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Chicken Run (2000)

G  |   |  Animation, Family, Comedy  |  23 June 2000 (USA)
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When a bird "flies" into a chicken farm, the fellow chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners.

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
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Fetcher (voice)
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Mac (voice)
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Rocky (voice)
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Mr. Tweedy (voice)
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Babs (voice)
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Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
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Ginger (voice)
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Nick (voice)
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Bunty (voice)
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Fowler (voice)
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Circus Man (voice)
Jo Allen ...
Additional Chicken (voice)
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Additional Chicken (voice)
Laura Strachan ...
Additional Chicken (voice)
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Storyline

Having been hopelessly repressed and facing eventual certain death at the chicken farm where they are held, Rocky the rooster and Ginger the chicken decide to rebel against the evil Mr. and Ms. Tweedy, the farm's owners. Rocky and Ginger lead their fellow chickens in a great escape from the murderous farmers and their farm of doom. Written by Cory Booth <WHMacy@yahoo.com>

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chicken | farm | escape | rooster | freedom | See All (42) »

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Release Date:

23 June 2000 (USA)  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$42,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$17,506,162 (USA) (23 June 2000)

Gross:

ESP 866,650,170 (Spain) (29 June 2001)
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Trivia

The view of the Yorkshire Dales was sectional, stopping just at the stone wall. See more »

Goofs

After Mrs Tweedy falls off the plane, the shot of Fowler saying "The old bird bought it" is flipped (the "17" is the wrong way round and is also on the wrong side of the hut door). See more »

Quotes

Rocky: ...And the pig says to the horse, "Hey, fella. Why the long face?"
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Crazy Credits

Near the very end of the credits the conversation about which comes first, the chicken or the egg??, comes up again. The two rodents want to take an egg or a chicken and make a chicken farm to make their own eggs. However, they cannot deside if they need a chicken or an egg. Finally, Rocky the Rooster pipes in and says to "please pipe down". See more »

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Sobre las olas (Over the Waves)
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The best movie of the summer!
27 June 2000 | by (Tucson) – See all my reviews

Now, knowing what's in store for us this summer, I am probably not out on a limb saying this, but this should be the best film this summer, if not this year.

Full of wit, sight gags, homage to prison escape movies, yet completely adorable and exciting to even very young children, this movie has everything you would want in a movie. I was lucky enough to catch it at a sneak preview while on vacation with my 19-year-old son while in San Francisco, and even at the price of NINE BUCKS, it was worth it.

All this and voices from two Ab Fab actresses!


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