Amazon.com Essentials:
The surprise hit of 1995, this splendidly entertaining family
film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture,
director, and screenplay, and deservedly won the Oscar for its subtly
ingenious visual effects. Babe is all about the title
character, a heroic little pig who's been taken in by the friendly
farmer Hoggett (Oscar nominee James Cromwell), who senses that he and
the pig share "a common destiny." Babe, a popular
mischief-maker the Australian farm, is adopted by the resident border
collie and raised as a puppy, befriended by Ferdinand the duck (who
thinks he's a rooster), and saves the day as a champion
"sheep-pig." Filled with a supporting cast of talking
barnyard animals and a chorus of singing mice (courtesy of computer
enhancements and clever animatronics), this frequently hilarious,
visually imaginative movie has already taken its place as a family
classic with timeless appeal. --Jeff Shannon
Amazon.com Essentials:
The surprise hit of 1995, this splendidly entertaining family
film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture,
director, and screenplay, and deservedly won the Oscar for its subtly
ingenious visual effects. Babe is all about the title
character, a heroic little pig who's been taken in by the friendly
farmer Hoggett (Oscar nominee James Cromwell), who senses that he and
the pig share "a common destiny." Babe, a popular
mischief-maker the Australian farm, is adopted by the resident border
collie and raised as a puppy, befriended by Ferdinand the duck (who
thinks he's a rooster), and saves the day as a champion
"sheep-pig." Filled with a supporting cast of talking
barnyard animals and a chorus of singing mice (courtesy of computer
enhancements and clever animatronics), this frequently hilarious,
visually imaginative movie has already taken its place as a family
classic with timeless appeal. --Jeff Shannon
