Chicken Run: Special Edition (US)
This aint no chick flick!
Certificate: G
Running Time: 84 mins
Retail Price: $26.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
Rocky the rooster and Ginger the chicken decides its time to rebel against the evil Mr & Mrs Tweedy, owners of the chicken farm where they are held.
Together with the farms` other chickens they lead a great escape from the murderous farmers, and their certain doom!
Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Directors` Commentary with Peter Lord and Nick Park
DVD-ROM On-Screen Fun: Two Egg-cellent Interactive Games, Desk Top Icons and Pets, Calculator, Screensavers and Poster Sets
Read-Along to the Hilarious Script
Two Fascinating Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
Screaming Chicken Panic Button
Trailers, Bios, Production Notes and Other Hidden Surprises
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 English
DTS ES 6.1 English
Subtitle Tracks:
English
CC: English
Directed By:
Nick Park
Peter Lord
Written By:
Karey Kirkpatrick
Nick Park
Peter Lord
Starring:
Imelda Staunton
Timothy Spall
Julia Sawalha
Miranda Richardson
Jane Horrocks
Tony Haygarth
Mel Gibson
Lynn Ferguson
Phil Daniels
Casting By:
Patsy Pollock
Soundtrack By:
Geoff Zanelli
James McKee Smith
John Powell
Harry Gregson-Williams
Director of Photography:
Dave Alex Riddett
Tristan Oliver
Editor:
Mark Solomon
Costume Designer:
Sally Taylor
Production Designer:
Phil Lewis
Producer:
Lenny Young
David Sproxton
Carla Shelley
Nick Park
Peter Lord
Executive Producer:
Steven Spielberg
Michael Rose
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jake Eberts
Distributor:
Pathe
Your Opinions and Comments
The notion of "free the animals" is very familiar to me (being a vegetarian) and this movie does it justice. The movie starts with a very creepy and WWII death camps atmosphere but soon moves to a lighter, funnier one.
The video transfer is perfect. You can only watch in awe how all the characters were animated. Obviously, the transfer is clean of scratches and blemishes.
The DTS (6.1, by the way) soundtrack and the DD 5.1 soundtrack are great. They both give out excellent performance from all the discrete channels and both use the surrounds to perfection. I could not find a real difference between the DTS and the DD 5.1 tracks other than the fact that the DTS was a bit louder.
The menus are all hilariously animated and contain parts of the movie.
The extras include a commentary (a rather regular, but interesting one), a nice look behind the scenes, a cute read-along (don`t look at it before watching the movie) and hilarious panic button (again - don`t press it before watching the movie in its entirety). Oh yeah, don`t miss trailer #2 - it made me laugh so much.
Bottom line - a great movie which I believe teenagers and adults would enjoy much more than kids. Don`t miss this one.