Babe (film)
1995 film by Chris Noonan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Babe (also known as Babe the Sheep-Pig in the working title) is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by Chris Noonan, produced by George Miller and written by both. 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.
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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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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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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 was filmed in Robertson, New South Wales, in 1994 and released theatrically on 4 August 1995, going on to become a critical and commercial success, with several Academy Award nominations. A sequel, Babe: Pig in the City, was released on 25 November 1998, but it failed to achieve the same success as the first film.[4]