Babe ★★★½ Babe, the Gallant Pig 1995 (G) Totally charming fable has intelligent piglet Babe being raised by matriarch sheepdog Fly, and learning the art of sheep herding along with his new canine brothers. Farmer Hoggett (Cromwell), Babe's owner by virtue of a winning raffle ticket, sees that he's more than just a ham, and enters them in the world sheepdog herding championship. Whimsy that never crosses the line into treacle. Four different special effects houses were used to make the barnyard animals talk and walk. Filmed on location in Australia; based on Dick King-Smith's book "The Sheep-Pig." 91m/C VHS, DVD. AU James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski;
Director:
Chris Noonan;
Writer:
Chris Noonan, George Miller;
Writer:
Andrew Lesnie;
Cameo:
Nigel Westlake; V: Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes, Danny Mann, Hugo Weaving; Nar: Roscoe Lee Browne. Oscars '95: Visual FX; Golden Globes '96: Film—Mus./Comedy; Natl. Soc. Film Critics '95: Film.
