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Chicken Run
Chicken Run
Directed by
Produced by
Screenplay by
Starring
Editing by
Distributed by (United
Release date(s) Å 23 June 2000 (United States)
Running time 84 minutes
Language
Box office
Chicken Run is a 2000 British film made by the and
directed by and . It was the first feature-length film by Aardman and the first produced in
partnership with , which co-financed and distributed the film. The film features the voices of , , , . Chicken Run received
very positive reviews, and was a box office hit.
The film centres around a band of chickens, who seeks a smooth-talking named Rocky as theironly hope to escape from their certain death when the owners of their farm decide to move from selling eggs toselling .
Plot
The Tweedys are a middle-aged couple who run their chicken farm somewhere in the town of England.
Mrs. Tweedy (voiced by ) serves as the genius, while Mr. Tweedy (voiced by is
rather slow and insane, but handles his manual work industriously. The coop is run in the style of a with the chickens accountable for the number of eggs they lay daily. One chicken, Ginger (voiced by
), who is often treated as the chickens' leader, has attempted numerous plans to flee the coop, aided by
contraband smuggled in by two rats, Nick and Fetcher (voiced However, Ginger
is routinely captured by Mr. Tweedy and his dogs and later thrown into a coal bin for solitary confinement during the
film's opening credits. Ginger is finally released from the coal bin just in time for roll call the next day. Mrs. Tweedy
finds on her clipboard that a chicken named Edwina had not laid any eggs that day. With that, Mrs. Tweedy grabs
Edwina and takes her to the chop. Mrs. Tweedy beheads Edwina with a hatchet and cooks her for dinner. Ginger
becomes increasingly desperate to find a plan of escape which will work, faces problems with Nick and Fetcher, who
are tired of being paid with chicken feed and want their own eggs instead.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Tweedy realizes that the couple's farm is failing, and reads a catalogue on an ambiguous method ofincreasing profits at the couple's farm. Realizing something is wrong, Ginger attempt to convince herself and theother chickens to speed up their efforts to escape. However, Ginger soon concluded that the only escape route is togo over the fence, something she and the other chickens cannot do. Later that same night, as Ginger sits outside, shesees a named Rocky (voiced by ), who flies over the fence and accidentallycrashes into the coop. The other chickens fawn over Rocky, while Ginger finds the first half of a poster with apicture of Rocky on it and when she explain to the other chickens how Rocky came in, Ginger claims that Rocky canfly. Upon discovering that Rocky is from a circus, Ginger agrees to hide Rocky from his owners if he teaches themhow to fly. Rocky reluctantly agrees, but due to injuring his wing as a result of his landing, he cannot show themimmediately. Instead, Rocky puts Ginger and the other chickens through a set of exercises that seem to have nopurpose while assuring them that all the chickens are making progress.
Meanwhile, a large pie-making machine arrives, which Mr. Tweedy begins assembling. At the same time, Mrs.
Tweedy orders all food rations doubled. Ginger proclaims that their intent is to fatten them up and then kill them,only for Rocky to drag her off. The two of them argue, Rocky claiming that Ginger's honesty will demoralize thechickens, and Ginger refusing to lie to the other hens. Discovering that the chickens have gone into depressionfollowing Ginger's announcement, Rocky organizes a party by using a radio obtained by Nick and Fetcher, and heand Ginger grow closer whilst dancing. During the party, Rocky's arm is shown to have healed. Once the piemachine is complete, the Tweedys kidnap Ginger for its first test. Rocky follows Ginger into the machine andeventually rescues her by damaging the machine and giving him and Ginger more time to work on their escape.
Fowler (voiced by an older cockerel who has been doubting of Rocky's acts, gives Rocky hisrespect for rescuing Ginger and his old (RAF) badge in tribute. Rocky decides to flee the farm thenext day, leaving behind Fowler's medal and the second half of his poster, showing that he was actually a stuntcockerel, only the word "flying" by being shot out of a cannon. This revelation outrages the other chickens and afight soon breaks out as morale falls. When Fowler arrives to try and restore order, he begins talking of his days inthe RAF, leading Ginger to realize that she and the other chickens could build their plane made from Fowler'spictures and personal recollections. Supplied by Nick and Fetcher, the chickens race against time to assemble theirplane as the Tweedys work to repair their pie machine.
The chickens finally finish their plane just as Mr. Tweedy completes all the repairs of the pie machine and enters thecoop to grab all the chickens. However, the chickens launch an open revolt by tying up and gagging Mr. Tweedy andreadying their plane. As the chickens are preparing to depart, Mr. Tweedy ends up freeing himself and knocks downthe ramp used to get the chickens' plane airborne. Ginger jumps down while Fowler turns the plane around, whichknocks Mr. Tweedy unconscious. As Ginger struggles to lift the ramp, Mrs. Tweedy arrives and attempt to killGinger with her used hatchet. Having had a change of heart, however, Rocky jumps over the fence aboard his tricycle and hits Mrs. Tweedy in her face, which briefly knocking her senseless. Rocky and Ginger finally grab ontothe string of lights caught on the plane's landing gear as the plane departs, but Mrs. Tweedy soon awakens and alsograbs the lights, which weighs down the chickens' plane. Ginger heads down the string to cut it, but accidentallyloses her own scissors. Realizing what is the only way left to cut the lights, Ginger manages to trick Mrs. Tweedy byusing the hatchet to sever the string, which causes Mrs. Tweedy to fall, crash into the pie machine, and plugging herinto the safety valve. This causes the pie machine to build-up pressure and explode in a mushroom cloud of gravy,destroying the barn, and covering the entire farm with gravy, leaving only just the barn door standing. The chickenscontinue to fly to freedom as Mr. Tweedy reminds Mrs. Tweedy: "I told you they was organized". Mr. Tweedy laterpushes the door on top of Mrs. Tweedy before she can lash on him.
In the epilogue, the chickens find their idyllic setting in a bird sanctuary, where they can live in comfort and raisetheir new chicks. Having fallen in love with each other, Rocky and Ginger become a couple. Meanwhile, Nick andFetcher discuss their plans of starting their own chicken farm, so they can have all the eggs they could eat. However,Nick and Fetcher ends up arguing with each other over whether the came first. Their argumentultimately continues during the film's closing credits and even involves Rocky breaking it up during its post-creditsscene.
Tweedys' farm. She is usually the one that comes up with the ideas and is generally more intelligent than the otherchickens.
Å [1] a cockerel who crash-lands into the farm's chicken coop after Å [2] a cantankerous egg farmer who decides to convert her farm into a chicken pie factory solely for monetary reasons.
Å as Mr. Willard Tweedy,[3] Melisha's henpecked husband.
Å as Fowler, an elderly cockerel who regularly prattles about his Royal Air Force experiences.
Å as Nick, a portly rat who is the brains of their operation.
Å Å as Babs, the fattest of the chickens with a dim-witted innocence and a love of knitting.
Å Å Production
Chicken Run was first feature length production, which would be executive produced by . who run Aardman, directed the film,[4] while Margaret French and scripted the film. In December 1997, it was revealed produce. their
first animated feature with the film, and they handled distribution in all territories except Europe, which handled. The two studios both co-financed the film. DreamWorks also retains rights to international merchandising.
PathÄ and Aardman had both been developing the film since 1996, whilst DreamWorks officially came aboard in
1999. DreamWorks beat out studios like and largely won due to the
perseverance of DreamWorks co-chairman who as a company were eager to make their presence
felt in the animation market in an attempt to compete with 's dominance of the field.[5]
Music
composed the music for the film, which was released on 20 June 2000
[6]
Reception
Critical response
The film has received critical acclaim from critics upon its release and currently garners a 96% "Certified Fresh"
rating on review aggregator based on 140 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10 and the critical
consensus: "Chicken Run has all the charm of Nick Park's Wallace & Gromit, and something for everybody. The
voice acting is fabulous, the slapstick is brilliant, and the action sequences are spectacular."[7] The film also holds a
score of 88 based on 34 reviews on [8]
Box office
On opening weekend, the film grossed $17,506,162 for a $7,027 average from 2,491 theatres. Overall, the film
placed second behind . In its second weekend, the film held well as it slipped only 25% to
$13,192,897 for a $4,627 average from expanding to 2,851 theaters and finishing in fourth place. The film's widest
release was 2,953 theaters and it closed on November 2, 2000, after grossing $106,834,564 domestically with an
additional $118,000,000 overseas for a worldwide total of $224,834,564. Produced on a $45 million budget, the film
was a huge box office hit. To date, it is the highest grossing stop motion animated movie.
Accolades
Category (Recipient)
Best Individual Achievement in Writing (Margaret French) Best British Director (Nick Park and Peter Lord) Best Motion Picture - Animated or Mixed Media Video game
Chicken Run is a stealth-based 3-D platformer based on the movie. The game is a loose parody of the , which is set during World War II.
References
[1] BBC. 9 March 2000. . Retrieved 9 May
[2] Telepathy LTD. . Retrieved January 13, 2012.
[3] "Chicken Run | Mr Tweedy" . Telepathy LTD. . Retrieved January 13, 2012.
[4] Rex Weiner (10 April 1997). "Aardman on 'Run'" [6] . AllMusic. . Retrieved 20 August 2012.
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