Chicken (2001 film)

Chicken Run is a 2000 British-American stop-motion animated comedy film produced by Aardman Animations and Pathé. It was directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park from a screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick and Mark O'Hare, and a story by Lord and Park. The film stars the voices of Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Tony Haygarth, Miranda Richardson, Phil Daniels, Lynn Ferguson, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, and Benjamin Whitrow.

The story centres on a band of chickens who see an American rooster named Rocky as their only hope to escape from Tweedy's Farm, where they face certain death when the owners decide to convert their egg farm into a chicken pot pie production facility.

Chicken Run was Aardman's first feature-length film, as well as the first stop-motion animated film of such length. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $224 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time.