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Chicken Run

Rating:G
Genre:Drama, Comedy
Release Date:June 21, 2000
Running time:95 minutes
Cast:Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Miranda Richardson, Tony Haygarth, Phil Daniels
Director:Nick Park, Peter Lord
Producer:Nick Park, Peter Lord, David Sproxton
Writer:Karey Kirkpatrick, Jack Rosenthal
Distributor:Dreamworks Pictures

Description: A comedy drama set on a Yorkshire chicken farm in 1950s England, the story follows the turbulent romance between Rocky the Rooster and Ginger the chicken, both of whom yearn for freedom and are planning a daring "prisoner of war" style escape. Both chickens are tired of being repressed and know they face an eventual certain death, so in planning their escape, they rally with their fellow chickens.

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