Babe (movie)

Babe
A pig like Babe.
Directed byChris Noonan
Screenplay by
Based onThe Sheep-Pig
by Dick King-Smith
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAndrew Lesnie
Edited by
  • Marcus D'Arcy
  • Jay Friedkin
Music byNigel Westlake
Production
company
Kennedy Miller Productions
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
91 minutes[1][2]
Countries
  • Australia
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[3]
Box office$254.1 million[2]

Babe is a 1995 comedy-drama movie. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards including the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1996. It won the Academy Award for Visual Effects. It tells the story of a pig who learns how to look after sheep and becomes Australia's champion sheep dog. The movie stars Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, and Zoe Burton. Some of the voices used by the animal characters were by Christine Cavanaugh and Hugo Weaving.[4]

Babe was made by Kennedy Miller Productions, the producer was George Miller and the director was Chris Noonan.[4] Noonan and Miller also wrote the story.[4] Babe was released by Universal Pictures. Babe was filmed at Robertson, New South Wales.[5]

A second movie about Babe the sheep pig was made called Babe: Pig in the City.

References

  1. ↑ "Babe (U)". British Board of Film Classification. August 15, 1995. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Babe (1995)". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ Thompson, Simon (December 18, 2020). "James Cromwell Talks 'Babe' At 25 And How He Almost Turned It Down". Forbes. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "Films and Awards". Screen Australia. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Robertson, New South Wales". The Age. Retrieved 6 September 2009.

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