Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mum, Babe realises that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hoggett knows it. With the help of the sheep dogs, Babe learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be.
Practical Effects
Real animals + animatronics = somehow more expressive than most human actors.
Acting
James Cromwell saying almost nothing for 92 minutes — Oscar-nominated minimalism.
Direction
Noonan treats farm animals with more dignity than most directors give A-listers.
Director
Chris Noonan
Christine Cavanaugh
Babe (voice)
Miriam Margolyes
Fly (voice)
Danny Mann
Ferdinand (voice)
Hugo Weaving
Rex (voice)
Miriam Flynn
Maa (voice)
James Cromwell
Farmer Hoggett
Magda Szubanski
Esme Hoggett
Russi Taylor
Cat (voice)
Roscoe Lee Browne
Narrator (voice)
Evelyn Krape
Old Ewe (voice)
Charles Bartlett
Cow (voice)
Paul Livingston
Rooster (voice)
Paul Goddard
Son-in-Law
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film revived interest in vegetarianism; star James Cromwell actually became vegan during production and remains so.
The sheep were allegedly so uncooperative that one scene required 30 takes — the pigs were apparently easier to direct than the sheep.
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