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Babe
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1995 film directed by Chris Noonan
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*Babe* is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by Chris Noonan. The screenwriters were George Miller and Chris Noonan, with Miller also serving as producer. Andrew Lesnie was the director of photography, and Roscoe Lee Browne provided narration. The cast includes James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Brittany Byrnes, and Tina Lifford. Based on *The Sheep-Pig* by Dick King-Smith, the film was produced in Australia and the United States, with filming taking place in Australia. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Kennedy Miller Productions.
The film has a runtime of 92 minutes and was released on July 18, 1995. It earned a box office revenue of $254,100,000 against a budget of $30,000,000. *Babe* received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, a Genesis Award, and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film. It was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. The film was followed by *Babe: Pig in the City*.
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Film · TMDB
6.3Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mum, Babe realises that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hoggett knows it. With the help of the sheep dogs, Babe learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be.
Cast
- Christine Cavanaugh as Babe (voice)
- Miriam Margolyes as Fly (voice)
- Danny Mann as Ferdinand (voice)
- Hugo Weaving as Rex (voice)
- Miriam Flynn as Maa (voice)
- James Cromwell as Farmer Hoggett
Themes
- farm
- sheep
- pig
- alarm clock
- cat
- duck
- heroism
- affection
- piglet
- anthropomorphism
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
141,471 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
98%
Metacritic
83/100
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 20 wins & 26 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Chris Noonan
- Screenplay by
- George Miller Chris Noonan
- Based on
- The Sheep-Pig , by Dick King-Smith
- Produced by
- Bill Miller George Miller Doug Mitchell
- Starring
- James Cromwell Magda Szubanski
- Cinematography
- Andrew Lesnie
- Edited by
- Marcus D'Arcy Jay Friedkin
- Music by
- Nigel Westlake
- Production company
- Kennedy Miller Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures (United States) United International Pictures (International)
- Release dates
- August 4, 1995 ( 1995-08-04 ) (United States) December 14, 1995 ( 1995-12-14 ) (Australia) December 15, 1995 ( 1995-12-15 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 92 minutes
- Countries
- Australia United States United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $30 million
- Box office
- $254.1 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Babe is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by Chris Noonan, who co-wrote it with George Miller. It is an adaptation of Dick King-Smith's 1983 novel The Sheep-Pig, which tells the story of a farm pig who wants to do the work of a sheepdog. The film is narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne and the main animal characters are played by both real animals and animatronic puppets.
Babe was filmed in Robertson, New South Wales, Australia, in 1994 and released theatrically in the United States and Canada on 4 August 1995, going on to become a critical and commercial success with seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Picture.
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