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Rock a bye, baby, don't you leak.Bender wants to drink for at least a week.
-BenderFuturama
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 Released: 1995
A young pig fights convention to become a sheep dog or, rather, sheep pig in this charming Australian family film, which became an unexpected international success due to superior special effects and an intelligent script. The title refers to the name bestowed on a piglet soon after his separation from his family, when he finds himself on a strange farm. Confused and sad, Babe is adopted by a friendly dog and slowly adjusts to his new home. Discovering that the fate of most pigs is the dinner table, Babe devotes himself to becoming a useful member of the farm by trying to learn how to herd sheep, despite the skepticism of the other animals and the kindly but conventional Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell). Because technically impeccable animatronics and computer graphics allow the farm animals to converse easily among themselves, first-time director Chris Noonan can treat the film's menagerie as actual characters, playing scene not for cuteness but for real emotions. The result is often surprisingly touching, with Noonan and George Miller's script, based on Dick King-Smith's children's book and, indirectly, a true story, seamlessly combining gentle whimsy and sincere feeling. These same qualities are embodied by in Cromwell's beautifully understated performance as Farmer Hoggett, which anchors the film. Despite its unlikely premise and low profile, Babe's inspirational story was embraced by audiences and critics, and the movie became an international sleeper that won an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. It was followed in 1999 by the less successful Babe: Pig in the City,
James Cromwell - Arthur Hoggett
Magda Szubanski
Christine Cavanaugh - Babe [Voice]
Miriam Margolyes - Fly [Voice]
Danny Mann - Ferdinand [Voice]
Hugo Weaving - Rex [Voice]
Michael Edward-Stevens
Michelle Davison - Sheep [Voice]
David Webb - The Vet
John Erwin - [Voice]
Neil Ross - [Voice]
Justin Monjo - [Voice]
Matthew Long - Sheepdog Trial Officer
Courtland Mead - Puppy [Voice]
Kimberly Bailey - Sheep [Voice]
Maeve Germaine - Sheep [Voice]
Jacqueline Brennan - [Voice]
Julie Forsyth
John Doyle - TV Commentator
Patrika Darbo - Sheep [Voice]
Miriam Flynn - Maa
Paul Goddard - Son-in-Law
Jane Alden - Sheep [Voice]
Roscoe Lee Browne - Narrator [Voice]
Charles Bartlett - Cow [Voice]
Kerry Walker - Sheep [Voice]
Paige Pollack - Sheep [Voice]
Helen O'Connor - [Voice]
Russie Taylor - Cat
Doris Grau - [Voice]
Rosanna Huffman - Sheep [Voice]
Marshall Napier - Chairman of Judges
Tony Hughes - [Voice]
Tina Lifford - Sheep [Voice]
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