Babe, le cochon devenu berger (1995)

Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett.

Director:

Chris Noonan

Writers:

Dick King-Smith (novel), George Miller (screenplay)

Stars:

James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Christine Cavanaugh

Won 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christine Cavanaugh	...	Babe (voice)
Miriam Margolyes	...	Fly (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Ferdinand (voice)
Hugo Weaving	...	Rex (voice)
Miriam Flynn	...	Maa (voice)
Russi Taylor	...	Duchess the Cat (voice) (as Russie Taylor)
Evelyn Krape	...	Old Ewe (voice)
Michael Edward-Stevens	...	Horse (voice)
Charles Bartlett	...	Cow (voice)
Paul Livingston	...	Rooster (voice)
Roscoe Lee Browne	...	Narrator (voice)
James Cromwell	...	Farmer Arthur H. Hoggett
Magda Szubanski	...	Esme Hoggett
Zoe Burton	...	The Hoggetts' Daughter
Paul Goddard	...	The Hoggetts' Son-in-Law

Storyline

Farmer Hoggett wins a runt piglet at a local fair and young Babe, as the piglet decides to call himself, befriends and learns about all the other creatures on the farm. He becomes special friends with one of the sheepdogs, Fly. With Fly's help, and Farmer Hoggett's intuition, Babe embarks on a career in sheepherding with some surprising and spectacular results.

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Plot Keywords:

farmer | pig | sheep | sheepdog | dog | 

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Taglines:

A little pig goes a long way.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Australia USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 August 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Babe, le cochon devenu berger

Filming Locations:

Illawarra Highway, Albion Park, New South Wales, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,300,243 (UK) (15 December 1995)

Gross:

$66,600,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Kennedy Miller Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby SR DTS-Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

James Cromwell, a longtime vegetarian, decided to become a vegan after starring in the movie.

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Goofs

The competition clock at the sheep dog trials has no minute hand.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: This is a tale about an unprejudiced heart, and how it changed our valley forever. There was a time not so long ago when pigs were afforded no respect, except by other pigs; they lived their whole lives in a cruel and sunless world. In those days pigs believed that the sooner they grew large and fat, the sooner they'd be taken into Pig Paradise, a place so wonderful that no pig had ever thought to come back.

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Crazy Credits

As the final credits conclude, the field mice reappear and say, "Thank you for staying until the end."

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Connections

Referenced in Hey Babe! (1999)

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Soundtracks

Pizzicati
from "Sylvia"
Music by Léo Delibes

User Reviews

Positively Sublime

An extremely quirky film that you won't mind watching with the kids. Not full of sappy platitudes, this strange little tale of a pig that wants to be a sheep dog is extremely effective in it's message without hitting you in the head with it. No doubt because it wasn't made in Hollywood... we Americans have never been good at telling children's stories without being condescending and heavy-handed with the moral message.

The story takes place in some fairy tale amalgam of all the rural cultures of the English-speaking world - Sometimes it seems like England, other times Kansas, Australia, New Zealand, it's really never anywhere particular. The acting is superb, the animatronics are unrecognizable as such, and James Cromwell is superb as the taciturn farmer willing to give the little pig a chance.