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Chicken Run

Chicken Run

classified U

Easter Family Fun

Film

Please note: This was screened in April 2016

Director
Peter Lord, Nick Park
Cast
Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Phil Daniels
Details
90 mins, 2000, UK

Aardman's very first feature-length film sees 'lone free ranger' Rocky the rooster (Mel Gibson) help a gang of plucky chickens led by Ginger (Julia Sawalha) escape from their high security egg farm.

Life on Tweedy's Chicken Farm is already pretty grim: the chickens are badly treated by their owners, and kept alive only for as long as they keep popping out eggs. Ginger's attempts at escape have all failed, but when Rocky crash lands in the farm, she seesthe chance she has been waiting for: can Rocky teach everyone to fly, and lead a mass prisoner-of-war-style breakout? And, more importantly, can they do it before Mrs Tweedy hatches her fowl plan to turn them all into chicken pies?

To celebrate Easter we've teamed up with the good folk at Aardman to put on Model Making Workshops for all the family over the holidays. Get creative and learn how to make your own Aardman characters from clay! Book your workshop tickets for either Wed 30 March or Wed 6 April here: there are slots available on both days at either 10:30, 14:00 or 15:30 (you can catch The Curse of the Were Rabbit at 12:00 on Wed 30 March or Chicken Run at 12:00 on Wed 6 April too so you can really make a day of it!)


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