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| Directed by | Peter Lord Nick Park |
| Produced by | Nick Park Peter Lord David Sproxton |
| Written by | Peter Lord Nick Park Karey Kirkpatrick |
| Starring | Mel Gibson Julia Sawalha Miranda Richardson Benjamin Whitrow Timothy Spall Phil Daniels Jane Horrocks Tony Haygarth |
| Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell |
| Distributed by | Pathé (Europe) DreamWorks (North America) |
| Release date(s) | June 23, 2000 |
| Running time | 84 min |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £22,850,000 GB $44,350,000 US (est. Peter Lord CBE (born 1953 in Bristol, United Kingdom) is a British film producer, director and co-founder of the Academy Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park CBE (b 6 December 1958 is a four-time Academy Award -winning English filmmaker of Stop motion Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park CBE (b 6 December 1958 is a four-time Academy Award -winning English filmmaker of Stop motion Peter Lord CBE (born 1953 in Bristol, United Kingdom) is a British film producer, director and co-founder of the Academy David Sproxton CBE is one of the co-founders (together with Peter Lord) of the Aardman Animations studio Peter Lord CBE (born 1953 in Bristol, United Kingdom) is a British film producer, director and co-founder of the Academy Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park CBE (b 6 December 1958 is a four-time Academy Award -winning English filmmaker of Stop motion Karey Kirkpatrick (born c 1970 is a Screenwriter. His films include James and the Giant Peach, Chicken Run, Curious George Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress best known for her roles of Saffron Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958 is an English stage film and television actress. Benjamin "Ben" Whitrow (born 17 February 1937 in Oxford, England) is a British actor Timothy Leonard Spall OBE (born 27 February 1957) is an English BAFTA award-nominated film stage and television Actor. Philip Daniels (born 25 October 1958 in Islington, London) is an English actor most noted for film roles as Jimmy in Quadrophenia Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is an English actress, Musician, and singer Tony Haygarth is a British television film and theatre actor born on 4 February 1945 in Liverpool. Harry Gregson-Williams (born December 13, 1961) is a Golden Globe - and Grammy -nominated British Film score Composer John Powell is a English Film score Composer born on 18 September 1963 and currently based in Los Angeles. This article deals with the Pathé movie company For their music business see Pathé Records. DreamWorks LLC, also known as DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, or DreamWorks Studios, is a major American Film studio Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States ) |
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Chicken Run is a 2000 stop-motion animation British film made by the Aardman Animations studios (which produced the Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit films). 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Stop motion (or frame-by-frame) animation is an Animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Aardman Animations Ltd, also known as Aardman Studios, is an Academy Award -winning British Animation studio based in Bristol, "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.
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Background
Chicken Run tells the humorous story of a band of chickens who seek to escape from their coop before their owners, the dim-witted egg farmer, Mr Tweedy, and his greedy, overbearing wife Mrs Tweedy, turn them all into chicken pies, as she is not making enough money by selling eggs. The chicken ( Gallus gallus, sometimes G gallus domesticus) is a domesticated Fowl which is traditionally believed to have descended from
The star roles in the film are those of Ginger (voiced by Julia Sawalha), a hen who has absolute faith that the chickens can fly out of the coop if only they train hard enough, and Rocky Rhodes (voiced by Mel Gibson), a rooster whom Ginger believes can fly, but actually got shot out of a cannon, which was how he "flew" to the farm. Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress best known for her roles of Saffron Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 Mrs. Tweedy (voiced by Miranda Richardson) is the nefarious, grasping farm wife whose exasperation at low profits from egg sales leads her to reinvent her farm as a chicken pie factory, while her husband does all he can to prevent the chickens from (as he rightly believes they are) escaping. Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958 is an English stage film and television actress. A pot pie is a type of baked savory Pie with a bottom and top completely encased by flakey crusts and baked inside a pie tin to support its shape
The film proved a success with both children and adults, and showed that Peter Lord and Nick Park had the ability to handle the technical and writing challenges posed by a feature film, and thereby serving as a test bed for the 2005 movie outing for Wallace and Gromit, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Peter Lord CBE (born 1953 in Bristol, United Kingdom) is a British film producer, director and co-founder of the Academy Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park CBE (b 6 December 1958 is a four-time Academy Award -winning English filmmaker of Stop motion Wallace & Gromit The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a 2005 British stop-motion animated film the first feature-length Wallace and Gromit
Soundtrack
Chicken Run featured only 5 songs. The only important music in the film was its score by John Powell & Harry Gregson-Williams, who would next work on Shrek. John Powell is a English Film score Composer born on 18 September 1963 and currently based in Los Angeles. Harry Gregson-Williams (born December 13, 1961) is a Golden Globe - and Grammy -nominated British Film score Composer Shrek is a 2001 computer-animated American Comedy film, directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and Its soundtrack article can be found on The Chicken Run Soundtrack. Strong themes present in John Powell & Harry Gregson-Williams's score, cleverly injected just the right amount of whimsy and wit, according to several critics. John Powell is a English Film score Composer born on 18 September 1963 and currently based in Los Angeles. Harry Gregson-Williams (born December 13, 1961) is a Golden Globe - and Grammy -nominated British Film score Composer The soundtrack clearly payed homage to the classic WWII movie themes; kazoos and whistling are added for comical and authentic effect. Generally, the soundtrack for this particular film has been regarded as a bombastically energetic approach to light-hearted film composing. Nevertheless, it is of the opinion of many people within the film industry that the brassy, punchy and varied score of Chicken Run was a success in the feature-length film.
Plot
The film opens in a battery farm for chickens somewhere in Lancashire, England. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The dull-witted farmer, Mr. Tweedy, is on his watch with his dogs checking the locks, while a small group of chickens stealthily attempt to escape from the enclosure (by means of digging under the fence with a stainless-steel spoon). Unfortunately, Tweedy finds out what the chickens are up to behind his back, and a lone chicken, Ginger, the ringleader, is captured and thrown in a coal bunker, while Tweedy snarls to Ginger's other friends that "No chicken escapes from Tweedy's farm!"
The farm is run by Mr. Tweedy's wife Melisha. Whenever Mr. Tweedy tells her that the chickens are smarter and 'organized', Mrs. Tweedy doesn't believe him. Day and night pass by and the farmer takes the eggs while his nefarious, power-hungry, greedy wife checks progress. All the while, Ginger makes new plans to escape which all end in failure. The end of the titles show Ginger bouncing a sprout in the coal bunker (this is an obvious reference to Steve McQueen as Hilts, the Cooler King bouncing his baseball in the cooler for the movie The Great Escape). Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen (March 24 1930 – November 7 1980 was an American movie Actor, nicknamed "The King of Cool" Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Solitary confinement, colloquially referred to in American English as "the hole" or "the pound" (or in British English "the block" is a Punishment A new day begins and all the chickens stand for roll call while Fowler, an elderly rooster and the camp's (presumably self-appointed) senior officer, babbles on about "his old RAF days". Roll call is the calling of the names of people from a list ( Roll) to determine the presence or absence of the listed people (also known as a register in countries such as the Mrs. Tweedy checks all the chickens, marking down the eggs they have laid. One chicken, Edwina, hasn't laid any in a week and is taken inside a shed by Mr. Tweedy to be killed.
Ginger prepares a new plan to go over the fence, calling in two rats, Nick and Fetcher, to sneak in new supplies. Inside the house, the humans have eaten Edwina, and Mrs. Tweedy angrily looks over the amount of eggs, wanting a new way to make money instead of making minuscule profits. An ad catches her eye about a giant pie machine, with a small cartoon character shouting "I'M RICH!". Mr. Tweedy is keeping watch outside and suspects the chickens' plot, however Mrs. Tweedy tells him that all of this notion of the escaping chickens is all in his head. The idea about going over the fence doesn't go well, but Ginger reminds them about Edwina and tells them that life is better outside the farm.
Outside, a huge blast is heard, and a rooster flies over the fence and crash lands inside the camp. The rooster introduces himself as Rocky Rhodes (a pun on the ice-cream flavour, Rocky Road), a "lone free ranger" from America. Ice cream or ice-cream (originally iced cream) is a frozen dessert made from Dairy products such as Milk and Cream, combined (This is a double pun on The Lone Ranger and free range, a method of farming husbandry. A pun (or paronomasia) is a Phrase that deliberately exploits confusion between similar-sounding Words for humorous or Rhetorical The Lone Ranger is an American, long-running Old-time radio and early Television show created by George W Free range is a method of Farming Husbandry where the Animals are allowed to roam freely instead of being contained in any manner ) Ginger asks him if he can teach them how to fly, but Rocky isn't so thrilled at the idea. Eventually, he agrees when he sees the circus has come back to take him.
The next day, training begins very bizarrely as Rocky seems to have no idea what he's doing. Eventually the day ends without a single chicken making it off the ground. A huge "Poultry Products" truck appears and unloads vast amounts of equipment. Mrs. Tweedy explains the idea to her husband and the farm will now officially become a full automated factory.
Meanwhile, Mac (a Scottish chicken) looks over her notes and concludes that chickens simply weren't built for flying. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Ginger confronts Rocky about their poor progress and Mac deduces that they require thrust. Ginger warns Rocky that if they do not see progress, the deal is off and they will reveal his presence to the farmers.
The next morning, Rocky gets a cable wire and prepares to sling-shot the chickens over the fence, but that doesn't work out. Roll call begins and Babs (a dim, knitting-obsessed chicken) admits she hasn't laid any eggs. Instead of chopping Babs, Mrs. Tweedy measures her waistline and orders Mr. Tweedy to double their food rations. Ginger stops them from eating and tells them that the farmers are deliberately fattening them up for killing. Rocky intervenes and tells Ginger that the best way to motivate them is to lie, causing them to get into a heated argument and Ginger declaring that she cares about the others to much and will never care about Rocky. Rocky agrees with this. However, when he goes back outside he sees all the other chickens depressed. To help out for once, Rocky manages to bring them a radio to cheer them up, which leaves the entire coop dancing. Rocky's bandages fall off, revealing that his injured wing has healed, and Ginger eagerly announces that he can finally show them how to fly tomorrow. But before he can tell her he can't really fly, the power goes out.
Outside, a pie machine has completed construction and Mr. Tweedy brings Ginger in as the first victim for a score to settle with Ginger. Rocky breaks into the barn and rescues her, surviving the innards of the machine and sabotaging it. Fowler gives him a RAF medal and apologizes for doubting him. Both Ginger and Rocky share a tender moment on the roof, overlooking the fields. Rocky explains that life isn't all it's cracked up to be, slightly implying the fact he can't fly.
The following morning, all the chickens eagerly await the flying demonstration. Ginger goes to wake Rocky, but he's gone, leaving his RAF medal. She finds a torn piece of Rocky's promotional poster and slowly adds it, revealing her horror to everyone. Completed, the poster shows Rocky being shot out of a cannon, implying that Rocky is, in fact, part of the circus and could never fly at all.
Their plans shot,their hopes shattered and dreams crushed, Ginger gives up and denies any chance of escaping. The whole farm starts fighting. Ginger finally asks Fowler what the RAF is. Fowler tells them it is the "Royal Air Force" and shows them pictures of the airplane he flew in. Filled with hope again, the chickens still plan to fly, but now by building the huge plane. Even the rats help out as they pull apart their own huts to build the plane, racing against Mr. Tweedy who is rapidly fixing the machine. Rocky is once again on the open road, but stops when he sees a promotional advertisement for "Mrs. Tweedy's Homemade Chicken Pies". He thinks about the chickens, and realizes the error of his ways.
The chickens finish the plane just as Mr. Tweedy finishes fixing the machine. They attack and tie him under one of the houses and finish construction. Fowler, as pilot, starts up the plane as all the chickens pedal to start the string engines. Mr. Tweedy escapes from the house, closes the ramp and falls down, and Ginger gets out of the plane to put the ramp back on so that the plane will lift off and fly. Mrs. Tweedy attacks Ginger, but gets knocked out by Rocky, who arrives at the last moment to help Ginger put the ramp back on. The plane takes off and all the chickens cheer, including Ginger and Rocky, who climb up to the plane by a rope of Christmas lights. Unfortunately, Mrs. Tweedy manages to grab on, and climbs up the rope of Christmas lights, an axe in her mouth. Ginger tries to cut the rope with Babs' blunt safety scissors, while Nick and Fetcher use the eggs to fire at Mrs. Tweedy. Ginger loses the scissors, and Mrs. Tweedy, covered in egg, strikes at Ginger with her axe, seemingly decapitating her, much to Rocky's horror.
Luckily, Ginger slowly raises her head to reveal the truth: the blow just missed, and has instead severed the Christmas lights. Then, waving an ironic goodbye, Ginger lets go of the other half and Mrs. Tweedy falls right back to the barn into the pie machine, which explodes, covering Mrs. Tweedy in gooey gravy and destroying the barn. As Mr. Tweedy looks upon the wreckage, he reminds her, "I told you they was organized!". As Mrs. Tweedy growls at Mr. Tweedy, the barnhouse door falls down on her (this is seen from a distance and some believe that Mr Tweedy is actually deliberately pushing the door on to his wife). The chickens celebrate and Ginger kisses Rocky.
At long last, the chickens have reached peace in their own small haven. Mac gives some baby chickens some lessons while Fowler tells them some stories about his RAF days. There are several chicks and the rats are still trying to make an egg business - but are left arguing about whether they will need a chicken (to lay eggs) or an egg (to hatch a chicken).
Critical Reaction
This film was received excellently from critics, earning a 97% certified fresh at Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies.
Production notes
- Chicken Run was the first feature film in Europe to use the Digital Intermediate process, digitally storing and manipulating every frame of the film before recording back to film. Digital intermediate (often abbreviated as DI) describes the process of digitizing a Motion picture and manipulating color and other image characteristics to change
- In early versions of the movie, Ginger had a little brother named Nobby, but the idea was dropped in order to make the film less cute.
- An early storyboard idea was that the plane would breakup in the middle of its flight and that the chickens would suddenly find the ability to fly; the idea being to show that you can do things if you "believe in yourself".
- It was also suggested that Fowler would be a drunk who felt useless and neglected until Ginger convinced him that he was needed. In the final film it is a sober Fowler who is made to believe in himself and fly the plane.
- The reason all the chickens wear scarves is to hide the joint between the head and the body. The scarves hide the 'seam' which is present because the bodies of the chickens are articulated steel frames coated in silicon rubber while the heads are plasticine. Plasticine, a brand of Modelling clay, is a Putty -like modelling material made from Calcium salts Petroleum jelly and aliphatic acids
Historical and cultural references
- One of the escape attempts shown in the opening credits is of the chickens tunnelling, and travelling on trolleys down the tunnel. This is a reference to The Great Escape, in which the escapees also travel on trolleys through the tunnel. The Great Escape is a popular 1963 War film about the 250 Allied prisoners of war escaping from a German POW camp
- Ginger is seen to bounce a Brussels sprout off the wall of the bin in which she is held in solitary confinement. This article is about the plant For the pencil game see Sprouts (game. This is a parody of Hilts (Steve McQueen), in The Great Escape, who does the same with his baseball while in the cooler. Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen (March 24 1930 – November 7 1980 was an American movie Actor, nicknamed "The King of Cool" The Great Escape is a popular 1963 War film about the 250 Allied prisoners of war escaping from a German POW camp
- The coop that Ginger lives in is numbered 17, apparently an homage to Stalag 17. This article is about the film of this title For the punk band see Stalag 17 (band.
- Edwina, the chicken who is killed by the Tweedies at the beginning of the film, is a reference to politician Edwina Currie. Edwina Currie Jones née Cohen (born 13 October 1946) is a former British Member of Parliament. Currie was a Junior Health Minister under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher when, in 1988, she issued a warning about salmonella in eggs. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 Salmonella is a Genus of rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria that causes Typhoid fever, Paratyphoid fever This caused a collapse in the British egg market and Currie was forced to resign (or "get the chop" as commentators sometimes refer to ministers who have resigned or been sacked from office).
- Rocky is introduced shouting "Freedooooommm!" in a slightly comedic manner. This alludes to a line of Mel Gibson's portrayal of William Wallace in the movie Braveheart. Sir William Wallace ( Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam Uallas; c 1272 – 23 August 1305 was a Scottish Knight, Landowner, and Patriot Braveheart is a 1995 historical action-drama movie produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who also starred in the title role
- The scene where Ginger tells Rocky that she wants to get all the chickens out at the same time, and he thinks she is mad, is a reference to a similar scene in The Great Escape between Roger Bartlett and Hilts.
- Fetcher's line "It's raining hen" during the scene where Rocky is teaching the chickens how to fly is a reference to the song "It's Raining Men"
- When Rocky enters the barn to find the chicken pie-making machine, he is awed by the size of it and says "Look at the size of that thing". " It's Raining Men " is a song written by Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer in 1979 and originally recorded by The Weather Girls in 1982 This is a reference to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope (originally released as Star Wars) is a 1977 Space opera Wedge Antilles says this when he sees the Death Star for the first time. Wedge Antilles is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. The Death Star is a Fictional Space station and Superweapon appearing in the Star Wars movies and expanded universe.
- The sequence in which Rocky and Ginger are trapped inside Mrs. Tweedy's pie-making machine and encounter various mechanical dangers is a parody of the three Indiana Jones films' various cliffhanger dangers and subsequent escapes, as well as Ginger rescuing her hat. Dr (also Col Henry Walton Jones Jr, better known as Indiana Jones or Indy after his pet dog is a fictional Adventurer, Soldier
- The propeller of the escape plane is made of road signs sharing names with famous RAF bombers of World War II — Stirling Lane, Lancaster Avenue and Blenheim Place. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout "Lanc" redirects here Distinguish from Lank (adjective and from Amon Lanc (a place in Tolkien's fiction WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Furthermore, the model aeroplane is of a moderately successful RAF bomber of the early war period, the Whitley. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
- Fowler repeatedly refers to his years as a member of the No. 644 Squadron RAF. This was a real squadron; it was formed on February 23, 1944, several months before D-Day. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. D-Day may also refer to Decimal Day in the United Kingdom. D-Day is a term often used in Military parlance to denote 644 squadron was based at RAF Tarrant Rushton airfield in Dorset,[1] and exclusively flew Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The 644's primary missions were "special operations" over occupied Europe, such as making supply drops to various resistance movements, and towing troop transport gliders. Terminology A "glider" is an unpowered Aircraft. The most common types of glider are today used for sporting purposes [2]
- After the plane has been assembled, the order is given: "Chocks Away!!". This refers to the triangular wedges used to hold an aeroplane back once its engines are running, which are then removed. In Chicken Run these are represented by bars of the triangular chocolate (Toblerone), hence "Chocs Away". Toblerone (ˈtoʊbləroʊn in English, and /toblɛˈʁone/ in Swiss German) is a Chocolate bar made by Kraft Foods Switzerland.
- During the plane sequence, the Scottish chicken Mac shouts a few quotes from Scotty of Star Trek: The Original Series, such as "I cannot work miracles cap'n", "I'm giving her all she's got!", "A 'cling-on' (Klingon) cap'n," and "The engines can't take it!"
- The Great Escape also includes a Scotsman called "Mac", played by Gordon Jackson, who acts as Bartlett the escape leader's second-in-command, much like this Mac is to Ginger. Montgomery Scott, or "Scotty", is a character in the original Star Trek series and the films which followed Star Trek is a Science fiction Television series created by Gene Roddenberry that aired from September 8, 1966 through Klingons ( Klingon: tlhIngan; Pronunciation /ˈt͡ɬɪŋɑn/ are a warrior race in the fictional Star Trek universe Gordon Cameron Jackson, OBE (19 December 1923 &ndash 15 January 1990 was a Scottish Emmy Award -winning Actor best remembered for his roles
- The promo title featured on posters for the film, "C:R-1", was a spoof of the promo title "M:I-2" for the film Mission: Impossible II. Mission Impossible II, or MI-2 as it is also known is a 2000 film directed by John Woo and starring Tom Cruise, A teaser trailer included on the DVD spoofed Mission: Impossible II with scenes from Chicken Run.
- During World War Two a glider was secretly built at Colditz Castle which was then a POW camp. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Terminology A "glider" is an unpowered Aircraft. The most common types of glider are today used for sporting purposes Prisoners made numerous attempts to escape Oflag IV-C, one of the most famous German Army Prisoner-of-war camps for officers in World War Although it was never used in real life, the concept was fictionalized into the 1971 TV movie The Birdmen starring Doug McClure, Chuck Connors and Richard Basehart. Douglas Osborne McClure ( May 11, 1935 – February 5, 1995) was an American Actor whose career in Film Chuck Connors ( April 10 1921 – November 10 1992) was an American Actor and a professional Basketball and John Richard Basehart ( August 31 1914 - September 17 1984) was an American Actor.
Voice cast
- Mel Gibson as Rocky
- Julia Sawalha as Ginger
- Miranda Richardson as Mrs Tweedy
- Jane Horrocks as Babs
- Benjamin Whitrow as Fowler
- Timothy Spall as Nick
- Phil Daniels as Fetcher
- Imelda Staunton as Bunty
- Lynn Ferguson as Mac
- Tony Haygarth as Mr Tweedy
- John Sharian as circus man
Crew
| Crew Position | |
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| Directed by | Nick Park Peter Lord |
| Produced by | Peter Lord David Sproxton Nick Park |
| Original Story by | Peter Lord Nick Park |
| Screenplay by | Karey Kirkpatrick |
| Executive Producer | Jake Eberts Jeffrey Katzenberg Michael Rose |
| Associate Producer | Lenny Young |
| Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams John Powell |
| Line Producer | Carla Shelley |
| Director of Photography | Dave Alex Riddett |
| Production Designer | Phil Lewis |
| Film Editor | Mark Solomon |
| Human Model | Sam White |
| Supervising Animator | Lloyd Price |
| Storyboard Supervisor | David Bowers |
| Production Manager | Harry Linden |
Awards and nominations
- Annie Awards:
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Individual Achievement in Directing (Nick Park and Peter Lord)
- Best Individual Achievement in Writing (Karey Kirkpatrick)
- BAFTA Awards:
- Best British Film
- Best Visual Effects
- Broadcast Film Critics:
- Best Animated Feature
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics:
- Best Animated Feature
- Empire Awards:
- Best British Director (Nick Park and Peter Lord)
- Best British Film
- Best Debut (Nick Park and Peter Lord)
- European Film Awards:
- Best Film
- Florida Film Critics:
- Best Animated Feature
- Golden Globe Awards:
- Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- Kansas City Film Critics:
- Best Animated Feature
- Las Vegas Film Critics:
- Best Family Film
- Los Angeles Film Critics:
- Best Animated Feature
- National Board of Review:
- Best Animated Feature
- New York Film Critics:
- Best Animated Feature
- Phoenix Film Critics:
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Family Film
- Best Original Score (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)
- Satellite Awards:
- Best Motion Picture - Animated or Mixed Media
- Best Sound
- Southeastern Film Critics:
- Best Film (3rd place)
Sequel
Many have reported rumours that Aardman plans to make a 2nd Chicken Run movie. Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress best known for her roles of Saffron Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958 is an English stage film and television actress. Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is an English actress, Musician, and singer Benjamin "Ben" Whitrow (born 17 February 1937 in Oxford, England) is a British actor Timothy Leonard Spall OBE (born 27 February 1957) is an English BAFTA award-nominated film stage and television Actor. Philip Daniels (born 25 October 1958 in Islington, London) is an English actor most noted for film roles as Jimmy in Quadrophenia Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, OBE, (born January 9 1956) is an English actress best known for her performances in the Tony Haygarth is a British television film and theatre actor born on 4 February 1945 in Liverpool. Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park CBE (b 6 December 1958 is a four-time Academy Award -winning English filmmaker of Stop motion Peter Lord CBE (born 1953 in Bristol, United Kingdom) is a British film producer, director and co-founder of the Academy Peter Lord CBE (born 1953 in Bristol, United Kingdom) is a British film producer, director and co-founder of the Academy David Sproxton CBE is one of the co-founders (together with Peter Lord) of the Aardman Animations studio Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park CBE (b 6 December 1958 is a four-time Academy Award -winning English filmmaker of Stop motion Peter Lord CBE (born 1953 in Bristol, United Kingdom) is a British film producer, director and co-founder of the Academy Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park CBE (b 6 December 1958 is a four-time Academy Award -winning English filmmaker of Stop motion Karey Kirkpatrick (born c 1970 is a Screenwriter. His films include James and the Giant Peach, Chicken Run, Curious George Jake Eberts (born July 10 1941 is a movie producer executive and financier Jeffrey Katzenberg (born December 21, 1950 in New York City) is a Jewish American Film producer and CEO Michael Rose (born on July 11, 1957) is a Jamaican singer Blessed with an outstanding voice Michael Rose would regularly meet in Kingston with singers Lenny Young is an American Film producer. Young collaborated for many years with film producer Jake Eberts where he produced The Education of Harry Gregson-Williams (born December 13, 1961) is a Golden Globe - and Grammy -nominated British Film score Composer John Powell is a English Film score Composer born on 18 September 1963 and currently based in Los Angeles. Carla Shelley is a producer for Aardman Animations. She produced A Close Shave, Humdrum, and Wallace & Gromit The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Dave Alex Riddett is a veteran cinematographer at Aardman Animations. http//wwwflsenategov/data/Publications/Archive/Photos_on_display/SenatorsandEvents1970s The following are characters from the American Soap opera One Life to Live who are notable for their actions or relationships but who do not warrant their Lloyd Price (born 9 March 1933, Kenner, Louisiana) was an early New Orleans -style Rock and roll Musician. Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park CBE (b 6 December 1958 is a four-time Academy Award -winning English filmmaker of Stop motion Peter Lord CBE (born 1953 in Bristol, United Kingdom) is a British film producer, director and co-founder of the Academy Karey Kirkpatrick (born c 1970 is a Screenwriter. His films include James and the Giant Peach, Chicken Run, Curious George The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation 6th BFCA Critics' 7th Dallas-Fort Since 1995, Empire &mdash Britain 's biggest selling Film Magazine &mdashhas organised the annual Empire Movie Awards The European Film Awards are presented annually by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements 5th FFCC Awards The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC is a group of media film critics and one of the oldest recognized voting groups in the country 4th LVFCS Awards 26th LAFCA Awards 72nd NBR Awards 66th New York The Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS is an organization of film reviewers from Phoenix -based publications Harry Gregson-Williams (born December 13, 1961) is a Golden Globe - and Grammy -nominated British Film score Composer John Powell is a English Film score Composer born on 18 September 1963 and currently based in Los Angeles. 5th Golden Satellite 9th SEFCA Awards Although nothing has been confirmed, some fans still believe that one is in the making. This is highly unlikely, as the sets where burned down in late 2007.
Video Game
See here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Run_(video_game)
See also
- Nick Park
- Aardman Animations
- Wallace and Gromit
- List of animated feature-length films
- List of stop-motion films
References
External links
- Official UK web site
- Chicken Run at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Chicken Run at the Internet Movie Database
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