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The Borrowers
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1997 British feature film directed by Peter Hewitt
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6.0The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.
Released: 1997-12-0587 minDir: Peter HewittAdventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy, FamilyBudget: $29.0MBox office: $22.6M
Cast
- John Goodman as Ocious P. Potter
- Mark Williams as Exterminator Jeff
- Jim Broadbent as Pod Clock
- Celia Imrie as Homily Clock
- Flora Newbigin as Arrietty Clock
- Tom Felton as Peagreen Clock
Themes
- dwarf
- household
- lawyer
- based on children's book
- little people
- child's point of view
- real estate
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 86
- FilmAffinity ID
- 297101
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- publication date
- 1998-02-13
- title
- The Borrowers
- review score
- 74%
- end time
- 1997-12-11
- capital cost
- 29000000
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1990s children's comedy films1990s children's fantasy films1990s fantasy comedy films1997 American films1997 British films1997 children's films1997 comedy films1997 English-language films1997 filmsAlbum articles lacking alt text for coversAmerican children's comedy filmsAmerican children's fantasy filmsAmerican fantasy comedy filmsBritish children's comedy filmsBritish children's fantasy filmsEnglish-language fantasy comedy filmsFilms based on children's booksFilms based on works by Mary NortonFilms directed by Peter HewittFilms produced by Eric FellnerFilms produced by Tim BevanFilms scored by Hans ZimmerFilms scored by Harry Gregson-WilliamsPolyGram Filmed Entertainment films