Babe (film)
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| Directed by | Chris Noonan |
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The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith |
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| Narrated by | Roscoe Lee Browne |
| Music by | Nigel Westlake |
| Cinematography | Andrew Lesnie |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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92 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $254.1 million |
Babe is a 1995 Australian-American comedy-drama film directed by Chris Noonan, produced by George Miller, and written by both. It is an adaptation of Dick King-Smith's 1983 novel The Sheep-Pig, also known as Babe: The Gallant Pig in the US, which tells the story of a pig who wants to be a sheepdog. The main animal characters are played by a combination of real and animatronic pigs and Border Collies.
After seven years of development,Babe was filmed in Robertson, New South Wales, Australia. The talking-animal visual effects were done by Rhythm & Hues Studios and Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
The film was a box office success and grossed $36,776,544 at the box office in Australia. It has received considerable acclaim from critics: it was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, winning Best Visual Effects. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film.
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