BABE: THE MOVIE

Babe: The Movie


Babe is a comic fable about not fitting in and the lengths to which anordinary pig will go to find acceptance. This fanciful film follows the tale of Babe, a pig who defies destiny by daring to be different, by daring to be, of all hings, a sheepdog. All kinds of species live on the Hoggett farm. Each animal has a job to do, tries to do it well and knows his or her place in the world. They aim to keep their owners happy, but understandably, the pressure to avoid becoming Christmas dinner can make an animal do some pretty outlandish things. Babe's approach to barnyard life is different from all the others, and as we humans know, life can be more challenging, but all the sweeter, for the pig who marches to the tune of a different drummer.

When Farmer Hoggett won Babe as a raffle prize, he had no idea just how much the piglet's open mind and big heart would affect the lives of everyone, animal and human alike, on the farm. Fly, the matriarch sheepdog, raised Babe as one of her own. The dogs, the sheep, the ducks, all the animals grew to accept him and he loved them back, crumbling barriers that had stood for years.

Even Farmer Hoggett sensed something special in Babe and made sure he learned sheep herding along with his new brothers just in case the impossible happened. It did...and when the world was laughing loudest at Hoggett and Babe as they entered the arena to compete for the world sheepdog championship, this strangely matched pair had the energy and dignity to see it through and triumph.

Universal Pictures and Kennedy Miller present Babe, a humorous look at the limitations and lunacy of a preordained society. Veteran producer George Miller and rising director Chris Noonan join forces with a company of conversing live animals--including a Large White Yorkshire Pig, two Border Collies, an Indian Runner Duck, two Border Leicester Sheep and a Blue Persian Cat--to create this light but deft look at a pig who bucks the social order.

Production Information

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Movie Stills


(74k) Babe, a pig who marches to a different drummer, touches the lives of many animals at Hoggett farm




(41k) Babe




(35k) When Farmer Hoggett (JAMES CROMWELL) and Babe first meet at the county fair, the sparks fly. Hoggett had a hunch this was ordinary piglet, and that they were destined to accomplish great things together.




(61k) Babe proves that he can be a sheepdog in the National Sheepdog Trials




(92k) Babe's new owners, Arthur and Esme Hoggett (JAMES CROMWELL and MAGDA SZUBANSKI) proudly pose before their farm with their reliable sheepdogs Rex and Fly









(28k) JAMES CROMWELL as Farmer Hoggett and BABE as himself






(24k) Babe's kindness charms a flock of sheep who are used to the gruff and condescending ways of sheepdogs









(30k) Babe and his sheepdog-adopted mother FLY come to share great affection




(76k) Farmer Hoggett (JAMES CROMWELL) is confident as he enters Babe in the National Sheepdog trials to prove that his pig is fit to be a sheepdog



The Main Cast


Farmer Hoggett............................ James Cromwell

Mrs. Hogget............................... Magda Szubanski

Voice of Babe............................. Christine Cavanaugh

Voice of Fly.............................. Miriam Margolyes

Voice of Ferdinand........................ Danny Mann

Voice of Rex.............................. Hugo Weaving

Voice of Maa.............................. Miriam Flynn

Voice of Cat.............................. Russie Taylor

Voice of Old Ewe.......................... Evelyn Krape

Narrator.................................. Roscoe Lee Browne



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