The Angry Birds Movie | |
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Screenplay by | Jon Vitti |
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Angry Birds by Rovio Entertainment |
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Music by | Heitor Pereira |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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97 minutes |
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Language | English |
Budget | $73 million |
Box office | $349.8 million |
The Angry Birds Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Released | May 6, 2016 |
Recorded | 2016 |
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Length | 48:43 |
Label | Atlantic |
The Angry Birds Movie (or simply Angry Birds) is a 2016 Finnish-American 3D computer-animated action-adventure comedy film based on the video game series of the same name, but it can also be interpreted to be a direct prequel to, or origin story behind the original game. It was directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly (in their directorial debuts) and written by Jon Vitti. The film was animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks, and stars Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Kate McKinnon, Sean Penn, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Bill Hader and Peter Dinklage. It was released in the United States on May 20, 2016, received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $349 million.
On Bird Island, an island inhabited by flightless birds, the reclusive Red is sentenced to anger management class after his temper causes a "premature hatching" of a customer's egg. Resentful, Red avoids getting to know his classmates Chuck, Bomb, and Terence, as well as the instructor Matilda. One day a boat docks at the island's shore. It carries green-colored pigs, who claim to be peaceful explorers bringing offerings of friendship, The pigs are accepted on the island and introduce the birds to innovative technologies such as slingshots and helium balloons.