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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.78:1, Dolby Digital (5.1); Dolby Surround Sound, Deleted Scenes, Featurettes, Interactive Game, Music Video, Sing Along, English Subtitled, Spanish, French Dubbed
Experience a fantastic world of action and adventure in Disney's hilarious egg-stravaganza, Chicken Little on Blu-ray Disc. Bursting with laughs, this "perfect family film" (Access Hollywood) soars higher than ever in this breathtaking new format! When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Be part of the excitement as Chicken Little and his hysterical band of misfit friends hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion. Marvel at the sights and sounds of this outrageous tale, presented in astonishing 1080p and spectacular 5.1 48 kHz, 24-bit uncompressed audio. The sky's the limit with Blu-ray High Definition!
"...the perfect family film..." Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood
"...should delight younger children with its bright colors and constant chaos, while adults are likely to be charmed by the witty banter, subtle one-liners..." Angel Cohn, TV Guide
"A consistently amusing, often inspired family romp." Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter
"...irrepressibly witty...morphs from the classic fable into a spoof on "War of the Worlds." I prefer this version to Spielberg's." Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
"One of the funniest and most exhilarating movies in years." Richard Corliss, Time
Editor's Note
IN THEATERS NOVEMBER 4, 2005Mark Dindal riffs on the traditional folk tale of Chicken Little--of "the sky is falling!" fame--with the help of fun computer animation and the voices of Zach Braff, Amy Sedaris, Joan Cusack, and others.
| Features | Deleted Scenes | | Hatching Chicken Little | | Where's Fish Interactive Game | | Cheetah Girls Music Video | | Karaoke Sing Along | | Barenaked Ladies Music Video | | WIdescreen Presentation | | Audio: English Dolby Digital (5.1); Dolby Digital Surround; Dolby Digital Stereo |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista (Disney) |
| Release Date: 12/26/2009 |
| Running Time: 81 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2005 | | Catalog ID: 3689003 | | UPC: 00786936246803 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Amy Sedaris - Voice Of | | Dan Molina - Editor | | Don Knotts - Voice Of | | John Debney - Original Music By | | Mark Dindal - Director | | Peter Del Vecho - Producer | | Randy Fullmer - Producer | | Ron Friedman - Writer | | Steve Bencich - Writer | | Steve Zahn - Voice Of | | Zach Braff - Voice Of | | Dan Cooper - Art Director | | Fred Willard - Voice Of | | Garry Marshall - Voice Of | | Ian Gooding - Art Director | | Joan Cusack - Voice Of | | Mark Dindal, et. al. - Story By | | Patrick Stewart - Voice Of | | Steve Bencich, et. al. - Screenplay |
| Awards |
Nominee (2006) | | | People's Choice, Chicken Little, Favorite Family Movie |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"Lusciously pigmented, child-friendly CHICKEN LITTLE is no HOWARD THE DUCK..." 11/23/2005 p.7DSight and Sound
"CHICKEN LITTLE turns out to be good-hearted fun....With snappy cartoon comedy, amusing characters and a pleasingly fresh approach." 03/01/2006 p.54 Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "Movie references abound....The real selling-point is the startling picture quality..." 07/01/2006 p.117 Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
As the hero of a story, "Chicken Little" is the poultry equivalent of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". Once you understand their mistakes, their stories are over, and attention passes to the results of their errors. In "Chicken Little"'s case, the sky was not falling. In the case of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", I cannot remember if he was eaten by one, but he was asking for it...Yes, it's funny how they involve animal traits in the daily affairs of the town, and yes, the voice talent (especially Garry Marshall and such verbal originals as Wallace Shawn, Fred Willard and Don Knotts) is sometimes funny just because of the performers...The movie did make me smile. It didn't make me laugh, and it didn't involve my emotions, or the higher regions of my intellect, for that matter. It's a perfectly acceptable feature cartoon for kids up to a certain age, but it doesn't have the universal appeal of some of the best recent animation. - Roger Ebert
Variety.com 8 of 10
Rounding out the scintillating group of central characters are a disturbingly overweight young porker named Runt of the Litter (Steve Zahn), who's into Streisand records and can be relied upon to overreact hysterically to all occurrences; and Fish Out of Water, who wears a water-filled diving helmet (the reverse of Sandy in "SpongeBob SquarePants") and therefore cannot utter a single intelligible word. Visuals are bright without being distinguished, while John Debney's eclectic score is all but overwhelmed by an avalanche of mostly '70s pop hits. - Todd McCarthy
Reel.com 9 of 10
Disney unveils its post-Pixar strategy with its new computer-animated comedy Chicken Little. It is not a hugely ambitious work in line with The Incredibles or Monsters Inc., but that's not necessarily anything to cluck about. It might be small-scale in stature, but just like the bantam bird that holds down its center, its heart is in the right place and so are most of the laughs...Its embrace of the satirical is where Chicken Little most resembles the Looney Tunes style. It is going to be very hard to take Peter Jackson's epic take on King Kong very seriously after seeing Fish Out of Water re-create the ape legend in the span of about 30 seconds. And where was this feature-length cartoon's platoon of writers when Steven Spielberg was putting together War of the Worlds? Their take on the H.G. Wells' alien invasion saga is smarter and tighter, not to mention hilarious. - Pam Grady
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