Bunty
Klaus Sonnenschein	Voices,Mr. Tweedy
Michael Pan	Voices,Fetcher
Dagmar Biener	Voices,Babs
Hans Teuscher	Voices,Fowler
Dorothée Jemma	Voices
Patrick Poivey	Voices
Evelyne Grandjean	Voices
Gérard Hernandez	Voices
Michel Prud'homme	Voices
Marie Vincent	Voices
Véronique Alycia	Voices
Danielle Volle	Voices
Patrick Préjean	Voices
Éric Métayer	Voices,Voices
Céline Mauge	Voices
Caroline Combes	Voices
Gerald Schaale	Nick
Harry Gregson-Williams	Composer
Steve Jablonsky	Composer
John Powell	Composer

Technical Credits

Peter Lord

Nick Park

Mark Burton

Karey Kirkpatrick

John O'Farrell

Kelly Asbury

Cody Cameron

Randy Cartwright

Brenda Chapman

Jurgen Gross

Vicky Jenson

Robert Koons

Serguei Kouchnerov

Jack Rosenthal

Peter Lord	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Nick Park	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Paddy Eason	Special Effects
Jake Eberts	Executive Producer,Producer
Jeffrey Katzenberg	Executive Producer,Producer
Mark Nelmes	Special Effects
Patsy Pollock	Casting
Michael Rose	Executive Producer,Producer
David Sproxton	Producer,Director
Mark Burton	Screenwriter
Karey Kirkpatrick	Screenwriter
John O'Farrell	Screenwriter
Michelle Freeborn	Special Effects
Howard Bargroff	Sound Effects
Kelly Asbury	Screenwriter
Cody Cameron	Screenwriter
Randy Cartwright	Screenwriter
Brenda Chapman	Screenwriter
Jurgen Gross	Screenwriter
Vicky Jenson	Screenwriter
Robert Koons	Screenwriter
Serguei Kouchnerov	Screenwriter
Jacky Priddle	Producer
John Adams	Special Effects
Lenny Young	Producer
Carla Shelley	Producer
Jack Rosenthal	Screenwriter
Aardman Animations	Producer

Editorial Reviews

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.