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Synopsis: After years of fruitless warning of his farmyard brethren of the coming Thanksgiving doom, Reggie the Turkey finds himself spared as the annual Pardoned Turkey. However, Reggie's easy life is disrupted by Jake, a fanatic turkey who drags him along with the insane idea of going back in time to make sure turkeys are not part of the first Thanksgiving. Through foolhardiness and luck, the pair manage to take an experimental time machine to do just that. Now in 1621 at the Plymouth colony, Reggie and Jake find themselves in the middle of a turkey clan's struggle for survival. In doing so, their preconceptions of the world and themselves are challenged forever in a conflict from which the world will never be the same.
Director(s): Jimmy Hayward
Production: Relativity Media
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
38
Rotten Tomatoes:
19%
PG
Year:
2013
91 min
$46,667,023
Website
6,389 Views


Yeah. And the hunters won't be a threat

and the flock will be safe.

- Exactly!

- And Jenny's dream comes true.

What?

Nothing. I'm in.

Ha!

So, what's your plan for getting in?

- All right, you got the easy part.

- Yeah, yeah, what?

I'm going to use my incredibly toned

pecs and buttocks

- to throw you over the wall. Go!

- Ah!

- Hm. Might have to adjust my angle.

- No!

You're not adjusting anything!

I have a better idea.

Okay, if we carefully project

our impact point,

we should be able to safely...

Ah! I've got a splinter.

Huh? What?

Oh!

Ow!

Ah!

It's always the tiny ones

that really hurt.

Oh!

Ah!

No! No!

- Did anybody see you? Jake!

- Whoo!

- Hold on! This is amazing!

- Jake!

This is incredible.

I can't seem to catch this dot.

Oh, that hurt.

You gotta try this incredible workout.

One of us may have to do some recon

to get a better look.

- Really?

- Little nautical trick I picked up.

Thirty-eight percent

more magnification.

It goes "whomp" again!

- Hey, where are the dogs?

- I think they're outside!

Okay, I'm gonna rig the powder barrels

by the weapons shed.

You rig the barrels in the wagon.

We'll blow the place sky high.

- No weapons...

- No Thanksgiving!

Move out!

- Oh!

- But Mummy!

- Ah!

- I don't want to wear short pants!

No...

Psst! Space Turkey.

He sleeps with his eyes open.

It's creepy.

Oh...

Powder horn!

TFF! TFF!

Grandpa Jake,

tell us the story again about the horn.

Oh-ho! That old chestnut?

I think the Space Turkey

has gone crazy.

Stupid mutts!

What is that?

Somebody named Ranger

might need a little proof.

That's one.

What is it? It's... It's...

That's two! We did it!

Fire! Fire!

- Fire!

- What's that noise?

- It's a fire! Bucket Brigade!

- Wake up! We need water! Alarm!

Okay, Furley. Play it cool and maybe

they will take us back to the future

so we can have

an excellent adventure.

- Ooh!

- What have you done?!

It was the Space Turkey.

Tell them, Furley! rale!

- You've been to the fort!

- No!

No, no, you don't understand!

We destroyed the weapons and traps.

We even got the hunters' wagon.

It's gone, we blew it up!

How did you do this?

- Actually, it was Jake's plan.

- Thanks, buddy.

How do we know

you're telling the truth?

Hm!

Excuse me, sorry. Jenny!

Jenny, wait!

Quickly!

We need more water. Hurry!

Oh! We're under attack!

Sound the alarms!

Fortify the gate, little one!

- Mother!

- I'll make sure the food is safe.

Captain Standish!

Thank God you're here.

Are you going to eat that corn?

Oh!

What are we going to do?!

Please say it wasn't the Indians.

- It wasn't the Indians.

- A-ha-ha!

Well, a traitor in our midst, perhaps.

It was those bleeding birds.

You mean turkeys did this?

Oh, they ain't regular birds.

They got magical powers!

I've seen them disappear into thin air!

Seen another two flying in a giant egg.

They're playing with my mind.

Trying to drive me crazy.

Well, I should say

they've succeeded, eh?

- Well, then...

- Oh dear.

Hm...

Show me the way.

So, I guess this means

you'll be heading home,

to the future,

now that your mission is done.

Actually, there's one more thing

I need to do.

Ask you to come with me.

Wait...

You're serious?

I know you said that your place

was here with the flock.

But I figure the flock is safe now.

- The hunters are gone...

- Reggie.

Please say yes.

- No!

- No?

Couldn't you maybe think about it?

No, no, no, no!

What is that?

Oh, no...

Hey!

He's not as aerodynamic

as I'd hoped.

Hey.

Wait.

You led them right to us, Jake!

Me?

There you are.

Oh, no.

Come on boys.

We're gonna have a feast.

This is all your fault!

- Jake!

- I knew he was a coward.

Stop!

Everyone, quickly!

Initiate the evacuation plan!

- Go, go, go!

- Oh, Justy.

I'm sorry, Jenny. We failed.

We led them right to you.

That doesn't matter right now.

Come on!

Quickly, this way!

Come here, my little friend!

Come on, grab them all!

Hey, friend.

Ah! Gotcha!

Down the line then, down the line!

Got two more!

- I gotcha, brother!

- No, no!

Come on everybody.

Oh! Back this way!

Oh!

Go get them, boys!

Ah!

Where do we go?

If you won't come out...

...we'll burn you out!

To the tide pools!

It's our only way out now!

Reggie, the nursery!

We have to go back!

Come on!

- Get down to the pools!

- Whoa!

Quickly! Come on, hurry up!

Jenny! Jenny!

No!

- I'll find another way!

- But there is no other way!

Jake!

Come on, let's go!

Don't be scared, Furley.

rale!

- Gather everyone onto the beach.

- Yes, Father.

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon,

c'mon, c'mon!

This way, run, run!

Go! Hurry!

Get the eggs to safety!

Dad!

- Go! Join the others!

- Not without you!

Jenny...

Daddy!

I'll always be with you.

Got dinner! We got dinner!

This half shell was my father's.

Whichever of his children has

the other half, will be Chief.

What?

What?

Father chose wisely.

My father loved this flock.

And he will always be a part of it.

He gave his life to give us ours.

So, we will honor him.

But right now, we need to do

what we must to survive.

This is all my fault.

They have taken our home.

They've taken our family.

We have only one choice now.

We will fight!

We will stand and fight!

This is our home!

No more hiding!

We will attack the fort,

free our family

and make our flock whole once again!

Who's with me!?

- We fight!

- We fight!

We fight, brother!

Good morning, Reggie.

Why the long face?

That is a punch line from a joke.

- Just take me home.

- Reggie, wait!

The flock is in trouble.

Yup! And you know why?

Because of us!

We didn't save anyone.

We made everything worse!

But Reggie,

The Great Turkey told me...

There is no Great Turkey!

There is no mission.

You made it all up in your head.

It's all a lie.

Now, I'm leaving, all right,

before we mess things up even more!

And if you're smart

you'll come with me.

I can't give up.

Yeah, if you're smart.

Look who I'm talking to.

Turkey! Turkey! Turkey!

Turkey! Turkey!

I wanna fly the spaceship.

Hey, guess who's back?

Bet you were wondering where I...

I'm tired now.

...was.

- See you later, S.T.E.V. E...

- Goodbye, Reggie.

Hey!

Hey, hey, hey! Wait! Wait!

Snap out of it Reggie,

we don't have time for this!

- Ah!

- Hey!

I'm breaking like a hundred

time travel rules,

and this might destroy the universe,

but I don't have a choice.

I've come back from the future

to tell you something really important.

- What is it?

- You're an idiot.

Whoa! That's a little harsh.

I may not be a genius but...

Everything you want is back in 1621.

Jenny, Jake, a whole flock of friends.

Yeah, a flock that I totally messed up!

They're better off without me.

No!

I've come from even farther

in the future

to tell you that Jenny and the flock

are gonna attack the fort!

- They don't stand a chance!

- Oh, no.

- What do we do?!

- We need a plan.

Exactly!

Whoa!

The Sacred Time Knob.

- The Sacred Time Knob!

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Scott Mosier

Scott A. Mosier (born March 5, 1971) is a Canadian-American film director, film producer, editor, podcaster, writer and actor best known for his work with director Kevin Smith, with whom he occasionally co-hosts the weekly podcast, SModcast. more…

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