The Chicken from Outer Space
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Chicken from Outer Space |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1995 |
| length | 8 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Dilworth |
| script | John Dilworth |
| production | John Dilworth for Stretch Films Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| music | Steven A. Saltzman |
| cut | William Hohauser |
The Chicken from Outer Space is an American animated short film directed by John Dilworth in 1995.
action
The over-anxious dog Courage lies peacefully on the lap of his mistress, who pats him when he is so afraid of a rat that has crawled into the room that he escapes on the head of his master, who drives the dog out of the house with an oversized horror mask . On the veranda, Courage witnesses a UFO landing. An alien chicken climbs out of the UFO, which only differs from a normal chicken by its bright red eyes. Courage brings his keeper out onto the porch, but the UFO and the chicken have already disappeared. A little later, Courage finds the chicken in the hen house, where it is strangling the last laying hen in the family. Courage brings his mistress to the barn, but she pats the alien chicken, which is brooding alone, and takes the previously laid red-dotted eggs. Courage can destroy part of the eggs, but the mistress takes two eggs with her. The alien chicken, in turn, now locks Courage in the chicken coop.
With the help of a large explosive charge, Courage can finally free himself from the stable. In the meantime, mistress has cracked and fried the two eggs in the house and master is eating his fried egg. A short time later, he mutates into an alien chicken and threatens his wife. In front of the house there is a bloodless competition between Courage and the chicken, including arm wrestling and holding one's breath. The chicken loses and Courage is about to show him the way to Mars when it threatens him with a radiation pistol. However, the shot is deflected so often that the jet hits the chicken itself, which now becomes a roast chicken. Inside the house, the husband, who has mutated into a chicken, threatens his wife and Courage now uses the radiation gun. Master collapses into a heap of ash. While Courage the mistress pushes a rocking chair and a little later lets her scratch her again, the rat reappears and now eats the master's ashes. Your eyes turn red and Courage is ready for another panic attack.
production
The Chicken from Outer Space premiered in 1995 as part of the What a Cartoon! World Premiere Toons on Cartoon Network . The short film won numerous film awards, which led to the fact that Cartoon Network commissioned a series of animated films about the scared dog from director John Dilworth. The series Courage the Cowardly Dog finally comprised 52 episodes and ran from 1999 to 2002 on Cartoon Network and under the title Courage the cowardly dog in 2007 on Cartoon Network Germany .
All characters in the film (and the animated series) are voiced by Howard Hoffman .
Awards
The Chicken from Outer Space won the ASIFA / East Award at the ASIFA / East Animation Festival in 1996. At the 1997 Algarve International Film Festival, the film received the Jury Prize.
The Chicken from Outer Space was nominated for an Oscar in the category “ Best Animated Short Film ” in 1996, but could not prevail against Wallace & Gromit - Unter Schafen .