Babe Movie Review 1995

Totally charming fable has intelligent piglet Babe being raised by matriarch sheepdog Fly, and learning the art of sheep herding along with his new canine brothers. Farmer Hoggett (Cromwell), Babe's owner by virtue of a winning raffle ticket, sees that he's more than just a ham, and enters them in the world sheepdog herding championship. Whimsy that never crosses the line into treacle. Four different special effects houses were used to make the barnyard animals talk and walk. Filmed on location in Australia; based on Dick King-Smith's book "The Sheep-Pig."

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.
Originally from Australian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Fantasy, Coming of Age, Role Reversal, Talking Animals, Pigs, Nice Mice, Birds, Cats, Fairs & Expositions, King of Beasts (Dogs)

Screenplay

Chris Noonan, George Miller

Cast

James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski

Cinematography

Andrew Lesnie

Director

Chris Noonan

Music

Nigel Westlake

Other

Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes, Danny Mann, Hugo Weaving, Roscoe Lee Browne

Producer

George Miller, Doug Mitchell, Bill Miller, Kennedy Miller Productions, Universal Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1995: Visual FX; Golden Globes 1996: Film--Mus./Comedy; Natl. Soc. Film Critics 1995: Film.