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{{short description|1995 film by Chris Noonan}}
{{about|the 1995 film|the 1992 film|The Babe}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Babe
| image          = Babe ver1.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Chris Noonan]]
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* [[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]]
* Chris Noonan
}}
| based_on       = {{based on|''[[The Sheep-Pig]]''|[[Dick King-Smith]]}}
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Bill Miller (film producer)|Bill Miller]]
* George Miller
* [[Doug Mitchell (film producer)|Doug Mitchell]]
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|<!--Per poster billing-->
* [[James Cromwell]]
* [[Magda Szubanski]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Andrew Lesnie]]
| editing        = {{Plainlist|
* [[Marcus D'Arcy]]
* [[Jay Friedkin]]
}}
| music          = [[Nigel Westlake]]
| studio         = [[Kennedy Miller Mitchell|Kennedy Miller Productions]]
| distributor    = {{Plainlist|
* [[Universal Pictures]] (United States) 
* [[United International Pictures]] (International)
}}
| released       = {{Film date|1995|08|04|United States|1995|12|14|Australia|1995|12|15|United Kingdom}}
| runtime        = 92 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 92:21--><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/babe-1995-0 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202202450/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/babe-1995-0 | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 2, 2016 | title=''Babe'' (U) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=August 15, 1995 | access-date=January 28, 2016}}</ref>
| country        = {{Plainlist|
* Australia
* United States
* United Kingdom
}}
| language       = English
| budget         = $30 million<ref>{{cite web|first=Simon|last=Thompson|title=James Cromwell Talks 'Babe' At 25 And How He Almost Turned It Down|date=December 18, 2020|website=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2020/12/18/james-cromwell-talks-babe-at-25-and-how-he-almost-turned-it-down/|access-date=October 8, 2023}}</ref>
| gross          = $254.1 million<ref name=mojo/> 
}}
'''''Babe''''' is a 1995 [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Chris Noonan]], and written by Noonan and [[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]]. It is an adaptation of [[Dick King-Smith]]'s 1983 novel ''[[The Sheep-Pig]]'', which tells the story of a farm pig who wants to do the work of a sheepdog. The film is narrated by [[Roscoe Lee Browne]] and the main animal characters are played by both real animals and [[animatronic]] puppets.

''Babe'' was filmed in [[Robertson, New South Wales]], [[Australia]], in 1994 and released theatrically in the United States and Canada on 4 August 1995, going on to become a critical and commercial success with seven [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations, including [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].

A sequel, ''[[Babe: Pig in the City]]'', was released in 1998, with the starring actors reprising their roles. However, it did not perform as well commercially or critically as the original.

==Plot==
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After being used in a "guess the weight" contest at a [[county fair]], orphaned pig Babe is brought home to the farm of the contest winner, Arthur Hoggett. There he is taken in by [[Border Collie]] Fly, her irascible mate Rex and their puppies and befriends a duck named Ferdinand, who wakes people by crowing like a rooster every morning so he will be considered useful and be spared from being eaten. 

Dismayed when the Hoggetts buy an alarm clock, Ferdinand persuades Babe to help him get rid of it. In doing so, they wake Duchess, the Hoggetts' cat, and wreck the house in the ensuing chaos. Rex sternly instructs Babe to stay away from Ferdinand and the house. Seeing Fly saddened when her puppies are put up for sale, Babe lets her adopt him. With the Hoggett's relatives visiting for [[Christmas]], Hoggett decides against choosing Babe for [[Christmas dinner]], and tells his wife Esme that Babe may bring a prize for ham at the next county fair. Ferdinand's love interest Rosanna is served instead, prompting Ferdinand to escape the farm. Babe investigates the fields, where he witnesses a pair of sheep rustlers stealing Hoggett's sheep and quickly alerts Fly and Hoggett, preventing the rustlers from taking the whole flock. 

Impressed after seeing Babe sort hens, separating the brown from the white ones, Hoggett takes him to try and herd the sheep. Encouraged by an elderly ewe named Maa, Babe gets the sheep to cooperate by asking nicely, but Rex perceives Babe's actions as an insult to sheepdogs. When Fly stands up for Babe, Rex attacks and injures her and bites Hoggett's hand when he tries to intervene.  Rex is subsequently chained to the dog house and sedated, leaving the sheep herding job to Babe. One morning, Babe scares off a trio of [[feral dogs]] attacking the sheep, but Maa is mortally injured and dies as a result. Hoggett, thinking Babe was responsible, prepares to shoot him, but Fly finds out the truth from the other sheep and distracts Hoggett long enough for Esme to inform him about the dogs' attacks on neighbouring farms.
		
When Esme leaves on a trip, Hoggett signs Babe up for a local sheep herding competition. As it is raining the night before, Hoggett lets him and Fly into the house, where he is scratched by Duchess, who in turn is temporarily confined outside as punishment. When she is let back in later, she gets revenge on Babe by revealing that humans consume pigs. After learning from Fly that this is true, Babe runs away and Rex finds him the next morning in a cemetery. Hoggett brings a demoralised Babe home, where he refuses to eat. Hoggett feeds him from a baby bottle, sings "[[If I Had Words]]" and dances a [[jig]] for him, restoring Babe's faith in Hoggett's affection.
	
At the competition, Babe meets the sheep that he will be herding, but they ignore his attempts to speak to them. As Hoggett is criticised by the bemused judges and ridiculed by the public for using a pig instead of a dog, Rex runs back to the farm to ask the sheep what to do. After promising he will treat them better from now on, the sheep disclose to him a secret password. He returns in time to convey the password to Babe, and the sheep now follow his instructions flawlessly. Amid the crowd's acclamation, Babe is unanimously given a perfect score. When Babe sits down next to the farmer, Hoggett praises him with the standard command to sheep dogs that their job is done, "That'll do, Pig. That'll do."

==Cast==
* [[James Cromwell]] as Arthur Hoggett
* [[Magda Szubanski]] as Esme Hoggett
* Zoe Burton as the Hoggetts' daughter
* [[Paul Goddard (actor)|Paul Goddard]] as the Hoggetts' son-in-law
* Wade Hayward as the Hoggetts' grandson
* [[Brittany Byrnes]] as the Hoggetts' granddaughter
* Mary Acres as Valda
* Janet Foye, Pamela Hawkins and Karen Gough as Country Women
* [[John Doyle (comedian)|John Doyle]] and Mike Harris as TV Commentators
* [[John Erwin]] as Voice of TV Commentator
* [[Doris Grau]] as Voice of Country Woman
* [[Marshall Napier]] as Chairman of Judges

===Voices===
* [[Christine Cavanaugh]] as Babe
* Danny Mann as Ferdinand
* [[Miriam Margolyes]] as Fly
* [[Hugo Weaving]] as Rex
* [[Miriam Flynn]] as Maa
* [[Russi Taylor]] as Duchess
* Michael Edward-Stevens as The Horse
* Charles Bartlett as The Cow
* Evelyn Krape as an unnamed Ewe
* [[Paul Livingston]] as Rooster
* [[Roscoe Lee Browne]] as the Narrator

The puppies were voiced by [[Ross Bagley]], Gemini Barnett, Rachel Davey, [[Debi Derryberry]], [[Jazz Raycole|Jazzmine Dillingham]], [[Courtland Mead]], and Kevin Woods.

The sheep were voiced by Jane Alden, Kimberly Bailey, [[Patrika Darbo]], Michelle Davison, Julie Forsyth, Maeve Germaine, Rosanna Huffman, Carlyle King, [[Tina Lifford]], Genni Nevinson, Linda Phillips, Paige Pollack, and [[Kerry Walker]].

The other character voices were provided by Barbara Harris, [[Jacqueline Brennan]], Doug Burch, Tony Hughes, Linda Janssen, Daamen Krall, Charlie MacLean, [[Justin Monjo]], Antonia Murphy, [[Neil Ross]] and [[Scott Vernon]].

==Production==
''Babe'' is an adaptation of [[Dick King-Smith]]'s 1983 novel ''[[The Sheep-Pig]]'', also known as ''Babe: The Gallant Pig'' in the US, which tells the story of a pig raised as livestock who wants to do the work of a [[Herding dog|sheepdog]]. The main animal characters are played by a combination of real and [[Audio-Animatronics|animatronic]] pigs and [[Border Collie]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Chanko |first=Kenneth M. |url=https://ew.com/article/1995/08/18/real-pigs-steal-scene-babe/ |title=This Pig Just Might Fly |magazine=EW.com |date=August 18, 1995 |access-date=May 31, 2010}}</ref> The breed of pig used was a [[Large White pig|Large White]], which grows rapidly. On account of this, 46 piglets of the required size were used during the course of the filming,<ref>Kenneth M. Chanko, [https://ew.com/article/1995/08/18/real-pigs-steal-scene-babe "Real pigs steal the scene in ''Babe''"], August 18, 1995</ref> as well as the animatronic model for visual effects.

The film is divided into six chapters to preserve the storybook-like feel of the original novel (although none of the film's chapters are the same as the book's). The film's mice characters were subsequently added to read the chapter titles aloud after a test screening in which producer George Miller noted that younger audiences had trouble reading them, needing help from the adults.

After seven years of development,<ref>[http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Chris+Noonan&bl "Interview with Chris Noonan", 9 September 1999] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928054329/http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Chris+Noonan&bl |date=September 28, 2013 }} accessed November 19, 2012</ref> ''Babe'' was filmed in [[Robertson, New South Wales|Robertson]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/new-south-wales/robertson/2005/02/17/1108500198901.html|title=Robertson&nbsp;– New South Wales&nbsp;– Australia |newspaper=[[The Age]] |date=April 10, 2008 |access-date=July 20, 2008 |location=Melbourne}}</ref> The talking-animal [[visual effects]] were done by [[Rhythm & Hues Studios]] (R&H), [[Animal Logic]] and [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop]].

According to actor James Cromwell, there was tension on the set between producer George Miller and director Chris Noonan.<ref>{{cite web|last=Robinson|first=Tasha |title=Interview: James Cromwell|url=https://www.avclub.com/james-cromwell-1798229824|website=AV Film|access-date=December 31, 2017|date=February 8, 2012}}</ref> Noonan later complained, "I don't want to make a lifelong enemy of George Miller but I thought that he tried to take credit for ''Babe'', tried to exclude me from any credit, and it made me very insecure... It was like your guru has told you that you are no good and that is really disconcerting."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/leap-of-faith/2007/01/24/1169594352749.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Leap of faith | date=January 26, 2007}}</ref>

Miller shot back, "Chris said something that is defamatory: that I took his name off the credits on internet sites, which is just absolutely untrue. You know, I'm sorry but I really have a lot more to do with my life than worry about that... when it comes to ''Babe'', the vision was handed to Chris on a plate."<ref>{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Brook|title=Curious George|url=http://www.kythera-family.net/index.php?nav=117-121&cid=193&did=14114|website=Kythera-Family.net|access-date=December 31, 2017|date=September 21, 2007}}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Interviewed about the movie in 2020, Cromwell admitted he nearly turned it down, as his character only had about 16 lines. He was persuaded by his friend [[Charles Keating (actor)|Charles Keating]] to take it anyway. Keating told him: "it's a free ticket to Australia, and if the movie tanks, it's not your fault, it's the pig's fault." Cromwell said Noonan wanted him for the part, and won out over Miller, who had wanted to cast an Australian actor. Cromwell's fee was around $50,000. He asked for an increase when he realised the movie was making millions of dollars, but was turned down. Nevertheless, he said "I got a lot out of that film, and it turned my whole life around. I didn't have to audition anymore."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2020/12/18/james-cromwell-talks-babe-at-25-and-how-he-almost-turned-it-down/|title=James Cromwell Talks 'Babe' At 25 And How He Almost Turned It Down|work=[[Forbes]]|date=18 December 2020}}</ref>

==Music==
The [[Film score|musical score]] for ''Babe'' was composed by [[Nigel Westlake]] and performed by the [[Melbourne Symphony Orchestra]]. Classical orchestral music by 19th-century French composers is used throughout the film, but is disguised in a variety of ways and often integrated by Westlake into his score. The theme song "[[If I Had Words]]" (lyrics by Jonathan Hodge), sung by Hoggett near the film's conclusion, is an adaptation of the ''Maestoso'' final movement of the [[Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)|''Organ Symphony'']] by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]], and was originally performed in 1977 by [[Scott Fitzgerald (singer)|Scott Fitzgerald]] and [[Yvonne Keeley]]. This tune also recurs throughout the film's score.<ref>''[[Film Score Monthly]]'' 53–64, Los Angeles CA 1995, p. 70</ref>

There are also brief quotations within the score from [[Edvard Grieg]]'s [[Lyric Pieces|Lyric Pieces, Op.71 No. 1]]. Other music featured is by [[Léo Delibes]], [[Richard Rodgers]], [[Gabriel Fauré]], and [[Georges Bizet]].

==Reception==
''Babe'' was a box office success, grossing A$36.7 million (US$29 million) at the box office in [[Australia]];<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |title=Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office'|access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218045303/http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |archive-date=February 18, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> US$64 million in the United States and Canada; US$34 million in the United Kingdom and over US$254 million worldwide.<ref name=mojo>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=babe.htm |title=Babe (1995) |publisher=Boxofficemojo.com |access-date=May 31, 2013}}</ref> It was the second [[List of highest-grossing films in Australia|highest-grossing Australian film]] in Australia, behind ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=7 April 2000|page=27|title=Wog Boy still striking box office gold|last=George|first=Sandy}}</ref> It also received critical acclaim and was ultimately nominated for seven [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]],<ref>''[[Siskel & Ebert]]'' week of February 16, 1996 {{YouTube|TfMZDZVAb1k|Part 1}} {{YouTube|yQT4ExNBAR8|Part 2}}</ref> [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for [[James Cromwell]], [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published]], [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]] and [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]], winning [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19950804/REVIEWS/508040301/1023 |title=Reviews:Babe |publisher=Rogerebert.suntimes.com |date=August 4, 1995 |access-date=May 31, 2013 |archive-date=March 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328085323/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19950804/REVIEWS/508040301/1023 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the [[APRA Music Awards of 1996]] it won Best Film Score for Westlake's work.<ref name="APRAScreen Pre-2002">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140414234020/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/ScreenAwards/History/Winnerspriorto2002.aspx | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/ScreenAwards/History/Winnerspriorto2002.aspx | title = Winners Prior to 2002 | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) &#124; [[Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society]] (AMCOS) | archive-date = 14 April 2014 | access-date = 11 September 2018 }}</ref> In 2006, the [[American Film Institute]] named ''Babe'' #80 on its list of [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers|America's Most Inspiring Movies]].<ref name="cheers">[http://www.afi.com/100years/cheers.aspx ''AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers''.] [[American Film Institute]]. Retrieved March 20, 2013.</ref> The February 2020 issue of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' lists ''Babe'' as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html|magazine=[[New York Magazine]]|access-date=March 17, 2025}}</ref> On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 97% based on 70 reviews, with a rating average of 8.26/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "The rare family-friendly feature with a heart as big as its special effects budget, ''Babe'' offers timeless entertainment for viewers of all ages."<ref>{{Citation|title=Babe (1995)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1065598_babe|language=en|access-date=2019-11-02}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] gave the film a score of 83 based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/babe|title=Babe Reviews|website=Metacritic}}</ref>

Because of its subject being a piglet, ''Babe'' was initially banned from [[Malaysia]] in order to avoid upsetting or annoying [[Muslims]] (who view pigs as [[haram]]). The ruling was overturned almost a year later, and the film was released as a [[direct-to-video]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Gogoi |first=Pallavi |url=http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/nov2006/db20061107_885480.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201184307/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/nov2006/db20061107_885480.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 1, 2006 |title=Banning Borat |publisher=Businessweek.com |date=November 5, 2006 |access-date=May 31, 2013}}</ref>

When ''Babe'' was released in the US, it is reported that "activists around the country staked out movie theaters with flyers documenting the real-life abuses of pigs".<ref>Hudson, Laura Elaine (ed.) ''The Apocalyptic Animal of Late Capitalism'', [[University of California]] 2008, [https://books.google.com/books?id=YUe4YuEYxRkC&pg=PA108 p. 108]{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{ISBN|9781109061604}}. Retrieved March 2, 2014</ref> The film had a marked effect on the growth of [[vegetarianism]], particularly among the young. It also promoted a more sympathetic view of the intellectual, emotional and social capacities of animals.<ref>Nobis, Nathan. "The Babe Vegetarians", in ''Bioethics at the Movies'', [[Johns Hopkins University]] 2009 [https://books.google.com/books?id=ySGcwOW5xBsC&pg=PA57 pp. 56–70]. {{ISBN|9780801890789}}.Retrieved March 2, 2014</ref> James Cromwell became an [[ethical vegetarian]] as a result of starring as Farmer Hoggett, saying: "I decided that to be able to talk about this [movie] with conviction, I needed to become a vegetarian."<ref>Smith, Scott, [https://books.google.com/books?id=GAQAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20 A Pig's Best Friend], ''[[Vegetarian Times]]'', November 1998, p. 20. {{ISSN|0164-8497}}.</ref> In 1996, he went on to organise a vegetarian dinner for the Los Angeles homeless at a "Compassionate Christmas" event<ref>''Vegetarian Times'', March 1997 [https://books.google.com/books?id=OQQAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 p. 24]. {{ISSN|0164-8497}}.</ref> in order to reverse the barnyard view that "Christmas is carnage".

==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! scope="col"| Award ceremony
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="7"| [[Academy Awards]]
| rowspan="7"| [[68th Academy Awards|1996]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]], [[Doug Mitchell (film producer)|Doug Mitchell]] and [[Bill Miller (film producer)|Bill Miller]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996|title=The 68th Academy Awards &#124; 1996|website=Oscars.org|date=October 5, 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=September 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Chris Noonan]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[James Cromwell]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| [[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]] and [[Chris Noonan]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| Art Direction: [[Roger Ford (production designer)|Roger Ford]]; Set Decoration: [[Kerrie Brown]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Marcus D'Arcy]] and [[Jay Friedkin]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
| [[Scott E. Anderson]], [[Charles Gibson (special effects artist)|Charles Gibson]], [[Neal Scanlan]] and [[John Cox (special effects artist)|John Cox]]
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[APRA Awards (Australia)|Australasian Performing Right Association Awards]]
| [[APRA Music Awards of 1996|1996]]
| Best Film Score
| [[Nigel Westlake]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="APRAScreen Pre-2002"/>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Australian Cinematographers Society|Australian Cinematographers Society Awards]]
| 1996
| Cinematographer of the Year
| [[Andrew Lesnie]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|last=George|first=Sandy|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/lord-of-the-rings-cinematographer-andrew-lesnie-dies-aged-59/5087084.article|title='Lord of the Rings' cinematographer Andrew Lesnie dies aged 59|website=[[Screen Daily]]|date=April 28, 2015|access-date=September 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4"| [[British Academy Film Awards]]
| rowspan="4"| [[49th British Academy Film Awards|1996]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| [[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]], [[Doug Mitchell (film producer)|Doug Mitchell]], [[Bill Miller (film producer)|Bill Miller]] and [[Chris Noonan]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/1996/film|title=Film in 1996 &#124; BAFTA|website=bafta.org|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|access-date=September 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| [[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]] and [[Chris Noonan]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
| [[Marcus D'Arcy]] and [[Jay Friedkin]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Special Visual Effects]]
| [[Scott E. Anderson]], [[Neal Scanlan]], [[John Cox (special effects artist)|John Cox]], Chris Chitty and [[Charles Gibson (special effects artist)|Charles Gibson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[National Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards]]
| 1996
| Best Comedy Film
| ''Babe''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishcomedyawards.com/past-winners/1996.aspx|title=Past Winners – 1996|website=[[British Comedy Awards|The British Comedy Awards]]|access-date=September 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films|Chlotrudis Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| 1996
| Best Movie
| ''Babe''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://chlotrudis.org/awards/past-awards/1996-2nd-annual-awards/|title=1996, 2nd Annual Awards|website=chlotrudis.org|publisher=[[Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film]]|access-date=September 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Best Supporting Actor
| [[James Cromwell]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards]]
| [[1st Critics' Choice Awards|1996]]
| [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film|Best Family Film]]
| ''Babe''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1995.php|title=The 1st Critics' Choice Awards Winners and Nominees|website=bfca.org|publisher=[[Critics Choice Association]]|access-date=September 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212034353/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1995.php|archive-date=December 12, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Film Critics Circle of Australia|Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| 1997
| Best Director
| [[Chris Noonan]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Cinema|last1=Aveyard|first1=Karina|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|year=2005|isbn=0-810-85459-7|pages=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gjxCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA36|last2=Moran|first2=Albert|last3=Vieth|first3=Errol}}</ref>
|-
| Best Original Music
| [[Nigel Westlake]]
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[53rd Golden Globe Awards|1996]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| [[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]] and [[Doug Mitchell (film producer)|Doug Mitchell]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1995|title=The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1996)|website=goldenglobes.org|publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]]|access-date=September 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705081618/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1995|archive-date=July 5, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[London Film Critics' Circle|London Film Critics' Circle Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1995|1996]]
| [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year|Film of the Year]]
| ''Babe''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://criticscircle.org.uk/film/?ID=89&PID=4|title=Film of the Year – The winners going back to 1980|website=criticscircle.org.uk|publisher=[[London Film Critics' Circle]]|date=April 12, 2010|access-date=September 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219131144/http://criticscircle.org.uk/film/?ID=89&PID=4|archive-date=February 19, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| International Newcomer of the Year
| [[Chris Noonan]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.criticscircle.org.uk/film/award.asp?CAT=in&title=International%20Newcomer%20of%20the%20Year|title=International Newcomer of the Year|website=criticscircle.org.uk|publisher=[[London Film Critics' Circle]]|access-date=September 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070803175121/http://www.criticscircle.org.uk/film/award.asp?CAT=in&title=International%20Newcomer%20of%20the%20Year|archive-date=August 3, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[National Society of Film Critics|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[1995 National Society of Film Critics Awards|1996]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| ''Babe''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|last=Wilmington|first=Michael|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-01-14-9601140279-story.html|title=And the winner is…|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=January 14, 1996|access-date=September 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[New York Film Critics Circle|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[1995 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|1995]]
| [[Best New Director]]
| [[Chris Noonan]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|last=Maslin|first=Janet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/15/movies/leaving-las-vegas-is-voted-best-film-by-critics-circle.html|title='Leaving Las Vegas' Is Voted Best Film by Critics Circle|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 15, 1995|access-date=September 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726180936/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/15/movies/leaving-las-vegas-is-voted-best-film-by-critics-circle.html|archive-date=July 26, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]]
| [[1996 Kids' Choice Awards|1996]]
| Favorite Animal Star
| Babe the Pig
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|last=Mangan|first=Jennifer|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-03-28-9603280216-story.html|title=Poll Position|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=March 28, 1996|access-date=September 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Saturn Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[22nd Saturn Awards|1996]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film|Best Fantasy Film]]
| ''Babe''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1995/1995sat.htm|title=1995 – 22nd Saturn Awards|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=September 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017175721/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1995/1995sat.htm|archive-date=October 17, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Best Writing]]
| [[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]] and [[Chris Noonan]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[48th Writers Guild of America Awards|1996]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| [[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]] and [[Chris Noonan]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|last=Dutka|first=Elaine|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-09-ca-33890-story.html|title=Writers Guild Nominees Now Wearing the Smiles|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 9, 1996|access-date=September 24, 2021}}</ref>
|}

==Video games==
In 1995, [[Sound Source Interactive]] released a video game for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], titled ''Babe: A Little Pig Goes a Long Way''.<ref name="Disc">{{cite journal |title=Disc label |journal=Babe: A Little Pig Goes a Long Way game disc |url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/85888/babe-a-little-pig-goes-a-long-way-interactive-moviebook/cover/group-137038/cover-386970/ |quote=Windows Version [...] © 1995 Sound Source Interactive.}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' said: "[...] this cozy CD-ROM supplement should score with the young and wired."<ref name="EW">{{cite web |last1=Burr |first1=Ty |title=Digital Capsule Review - BABE |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,291350,00.html |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=[[Time Inc.]] |access-date=24 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427111546/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,291350,00.html |archive-date=27 April 2009 |date=16 February 1996 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[CNET]]'' wrote: "Ultimately, this pig is a bit short on plot. Nonetheless, the disc is well done, and may have enough appeal to make your diehard four-year-old fan squeal."<ref name="CNET">{{cite web |last1=Essick |first1=Kristi |title=reviews - Babe: A Little Pig Goes a Long Way |url=http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Cdcentral/Reviews/0,50,308,00.html |website=[[CNET]] |publisher=CNET, Inc. |access-date=24 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970606034951/http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Cdcentral/Reviews/0,50,308,00.html |archive-date=6 June 1997 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1999, [[Crave Entertainment]] released a [[puzzle video game|puzzle game]] for the [[Game Boy Color]] titled ''[[Babe and Friends]]''.<ref name="AllGame">{{cite web |last1=Knight |first1=Kyle |title=Review - Babe and Friends |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=20962&tab=review |website=[[AllGame]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |access-date=24 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115000410/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=20962&tab=review |archive-date=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="GameSpot">{{cite web |last1=Trueman |first1=Doug |title=Babe and Friends Review for Game Boy Color |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/babe-and-friends-review/1900-2536149/ |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[Fandom]] |access-date=24 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040512052309/http://www.gamespot.com/gbc/puzzle/babeandfriends/review.html |archive-date=12 May 2004 |date=29 February 2000 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="IGN">{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Craig |title=Review - Babe and Friends |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/12/03/babe-and-friends |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |access-date=24 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040507011011/http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/162/162011p1.html |archive-date=7 May 2004 |date=2 December 1999 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, a video game based on the original film was published by [[Mastertronic Group]] for the [[PlayStation 2]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/new-range-hits-europe-like-a-blast-of-fresh-air| title=NEW RANGE HITS EUROPE LIKE A BLAST! OF FRESH AIR| at=Babe ... PlayStation 2| date=29 September 2006| accessdate=15 June 2021| website=gamesindustry.biz| publisher=[[Mastertronic Group]]}}</ref>

==Sequel==
{{main|Babe: Pig in the City}}
A sequel, ''Babe: Pig in the City'', was released in 1998 by [[Universal Pictures]]. It was directed by [[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]], one of the writers and producers of the first film, and actors [[Magda Szubanski]] and [[James Cromwell]] reprised their roles. The sequel cost $90 million compared to the original film's $30 million, and it grossed $69 million compared to the original's $254 million. It also received weaker reviews than the first, with Rotten Tomatoes reporting that critics finding it "not quite as good as the original".<ref>https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/babe_pig_in_the_city</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|0112431|Babe}}
* {{Mojo title|babe|Babe}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|1065598-babe|Babe}}
* {{Metacritic film|title=Babe}}
*[http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/babe ''Babe''] at Oz Movies

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