When a cockerel apparently flies into a chicken farm, the chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners.When a cockerel apparently flies into a chicken farm, the chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners.When a cockerel apparently flies into a chicken farm, the chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners.
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 24 wins & 27 nominations total
Mel Gibson
- Rocky
- (voice)
Julia Sawalha
- Ginger
- (voice)
Phil Daniels
- Fetcher
- (voice)
Lynn Ferguson
- Mac
- (voice)
Tony Haygarth
- Mr. Tweedy
- (voice)
Jane Horrocks
- Babs
- (voice)
Timothy Spall
- Nick
- (voice)
Imelda Staunton
- Bunty
- (voice)
Benjamin Whitrow
- Fowler
- (voice)
Jo Allen
- Additional Chicken
- (uncredited)
Lisa Kay
- Additional Chicken
- (uncredited)
Peter Sallis
- Wallace
- (uncredited)
John Sharian
- Circus Man
- (uncredited)
Wyatt Shears
- Additional Chicken
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBabs' knitting is real, done with toothpicks as needles.
- GoofsMr. Tweedy's shotgun disappears on the porch in the opening sequence.
- Crazy creditsNear 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 decide if they need a chicken or an egg. Finally, Rocky the Rooster pipes in and says to "please pipe down".
- Alternate versionsOriginally, when Mrs. Tweedy was cutting off Edwina's head, the shadow on the wall actually depicted the axe coming downward before cutting away. It was further moved back to the current theatrical version where you see the axe going up, but not coming down.
- ConnectionsEdited into The History of the Hands (2016)
- SoundtracksAve Maria
Written by Franz Schubert (uncredited)
Performed by Gracie Fields
Courtesy of Living Era (ASV Ltd)
Featured review
As an older gentleman with a rather refined taste in flim viewing, I was surprised by how absorbed I got in this elaborate cartoon-like feature. It's no mean trick to create rubber characters that you can really care about. My favorites were Mr & Mrs Tweedy -- especially the latter. Mrs Tweedy was the personification of evil (within the confines of a cartoon of course) and just a thoroughly interesting character. The sets were well done, especially the Stalag 17 camp image (notice the 17 on the meeting hut). Lots of British stereotype stuff which worked pretty well and kept my attention. Fast paced without becoming just another Roger Rabbit.
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Pollitos en fuga
- Filming locations
- Bristol, England, UK(Aardman Studios)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $106,834,564
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,506,162
- Jun 25, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $224,888,359
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Sound mix
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