Babe (film)

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Babe
Image:Babe.jpg Babe poster
Directed by	Chris Noonan
Written by	Dick King-Smith (book) George Miller Chris Noonan
Starring	James Cromwell Magda Szubanski Christine Cavanaugh (voice) Miriam Margolyes (voice) Hugo Weaving (voice) Miriam Flynn (voice) Russi Taylor (voice) Roscoe Lee Browne (voice)
Editing by	Marcus D'Arcy
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	August 4 1995
Language	English
Followed by	Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
IMDb profile

Ratings
United States:	G

Babe is an Academy Award-winning 1995 Australian film that tells the story of a pig who wants to be a sheep dog. The main animal characters are played by a combination of real and animatronic pigs and Border Collies. The film is based on the book Babe: The Gallant Pig (originally titled The Sheep Pig) by Dick King-Smith, and later spawned a sequel called Babe: Pig in the City.

The talking animal visual effects were done by Rhythm and Hues Studios.

Babe was filmed in Robertson, New South Wales, Australia.

Contents 1 Reception 2 Soundtrack 2.1 Soundtrack album track listing 3 Academy Awards 3.1 Won 3.2 Nominated 4 Trivia 5 External links

Reception

The film was a warmly received family picture, with Time Out London describing it as 'charming, eccentric and very amusing',[1] and Roger Ebert calling it 'a movie made with charm and wit, and unlike some family movies it does not condescend'.[2]

Soundtrack

This Nigel Westlake score includes a Grammy-winning song "If I Had Words." The main 'theme' (heard in "If I Had Words") from the film is taken from Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3, "Organ."

Soundtrack album track listing

1. If I Had Words - performed by Yvonne Keeley & Scott Fitzgerald - 2:53
2. This is a Tale... - 1:47
3. Fairground - 2:07
4. I Want My Mum - 1:07
5. The Way Things Are - 2:06
6. Crime and Punishment - 1:35
7. Anorexic Duck Pizzicati - 1:24
8. Repercussions - 1:40
9. Toreador/Mother and Son - 2:28
10. Pork is Nice Sweet Meat/Away in a Manger - 3:02
11. Christmas Morning - 1:41
12. Blue Moon - 0:38
13. Round Up - 2:00
14. Babe's Round Up - 1:39
15. The Sheep Pig - 1:27
16. Dog Tragedy - 1:32
17. Hoggett Shows Babe - 0:57
18. Maa's Death - 1:02
19. Cantique de Jean Racine/The Cat - 2:17
20. If I Had Words - performed by James Cromwell - 2:17
21. Baa Ram Ewe - 0:45
22. The Gauntlet/Moment of Truth - 1:41
23. That'll Do Pig, That'll Do - 1:35

Academy Awards

Won

• Academy Award for Visual Effects - Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox

Nominated

• Best Actor in a Supporting Role (James Cromwell)
• Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
• Best Director
• Best Film Editing
• Best Picture
• Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

Trivia

• The name of James Cromwell's character, Farmer Arthur Hoggett, derives from the term for yearling sheep, "hoggets."
• The film line "That'll do, pig" became somewhat of a cultural phenomenon. It is used in several films and television series such as Justice League Unlimited ("This Little Piggy") and Family Guy ("Peter's Two Dads"). Shrek also parodied it with the line "That'll do, Donkey."

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