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Title: Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Magda Szubanski | ... | Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett | |
| James Cromwell | ... | Farmer Arthur Hoggett | |
| Mary Stein | ... | The Landlady | |
| Mickey Rooney | ... | Fugly Floom | |
| Elizabeth Daily | ... | Babe (voice) (as E.G. Daily) | |
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Danny Mann | ... | Ferdinand / Tug (voice) |
| Glenne Headly | ... | Zootie (voice) | |
| Steven Wright | ... | Bob (voice) | |
| James Cosmo | ... | Thelonius (voice) | |
| Nathan Kress | ... | Easy / Tough Pup (voice) | |
| Myles Jeffrey | ... | Easy (voice) | |
| Stanley Ralph Ross | ... | The Bull Terrier / The Doberman (voice) | |
| Russi Taylor | ... | The Pink Poodle / Choir Cat (voice) | |
| Adam Goldberg | ... | Flealick (voice) | |
| Eddie Barth | ... | Nigel / Alan (voice) | |
After Babe's great victory in the shepherding contest, Farmer Arthur Hoggett turns down all offers to make money with his pig's talents. But when he gets hurt severely in the well, his wife has to take up farming. She does her best but cannot meet the bank's requirements, which results in the necessity of getting back to Babe. Soon, Esme Hoggett is sitting in a plane headed for "the" city. There, Babe unwillingly causes deep trouble. He has to stay with Mrs. Hoggett in the only hotel in town that accepts pets. Friendly neighbours send officials who catch all animals from the hotel: Cats, dogs, chimpanzees and many others. Babe, who managed to stay free, decides to help his new friends and gets unexpected help - not only by Ferdinand, who flew all the way to the city. Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
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In my opinion one of the year's best films, I cannot help but pity poor Universal and director George Miller for the loss of the sequel to "Babe." Kudos go to them for making a film so original and daring, so out of place in the family film market today, as it defies almost everything that stands for these days: you don't forget the entire movie within a few hours; rather, it stays with you, filling your head with bold and imaginative images that rival those of the best children's books out there.
"Babe: Pig in the City" is much like many other great sequels ("The Empire Strikes Back," "Aliens") in that it is superior to the original but so different from it, that it is not even worth making a comparison of the two. Why have so many people rejected it? Why was it on so many critics' ten best lists, and the public shunned it so much? It is really rather simple. There is no place for a THOUGHT-PROVOKING family film in this day and age, with the exception of perhaps "The Prince of Egypt."
The thing that makes me laugh here is, teenagers and adults alike are commenting on how violent "Babe 2" is, yet if I remember correctly few or no animals at all die in the film. And no big deal seems to be made when the same stuff happens to human beings in "family films."
To be honest, I don't think they should have rated it G, simply because it seems that anyone seeing this under the age of nine would be confused and perplexed by it. Most people over that age however should be able to follow it well, and understand that the things happening in it are no worse than what kids (and especially teens) see everyday, whether it's on TV's "The Simpsons" (my favorite show) or something at the multiplex (a whole ARMY of people gets drowned in "The Prince of Egypt"- a PG rated film).
In the end I am truly hoping that "Babe: Pig in the City" is given at least some Oscar nominations, especially for the art direction, cinematography, and visual effects- all of which were superb. A great movie, even though it has not found an audience.
This movie just screams: "Give it another chance!"