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Babe (1995) -- Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett.
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Overview

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7.3/10   33,098 votes
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Director:

Chris Noonan

Writers:

Dick King-Smith (novel)
George Miller (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

4 August 1995 (USA) more

Tagline:

A little pig goes a long way.

Plot:

Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 17 wins & 17 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(15 articles)

Shooting a Bran Nue Dae
 (From FilmInk.com.au. 5 July 2009, 10:50 PM, PDT)

"The NeverEnding Story" Returns! The Leonardo DiCaprio Connection!
 (From Manny the Movie Guy. 26 February 2009, 12:04 PM, PST)

User Comments:

Positively Sublime more (138 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Christine Cavanaugh ... Babe (voice)

Miriam Margolyes ... Fly (voice)
Danny Mann ... Ferdinand (voice)

Hugo Weaving ... Rex (voice)

Miriam Flynn ... Maa (voice)
Russi Taylor ... Duchess the Cat (voice) (as Russie Taylor)
Evelyn Krape ... Old Ewe (voice)
Michael Edward-Stevens ... Horse (voice)
Charles Bartlett ... Cow (voice)
Paul Livingston ... Rooster (voice)
Roscoe Lee Browne ... Narrator (voice)

James Cromwell ... Farmer Arthur Hoggett

Magda Szubanski ... Esme Hoggett
Zoe Burton ... Daughter
Paul Goddard ... Son-in-Law
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Babe, the Gallant Pig
Babe (Slovenia) [sl]
Babe - Den modiga lilla grisen (Sweden) [sv]
Babe - Een buitengewone big (Netherlands) [nl]
Babe - O Porquinho Atrapalhado (Brazil) [pt]
Babe - Swinka z klasa (Poland) [pl]
Babe - urhea possu (Finland) [fi]
Babe, el cerdito valiente (Spain) [es]
Babe, el chanchito valiente (Argentina) [es]
Babe, el puerquito valiente (Mexico) [es]
Babe, le cochon devenu berger (France) [fr]
Babe, maialino coraggioso (Italy) [it]
Babe, to zoiro gourounaki (Greece) [el]
Babe: Galantní prasátko (Czech Republic) [cs]
Bebe (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Beib: Chetveronogiy Malysh (Russia) [ru]
Ein Schweinchen namens Babe (Germany) [de]
Um Porquinho Chamado Babe (Portugal) [pt]
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Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Australia | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

DTS


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

A ten-year labor of love for director George Miller. more

Goofs:

Factual errors: Farmer Hoggett kills a duck for Christmas lunch on Christmas Eve. But duck's meat needs 5-8 days to be softened in order to be edible. more

Quotes:

Narrator: Fly decided to speak very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature that sheep were stupid, and there was nothing that could convince her otherwise.
Fly: Please, someone tell me... what happened this morning.
Narrator: The sheep decided to speak very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature that wolves were ignorant, and there was nothing that could convince them otherwise.
Sheep: It was Babe... he saved us... the wolves killed Maa... But Babe drew the wolves away!
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon (2001) (V) more

Soundtrack:

Blue Moon more


FAQ

Is this film based on a novel?
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32 out of 33 people found the following comment useful.
Positively Sublime, 5 June 2005
10/10
Author: roidessinges from United States

An extremely quirky film that you won't mind watching with the kids. Not full of sappy platitudes, this strange little tale of a pig that wants to be a sheep dog is extremely effective in it's message without hitting you in the head with it. No doubt because it wasn't made in Hollywood... we Americans have never been good at telling children's stories without being condescending and heavy-handed with the moral message.

The story takes place in some fairy tale amalgam of all the rural cultures of the English-speaking world - Sometimes it seems like England, other times Kansas, Australia, New Zealand, it's really never anywhere particular. The acting is superb, the animatronics are unrecognizable as such, and James Cromwell is superb as the taciturn farmer willing to give the little pig a chance.

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