Australia, 1995
91m
35mm film, colour
English
An Australian fantasy film directed by Chris Noonan.
Credits
Crew
Director: Chris Noonan
Kennedy-Miller Pictures
Producers: George Miller, Doug Mitchell, Bill Miller
Associate Producers: Catherine Barber, Philip Hearnshaw, Daphne Paris
Script: George Miller, Chris Noonan
Novel: The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith
Director of Photography: Andrew Lesnie
Editors: Marcus D’Arcy, Jay Friedkin
Music: Nigel Westlake
Costume Designer: Roger Ford
Special Visual Effects: Scott Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox
Production Designer: Roger Ford
Cast
James Cromwell (Farmer Arthur Hoggett)
Magda Szubanski (Esme Hoggett)
Zoe Burton (daughter)
Paul Goddard (son-in-law)
Wade Hayward (grandson)
Brittany Byrnes (granddaughter)
Mary Acres (Valda)
Janet Foye, Pamela Hawken, Karen Gough (country woman)
David Webb (the vet)
Marshall Napier (chairman of judges)
Hec Macmillan, Ken Gregory (Lion’s Club man)
Nicholas Lidstone (sheep rustler)
Trevor Read, Nicholas Blake (electrical linesmen)
Matthew Long (sheepdog trial officer)
John Doyle, Mike Harris (TV commentators)
David Greenaway, Allan Trautman, Ian Tregonning, David Collins, Terry Ryan (performance puppeteer)
Karl Lewis Miller (man buying puppies – uncredited)
Voices
Christine Cavanaugh (Babe)
Miriam Margolyes (Fly)
Danny Mann (Ferdinand)
Hugo Weaving (Rex)
Miriam Flynn (Maa)
Russis Taylor (Dutchess)
Evelyn Krape (old ewe)
Michael Edward-Stevens (horse)
Charles Bartlett (cow)
Paul Livingston (rooster in stall)
Roscoe Lee Browne (narrator)
Ross Bagley, Gemini Barnett, Rachel Davey, Debi Derryberry, Jazzmine Dillingham, Courtland Mead, Kevin Woods (puppies)
Jane Alden, Kimberly Bailey, Patrika Darbo, Michelle Davison, Julie Forsyth, Maeve Germaine, Rosanna Huffman, Carlyle King, Tina Lifford, Gennie Nevinson, Linda Phillips, Paige Pollack, Kerry Walker (sheep)
Barbara Harris, Jacqueline Brennan, Doug Burch, John Erwin, Doris Grau, Tony Hughes, Linda Janssen, Daamen J. Krall , Charlie MacLean, Justin Monjo, Antonia Murphy, Helen O’Connor, Neil Ross, Scott Vernon (additional voices)
Alternative Titles
Heldiggrisen Babe – Norway
Links
Sequel
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Extracts included in
1,001 Movies You Must See (Before You Die) (2014)
References
Books
- The Films of the Nineties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography of Over 3000 Feature-Length English Language Films, Theatrical and Video-Only, Released Between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1999 by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn L. Nowlan p.34
