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Directed by | Chris Noonan |
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Based on | The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith |
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Cinematography | Andrew Lesnie |
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Music by | Nigel Westlake |
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Running time | 92 minutes[1] |
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Language | English |
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.
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