Chicken Run/Trivia

References to The Great Escape and other films
Many scenes of the movie contain references to The Great Escape, a film about Allied prisoners escaping from a German POW camp: There are references to other films as well:
 * In one escape attempt, the chickens dig a tunnel whose construction mimics the tunnel in The Great Escape, down to the hiding of the entrance with a stove, the rolling cart, and the signaling system.
 * Whenever Ginger is caught, she is confined to a coal bin, sometimes bouncing a brussel sprout off the wall to pass the time, just as Virgil Hilts, repeatedly sent to the "Cooler," would bounce a baseball.
 * Despite it being a chicken coop, a guard tower is visible in some scenes, although it never appears to be occupied and might actually be a water tower.
 * Rocky calls Ginger 'certifiable' for wanting to get all the chickens out, which parallels when Virgil Hilts calls Roger Bartlett "crazy" for planning an escape of 250 prisoners.
 * Fowler's line, 'Don't be ridiculous. I can't fly this contraption.' is a reference to The Flight of the Phoenix.
 * Rocky's line. "I've met some hard-boiled eggs in my day, but I'd say you're about 20 minutes," is nearly a word-for-word copy of Lorraine's line in Ace in the Hole.
 * Several of Mac's lines mimic Scotty from Star Trek.

Trivia

 * This is the first DreamWorks Animation film to be released in June.
 * This is first feature film by Aardman Animations.
 * This is the first DreamWorks Animation film to be co-produced by Aardman Animations.
 * This is the first DreamWorks Animation's stop-motion film.
 * This is first DreamWorks Animation film to begin with the opening credits.
 * This is the first DreamWorks Animation film to be rated G by the MPAA.
 * The second DreamWorks Animation's original full-length feature film of the 2000s, after The Road to El Dorado.
 * This second DreamWorks Animation film of 2000s to be produced in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, after The Road to El Dorado.
 * The third stop motion-animated film to be produced in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, after The Adventures of Mark Twain and Gumby: The Movie.
 * The third stop motion-animated film to be rated G by the MPAA, after The Adventures of Mark Twain and Gumby: The Movie.