Babe

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Director: Chris Noonan

Stars: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Miriam Margolyes

Year: 1995 Running Time: 92 mins Rating:

Oscar-nominated comic fantasy about a talking pig who wants to be a sheepdog. Based on Dick King Smith's ever-popular children's novel and starring James Cromwell as the farmer, it also features the voices of Christine Cavanaugh as Babe and Miriam Margolyes who voiced the Cadbury's Caramel bunny.

Review

Babe is a runty piglet won at a country fair by Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell). Rather than end up on the dinner table, he learns to do a sheepdog's job. An immensely enjoyable movie, this clever, seamless mix of real animals and animatronics from Jim Henson's Creature Shop is the most original comedy in years and too good just for the kids.