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Free Birds
Free Birds is a 2013 American animated Thanksgiving science fiction comedy film directed by Jimmy Hayward, who co-wrote the screenplay with the film's producer Scott Mosier. The film stars the voices of Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, George Takei, Colm Meaney, Keith David, and Dan Fogler. In the film, two turkeys named Reggie and Jake go back in time to the first Thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu.
Free Birds was produced by Reel FX Creative Studios as its 7th full-length animated feature film and Relativity Media as its 4th animated film after Monster House (2006), The Tale of Despereaux (2008), and 9 (2009). Originally titled Turkeys, and scheduled for 2014, the film was released by Relativity Media on November 1, 2013.
Free Birds grossed $110 million worldwide against a $55 million budget and received negative reviews from critics. It has since gained a cult following. The film was nominated for the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production.
In the present day, a turkey named Reggie who lives on a free range farm always feared Thanksgiving due to turkeys being the primary dish, and his attempts to warn his ignorant flock have made him an outcast. When the President of the United States arrives at the farm for the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation, which the flock mistakes for the farmer taking them all to kill, they throw Reggie outside of the coop in order to save themselves. The president’s daughter finds him and decides that he should be dubbed the pardoned turkey, going as far as to pretend to cry in order to get the press to agree with her.
When Reggie is taken to Camp David, he eases into a life of pizza and watching Spanish telenovelas. One night, however, he is kidnapped by a turkey named Jake who claims to have been instructed by a being called the “Great Turkey" with the “Sacred Time Knob” to take Reggie and go back in time to the first Thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu. They steal a time machine that is controlled by a AI called S.T.E.V.E. (Space Time Exploration Vehicle Envoy) from a government facility and time travel to three days before the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
When they arrive, they are ambushed by Pilgrims but rescued by a flock of turkeys who are led by Broadbeak. The flock used to live in trees but were forced to move underground when the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth. Broadbeak assigns Reggie and his daughter Jenny to spring the Pilgrims’ turkey traps while Jake and her brother Ranger spy on the Pilgrims.
Jake and Ranger discover that the Pilgrims setting up preparations for Thanksgiving with their weapons shack. Meanwhile, Jenny doesn’t believe Reggie is actually from the future, although is impressed with his accidental way of springing traps. They are intercepted by Myles Standish but Reggie sends Jenny into orbit aboard S.T.E.V.E., validating his story. He suggests going to the future with him but she refuses to leave the flock.
Jake tells Reggie about his backstory and assigned mission. Growing up inside a factory farm, every member of his family fattened up on formula as chicks, except for him, because his mother kept him hidden from worker scientists. One night, she tasked him with escaping with a clutch of eggs in order to start his own flock. He managed to escape, but the eggs were taken by the scientists. Shortly afterward, the Great Turkey appeared and gave him his mission. Jake believes that stopping turkeys from becoming Thanksgiving dinners will make up for his failure to his family.
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Free Birds
Free Birds is a 2013 American animated Thanksgiving science fiction comedy film directed by Jimmy Hayward, who co-wrote the screenplay with the film's producer Scott Mosier. The film stars the voices of Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, George Takei, Colm Meaney, Keith David, and Dan Fogler. In the film, two turkeys named Reggie and Jake go back in time to the first Thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu.
Free Birds was produced by Reel FX Creative Studios as its 7th full-length animated feature film and Relativity Media as its 4th animated film after Monster House (2006), The Tale of Despereaux (2008), and 9 (2009). Originally titled Turkeys, and scheduled for 2014, the film was released by Relativity Media on November 1, 2013.
Free Birds grossed $110 million worldwide against a $55 million budget and received negative reviews from critics. It has since gained a cult following. The film was nominated for the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production.
In the present day, a turkey named Reggie who lives on a free range farm always feared Thanksgiving due to turkeys being the primary dish, and his attempts to warn his ignorant flock have made him an outcast. When the President of the United States arrives at the farm for the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation, which the flock mistakes for the farmer taking them all to kill, they throw Reggie outside of the coop in order to save themselves. The president’s daughter finds him and decides that he should be dubbed the pardoned turkey, going as far as to pretend to cry in order to get the press to agree with her.
When Reggie is taken to Camp David, he eases into a life of pizza and watching Spanish telenovelas. One night, however, he is kidnapped by a turkey named Jake who claims to have been instructed by a being called the “Great Turkey" with the “Sacred Time Knob” to take Reggie and go back in time to the first Thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu. They steal a time machine that is controlled by a AI called S.T.E.V.E. (Space Time Exploration Vehicle Envoy) from a government facility and time travel to three days before the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
When they arrive, they are ambushed by Pilgrims but rescued by a flock of turkeys who are led by Broadbeak. The flock used to live in trees but were forced to move underground when the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth. Broadbeak assigns Reggie and his daughter Jenny to spring the Pilgrims’ turkey traps while Jake and her brother Ranger spy on the Pilgrims.
Jake and Ranger discover that the Pilgrims setting up preparations for Thanksgiving with their weapons shack. Meanwhile, Jenny doesn’t believe Reggie is actually from the future, although is impressed with his accidental way of springing traps. They are intercepted by Myles Standish but Reggie sends Jenny into orbit aboard S.T.E.V.E., validating his story. He suggests going to the future with him but she refuses to leave the flock.
Jake tells Reggie about his backstory and assigned mission. Growing up inside a factory farm, every member of his family fattened up on formula as chicks, except for him, because his mother kept him hidden from worker scientists. One night, she tasked him with escaping with a clutch of eggs in order to start his own flock. He managed to escape, but the eggs were taken by the scientists. Shortly afterward, the Great Turkey appeared and gave him his mission. Jake believes that stopping turkeys from becoming Thanksgiving dinners will make up for his failure to his family.