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The Borrowers
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1997 British feature film directed by Peter Hewitt
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The Borrowers is a 1997 fantasy, children's, and comedy film directed by Peter Hewitt. Based on the work of Mary Norton, the movie features a cast including John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, and Mark Williams. It was produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Rachel Talalay through Working Title Films. The production originated in the United Kingdom and the United States, with a budget of 29000000.
The film was distributed by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Netflix via video on demand. Its release dates include December 5, 1997, December 11, 1997, and February 13, 1998. The runtime is listed as 87 or 89 minutes. Harry Gregson-Williams composed the score. The tagline is "Little People. Big Trouble. Lots of fun."
Critical reception includes a review score of 6.8 out of 10 and 74 percent, alongside an IMDb rating of 5.9 and a TMDb vote average of 6.048. The film generated revenue of 22619699. Keywords associated with the work include dwarf, household, lawyer, and little people. It has been assessed for the Bechdel test.
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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.
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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Borrowers
- Director
- Peter Hewitt
- Cast member
- Doon Mackichan
- Composer
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Producer
- Rachel Talalay
- Production company
- Working Title Films
- Duration
- 86
- FilmAffinity ID
- 297101
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1998-02-13
- title
- The Borrowers
- after a work by
- Mary Norton
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 74%
- end time
- 1997-12-11
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- capital cost
- 29000000
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