When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the B... Read allWhen Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of... Read allWhen Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 49 nominations total
- Shaun
- (voice)
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- The Farmer
- (voice)
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- Trumper
- (voice)
- Shirley
- (voice)
- Timmy's Mum
- (voice)
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- Nuts
- (voice)
- Twins
- (voice)
- Maitre D
- (voice)
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- Junior Doctor
- (voice)
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- Operatic Sheep
- (voice)
- Bus Station Announcer
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
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- TriviaTwenty animators worked on the film, each producing two seconds of footage per day.
- GoofsThe film features the eight 'named' sheep (Shaun, Timmy, Timmy's mum, Hazel, Shirley, Nuts and The Twins), however, a few minutes in as they are celebrating the success of their plan to make the farmer fall asleep in the wheelbarrow a ninth sheep (which looks like another Hazel) appears for that scene only.
- Crazy creditsBefore the final credits the rooster appears with a sign saying "The End". As the credits move up the screen, the rooster jumps in order to stay visible but is finally covered up. When the credits come to an end we see the rooster again, now playing a game on his mobile phone. He notices us, turns the sign round to show the words "Go home" and walks off. The screen is blank for a moment, then a sheep appears with a vacuum cleaner.
- Alternate versionsThe US release of the film tacks on the Lionsgate logo at the very beginning, and the opening credit screen is altered to read "Lionsgate, StudioCanal & Aardman present", whereas in the UK version, only the latter two studios are present and credited.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Troldspejlet: Episode #50.17 (2014)
- SoundtracksFeels Like Summer
Written by Ilan Eshkeri, Nick Hodgson & Tim Wheeler
Performed by Tim Wheeler
Published by Aardman Music Publishing/Universal Music Publishing Ltd. & Imagem & Tim Wheeler
Shaun is extremely well animated and manages to keep the story ticking along and funny enough to keep your interest without really feeling stretched. Considering as the film has no real dialogue to speak of that is no mean feat, and is reliant on top notch production design, expressive animation and a script that is entertaining and funny without being overly ridiculous. Whilst the Shaun the Sheep/Timmy Time TV shorts are aimed at young viewers, there is a decent amount of underlying humour here that adults will also engage with and thus it doesn't insult your intelligence the way some films do.
After Aardmans infamous falling out with DreamWorks (who wanted them to Americanize Wallace & Gromit) I did wonder if Aardman had sold out for the mass market after feeling the Sony Pictures distributed Pirates had a whiff of compromise to it, and that's partly why I felt Pirates fell a bit flat. However Aardman have teamed up with an independent European distributor for Shaun and as a result it seems they were allowed to make the film they wanted to make this time round. In effect I was not disappointed with Shaun, the simple but hilarious premise of the TV show is expanded successfully to the big screen with no noticeable compromises for the mass market. That the film is also dialogue free should make it an easy sell abroad too and I'm glad to see the film has been well received.
So well done to Aardman for making one of 2015's most enjoyable, entertaining and amusing films so far.
- trevorwomble
- Feb 17, 2015
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $19,375,982
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,038,962
- Aug 9, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $110,549,295
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1