Babe is an Academy Award-winning 1995 Australian film that tells the story of a pig who wants to be a sheep dog. The main animal characters are played by a combination of real and animatronic pigs and Border Collies. The film is based on the book Babe: The Gallant Pig (originally titled The Sheep Pig) by Dick King-Smith, and later spawned a sequel called Babe: Pig in the City. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (508x755, 79 KB) http://www. ... Chris Noonan (b. ... dick king smith was a writer who wrote books such as. ... George (Miliotis) Miller (born March 3, 1945), is an Academy-Award winning Australian film and television screenwriter, director and producer. ... Chris Noonan (b. ... James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940), sometimes credited as Jamie Cromwell, is an Academy Award-nominated American television and film actor. ... Image:Magda szubanski. ... Christine Cavanaugh (born 1963 in Utah) is an American voice actress who has a distinctive speaking style and has provided the voice for a large range of cartoon characters. ... Margolyes as Professor Sprout in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Miriam Margolyes OBE (born May 18, 1941) is a British character actress. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Miriam Flynn (born June 18, 1952) is an American voice artist and character actress. ... Russi Taylor is the current voice actress for Disneys Minnie Mouse character. ... Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1925 – April 11, 2007) was an American Emmy Award-winning actor and director, known for his rich voice and dignified bearing. ... Marcus DArcy is a film editor. ... Universal Pictures is the main motion picture production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal. ... is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Babe: Pig in the City is the second on the Babe series. ... A motion picture rating system categorizes films with regard to suitability for children and/or adults in terms of issues such as sex, violence and profanity. ... The MPAA film rating system is a system used in the United States and territories and instituted by the Motion Picture Association of America to rate a movie based on its content. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The year 1995 in film involved some significant events. ... “Moving picture” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Pig (disambiguation). ... A Sheep dog is a type of domestic dog whose original purpose was to herd or guard sheep. ... Audio-Animatronics is the registered trademark for a form of robotics created by Walt Disney Imagineering for shows and attractions at Disney theme parks, and subsequently expanded on and used by other companies. ... The Border Collie is a hardworking breed of herding dog that originated in the border country of England and Scotland. ... The Sheep Pig is a novel by Dick King-Smith, adapted for screen as Babe. ... dick king smith was a writer who wrote books such as. ... Babe: Pig in the City is the second on the Babe series. ...

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Babe was filmed in Robertson, New South Wales, Australia. Memorial to railway workers at Robertson Robertson is a small town in the Southern Highlands district of New South Wales. ...

Reception

The film was a warmly received family picture, with Time Out London describing it as 'charming, eccentric and very amusing',[1] and Roger Ebert calling it 'a movie made with charm and wit, and unlike some family movies it does not condescend'. It was nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture. It won the award for Best Visual Effects defeating Apollo 13. [2] The distinctive Time Out logo, seen on all its publications Time Out is a publishing company based in London, England. ... Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Apollo 13 is a 1995 film portrayal of the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission. ...

Due to its title, the film was banned in Malaysia.[3]

Plot

 The movie focuses on the story of a pig that is the runt of its litter. It is taken from the plant where his mother and siblings will be slaughtered to be in 

a GUESS THE WEIGHT boot at a carnival. Farmer Hoggett , who makes a special bond with the pig once he looks at it, guesses the correct weight and wins the pig. Babe

 is brought to the farm and is allowed to stay with the 

Sheep Dog, Fly, and her pups. After being told he isn't allowed the same priveleges at the dogs though, such as

 entering the house and going out to the sheep field, he encounters a duck named Ferdinand. Ferdinand wakes the farm each morning by stealing 

the rooster's job and crowing. He tricks Babe into helping him destroy the alarm clock Mrs. Hoggett has because it threatens his job. The two succeed, but end up covering the house in paint. Babe gets in trouble with the dogs and is told to stay aay from the duck and them.

 Babe then meets Maw, a resident sheep. She tells him what a nice pig he is and how he should watch out for those vicious wolves(the dogs). Fly's pups are then sold and fly becomes depressed. She decides to call Babe her son to help her through the heartbreak. As Christmas approaches, Babe secretly helps Ferdinand fly the coop so he won't become dinner. Babe then accidently opens the door to the sheep field and decides to venture in. He then witnesses a group of men try to steal the shhep. He goes and alerts Fly and Mr. Hoggett, who are able to prevent some of the sheep from being taken. Babe watches Fly herd the sheep and decides he too wants to be a sheep dog. At Christmas Mrs. Hoggett is dead set on having ham. Mr. Hoggett then sees Babe herd the chickes outside into a straight line and seperates them Browns from whites. Impressed, he manages to convince his wife to keep Babe so they could show him in the fair. 

Soundtrack

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Soundtrack album track listing

1. If I Had Words - performed by Yvonne Keeley & Scott Fitzgerald - 2:53
2. This is a Tale... - 1:47
3. Fairground - 2:07
4. I Want My Mum - 1:07
5. The Way Things Are - 2:06
6. Crime and Punishment - 1:35
7. Anorexic Duck Pizzicati - 1:24
8. Repercussions - 1:40
9. Toreador/Mother and Son - 2:28
10. Pork is Nice Sweet Meat/Away in a Manger - 3:02
11. Christmas Morning - 1:41
12. Blue Moon - 0:38
13. Round Up - 2:00
14. Babe's Round Up - 1:39
15. The Sheep Pig - 1:27
16. Dog Tragedy - 1:32
17. Hoggett Shows Babe - 0:57
18. Maa's Death - 1:02
19. Cantique de Jean Racine/The Cat - 2:17
20. If I Had Words - performed by James Cromwell - 2:17
21. Baa Ram Ewe - 0:45
22. The Gauntlet/Moment of Truth - 1:41
23. That'll Do Pig, That'll Do - 1:35

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Academy Awards

Won

• Academy Award for Visual Effects - Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox

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Nominated

• Best Actor in a Supporting Role (James Cromwell)
• Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
• Best Director
• Best Film Editing
• Best Picture
• Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

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Home video release history

• March 19, 1996 (VHS and laserdisc)
• November 7, 1999 (DVD)
• November 10, 1998 (VHS and laserdisc - Universal Family Features with THX, the last laserdisc release)
• February 23, 1999 (DVD - DTS)
• May 22, 2001 (DVD - 2-Pack with Babe: Pig in the City)
• September 23, 2003 (VHS and DVD - Special Edition, the Special Edition DVD and The Complete Adventure Two-Movie Pig Pack with the second film Babe: Pig in the City were released in separate widescreen and pan and scan formats)
• February 1, 2005 (DVD - Family Double Feature, this contains Babe: Pig in the City) (Note: This DVD shows pan and scan versions of both films and the widescreen version of the second film.)
• August 28, 2007 (DVD - Family Favorite Treasures, this DVD contains Beethoven and The Cat in the Hat) (Note: All three films on this DVD are in pan and scan only.) [4]
• November 6, 2007 (DVD - Two-Movie Collection with Curious George) (Note: This is a widescreen DVD box set only, meaning that outside of the box set, the widesrceen DVD may still be available like it is at Blockbuster Inc.) [5]

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Trivia

• The name of James Cromwell's character, Farmer Arthur Hoggett, derives from the term for yearling sheep, "hoggets."
• The pig that played babe was female, contradictory to the play of the character. In one scene while Mrs. Hoggett is measuring the pig for Christmas Supper, you can clearly see the teats.

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External links

• Babe at the Internet Movie Database
• Easybyte - free easy piano arrangement of "Excerpt from Organ Symphony # 3 - Finale" by Camille Saint-Saëns plus midi sound file
• Babe at the National Film and Sound Archive
• 'Babe' and the End of Analysis at The Øther, by Lacanian psychoanalyst Anna Shane, looks at Babe as a case for understanding Jacques Lacan's notion of "between two deaths," a sort of existential space we live in until our death after completing psychoanalysis.

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