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| Screenplay by | Karey Kirkpatrick |
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| Edited by | Mark Solomon |
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Running time | 84 minutes[6] |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $42–45 million[7][6] |
| Box office | $227.8 million[8] |
Chicken Run is a 2000 animated adventure comedy film[9] produced by Pathé and Aardman Animations in partnership with DreamWorks Animation.[10][11] Aardman's first feature-length film, it was directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park (in their feature-length directorial debuts) from a screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick and based on an original story by Lord and Park.[12] The film stars the voices of Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Tony Haygarth, Miranda Richardson, Phil Daniels, Lynn Ferguson, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, and Benjamin Whitrow. Set in the countryside of Yorkshire, the plot centres on a group of British anthropomorphic chickens who see an American rooster named Rocky Rhodes as their only hope to escape the farm when their owners want to turn them into chicken pies.
Chicken Run was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $220 million and becoming the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film in history. At the time, this film was DreamWorks Animation's most successful release, but this was overtaken by Shrek the following year.[13]
23 years later, a sequel, titled Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, was released on Netflix on 15 December 2023.[14] Its Netflix release followed its world premiere at the 67th BFI London Film Festival on 14 October 2023, which would also see preview screenings taking place at UK cinemas at the same time.[15]
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Through C+P, its joint acquisition venture with Pathe, it also has a deal with Mandalay Entertainment for rights in France and the UK to 12 films kicking off with Sleepy Hollow as well as European rights to animated movie Chicken Run, which was co-financed with DreamWorks SKG.
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- ^ "Chicken Run (2000) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ "Chicken Run (2000) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ Corliss, Richard (4 December 2000). "Run, Chicken Run!". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "'Chicken' Recipe Simply Divine / Action comedy blends great story, animation". 21 June 2000. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ McCarthy, Todd (12 June 2000). "Review: 'Chicken Run'". Variety. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "The Longer View: British animation". BBC. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ Blair, Elizabeth (13 December 2023). "It took 23 years, but a 'Chicken Run' sequel has finally hatched". NPR.
- ^ "Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget to receive world premiere at 67th BFI London Film Festival". BFI. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.