Chicken Run is a 2000 animated adventure comedy film[9] directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park and written by Karey Kirkpatrick from an original story by Lord and Park.[10] Produced by Pathé and Aardman Features in partnership with DreamWorks Animation,[3][11] it is Aardman's first feature-length film. 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 film centres on a group of British 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.
Distributed by
DreamWorks Pictures (through DreamWorks Distribution; worldwide)[a][3][5][6]
Pathé Distribution and StudioCanal (select European territories)[3][5][7]
Release Year:
2000 (US)
Running time 84 minutes[6]
Countries
United Kingdom[1]
United States[1]
France[3]
Language English
Budget $42–45 million[8][6]
Box office $228 million[8]
