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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
6,744 Views


- The Sacred Time Knob!

- Wait!

- Yeah?

- You know what this means?

- What does it mean?

It's so simple.

It means...

I need to go find

The Great Turkey.

I bet he's behind the door

that this opens!

Oh, come on!

You are The Great Turkey.

- I'm The Great Turkey?

- You're The Great Turkey!

Which means Jake was telling the truth

the whole time!

Wow, I really am an idiot!

I hate to say I told you so.

Wait, if I am idiot

then you're an idiot.

No, no, guys, guys, guys,

technically, we're all idiots.

- But we're also all...

- The Great Turkey!

My mind is being literally

blown right now!

Mine, too!

I came back to make sure we stop

and appreciate just

how awesome this is.

That's awesome.

- Awesome.

- Awesome.

Yes, totally awesome.

Now, if you are done,

you need to go back in time,

give young Jake his destiny

and then save your friends.

Right, I got to get going!

C'mon S.T.E.V.E., let's go.

We take positions here and here.

Their guns are destroyed,

so we've got a fighting chance. If we...

He's back.

You!

Where's Reggie?

Whoa!

Huh?

Listen to me, young Jake!

Oh, what? Who are you?

I am The Great Turkey!

The greatest of all turkeys!

And I've come here

to give you a mission!

Not to save ten turkeys,

or even a hundred,

but all of them!

All of them?

First you must go to Camp David

and find the pardoned turkey.

The awesome pardoned turkey!

The awesome pardoned turkey?

Well, he's not always awesome...

...but he gets awesomer

as it goes along.

And you will need this for your journey.

Whoa! What is it?

It is the sacred time knob!

It is very powerful!

Whoa!

It will protect you

and keep you safe from harm!

But the most important thing

for you to remember

is that you must never give up, ever!

No matter what stands in your way!

No matter

what stands in your way!

No matter what stands in your way!

Hooh! Ha-hah!

Hooh! Ha-hah!

Hooh! Ha-hah!

Hooh! Ha-hah!

Now!

Yeah! rale! Yah-ha!

Oh!

Mm. Those are some angry birds.

- Charge!

- For the flock!

Ha-ha!

- Get the cannons!

- Cannons? For turkeys, sir?

Get the cannons and form a line!

Ready...

- Oh, no!

- Oh!

Fire!

Huh?

Uh! Uh!

Whoa!

The Great Turkey.

Hey everybody, welcome!

A giant egg. Looks delicious...

Conservatively dressed

human beings!

I'd like to introduce The Great Turkey!

It wasn't The Great Turkey.

It was always Reggie.

My best friend.

He brings blessings

to all of you. Honor him.

What is it?

A sign from the Grandfathers!

A most delicious sign!

We should really do this more often.

Wow, this is way outside

my free delivery zone.

You should try the

breadsticks too. They're delicious.

Yeah!

You did it, Reggie.

You saved us all.

Actually, I did! Yeah!

And I saved you.

So technically, I saved everyone.

So hooray for me!

Isn't this wonderful, Justy?

Meow. Meow. Meow. Meow.

- Hm!

- Hm!

- That's mine!

- That's my slice!

Ow!

- Shut up, Fatty. Oh, hey, Jarold.

- Oh, hey, Mrs...

Mr. Anchovy, you have soiled our pizza

with your small, dried fish.

Mm... Tastes like dirty sock.

Still, better than my wife's cooking.

Am I right?

- Hey guys, check it out.

- Dude, please.

Whoa!

Thank you, Great Turkey.

Look, everyone,

I'm giving this turkey thanks.

Wait a minute,

I just invented a word! Ha-ha!

It's a thanks-giving!

You like that?

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Now, that I wasn't on the menu,

I could see the holidays

for what they were.

A time to share.

A time to come together.

To be with the ones we care about

and who care about us.

I thought I wanted to be alone.

El Solo Lobo.

Which I later found out

was actually El Lobo Solitario.

Turned out I just needed to find

where I belonged.

Are you sure you won't stay here

with the flock?

I'm a turkey of action,

Reggie.

Well, then, I guess this is goodbye.

No, Reggie,

goodbyes are just hellos

carried across the wind

till our paths

intersect once again.

That's beautiful... and confusing.

Wild, undomesticated turkeys

of the past...

...I'll never forget you.

Where would you

like to go, Jake?

Wherever we are needed, S.T.E.V. E...

Wherever we are needed.

So, is this turkey paradise?

Oh!

Wow, you're moving pretty fast

for a Pisces.

Whatever that is.

Oh, my.

"UP AROUND THE BEND")

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Whoa!

Jake, what happened?

You were only gone like a second!

I've actually been gone for years.

Have you heard about the turducken?!

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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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