Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Downtown, Los Angeles
After so many great years of producing groundbreaking animated short films, the geniuses at Aardman Animation finally decided in 2000 to make their first feature-length movie, CHICKEN RUN. It was worth the wait. This brilliant parody/homage of prison break films remains the studio’s most celebrated movie that doesn’t have a dog named Gromit in it. The story is about chickens being raised on a British farm who don’t question anything about their day-to-day lives. Well, except feisty, independent Ginger, who realizes her fate if she doesn’t flee the coup. This is a task much easier said than done, as she has gone through numerous attempts to reach the other side of the fence but is always caught by the farm’s owner, the evil Mrs. Tweedy. Enter Rocky the American Rooster. A misunderstanding causes Ginger to believe the traveling Rocky can fly (which he cannot) and quickly recruits him to teach all the Tweedy chickens to fly in order to escape. Ginger will hide Rocky in exchange for his help. He reluctantly agrees. Now he has to somehow teach the chickens to fly while also hiding his secret. Filled with original and eye-opening animation and the voice talents of Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson, and Julia Sawalha, CHICKEN RUN is a treat for young chicks, hens, and roosters alike.