Product Details

• Actors: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Phil Daniels, Lynn Ferguson, Tony Haygarth
• Directors: Nick Park, Peter Lord
• Writers: Nick Park, Peter Lord, John O'Farrell, Karey Kirkpatrick, Mark Burton
• Producers: Carla Shelley
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Dreamworks Animated
• DVD Release Date: November 21, 2000
• Run Time: 84 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (280 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00003CXJ4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,157 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Chicken Run" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Additional Features

The kids should really love the extras on the DVD of this comedy hit. The DVD-ROM features two games, plenty of coloring pages, a lively story version of the movie, and enough accoutrements (screen savers, desktop icons, and more) to turn your computer into a chicken coop. For other fans, there's a concise documentary on the making of the film and another on the history of Aardman Animation. And when you feel the need, you can always press the screaming chicken panic button to relieve stress. --Doug Thomas

Product Description

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

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Hogan's Heroes Meets The Great Escape !! November 27, 2000

By Sam

Format:DVD

Poultry in motion ! What a great movie, there's more entertainment in the opening credits than most movies have in total.

I was totally impressed by the entire movie. The characters are fanastic, the plot is really funny and the stop film animation is superb.

Ginger keeps plotting to escape the Tweedy's egg farm. Mishap after mishap mirror Hogan's Heroes. There's even the coal box outside the Tweedy's where Ginger spends her time in the "cooler" after each failed escape attempt.

Rocky the 'flying' Rooster arrives to "save the day". That's as much as I'll say about the plot. EGGselent family entertainment!

The extras are pretty cool too! Truly an EGGsquisite dvd.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars My Two-Year-Old Loves It November 11, 2000

By A Customer

Format:DVD

There are not many movies out there that can equally entertain thirty-somethings and toddlers, but this one does! Grab your popcorn and get ready for pure, wholesome family fun.

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars An EGG-cellent EGG-scape Animation November 16, 2000

By Craig Bonney

Format:DVD

Well, what an absolute joy and surprise this movie turned out to be. I was dumb-founded from start to finish as to how the animators actually created this magical stop-motion picture. In the past three days I have watched this disc over and over again, not tiring of it at all. The story (ala "Stalag 17" and "The Great Escape") is simple yet effective. A group of English hens constantly plot and scheme to escape from their chicken farm, run by the tyrannical Mrs Tweedy (the voice of Miranda Richardson), before they are turned into chicken pies. Their only hope comes in the shape of a cocky, plucky American rooster named Rocky Roads (Mel Gibson in his best performance to date). "Chicken Run" is filled with great adult one-liners and jokes and is packed with every war/escape movie cliche know to this genre. It will also appeal to the little ones. The disc is great value. The DTS soundtrack is pretty awesome and really kicks into power when the chicken pie oven blasts into action....WOW! The video transfer is crystal clear, which adds an extra dimension to the clay models. The extras are fun also. The "Chicken Panic" button is very cute, "The Making Of" docos (there are two) are VERY interesting and informative, and there is great information about the movie hidden throughout the menus....you have to find them! The highlight of the disc is the voice of Jane Horrocks ("Little Voice" and Bubble from "Ab Fab") who steals the show as Babs the dumb hen! She's hysterical. Make sure you buy this disc for your DVD library. You won't be disappointed! If this movie doesn't win an Oscar at next year's Academy Awards....I'll give up poultry for life!