Shaun the Sheep Movie facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Shaun the Sheep Movie |
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| Music by | Ilan Eshkeri |
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| Editing by | Sim Evan-Jones |
| Studio | Aardman Animations |
| Distributed by | StudioCanal |
| Release date(s) | 24 January 2015 (Sundance) 6 February 2015 (United Kingdom) |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English (no dialogue) |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Money made | $106.2 million |
Shaun the Sheep Movie is a fun 2015 British stop-motion animated adventure comedy film. It is based on the popular 2007 TV show Shaun the Sheep, which was created by Nick Park. The TV show itself came from the Wallace and Gromit film, A Close Shave (1995).
The movie tells the story of Shaun and his sheep friends. They go on a big adventure into the city to find their farmer. The farmer has lost his memory because of their playful tricks!
This film was made by Aardman Animations, a famous studio known for its clay animation. StudioCanal helped pay for the movie and also released it in the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe. Richard Starzak and Mark Burton wrote and directed the film. Ilan Eshkeri created the music. The voices were done by actors like Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, and Omid Djalili.
Shaun the Sheep Movie first showed at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2015. It then came out in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2015. The movie was a big hit, earning over $106 million around the world. Critics loved it, calling it "fun, absurd, and endearingly inventive." It has a very high rating of 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of the best-rated animated films there.
The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 88th Academy Awards. It also got nominations at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards and the BAFTA Awards. It won the Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film. A new movie, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, came out in 2019.
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What the Movie is About
Shaun is a sheep who lives on Mossy Bottom Farm with his flock. He gets tired of the same old farm routine. So, he comes up with a plan to have a day off. He tricks the farmer into falling asleep by making him count sheep.
But things go wrong! The caravan where they put the farmer accidentally rolls away. It takes him all the way into the big city. Bitzer, the farmer's loyal dog, chases after him. In the city, the farmer hits his head and ends up in a hospital. He loses his memory and wanders off.
The farmer then finds himself in a hair salon. He remembers a little bit about shearing sheep and starts cutting a celebrity's hair. The celebrity loves the new haircut! Soon, the farmer becomes a very popular hair stylist named "Mr. X."
Back at the farm, life is hard without the farmer. Shaun decides to sneak onto a bus to the city. To his surprise, the rest of the flock follows him on another bus! They dress up like people and start looking for the farmer. But Shaun gets caught by Trumper, a very strict animal-control worker.
Shaun meets Bitzer in the animal lock-up. With help from a homeless dog named Slip, they escape and trap Trumper. They find the farmer, but he doesn't remember them, which makes them sad.
Shaun, Bitzer, and the flock hide in an alley. They find something that helps them realize the farmer's memory loss is real. This gives them hope! They plan to put the farmer to sleep again. They will then take him back to the farm in the caravan. They use a pantomime horse (which is really the sheep in disguise) to move him.
Their plan works at first, but Trumper escapes and chases them. He is very angry and wants to stop them. At the farm, the group hides in a shed. Trumper uses a tractor to try and push the shed into a rock quarry. But the farmer wakes up and gets his memory back! Together, they defeat Trumper.
Slip, the homeless dog, finds a new home with a bus driver. The farmer and the animals are happy to be together again. The next day, the farmer cancels all the usual farm work for an official day off!
After the main story, we see that the animal-control place becomes a center to protect animals. Trumper ends up working in a chicken suit to promote a restaurant. In a scene after the credits, the farmer sees a news report about all the crazy things that happened while he was asleep. He and the animals are very surprised!
Meet the Characters
Here are some of the main characters and who voiced them:
- Justin Fletcher as Shaun, the leader of the sheep flock.
- Justin Fletcher also voices Timmy, a young lamb who looks up to Shaun.
- John Sparkes as The Farmer.
- John Sparkes also voices Bitzer, the farmer's helpful dog.
- Omid Djalili as Trumper, the strict animal-control worker.
- Kate Harbour as Timmy's mum.
- Kate Harbour also voices Merly, a worker at the hair salon.
- Richard Webber as Shirley, a very big sheep.
- Tim Hands as Slip, a homeless dog who helps Shaun.
- Simon Greenall as the twins, two sheep.
- Emma Tate as Hazel, another sheep in the flock.
- Andy Nyman as Nuts, a sheep with unusual eyes.
- Nick Park as himself (a cameo appearance).
Music in the Movie
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| Released | 1 June 2015 29 June 2015 (CD) |
| Recorded | 2015 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 54:45 |
| Label | Silva Screen Records |
| Producer | Various Artists |
Ilan Eshkeri wrote most of the music for the film. The main song, "Feels Like Summer," was a team effort. It was created by Tim Wheeler (from the band Ash), Ilan Eshkeri, and Nick Hodgson (from Kaiser Chiefs).
The movie's soundtrack was released digitally on June 1, 2015. A CD version came out on June 29, 2015. You can hear a classical music piece, "Grand Valse Brillante" by Frédéric Chopin, during the restaurant scene. However, this song is not on the official soundtrack album.
Some of the other songs featured in the movie include:
- "Rocks" by Primal Scream
- "Search for the Hero" by M People
- "Big City" by Eliza Dolittle
- "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers
- "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby" by Kid Creole and the Coconuts
- "Home" by Foo Fighters
- "House of Fun" by Madness
- "Shaun the Sheep - Life's A Treat (Rizzle Kicks Remix)" by Mark Thomas, Vic Reeves and Rizzle Kicks
More Shaun the Sheep Movies
A sequel to Shaun the Sheep Movie was announced on September 14, 2015. StudioCanal and Aardman worked together on it.
On October 25, 2016, Aardman confirmed that the second movie, called Shaun the Sheep Movie 2, would start being made in January 2017. Richard Starzak, who co-directed the first film, returned to direct the sequel.
The sequel, titled A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, was released in the United Kingdom on October 18, 2019. Netflix released the film in the United States on February 14, 2020.
Images for kids
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Mark Burton and Richard Starzak, the directors and writers of the film.
See also
In Spanish: Shaun the Sheep Movie para niños
