Chicken Little

Theatrical Release Date: 2005 11 04 (USA)

UPC: 786936246803

Studio: Walt Disney Video

MPAA Rating: G   Contains:[Suitable for Children]

Summary: An old fable gets a high-tech update in this computer-animated comedy from Walt Disney Pictures. Chicken Little (voice of Zach Braff) is an earnest young fowl living in the town of Oakley Oaks who one day starts a panic when a falling acorn drops on his head, and he warns everyone that the sky has started to collapse. Chicken Little was wrong, of course, much to the embarrassment of his father, Buck Cluck (voice of Garry Marshall), and now the young chicken is struggling to live down the incident. While his best friends Abby Mallard (voice of Joan Cusack), Runt of the Litter (voice of Steve Zahn), and Fish out of Water stand by him, the school's star athlete Foxy Loxy (voice of Amy Sedaris) never passes up an opportunity to make fun of the diminutive chicken. As a result, Chicken Little tends to keep his more recent discoveries to himself, but what's a bird to do when he uncovers pseudo-scientific evidence that suggests the sky really is starting to fall, in large hexagonal chunks? Chicken Little was directed by Mark Dindal, who previously helmed The Emperor's New Groove for Disney. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Children's/Family

Awards: Best Animated Feature – Broadcast Film Critics Association Producer of the Year - Animated Film – Producers Guild of America

Features: Deleted scenes including 3 alternate openings
"Hatching Chicken Little" -- A "Making Of" featurette
"Where's Fish?" trivia game
Karaoke sing along
The Cheetah Girls music video
Barenaked Ladies music video

Chicken Little

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 03/21/2006

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 81 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Chicken Little
1. The Sky Is Falling [2:59]
2. The Drive to School [1:13]
3. Tardy Again [3:38]
4. Dodgeball [5:05]
5. Signing up for Baseball [5:08]
6. The Big Game [6:25]
7. Closure [2:44]
8. Piece of the Sky [5:38]
9. Rescue Fish [3:39]
10. We're Next [3:16]
11. Alien Chase [2:57]
12. Warning the Town [3:53]
13. Buck Is Embarrassed [2:04]
14. Meet Kirby [:53]
15. Alien Invasion [1:07]
16. Moment of Truth [1:42]
17. Returning Kirby [3:04]
18. Meet the Aliens [2:11]
19. Movie Within a Movie [5:48]
20. End Credits [3:34]

Derek Armstrong

In addition to being the infamous delusional cry of the title character, "The sky is falling" was also what some critics thought was happening at Disney, which would explain Chicken Little. But their grumpiness is unwarranted and a little puzzling. There's nothing in this film to suggest an apocalyptic end to the successful formula Disney has used for decades -- in fact, other than a crisp switch to digital animation, Chicken Little is Disney at its most Disney-like. The film fits right in to Disney's tradition of selecting fairy tales and children's stories that are just ripe for revitalization, yet Chicken Little has a space-age feel as well -- literally, as the plummeting heavens are actually the byproduct of an alien invasion. Not only is this a clever idea, but it opens some terrific visual possibilities for robot gizmos, which the animators eagerly bring to the screen. But Disney is still low-tech in its agenda, as the crux of the conflict involves the poultry pipsqueak trying to prove himself to his widowed father. Zach Braff and Garry Marshall make both halves of this relationship work with labor-of-love performances. The world they inhabit is colorful and speckled with different species, and it really has the feel of coming from a storybook -- like if you got to city limits, the drawing might just end. One welcome change is that Disney -- usually so safe on the sidekick front -- deviates from the familiar with two risky choices: a truly ugly duckling named Abby Mallard (voiced by Joan Cusack), and a not-so-runty Runt of the Litter (voiced by Steve Zahn), each of whom takes a little warming up to. That might be the most legitimate complaint leveled at Chicken Little: the whole thing takes a little warming up to. But once it starts to take off, it's pretty darn agreeable. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Patrick Stewart  Actor 
Katie Finneran  Actor 
Fred Willard  Actor 
Harry Shearer  Actor 
Catherine O'Hara  Actor 
Mark Walton  Actor 
Amy Sedaris  Actor 
Don Knotts  Actor 
Garry Marshall  Actor 
John Debney  Composer (Music Score) 
Mark Dindal  Director 
Randy Fullmer  Producer 
Steven Bencich  Screenwriter 
Ron J. Friedman  Screenwriter 
Ron Anderson  Screenwriter 
Zach Braff  Actor 
Steve Zahn  Actor 
Joan Cusack  Actor 
Wallace Shawn  Actor 
Adam West  Actor 
Adam West  Actor 
Patrick Warburton  Actor 

Country: USA