Babe (film)

Babe
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChris Noonan
Screenplay by
Based onThe Sheep-Pig
by Dick King-Smith
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAndrew Lesnie
Edited by
Music byNigel Westlake
Production
company
Distributed by
Release dates
  • August 4, 1995 (1995-08-04) (United States)
  • December 14, 1995 (1995-12-14) (Australia)
  • December 15, 1995 (1995-12-15) (United Kingdom)
Running time
92 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Australia
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[2]
Box office$254.1 million[3]

Babe is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by Chris Noonan, and written by Noonan and George Miller. It is an adaptation of Dick King-Smith's 1983 novel The Sheep-Pig, which tells the story of a farm pig who wants to do the work of a sheepdog. The film is narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne and the main animal characters are played by both real animals and animatronic puppets.

Babe was filmed in Robertson, New South Wales, Australia, in 1994 and released theatrically in the United States and Canada on 4 August 1995, going on to become a critical and commercial success with seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.

A sequel, Babe: Pig in the City, was released in 1998, with the starring actors reprising their roles. However, it did not perform as well commercially or critically as the original.

  1. ^ "Babe (U)". British Board of Film Classification. August 15, 1995. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  2. ^ Thompson, Simon (December 18, 2020). "James Cromwell Talks 'Babe' At 25 And How He Almost Turned It Down". Forbes. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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