23 minutes to fall in love with people who play with clay for a living.
Practical Effects
They literally built a full-scale chicken prison. For puppets.
Direction
Nick Park and Peter Lord's chaotic genius energy is infectious.
Director
Toby James
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Aardman's Bristol studio had to be kept at a constant cool temperature to prevent the clay puppets from sweating under hot lights.
This was DreamWorks' first animated co-production, and the tension between Aardman's artisanal approach and studio pressure nearly killed the partnership before Shrek even existed.
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