Every Lucky Clucker has been subjected to one of my latest obsessions…finding chickens in movies. Not movies that exclusively feature chickens such as Chicken Little or Chicken Run but movies that have chickens in them. These can be Hollywood blockbusters, Indie films, or documentaries…heck even Bollywood shows count. If it is a movie and it has ‘chicken content’ then it counts. I started this obession, or let’s call it a hobby instead as obsession makes me sound like a chicken lunatic and although some would say I am I would just as soon pretend that I am not until some later date when I am very old and it’s more acceptable to be called a crazy chicken woman.
Okay…so where was I? Yes, I picked up this hobby about a year and a half ago. I recall watching a few movies in a matter of a couple of weeks and every one of them had a chicken in it. Now you are probably thinking that they were all epic drama’s (such as Braveheart) in which the obligatory flock of chickens running across a dirt road portrays the correct time period and even social standing of the movies’ characters. Oh no, these weren’t epic dramas…they were just regular movies. This intrigued me, to say the least, so I started paying closer attention and eventually I had to establish some rules of the game. The rule is that chicken as food doesn’t count as chicken content. For example one of the actors in said movie orders chicken fried steak from a menu…doesn’t count. This is too easy and really as a Lucky Clucker I don’t promote the eating of factory farmed chicken. The other rule is the chicken content doesn’t have to be an actual chicken it can be a story about a chicken or a nice piece of artwork that features a chicken or even someone acting like a chicken. Another example to illustrate this point. In the Coen Brothers film Burn After Reading actress Frances McDormand is in a plastic surgery clinic and the doctor is commenting on the crows feet around her eyes and her character responds that they aren’t crows feet at all they are little chicky feet and then she says chicky, chicky, chicky. This is definite chicken content in a movie. Score!
Now I need you to help me discover more movies that have chicken content…I’m going to start with a few of my favorites (not movies necessarily but favorite chicken content in a movie) in no particular order and I hope you will list some of your favorite Chickens as Stars too.
Everything Is Illuminated
The Changeling
The Orphanage
American Werewolf in London
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Son of Rambow
Borat
Hot Fuzz
3 Needles
Pineapple Express (this movie sucks but it does have a chicken)
Darkon
The Devil’s Backbone
The Assassination of Jesse James
Slumdog Millionaire
Princess Mononoke
Hannah Montana (added by Lisa, Khem’s Cousin)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (added by Becca)
Dexter (a television show)
True Blood (HBO show)
Defiance
Check out how much these chicks have grown. It looks like the class of 2009 is going to be incredible!
Frankie is off to an early lead and she never looked back—our first chicken race winner.
The fun with eggs started with an egg relay. The tricky part was the spoon to spoon transfer of our precious huevos.
Three legs, two eggs, and one great race. We all know everything is more fun with eggs, and this race is no exception.
Showing wild hops, the third egg race had its ups and downs. A lot of eggs ended up on the ground in this contest but only one contestant got yolked.
Showing incredible teamwork and spooning skills, Lick and Rinda delicately transfer their fragile cargo.
The entertaining egg-toss proved why it is a perenial favorite of athletes everywhere.
I have never had so much fun with eggs!!!