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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

User Rating:
7.3/10   33,407 votes
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Director:
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
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(17 articles)
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Birthday Suits: Good Hair, and Good Music.
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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
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Runtime:
89 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The film had 56 animal trainers on set to handle nearly 1000 animals. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The Boss uses the phone on the fax to call about the competition, yet the power doesn't get restored to his house until he's at the competition. - Telephones do not need the electricity to be functioning in order to work. Phone lines provide independent power to keep communication lines open, even without main power working. While the fax machine would not work without power, the telephone could still be used. more
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Hey Babe! (1999) more
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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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