

Ranger and Jake discover that the settlers have already begun preparations for Thanksgiving, and where they keep their weapons. Once there, they are ambushed by colonial hunters led by Myles Standish, and are rescued by native turkeys led by Chief Broadbeak and his two children, Ranger and Jenny.īroadbeak explains that turkeys have been forced underground since the settlers came, and orders Jake and Ranger to spy on the settlers while Reggie and Jenny spring the humans' hunting traps.

(Space Time Exploration Vehicle Envoy) from a Government facility, and time-travel back to three days before the first Thanksgiving in the year of 1621. One night, Reggie is kidnapped by Jake, a member of the Turkey Freedom Front, who says he has been instructed by "The Great Turkey" to take Reggie and "go back in time to the first Thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu." They steal a time machine controlled by an A.I. Reggie soon eases into a routine of doing nothing but enjoying pizza from the "Pizza Dude" and watching Mexican telenovelas. To his surprise, he is named the " pardoned turkey" by the President of the United States and is taken to Camp David. When the other turkeys finally realize what is happening, they throw Reggie outside in an attempt to save themselves. In the present day, Reggie is a turkey who has always feared Thanksgiving because turkeys are always on the menu, but his attempts to warn his flock have made him an outcast. The film was nominated for the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production, though it lost to the 2013 American Disney computer-animated musical fantasy film, Frozen. Originally titled Turkeys, and scheduled for 2014, the film was released on November 1, 2013.įree Birds received negative reviews from critics and grossed $110.4 million worldwide against a $55 million budget. That’s right, they go back in time to the first thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu.įree Birds was produced by Reel FX Creative Studios as its first theatrical fully animated feature film, and Relativity Media (the company's fourth animated film after Monster House (2006), The Tale of Despereaux (2008), and 9 (2009). It follows Reggie and Jake, two turkeys who go back in time to the first Thanksgiving in 1621 to get turkeys off the menu. The film stars the voices of Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, and Amy Poehler, with supporting roles done by George Takei, Colm Meaney, Keith David, and Dan Fogler. It’s directed by Jimmy Hayward who co-wrote the screenplay with the film's producer Scott Mosier. That’s right they go back in time to the first thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu. Free Birds is a 2013 American computer-animated science fiction comedy buddy film where they go in time to the first thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu.
