# For fans of the movie "Chicken Run" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2001, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-movie-chicken-run/61896 "2001-04-14T00:45:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-movie-chicken-run/61896/21 "2001-04-15T02:43:20Z")
Aardman’s next feature will be based around the _Tortoise and the Hare_ and the third feature will be (hopefully) a Wallace and Gromit movie. I hope the voice of Wallace (Peter Sallis) will still be around for it. A different voice would not be cool. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-movie-chicken-run/61896/22 "2001-04-15T13:10:49Z")
**mouthbreather** said: > [@](#): > > As do I, Dave. I wouldn’t have pegged a Mets fan for having any taste! > > (And no, lets not hijack this thread…you can return with one cheap shot to me which I will let slide) Hey, you’re the admitted mouthbreather. How can I even take you seriously? 😉 That was actually a funny comment, **mb**. At least we can find common ground in our mutual respect, admiration and love for Nick Park’s work. And, **GuanoLad** , I agree that Wallace absolutely must have Peter Sallis’s voice. Still, if (God FORBID!) Sallis is not around anymore to make the movie, voice-over artists are extremely versatile. Just look at how well the classic WB characters have been done post-Blanc. Yes, they’re not the same, but they’re pretty damn close. ---
**Author:** ![honkytonkwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@honkytonkwillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honkytonkwillie)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-movie-chicken-run/61896/23 "2001-04-16T08:12:11Z")
I’ve got all three Wallace and Grommits. Close Shave is my absolute favorite, with the sheep riding the motorcycle. The biggest crack up in TWT is a toss up between the penguin shaped doggie-door, and the part where the penguin, disguised as a rooster, snaps the rubber golve off of his head, and Wallace recognizes him: “It’s YOU!!!” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-movie-chicken-run/61896/24 "2001-04-16T12:09:39Z")
As I have remarked in the “underappreciated movies” thread, I love good animation, and I’ve been following Nick Park since I saw Creature Comforts and A Grand Day Out when they first came out. But if you like this sort of thing you should have a look at the scandalously underappreciated Will Vinton, whose “The Adventures of Mark Twain” is WONDERFUL, but didn’t get a bit of the critical acclaim it deserves. You might also be able to find his other works on video – “Rip Van Winkle”, “The Little Prince”, “The California Raisins” (yep, he did those commercials), and “The Best of the Festival of Claymation”. He also did a lot of the special effects work for “Return to Oz”. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-movie-chicken-run/61896/25 "2001-04-16T19:14:05Z")
Will Vinton is also responsible for the TV series _The PJs_ and _Gary and Mike_. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-movie-chicken-run/61896/26 "2001-04-16T22:49:31Z")
Second your appreciation for “The Adventures of Mark Twain”, **Cal**. He also did good work in another criminally underappreciated film, “Return to Oz” and in “The Neverending Story.” I didn’t like his California Raisins, though. Much too sinister. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-movie-chicken-run/61896.md?page=1)