The Borrowers (1997) 5.7
A secret family of four-inch people living inside the walls of a house must save their home from an evil real estate developer. Director:Peter Hewitt |
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The Borrowers (1997) 5.7
A secret family of four-inch people living inside the walls of a house must save their home from an evil real estate developer. Director:Peter Hewitt |
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Ocious P. Potter
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| Mark Williams | ... |
Exterminator Jeff
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| Jim Broadbent | ... | ||
| Celia Imrie | ... | ||
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Flora Newbigin | ... | |
| Tom Felton | ... |
Peagreen Clock
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Raymond Pickard | ... | |
| Bradley Pierce | ... | ||
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Aden Gillett | ... |
Joe Lender
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| Doon Mackichan | ... |
Victoria Lender
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| Hugh Laurie | ... | ||
| Ruby Wax | ... |
Town Hall Clerk
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Andrew Dunford | ... |
Dustbunny Binn
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Bob Goody | ... |
Minty Branch
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Patrick Monckton | ... |
Swag
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The Borrowers are four-inch high "little people" who live under the floorboards. When the owner of the house they live in dies and evil realtor Ocious Potter wants to destroy the house to build luxury apartments on its place, they start to fight him with the help of the son of house owner, Pete. Written by Anonymous
When this first came out, almost a decade ago, I thought it was the best job I had seen of making miniature people look real. This showed how far technology had come in films and now, of course, we see a lot more amazing special effects.
It was fun to view how these "borrowers" moved about, using ordinary household items to propel themselves around a normal-sized house. It's all pretty ingenious.
John Goodman plays a cartoon-like role, a role that is generally funny to watch. The cast has a mixture of American and English actors, with a setting of 1940s Britain. I first saw this on VHS and then later on DVD, which was improvement not only video-wise, but audio, too, as it somehow went from mono to surround sound. This might be considered a kids movie but a lot of the humor is more adult-oriented.