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Chicken Run is a comedy escape drama with a touch of passion set on a sinister Yorkshire chicken farm in 1950's England.

Having been hopeless;e repressed and facing certain death at the chicken farm/chicken pie factory where they are kept, Rocky the rooster (Mel Gibson) and Ginger (Julia Sawalha) decide to rebel agianst their keepers, the evil Mr and Mrs Tweedy (Tony Garth & Miranda Richardson respectively).

Rocky and Ginger then lead their fellow inmates to victory when they perform the greatest escape the world of film has ever seen.

Starring the

Keywords:

Animation, Comedy, Family, Spoof, Animated, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(2000) (UK) (4 Star)

Cast:

Mel Gibson	.... Rocky Rhodes the Rhode Island Red Rooster
Lynn Ferguson	.... Mac
Tony Haygarth	.... Mr. Tweedy
Jane Horrocks	.... Babs
Miranda Richardson	.... Mrs. Tweedy
Julia Sawalha	.... Ginger

Supporting Cast:

Phil Daniels	.... Fetcher the Rat
Timothy Spall	.... Nick the Rat
Imelda Staunton	.... Bunty
Benjamin Whitrow	.... T.I.Fowler RAF
John Sharian	.... Circus Man
Jo Allen	.... Chicken
Lisa Kay	.... Chicken

Directors:

Peter Lord
Nick Park

Producers:

Peter Lord
David Sproxton

Writers:

Nick Park
Karey Kirkpatrick
Randy Cartwright

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