Piggy babe in the big city

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Movie
German title Piggy babe in the big city
Original title Babe: Pig in the City
Country of production Australia
original language English
Publishing year 1998
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director George Miller
script George Miller,
Judy Morris ,
Mark Lamprell
production Barbara Gibbs ,
Bill Miller ,
George Miller, Doug Mitchell
music Nigel Westlake
camera Andrew Lesnie
cut Jay Friedkin ,
Margaret Sixel
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
A pig called Babe

Babe: Pig in the City (Original title: Babe: Pig in the City ) is an Australian comedy by George Miller from the year 1998 . It is a sequel to the 1995 film A Pig Called Babe and is based on the characters by Dick King-Smith .

action

After Babe won the competition, Arthur Hoggett receives numerous lucrative offers to perform with the pig, but he turns them all down for undisclosed reasons.

As a result of an accident caused by Babe, the farmer is so badly injured that his wife Esme has to take over the farm. Esme and Babe go to a big city to raise money. There Esme is suspected of being a drug dealer and arrested by the police after a fight with punks. Esme and Babe miss their flight for the onward journey and are initially staying in a hotel owned by an animal-loving woman. The hotel owner took many of the city's street animals into her hotel out of pity and kept them hidden in the house at the trade inspectorate for fear of complaints from neighbors.

Another accident with Babe forces Esme and the owner to leave, leaving around 200 stray animals in the hotel alone. The starving animals cry out for food and are spotted by angry neighbors, who in turn immediately alert the police. The animals are all taken to a shelter, and only Babe and two of his animal friends can escape. Babe rescues the animals from their captivity and all animals are housed on the farm. The former hotel owner also lives on the farm from then on.

synchronization

role Original speaker Austrian speaker
Babe Elizabeth Daily Ulrike Beimpold
Ferdinand (duck) Danny Mann Andy Woerz
Arthur Hoggett James Cromwell Dietrich Siegl
Mrs. Hoggett Magda Szubanski Martina Heim
teller Roscoe Lee Browne Florentin's grudge

The Austrian dubbing was done in 1998 in the Holly recording studio in Vienna.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on November 25, 1998 that the sequel did justice to the previous film. The film gets it right that it focuses on the animal characters, introducing new characters and not rehashing the plot of the first film. Ebert highly praised the images of the fictional city, which he counted among the “ great ” between the fictional cities from Metropolis and Dark City . He would like the first movie, but he likes this movie more.

Rita Kempley wrote in the Washington Post on November 25, 1998 that the comedy was " dark "; Although " movie artistically great " ( " technically sublime ") but emotionally " horrible ". Show uncomfortable realities like homelessness, starvation and attempted child murder.

Cinema 2/1999 wrote that the film was " unnecessarily dark ".

Awards

Randy Newman was nominated for an Oscar in 1999 for the song That'll Do. The film was nominated for the Saturn Award in 1999 for Best Fantasy Film. Randy Newman for the song That'll Do and the special effects were nominated for the 1999 Golden Satellite Award . The special effects were also nominated for the 1999 BAFTA Award .

Myles Jeffrey won the YoungStar Award in 1999 . He and the film were nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1999. The character of Babe was nominated for the Kids' Choice Award in 1999. Andrew Lesnie was nominated for the Chlotrudis Award in 1999 for camera work . The film was nominated for the Golden Reel Award in 1999 for sound editing .

background

The film was shot in New South Wales , including Sydney . Its production amounted to an estimated 80 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 18.3 million in cinemas in the United States and approximately $ 50.8 million in other countries.

The film was banned in Malaysia .

literature

  • Justine Korman and Ron Fontes: Piggy Babe in the Big City. Based on the script by George Miller, Judy Morris and Mark Lamprell. Figures based on an idea by Dick King-Smith. (Original title: Babe ). German by Nina Schindler. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1998, 48 pages, ISBN 3-499-20935-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.tonstudio-holly.at/Website/content/news.htm
  2. ^ Review by Roger Ebert
  3. ^ Critique by Rita Kempley
  4. ↑ Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon ( Memento from October 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Filming locations for Babe: Pig in the City
  6. ↑ Business Data for Babe: Pig in the City