| Overall: | A |
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| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | A |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A- |
| Run Time: | 84 |
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| Video Release: | 20 Nov 2000 |
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If talking animals and intelligent life in the barnyard wags your tail, then check out our review of Babe. Chicken Run also pays homage to the classic film, The Great Escape.
Home Video Extra Features
DVD Release Date: 21 November 2000
Like other Dreamworks’ DVD releases (including the award winning Prince of Egypt DVD), this disk is chock full of information about the movie and the people who created it. Two extensive documentaries illustrate the painstaking process required to create the over one-hundred-thousand individual pictures that form Chicken Run. You also learn about the history of Aardman Productions and creators Peter Lord and Nick Park.
Another section of the disk provides a host of detailed biographies on every cast member and many of the crew while pushing a couple more buttons generates a wealth of written production notes.
Finally the disk includes a running commentary with directors Lord and Park talking you through every step of the movie.
Needless to say, the images are superb, the sound amazing, and the movie is even more enjoyable when you can stop and take a good look at those chickens. Not meaning to egg you on, but this is a DVD worth cracking open.
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
