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Babs: Hello, Ginger. Back from holiday?

Ginger: I wasn't on holiday, I was in solitary confinement.

Babs: It's nice to get a little time to yourself, isn't it?

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Mistakes

When Mr. Tweedy is collecting eggs, he represents "no eggs" with a little grey line. But when he gives the checklist to Mrs. Tweedy at the inspection, the "no eggs" symbol is a red 0. See more...

Trivia

There was a major push to get the film nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. The failure to get the nomination, and the popularity of the film among Academy members led to the inclusion of Best Animated Feature for the next Academy Awards (2002), which was won by fellow Dreamworks film Shrek. See more...

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Chicken Run (2000)

Directed by Nick Park, starring Imelda Staunton, Jane Horrocks, Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson (add more)

Genres: Animation, Family, Comedy

The rat's name is "Fetcher", not "Fletcher".

Chicken Run mistakes

Mistake Continuity: When Rocky is pedaling the tricycle there is a radio on the back and its aerial is on the right hand side. But when the shot is from the back the aerial moves to the other side of the radio and then back again on the front shots.

Mistake Continuity: When Mrs. Tweedy gets the idea of converting her farm when reading the brochure called "Sick and tired of making minuscule profits," a wedding picture of the husband and wife is seen on a cupboard at the back. Then, in the next shot, as Mrs. Tweedy slams her hand on her desk that same picture suddenly happens to be on the desk.

Mistake Continuity: Mrs. Tweedy stretches her gloves out and releases them. The chickens gulp and Mrs. Tweedy walks away. Between these two shots of Mrs. Tweedy, the clouds behind her obviously change.

More mistakes in Chicken Run

Chicken Run trivia

Mistake Chickens don't have teeth, even though every chicken in this film is shown to have a full set. This is because of the traditional Aardman animation to have every single character to have a cheesy grin.

Mistake During the credits the two rats' argument about "the chicken or the egg" continues. There's also a short clip of Rocky telling them to shut up.

Mistake There was a major push to get the film nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. The failure to get the nomination, and the popularity of the film among Academy members led to the inclusion of Best Animated Feature for the next Academy Awards (2002), which was won by fellow Dreamworks film Shrek.

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Chicken Run quotes

Babs: I don't want to be a pie! I don't like gravy.

Babs: Hello, Ginger. Back from holiday?

Ginger: I wasn't on holiday, I was in solitary confinement.

Babs: It's nice to get a little time to yourself, isn't it?

Babs: All me life flashed before me eyes! It was really boring.

Chicken Run easter eggs

Mistake there are about a dozen chicken eggs throughout the menu and each one gives interesting facts about production. Also, the panic button in the main menu activates one of two clips showing panic in the coop.

Mistake In the main menu, on "play movie", press the numbers 09-23 on the remote as a short cut to other Arrdman classics.