Name: Free Birds
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Released: 2013-10-30
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, George Takei, Colm Meaney

2013·Animation·1h 31m

5.8

★

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.

Directed by Jimmy Hayward

holiday

freedom

thanksgiving

duringcreditsstinger

playful

3d animation

Rank

#179 in 2013·#6509 overall

Trailer

IMDB

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Cast

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)

Danny Carey

Danny (voice)

Carlos Ponce

Narrator / Alejandro (voice)

Robert Beltran

Chief Massasoit (voice)

Lesley Nicol

Female Pilgrim (voice)

Crew

Jimmy Hayward

Director

Scott Mosier

Screenplay

Jimmy Hayward

Screenplay

Dominic Lewis

Original Music Composer

Scott Mosier

Producer

Aron Warner

Executive Producer

Randy Thom

Sound Designer

Paul Downs

Animation

Dennis Leonard

Supervising Sound Editor

Gary Rizzo

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Randy Thom

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jun Falkenstein

Storyboard Artist

Popular Reviews

982 reviews

Benbryer

8.0★ · 03/26/25

I’m standing on this hill

This thanksgiving I’m thankful for this thanksgiving movie this thanksgiving

SwedishKermit

5.0★ · 06/04/26

Thanksgiving classic

camellia

6.0★ · 05/19/26

La vie dont t'as toujours rêvé t'attends en 1621 !
Peut-être, oui..

my last google search is "are there still thanksgivings" because i actually believed they went back in time to the first thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu. that's right, they

Jordyn Jacob

10.0★ · 05/13/26

That’s right. We’re going back in time to the first thanksgiving to get TURKEYS OFF THE MENU.

That’s right. We’re going back in time to the first thanksgiving to get TURKEYS OFF THE MENU.

Josh

7.0★ · 05/10/26

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