Babe
1995
****
Director: Chris Noonan
Cast: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes
A live action fable about a friendly piglet called Babe who moves to the Hoggett's farm. There he shows surprising aptitude for becoming a sheep dog. The film is based on Dick King-Smith's book The Sheep-Pig and it's cute and loveable, if you can accept the anthropomorphic animals. The special effects, which enable all the animals to talk, are excellent. Co-produced and co-scripted by George "Mad Max" Miller, who directed the sequel Babe: Pig in the City.
