Disney's first venture into the realm of CGI animation (without Pixar) tells the tale of all-animal town Oakey Oaks's most infamous resident, Chicken Little (voiced by Zach Braff), who causes town-wide panic when he claims the sky is falling. A year later he's still shunned by everyone, including his dad (Gary Marshall), a single rooster with an incredibly wide tie. Determined to end his losing streak, the bespectacled Little joins the baseball team, even though he can barely lift the bat. Luckily his three equally outcast friends have faith in him: a pig with a yen for '70s disco (Steve Zahn); a Harpo Marx-esque goldfish in a diving helmet; and Abby, a buck-toothed female duckling (Joan Cusak). According to her sources in magazines such as Modern Mallard, Abby is sure Chicken Little merely needs "closure" with dad over the sky incident. But when the sky really does start falling due to a full-on alien invasion, and only Chicken Little knows why, dad still doesn't want to believe him.

Kids are sure to understand Chick's frustration in this matter, and parents will dig the sly riffs on films like VERTIGO (1958), THE BLOB (1959), INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996), and WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953), as well as Disney's own back catalog. In place of the usual musical numbers, CHICKEN LITTLE includes montages set to Barenaked Ladies songs and reinterpreted pop favorites (the old Art Garfunkel gut-wrencher, "All I Know," is a standout), while celebrity voiceovers come from Harry Shearer, Wallace Shawn, Patrick Stewart, Adam West, and Don Knotts, with Amy Sedaris as the obnoxious "Foxy Loxy."

Theatrical Release: NOVEMBER 4, 2005

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Behind the Scenes: "Hatching Chicken Little"
Alternate Openings - (3)
Music Video:
1. The Cheetah Girls - "Shake a Tail Feather"
2. The Barenaked Ladies - "One Little Slip"
Interactive Features:
Karaoke - Sing-A-Long
Trivia Games - "Where's the Fish"

Distributor Notes: Chicken Little

Experience a fantastic world of breathtaking action and adventure in Disney's hilarious new movie CHICKEN LITTLE. It's "a perfect family film," raves Scott Mantz of Access Hollywood. When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken. Bursting with laughs, music, and out-of-this-world bonus features, including alternate openings, a trivia game, and much more, this sensational DVD is truly something to cluck about.

Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Zach Braff: American actor, director, SCRUBS
Joan Cusack: American actress, WORKING GIRL (1988)
Don Knotts: American Comedic Actor, F-TROOP
Catherine O'Hara: Emmy-winning American actress, BEETLE JUICE,
Steve Zahn: Actor
Fred Willard: American actor

Garry Marshall: American Director/Producer, BEACHES

Randy Fulmer: CHICKEN LITTLE (2005)

Steve Bencich: Screenwriter, BROTHER BEAR (2003)
Ron J. Friedman: Screenwriter, BROTHER BEAR (2003)

John Debney: Composer/"Hocus Pocus"

"Lusciously pigmented, child-friendly CHICKEN LITTLE is no HOWARD THE DUCK..."
3 stars out of 5 -- "Movie references abound....The real selling-point is the startling picture quality..."
"CHICKEN LITTLE turns out to be good-hearted fun....With snappy cartoon comedy, amusing characters and a pleasingly fresh approach."