Chicken Little (2005)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Mark Dindal

Writers:

Mark Dindal (story) &
Mark Kennedy (story) ...

Release Date:

4 November 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Panic

Plot:

After ruining his reputation with the town, a courageous chicken must come to the rescue of his fellow citizens when aliens start an invasion.

Plot Keywords:

Chicken | Fish | Panic | Acorn | Alien

Awards:

3 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Zach Braff	...	Chicken Little (voice)
Garry Marshall	...	Buck Cluck (voice)
Don Knotts	...	Mayor Turkey Lurkey (voice)
Patrick Stewart	...	Mr. Woolensworth (voice)
Amy Sedaris	...	Foxy Loxy (voice)
Steve Zahn	...	Runt of the Litter (voice)
Joan Cusack	...	Abby Mallard (voice)
Wallace Shawn	...	Principal Fetchit (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Dog Announcer (voice)
Fred Willard	...	Melvin - Alien Dad (voice)
Catherine O'Hara	...	Tina - Alien Mom (voice)
Patrick Warburton	...	Alien Cop (voice)
Adam West	...	Ace - Hollywood Chicken Little (voice)
Mark Walton	...	Goosey Loosey (voice)
Mark Dindal	...	Morkubine Porcupine / Coach (voice)

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Hong Kong:I | Ireland:G | Finland:K-7 | Philippines:G | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Mexico:AA | Taiwan:GP | UK:U | Brazil:Livre | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | Netherlands:AL | Czech Republic:U | Peru:PT | USA:G (certificate #41987) | Sweden:Btl | Germany:o.Al. | Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/4 | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | New Zealand:PG | USA:G

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

During the opening sequence, when the water tower ball crushes 3 cars, their horns sound off the M-O-U-S-E portion of "The Mickey Mouse Club" (1955) theme.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Chicken Little and his Buck Cluck have climbed to the top of the Town Hall, and after Buck has knocked out all the Aliens that were around them, Chicken Little is holding Kirby. But, after they are zapped by the spaceship above them, when they reappear inside the spaceship, Buck is holding Kirby not Chicken Little.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Buck Cluck: [voice over] Now, where to begin?
[shaft of light and pixie dust]
Buck Cluck: How about "Once upon a time"?
[screen suddenly goes black]
Buck Cluck: How many times have you heard that to begin a story? Let's do something else.
[gasps]
Buck Cluck: I got it. I got it. Here we go. Here's how to open a movie.
[opening to The Lion King]
Buck Cluck: No, I don't think so. It sounds familiar, doesn't it to you?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Version of Chicken Little (1943)

Soundtrack:

Nants' Ingonyama

An excellent first movie

My son is four years old and I decided that his gift for the second day of Christmas would be his first trip to a movie theater. We scanned the list of titles now playing and Chicken little was pretty much the only option. Narnia or Cheaper by the dozen, for instance, are for much older kids. Mine found Shreck boring (he never had the patience to watch the whole movie on DVD). The same goes for Finding Nemo and pretty much every other movie I tried to make him watch, unless it was after some TV show. I was beginning to fear that we are doomed to watch nothing but Power Rangers forever. But Chicken Little did the trick. He watched it and loved it. In fact, he had the time of his life. He laughed, he screamed, he jumped, he covered his eyes and screamed again, and then he laughed some more.I can't say anything about myself, because I was to busy taking pictures of my kid watching his first movie to pay any attention to the screen, but my 4-year old rated this movie excellent. And I think his opinion is the only one that matters, because the movie is for him, and for other kids his age, not for grown-ups or teens. So please try to see it with the eyes of a little kid, and you might enjoy it better.