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This article was written by Movie Girl

Well I know with thanksgiving coming and families getting together for it and other major holidays coming up that everyone is gonna want good movies to watch but there is never a lot of thanksgiving movies but I think I found some that everyone might enjoy.

Free Birds is a 2013 American 3D computer animated comic science fiction comedy film about two turkeys traveling back in time to prevent Thanksgiving. It was produced by Reel FX Creative Studios as its first theatrical fully animated feature film. Jimmy Hayward directed the film, which he also co-wrote with Scott Mosier, the film's producer. The film stars the voices of Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, George Takei, Colm Meaney, Keith David and Dan Fogler. Originally titled Turkeys, and scheduled for 2014, the film was released on November 1, 2013, by Relativity Media. The film received largely negative reviews from critics and earned $110 million on a $55 million budget.

Plot

Reggie is a turkey who has always feared Thanksgiving because turkeys have always been on the menu, but his incessant attempts to warn his flock have made him an outcast. When the other turkeys finally realize what is happening, they thoughtlessly throw Reggie outside in an attempt to save themselves. To his surprise, he is named the "pardoned turkey" by the President and is subsequently taken to Camp David. Although initially hesitant, Reggie soon eases into a routine of doing nothing but enjoying pizza from the "Pizza Dude" and watching Mexican telenovelas.

Reggie is kidnapped by Jake, a member of the Turkey Freedom Front, who tells him that "The Great Turkey" told him to find Reggie and take him back to the first Thanksgiving with him to take turkeys off the menu. They steal a time machine controlled by an A.I. named S.T.E.V.E. (Space Time Exploration Vehicle Envoy) from a Government facility. Jake instructs S.T.E.V.E. to time-travel back to the same day in 1621, three days before the first Thanksgiving. Once there, they are ambushed by colonial hunters led by Myles Standish, but they are quickly rescued by native turkeys led by Chief Broadbeak and his two children, Ranger and Jenny.

Broadbeak explains that the turkeys in the area have been forced underground since the settlers came and that they cannot risk fighting back without the settlers taking them. The next day, Broadbeak orders Jake and Ranger to spy on the settlers while Reggie and Jenny spring all the humans' hunting traps. Despite initial hostility, Ranger and Jake find out that the settlers have already begun preparations for Thanksgiving and where they keep their weapons. Meanwhile, Jenny is unconvinced Reggie is from the future, but is impressed with his accidental unorthodox way of springing the traps. However, they are soon intercepted by Standish and Reggie is forced to send her into orbit aboard the time machine, validating everything he said. Reggie asks Jenny to go back to the future with him once everything blows over, but she refuses to leave the flock no matter how much she likes him. Jake then drags Reggie away and tells him he has a plan to attack the settlers. However, Reggie has become tired of Jake's improbable stories and threatens to leave.

Desperate, Jake tells Reggie that this trip was more about him making up for his failure to save turkey eggs while escaping a factory farm when he was young, maintaining that the Great Turkey convinced him to go through with this. While still reluctant to believe what he said, Reggie still goes along with the plan. They blow up the weapons shack, but Jake inadvertently leaves a gunpowder trail back to the turkeys' hideout. Standish and his men flush the turkeys out from underground, capturing enough for the feast; Broadbeak sacrifices his life to help the remaining turkeys escape. Disgraced, Reggie returns home, where he discovers from S.T.E.V.E. that he is the Great Turkey. He travels back in time to send the young Jake on his mission. Jenny is sworn in as the new chief and orders the remaining turkeys to prepare an attack on the settlers.

Jenny, Jake and Ranger lead the turkeys in an attack on the settlement just as Chief Massasoit and his tribe arrive. Inspired, Reggie goes back in time to stop the attack, inadvertently trapping Standish in the time stream. Through S.T.E.V.E. and the Pizza Dude, Reggie convinces the settlers and Indians that pizza is a more acceptable food than turkeys, taking them off the Thanksgiving menu entirely. Reggie stays with Jenny while Jake takes S.T.E.V.E. in order to look for new adventures.

Cast

Owen Wilson as Reggie: a domesticated turkey who is pardoned by the President of the United States and is dragged into Jake's plot. He's also Jenny's love interest and Broadbeak's son-in-law.

Woody Harrelson as Jake: a wild turkey and the president of the Turkey Freedom Front (T.F.F.).

Amy Poehler as Jenny, a wild turkey and Reggie's love interest.

George Takei as Space Time Exploration Vehicle Envoy (S.T.E.V.E.): the artificial intelligence of the time machine (shaped like a giant egg).

Colm Meaney as Myles Standish: a pilgrim hunter.

Keith David as Chief Broadbeak: the chief of the native turkeys and Jenny's father and Reggie's father-in-law.

Dan Fogler as Governor William Bradford: the governor of the Plymouth colony

Jimmy Hayward as:

President of the United States

Ranger: Jenny's brother and Broadbeak's son and Reggie's brother-in-law.

Leatherbeak

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Additional voices

Kaitlyn Maher as President's daughter

Carlos Alazraqui as Amos

Jeff Biancalana as:

General Sagan

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Additional voices

Danny Carey as Danny

Carlos Ponce as:

Narrator

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Robert Beltran as Chief Massasoit: the leader of the Wampanoags.

Lesley Nicol as Pilgrim Woman

Jason Finazzo as Chrononaut One and additional voices

Scott Mosier as Pizza Dude and additional voices

Lauren Bowles as Jake's Mother

Dwight Howard as Cold Turkey

Josh Lawson as Gus

Movie Girl Say's : Well I did like this movie and I have watched it a couple of times and I would recommend it to people to watch it and I would say that it was an ok movie but I am gonna have to only give it 3 out 5*'s.

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is the tenth prime-time animated television special based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally aired on the CBS network on November 20, 1973, and won an Emmy Award the following year. As of 2019, the special continues to be aired annually in November in prime time, now on the ABC network in the United States. It was the third holiday special after A Charlie Brown Christmas in 1965 and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown in 1966.

Plot

The special opens with Lucy again enticing Charlie Brown to kick a football she is holding - which again ends up with Charlie Brown missing the ball and landing flat on his back once again. Later, Charlie Brown and Sally are preparing to go to their grandmother's for Thanksgiving dinner when Charlie Brown gets a phone call from Peppermint Patty, who invites herself over to Charlie Brown's house for the holiday dinner. Two quick subsequent phone calls from Peppermint Patty add Marcie and Franklin to the guest list, but since Charlie Brown cannot get a word in edgewise with Patty, he quickly finds himself in a quandary with no easy solution, at least not until Linus shows up. Linus suggests to Charlie Brown that he could have two Thanksgiving dinners. It's revealed that the first one can be for himself, Peppermint Patty, and her friends, while the second one can be at his grandmother's house for his family. Charlie Brown says he cannot make a Thanksgiving dinner. He says that all he knows how to make is "cold cereal and maybe toast". Regardless, Linus recruits Snoopy and Woodstock to help.

The guests arrive and make their way to the backyard for the Thanksgiving feast. Linus leads the group in prayer that details the First Thanksgiving in 1621, and then Snoopy serves up the feast which includes buttered toast, pretzel sticks, popcorn, jelly beans, and an ice cream sundae. Patty's initial shock at the unconventional Thanksgiving feast quickly turns to outrage, and when she loudly berates Charlie Brown he timidly leaves the table. Patty's tirade continues until Marcie quietly reminds her that she had invited herself along with Marcie and Franklin. Coming to her senses, Patty asks Marcie to apologize to Charlie Brown on her behalf; Marcie reluctantly agrees, but Patty soon follows and apologizes to him herself. Following this, Charlie Brown is reminded that he and Sally are due at their grandmother's house for dinner, so he calls her and explains his situation. When he mentions his friends are there, and that they have not yet eaten, his grandmother invites them all to Thanksgiving dinner, which is welcomed with cheers from everyone.

After the kids leave singing, Snoopy and Woodstock go to the doghouse and cook up their own traditional Thanksgiving meal. They then pull the wishbone which Woodstock wins. Over the end credits, the two friends each devour a large piece of pumpkin pie then sit back with contented smiles as Woodstock pats his full stomach.

Broadcast history

The special first aired on CBS on November 20, 1973, and continued to air every year on that network (skipping 1982, 1983 and 1988) until November 23, 1989. The Disney Channel and Nickelodeon revived the special for reairing in the 1990s and then, in 2001, it moved, along with the rest of the Peanuts specials, to ABC. Traditionally, ABC airs the special on Thanksgiving night, although it also has aired on various days in the week leading up to Thanksgiving.

As the special runs slightly over a half-hour with commercials, ABC typically fills the remaining portion of the full hour with other Peanuts programming. Since 2008, the remaining time has been filled by a slightly abridged edit of "The Mayflower Voyagers," the premiere episode of the 1988 miniseries This Is America, Charlie Brown.

The special has regularly won its time slot each year since at least 2017.

It is also broadcast in Canada, usually in early October in line with Canada's observance of Thanksgiving. The special is aired on Family Channel as of 2018, with the special aired on the day before Thanksgiving and on Thanksgiving day, which takes place on the second Monday of October in Canada.

Voice actors

Todd Barbee – Charlie Brown

Peter Robbins – Charlie Brown's screaming voice (archived)

Robin Kohn – Lucy van Pelt

Stephen Shea – Linus van Pelt

Hilary Momberger – Sally Brown

Christopher DeFaria – Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt

Jimmy Ahrens – Marcie

Robin Reed – Franklin

Bill Melendez – Snoopy and Woodstock

This is the final time that Kohn, DeFaria, and Momberger voiced Lucy, Peppermint Patty, and Sally respectively. In the next TV special, they would be replaced by Melanie Kohn, Donna Forman, and Lynn Mortensen respectively.

This is the last TV special that uses the same cast from Snoopy, Come Home, You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown, and There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown.

Movie Girl Say's: Now I have always liked Charlie Brown and the gang and this is one of my favorite movies of all of theirs and I would recommend this movie to anyone and everyone cause hell why not it's charlie freaking brown. I would happily give this movie a 5 out of 5*'s rating and I would not think twice about that at all.