Editing Chicken Run (section)

{{Short description|2000 animated comedy film}}
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{{Infobox film
| image          = Chicken run ver1.jpg
| caption        = British theatrical release poster
| director       = {{Plain list|
* [[Peter Lord]]
* [[Nick Park]]
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| screenplay     = [[Karey Kirkpatrick]]
| story          = {{Plain list|
* Peter Lord
* Nick Park
}}
| producer       = {{Plain list|
* Peter Lord
* [[David Sproxton]]
* Nick Park
}}
| starring       = {{Plain list|<!--Per end credits in alphabetical order by last name-->
* [[Phil Daniels]]
* [[Lynn Ferguson]]
* [[Mel Gibson]]
* [[Tony Haygarth]]
* [[Jane Horrocks]]
* [[Miranda Richardson]]
* [[Julia Sawalha]]
* [[Timothy Spall]]
* [[Imelda Staunton]]
* [[Benjamin Whitrow]]
}}
| music          = {{Plain list|
* [[John Powell (film composer)|John Powell]]
* [[Harry Gregson-Williams]]
}}
| editing        = Mark Solomon
| cinematography = {{Plain list|
* [[Dave Alex Riddett]]
* Tristan Oliver
* Frank Passingham
}}
| production_companies = {{Plain list|
* [[Pathé]]<ref name=bfi/>
* [[DreamWorks Animation]]<ref name="ChickenRunNumbers" />
* [[Aardman Features]]<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/61096|title=Chicken Run (2000)|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=16 August 2018|archive-date=17 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817060102/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/61096|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ChickenRunNumbers">{{cite the numbers |title=Chicken Run |id=Chicken-Run |access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref>
* [[Allied Filmmakers]] (uncredited)<ref name=bfi/>
}}
| distributor    = {{Plain list|
* [[DreamWorks Pictures]] (through DreamWorks Distribution; worldwide)<ref name=afi/><ref name=VarietyFeatClay /><ref name="mojo"/>
* [[Pathé Distribution]] and [[StudioCanal]] (select European territories)<ref name=afi/><ref name=VarietyFeatClay /><ref>{{cite web|title=Canal Plus joins Paramount on Travolta comedy|website=[[Screen International]]|first=Mike|last=Goodridge|date=29 March 2000|access-date=4 December 2023|url=https://www.screendaily.com/canal-plus-joins-paramount-on-travolta-comedy/401902.article|quote=Through C+P, its joint acquisition venture with Pathe, it also has a deal with Mandalay Entertainment for rights in France and the UK to 12 films kicking off with Sleepy Hollow as well as European rights to animated movie Chicken Run, which was co-financed with DreamWorks SKG.}}</ref>
}}
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|2000|6|23|United States|2000|6|30|United Kingdom}}
| runtime        = 84 minutes<ref name="mojo" />
| country        = {{Plain list|
* United Kingdom<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8048e7c2|title=Chicken Run (2000)|work=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=4 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310062802/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8048e7c2|archive-date=10 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* United States<ref name=bfi/>
* France<ref name=afi/>
}}
| language       = English
| budget         = $42–45 million<ref name="numbers">{{cite web |title=Chicken Run (2000) – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Chicken-Run#tab=summary |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=5 December 2019 |archive-date=4 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304054642/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Chicken-Run#tab=summary |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="mojo">{{cite Box Office Mojo |id=tt0120630|title=Chicken Run |accessdate=4 May 2016|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/65kph0OyM?url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=chickenrun.htm|archive-date=27 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross          = $227.8 million<ref name="numbers" />
}}

'''''Chicken Run''''' is a 2000 animated [[adventure film|adventure]] [[comedy film]]<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Corliss |first=Richard |date=4 December 2000 |title=Run, Chicken Run! |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2047283,00.html |access-date=23 March 2023 |issn=0040-781X |archive-date=24 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124033415/https://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2047283,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> produced by [[Pathé]] and [[Aardman Features]] in partnership with [[DreamWorks Animation]].<ref name="afi" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/amp/Chicken-Recipe-Simply-Divine-Action-comedy-3239861.php|title='Chicken' Recipe Simply Divine / Action comedy blends great story, animation|date=21 June 2000|access-date=2 June 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214504/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/amp/Chicken-Recipe-Simply-Divine-Action-comedy-3239861.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Aardman's first feature-length film, it was directed by [[Peter Lord]] and [[Nick Park]] with a screenplay by [[Karey Kirkpatrick]] from an original story by Lord and Park.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McCarthy|first1=Todd|title=Review: 'Chicken Run'|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/chicken-run-1200462982/|access-date=1 October 2015|work=Variety|date=12 June 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002105932/http://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/chicken-run-1200462982/|archive-date=2 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The film stars the voices of [[Julia Sawalha]], [[Mel Gibson]], [[Tony Haygarth]], [[Miranda Richardson]], [[Phil Daniels]], [[Lynn Ferguson]], [[Timothy Spall]], [[Imelda Staunton]], and [[Benjamin Whitrow]]. Set in the countryside of [[Yorkshire]], the plot centres on a group of British [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] chickens who see an American rooster named Rocky Rhodes as their only hope to escape the farm when their owners want to turn them into chicken pies.

''Chicken Run'' was released in the United States on 23 June 2000 and in the United Kingdom on 30 June 2000. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $220 million and becoming the [[List of highest-grossing animated films#Stop motion animation|highest-grossing stop-motion animated film in history]]. At the time, this film was DreamWorks Animation's most successful release, but this was overtaken by ''[[Shrek]]'' the following year''.''<ref>{{cite web|title=The Longer View: British animation|work=BBC Timelines |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z9xvcwx|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=9 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928030113/http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z9xvcwx|archive-date=28 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

23 years later, a sequel, titled ''[[Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget]]'', was released on [[Netflix]] on 15 December 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last=Blair |first=Elizabeth |date=13 December 2023 |title=It took 23 years, but a 'Chicken Run' sequel has finally hatched |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/12/13/1218765634/chicken-run-sequel-dawn-of-the-nugget-netflix |website=NPR}}</ref> Its Netflix release followed its world premiere at the 67th [[BFI London Film Festival]] on 14 October 2023, which would also see preview screenings taking place at UK cinemas at the same time.<ref name="BFI. 23 August 2023">{{cite news |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/london-film-festival/news/chicken-run-dawn-nugget-67th-bfi-london-film-festival|title=Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget to receive world premiere at 67th BFI London Film Festival| publisher=BFI. 23 August 2023 | accessdate=26 August 2023 }}</ref>