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CHICKEN RUN IN PRINT
Here's
a roundup of some of the trade ads and covers
you may have spied in the industry press and media,
celebrating "Chicken Run"s release and success
around
the world. Thumbnails lead to larger jpegs...
Daily Variety - 13th May 1999
This double-page advert announced the arrival
of the
movie, a whole year before its release...

Daily Variety - 18th August 2000
And one year later, this second double-page
celebrated
$100million box office in North America...
Screen International - Dec 2000
This cover ad adorned the front of a Special
Edition
supplement - Chicken Run reaped the 2nd
highest box
office take for the year in the UK...

Screen International - Nov 10-16th 2000
The movie was a hit across Europe too, as this
trade
ad shows...

National press ad - Nov 2000
In the UK, "Chicken Run" was given
an extra holiday push
with the rerelease of Aardman's "Creature
Comforts" film,
playing as a short with the main feature...
ON7 - June 2001
Now here's a scarce item. It's the cover for
OnDigital's
subscriber magazine. A month later, of course,
OnDigital
changed its name to ITV Digital, and -
well - the rest
is history, isn't it?

Radio Times/Thornton's VHS - June 2000
A fab give-away video tape here, which was
available
exclusively through The Radio Times and Thornton's,
who also produced a delicious range of chocolate
goodies,
of course. "Poultry In Motion" was
a 20min behind-the-
scenes look at the film which included a short
tour of
the Aardman Studios by Julia Sawalha (Ginger)
and
Lynn Ferguson (Mac)...
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