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The greatest turkey movie of all time.
2013 | 91m | English

(27724 votes)

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Popularity: 4 (history)

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Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history—and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.
Release Date: Oct 30, 2013
Director: Jimmy Hayward
Writer: Jimmy Hayward, David I. Stern, John J. Strauss, Scott Mosier
Genres: Animation, Family, Comedy
Keywords holiday, thanksgiving, freedom, duringcreditsstinger, playful
Production Companies Reel FX Creative Studios, Relativity Media
Box Office Revenue: $110,000,000
Budget: $55,000,000
Updates Updated: Sep 09, 2025
Entered: Apr 13, 2024
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Full Credits

Name Character
Owen Wilson Reggie (voice)
Woody Harrelson Jake (voice)
Amy Poehler Jenny (voice)
George Takei S.T.E.V.E. (voice)
Colm Meaney Myles Standish (voice)
Keith David Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Dan Fogler Governor William Bradford (voice)
Jimmy Hayward Ranger / Leatherbeak / President / Hazmats (voice)
Jeff Biancalana General Sagan / Hazmats (voice)
Danny Carey Danny (voice)
Carlos Ponce Narrator / Alejandro (voice)
Robert Beltran Chief Massasoit (voice)
Lesley Nicol Female Pilgrim (voice)
Kaitlyn Maher President's Daughter (voice)
Carlos Alazraqui Amos (voice)
Josh Lawson Gus (Voice)
Jason Finazzo Chrononaut One (voice)
Scott Mosier Pizza Dude (voice)
Lauren Bowles Jake's Mother (voice)
Dwight Howard Cold Turkey (Voice)
Vincente DiSanti (voice)
Jeff Fierson (voice)
David S. Lee (voice)
Rik Michul (voice)
Alina Phelan (voice)
William Morgan Sheppard (voice)
Name Job
Jimmy Hayward Screenplay, Director
Dominic Lewis Original Music Composer
Paul Downs Animation
Jimmy Almeida Animation
Andy Hass Animation
Dixie Pizani Animation
Jay Jackson Animation
David I. Stern Story
Chris Cartagena Editor
Rich McKain Supervising Animator
Scott Peterson Digital Supervisor
Phil Langone Storyboard Artist
Tyler DeLisle Lighting Artist
Sue Houston Safianoff Animation
Travis Tohill Animation
John J. Strauss Story
Kevin R. Adams Production Design
David Esneault Digital Supervisor
Jeff Biancalana Head of Story
Kerry Rock Casting
Chris DiGiovanni Assistant Director
Randy Thom Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer
Dennis Leonard Supervising Sound Editor
Gary Rizzo Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jun Falkenstein Storyboard Artist
Martin Cooper Storyboard Artist
Carolyn Gair Storyboard Artist
Daniel Chong Additional Storyboarding
David Feiss Additional Storyboarding
Patrick Harpin Storyboard Artist
Ken Mitchroney Storyboard Artist
John Rice Storyboard Artist
Oliver Thomas Storyboard Artist
Luke Weber Storyboard Artist
Josh Zinman Storyboard Artist
Keith Baxter Additional Storyboarding
Joe Ekers Additional Storyboarding
Tim Heitz Additional Storyboarding
Josh Lieberman Additional Storyboarding
Floyd Norman Additional Storyboarding
Chris Sonnenburg Additional Storyboarding
Scott Mosier Screenplay
Will Finn Storyboard Artist
Julius Aguimatang Additional Storyboarding
Danielle Dupre Sound Recordist
Mac Smith Sound Effects Editor
Jørgen Klubien Storyboard Artist
Name Title
David I. Stern Executive Producer
John J. Strauss Executive Producer
Alonzo Ruvalcaba Co-Producer
Geoffrey Stott Associate Producer
Aron Warner Executive Producer
Scott Mosier Producer
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Reviews

Rangan
7.0

> Mission thanksgiving. The turkeys time to fight back! It is definitely an underrated animation. Okay, I agree, Disney is solely dominating the animation industry, especially at present. But this film is no masterpiece like that Disney makes yet not bad to ignore complete. Yes, there are flaws i ... n it, but very acceptable as they're just minors. In the animations, the real world logics won't apply. So you should try to enjoy it than trying to find the errors. This film is targeted for children, but then anybody can watch it because it is a beautiful theme with some real laughs in it, only if you forget that you are an adult for a 90 minute. Technically the film quality matches with Disney, Pixer, Dreamworks and even the Sony animation. It is a fine achievement for an outside/new production house to come up with like this. I hope Reel FX would make more animations in the future and compete directly with these top companies. It was really a star studded cast. I did not know who were they all, but I identified them by their voices. As far as the story, too easy to predict, but somehow it managed to keep me glued to it with its entertaining contents. It is a time travel theme and a quite entertaining film made by the 'Horton Hears a Who' director. Some are saying it is anti-thanking giving film, but I think it is just a fun film. Although, it was kind of like 'Happy Feet', where a bunch of turkeys tries to loose their kind from the humans grip. But narrated differently, something like in the line of 'Penguins of Madagascar'. I don't think anybody can regret watching it, but then there are people with expectations, so it might fail at them. Overall, it was a decent film for sure if not great as other animations that came in the same year. Waiting for its sequel about 'mission turducken'. 7/10

May 16, 2024