BABE 2-PIG IN THE CITY (DVD) ANAMORPHIC W/S 1.85 DVD

Babe: Pig in the City
The 1995 Academy award-winning film Babe was Australian-made and featured the latest in talking animal anima-tronics. It told the heart-warming story of a sheepherding pig named Babe and his rise to community fame. The film was a tremendous hit, both financially and critically. Babe: Pig in the City is the higher budgeted American-made sequel that picks up where the original left off. It was directed by George Miller (Mad Max trilogy) who produced the original Babe film, and received a lot of criticism for being much darker than the original. The story owes more to George Orwell's Animal Farm or Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist than the original film. Having triumphed at the National Sheepdog trials, Babe returns home a hero. But after farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) suffers from a farming accident, Mrs. Hoggett, a naive portly woman, is left to work the ranch alone. It's not long before the bank comes knocking. Desperate to save her farm from foreclosure, she accepts an offer for Babe to perform his sheepherding abilities at an overseas state fair. Babe, Mrs. Hoggett, Ferdinand the duck, and the singing mice travel across the ocean to a surreal metropolis, where they suddenly become stranded and separated. Soon Babe is performing with circus apes, being chased by wild strays (sounding a lot like Marlon Brando in The Godfather), and making a new wheelchair-bound canine friend (voiced by Adam Goldberg). He also is anointed leader of the animal community. What Babe lacks in street smarts he makes up for in honest goodness as he teaches audiences yet again that "an unprejudiced heart can mend a broken world." ~ Arthur Borman, All Movie Guide

Cast Magda Szubanski as Esme Hoggett James Cromwell as Arthur Hoggett Mary Stein as Landlady Mickey Rooney as Fugly Floom Julie Godfrey as Neighbor Elizabeth Daily as Babe Danny Mann as Ferdinand Glenne Headly as Zootie Steven Wright as Bob James Cosmo as Thelonius Myles Jeffrey as Easy Nathan Kress as Easy Stanley Ralph Ross as Pitbull Stanley Ralph Ross as Doberman Russi Taylor as Pink Poodle Adam Goldberg as Flealick

Crew Colin Gibson - Art Director Rhythm & Hues Studios - Animator Mill Film - Animator Animal Logic Film - Animator P.J. Voeten - Associate Producer Colin Gibson - Associate Producer Catherine Barber - Associate Producer Guy Norris - Associate Producer Barbara Harris - Casting Nikki Barrett - Casting Alison Barrett - Casting Norma Moriceau - Costume Designer P.J. Voeten - First Assistant Director George Miller - Director Margaret Sixel - Editor Jay Friedkin - Editor Barbara Gibbs - Executive Producer Nigel Westlake - Composer (Music Score) Roger Ford - Production Designer Andrew Lesnie - Cinematographer Bill Miller - Producer Doug Mitchell - Producer George Miller - Producer Tony Raes - Set Designer Kerrie Brown - Set Designer Animal Logic Film - Special Effects Rhythm & Hues Studios - Special Effects Mill Film - Special Effects Ben Osmo - Sound/Sound Designer Guy Norris - Stunts Coordinator Tad Pride - Special Effects Supervisor Mark Lamprell - Screenwriter George Miller - Screenwriter Judy Morris - Screenwriter

Babe: Pig in the City
The sequel to the 1995 sleeper hit Babe, Babe: Pig in the City may have been deemed occasionally too intense for the child audience, but that didn't prevent it from being as inventive and enchanting as the first film. Directed by Babe producer (and Mad Max auteur) George Miller, Babe: Pig in the City surpasses the original's visual riches when the guileless sheep pig, Ferdinand the duck, and the chorus of Edith Piaf-singing mice become stranded in a stupendous megalopolis that is an amalgam of several major international cities. The slew of animals Babe meets, including antagonistic dogs and cats, a dignified chimp, working circus monkeys, and a canine enforcer who sounds like a famous mafia don, may all sport an urban edge, but Babe's boundless generosity of spirit still prevails -- though he does acquire a punk collar. The animatronic beasts and lip-synched animal dialogue are as seamless and literately witty as in the first film, while the numerous urban perils -- particularly the city pound -- provide another lesson on animal rights and self-worth within elaborate, outrageously choreographed adventures. Opening against stiff competition from the animated A Bug's Life (1998), Babe: Pig in the City failed to match its predecessor's success. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
 

Randy Newman: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Original Song (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DDS: Dolby Digital Surround Additional Features: Babe screensaver Production notes Cast and filmmakers' bios Film highlights Theatrical trailers Web links DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: G DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 95 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- Babe- Pig in the City 0. Chapter List 1. The Hero Pig [1:30] 2. If Only... [1:20] 3. To Save the Farm [1:15] 4. A Trip to the City [1:10] 5. The Drug Smuggler [3:59] 6. Stranded [:20] 7. A Place for a Pig [1:45] 8. Give Back My Bag! [3:03] 9. Uncle Fugly [1:07] 10. Chaos Theory [:49] 11. A Pig Gets Wise [3:57] 12. Duck in the City [2:12] 13. The Kindest Heart [1:42] 14. Sanctuary's End [2:02] 15. Chaos Revisited [3:16] 16. I Want My Pig! [:48] 17. Something Afresh [4:38] 18. End Titles [1:11]