Babe: Pig in the City

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Babe : Pig in the City

Babe: Pig in the City poster
Directed by George Miller
Produced by Bill Miller
George Miller
Doug Mitchell
Written by George Miller
Judy Morris
Mark Lamprell
Dick King-Smith (characters)
Starring Magda Szubanski
James Cromwell
Mary Stein
Elizabeth Daily
Danny Mann
Steven Wright
Music by Nigel Westlake
Randy Newman (songs)
Jerry Goldsmith (Universal logo only)
Cinematography Andrew Lesnie
Editing by Jay Friedkin
Margaret Sixel
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) November 25 1998
Running time 97 min.
Country Australia / U.S.
Language English
Preceded by Babe (1995)
IMDb profile
Ratings
United States:  G

Babe: Pig in the city is the 1998 sequel to the film Babe. It occurs in the fictional city of Metropolis. Due to the unexpected darker and more mature subject matter (the film includes a scene in which a dog almost drowns while hanging from a bridge), the film was not received as well critically as the first Babe movie was, but reviews were generally positive, and the film has developed a cult following[1]. Film critic Gene Siskel named it as his choice for the best movie of 1998 and claimed it to be better than its original. This film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music Song in 1998.

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[edit] Plot

When financial debt puts Hoggett Farm weeks away to foreclosure, Mrs. Hoggett and Babe decide to go across the country to earn some money. Due to an idiotic dog checking for drugs, the two become stranded in the big city before they could make the connection flight and separated. Babe makes many friends who appoint him as the leader of their large animal community while Mrs. Hoggett does everything she can to find Babe.

[edit] Cast

Voice Cast

Regular Cast

[edit] Home video release history

[edit] Rating

Prior to the film's theatrical release, it was originally rated PG by the MPAA; this was because of the dog violence that was too scary for little children and the death of Fugly Floom was a bit overwhelming. The TV spots for the film's theatrical release mentioned this rating. When the film was released in theaters, it was re-rated G by the MPAA, so the TV spots for the film's theatrical release currently mentioned this rating instead of its original rating. The reason why the final cut was rated G by the MPAA was because most of the dog violence was cut, leaving a shot that shows the bull terrier pushing down Babe into the river. Some people thought it was rated PG by the MPAA as they saw the poster mentioning the film's original rating. The home video release still has a G rating from the MPAA. This was Universal's last theatrically-released feature-length film to be rated G by the MPAA until 2006's Curious George. It was also Universal's last theatrically-released live-action film to be rated G by the MPAA until 2007's Mr. Bean's Holiday. However, when the film aired on Superstation WGN on November 18, 2007 and AMC on December 9, 2007, the shot that shows Ferdinand almost getting shot by humans was removed. It was rumored that the earliest versions of the film were threatened with a PG-13 rating, with the film running almost two-hours long.

[edit] Setting

Babe: Pig in the City takes place in an imaginative fantasy-like Metropolis. It notably resembles Oz but in modern day form. The city has various styles and of architecture from around the world. It also has a variety of waterways, noticeable by the hotel at which Babe stays. The downtown area appears to be situated on an island not dissimilar to Manhattan Island.

The Downtown Skyline features various skyscrapers such as the World Trade Center, Sears Tower, Chrysler Building, IDS Center, MetLife Building, and others. There are also other landmarks like the Sydney Opera House, the Hollywood sign, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Fernsehturm, Big Ben, Red Square, and the Tour Eiffel and many other landmarks.

The DVD covers feature a similar but different skyline, keeping the World Trade Center, Golden Gate Bridge, Big Ben, Sydney Opera House, and Red Square. Several skyscrapers added include 40 Wall Street (Two of them), Empire State Building, 500 5th Avenue, the Flatiron Building, World Financial Center, and several Los Angeles Skyscrapers including the US Bank Tower. The river near the hotel is similar at the canal of Venice

[edit] References

  1. ^ The New Cult Canon: Babe: Pig In The City
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