- So laying eggs all your life and then getting plucked, stuffed and roasted is good enough for you, is it?
- It's a living.

— Babs (Jane Horrocks), Ginger (Julia Sawalha)

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You can hear this line at 00:17:00.580 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Think, everyone, think. What haven't we tried yet?

- We haven't tried not trying to escape.

- Hmm. That might work.

- What about Edwina?

- How many more empty nests will it take?

- Well, perhaps it wouldn't be empty if she'd spent more time layin' and less time escapin'.

- So laying eggs all your life and then getting plucked, stuffed and roasted is good enough for you, is it?

- It's a living.

- You know what the problem is? The fences aren't just round the farm, they're up here in your heads.

- There's a better place out there somewhere beyond that hill, and it has wide open spaces and lots of trees and grass. Can you imagine that? Cool, green grass.

- Who feeds us?

- We feed ourselves.

- Well, where's the farm?

- There is no farm.

- Then where does the farmer live?

- There is no farmer, Babs.

- Is he on holiday?

- He isn't anywhere.

- Don't you get it? There's no morning head count, no farmers, no dogs and coops and keys, and no fences.

[...]

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Actors: Julia Sawalha (Ginger), Mel Gibson (Rocky), Miranda Richardson (Mrs Tweedy), Tony Haygarth (Mr Tweedy), Benjamin Whitrow (Fowler), Timothy Spall (Nick), Phil Daniels (Fetcher), Jane Horrocks (Babs), Imelda Staunton (Bunty), Lynn Ferguson (Mac)

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