“Free Birds” DVD Review + Giveaway
We love watching movies as a family and Free Birds
turkeys kids. Free Birds became available on Blu-ray and DVD on February 4th, 2014 and retails for $39.99 for the Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack.
SYNOPSIS
From the Academy Award®-Winning producer of Shrek* comes a hilarious animated adventure about two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks who travel back in time in order to keep their species off the Thanksgiving menu. Featuring an all-star voice cast, including Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler, Free Birds is loaded with laughs and stuffed with fun for the whole family!
*Aron Warner, Animated Feature Film, 2001 ACADEMY AWARD® is the registered trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Blu-ray Exclusive Features
- Birds Flipping History
- Animating Free Birds: The Main Course
- Winging It: Animators in Action
- Talking Turkey with Composer Dominic Lewis
- Shake a Tail Feather
- Theatrical Trailer
Blu-ray Combo Pack
Street Date: February 4, 2014
Screen Format: Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English 5.1 DTS HD-MA
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Total Run Time: 115 minutes
U.S. Rating: PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
DVD
Street Date: February 4, 2014
Screen Format: Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English 5.1 DD
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Total Run Time: 95 minutes
U.S. Rating: PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
TEN THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT TURKEYS
Who said Turkey season was over? From the Academy Award®-Winning producer of Shrek* comes a hilarious animated adventure about two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks who travel back in time in order to keep their species off the Thanksgiving menu. Featuring an all-star voice cast, including Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler, Free Birds is loaded with laughs and stuffed with fun for the whole family!
In anticipation of the film’s Blu-ray and DVD release, here’s a list of fun turkey facts so you can better understand the ins and outs of the Free Birds gang!
– Turkeys need to be trained to eat. In order for turkeys to reach their biggest size, they must be taught to eat small meals throughout the day, instead of their natural routine of consistently gorging themselves on food.
– A turkey’s snood (red thing attached to the beak) serves no functional purpose.
– A turkey’s gobble can be heard from a mile away. Talk about a loud mouth!
– Young turkeys are called “poults.”
– Turkeys were domesticated by Native Americans in pre-Columbian Mexico, more than 500 years ago. They arrived in Spain in 1519 and quickly spread to the rest of Europe.
– Turkeys prefer to sleep in trees. They do this as a way of avoiding predators in the wild.
– Female turkeys (hens) do not gobble. Instead, they communicate through low-chirps and clicking noises.
– Wild turkeys can fly. They are actually quite fast, reaching speeds as fast as 55mph.
– Turkeys can blush. This usually takes place when they are frightened, agitated, excited, or ill. And here we thought they were just bashful!
– A turkey’s stomach has a container called the gizzard. It contains small stones the turkey has swallowed which help aid with breaking down food for digestion, since the birds do not have teeth.
Be sure to pick up your copy today! You can follow Free Birds on Facebook for fun sweepstakes and movie information. Plus, print out these fun coloring sheets for the kids to enjoy.
GIVEAWAY
1 lucky winner on The Mommy-Files will win a copy of Free Birds on DVD!!!
I received a copy of the featured DVD for personal viewing as a member of the Fox Home Entertainment Insiders Program. The giveaway was hosted by the sponsor. All opinions expressed in this post are 100% mine.
My boys loved this movie in the theater!
Young turkeys are called “poults.”
I didn’t know that female turkeys don’t gobble.
A turkey’s snood (red thing attached to the beak) serves no functional purpose
I didn’t know that turkeys can fly.
I did not know that Young turkeys are called “poults.”
I did not know that a turkey’s gobble can be heard from a mile away!
Thank you!
Young turkeys are called “poults.”
I didn’t know turkeys can blush, how cute!
Never knew that Turkeys can blush.
I di not know that turkeys can blush.
I did not know that Turkeys prefer to sleep in trees.
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I didn’t know wild turkeys can fly.
I didn’t know – A turkey’s stomach has a container called the gizzard
That they like to sleep in trees.
I did not know that the young turkeys are called poults ..
I didn’t know that Yoyng turkeys are called “poults.”
Did not know they sleep in trees
Had no idea that female turkeys could not gobble!
I did not know that turkeys blushed.
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I didn’t know turkeys can blush, hmm how do you embarrass a turkey?
I had no idea they slept in trees?!
I did not know that turkeys can blush.
I did not know that turkeys slept in trees.
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I didn’t know turkeys sleep in trees???
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A gobble can be heard from a mile away,wow!!!
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I thought it was interesting and cute that turkeys can blush!
– A turkey’s gobble can be heard from a mile away. Talk about a loud mouth!
I didn’t know that Young turkeys are called “poults
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thank you
I didn’t know that turkeys prefer to sleep in trees.
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I didn’t know they had to be trained to eat.
I learned that Wild turkeys can fly.
I learned that turkeys prefer to sleep in trees.
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