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Meanwhile, Rocky sees a billboard for 'Mrs. Ginger has two rats named Nick and Fletcher steal tools from Mr. The chickens race against time to assemble their plane while Mr. Trying to rally the chickens, Fowler starts talking of his days in the R.A.F., which inspires Ginger to propose constructing an airplane to fly all the chickens out at once after breaking up a brawl that ensues. Rocky decides to leave the farm the next day, leaving behind Fowler's medal and the missing section of the poster, which shows Rocky flew by being shot out of a cannon, and in reality, had no flying ability. Fowler, an older rooster who has been doubtful of Rocky's acts, gives Rocky his respect for saving Ginger, now begins to respect him, and gives Rocky his old Royal Air Force badge in tribute. Rocky rescues Ginger from the machine and sabotages it in the process so that they will have more time to work on their escape. Tweedy for a test of their new equipment, which is revealed to be a machine for producing chicken pot pies. Rocky's wing completely heals after a disco dance that evening. Ginger concludes that they are being fattened up for slaughter. Tweedy's order to double their feed rations. The chickens are surprised by a large piece of equipment being delivered to the farm, following Mrs.

Rocky reluctantly agrees and begins to put Ginger and the other chickens through a set of exercises that seem to lack purpose while assuring them that they are making progress.

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After Ginger finds a piece of a circus poster suggesting Rocky can fly, she agrees to hide him from his owners if he teaches them how to fly.

As she stands outside that night, she sees a Rhode Island Red rooster named Rocky, who flies over the fence and crash-lands into the coop, breaking his wing. However, she soon concludes that their only viable plan is to go over the fence, something that has not been tried yet. Ginger attempt to rally the other chickens' spirits so they will speed up their efforts to escape. Tweedy finds an article in a magazine suggesting a new way to increase profits. Ginger becomes increasingly desperate to find a plan of escape after Edwina, another hen, who has not laid any eggs for several days, is slaughtered for the Tweedys' dinner with a hatchet. Their official leader Ginger has attempted numerous escapes to flee the coop but is routinely thwarted by the Tweedys and their dogs. The chicken coop is run in the style of a World War II POW camp, with the chickens accountable for the number of eggs they lay daily. Tweedy is more dim-witted and believes the chickens are plotting against them, much to Mrs. Tweedy is the malicious brains of the pair, while Mr. The Tweedy's are a middle-aged couple who run a struggling British chicken farm somewhere in Yorkshire of England. The plot centres on a collection of British chickens who see a smooth-talking Rhode Island Red named Rocky as their only hope to escape from certain death when the owners of their farm decide to move from selling eggs to selling chicken pot pies. It is a pastiche of and homage to The Great Escape the chicken coop in the opening shot deliberately looks like a POW internment camp, complete with what looks like a guard emplacement (it's actually a water tank). Chicken Run received widespread critical acclaim and was a box office hit, grossing $224 million worldwide against its $45 million budget. The film features the voices of Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Timothy Spall, Phil Daniels, Tony Haygarth and Miranda Richardson. It was the first feature-length film to be produced by the Academy Award Winning creators of Wallace & Gromit and the first produced in partnership with DreamWorks, which co-financed the film (along with Pathé) and distributed the film in America. “ There's nothing more determined than poultry with a plan.” ―TaglineĬhicken Run is a 2000 British American stop-motion animation family film produced by Aardman Animations, DreamWorks Animation, and directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park.

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