TUE 11 APR
Coming Soon to
Star Cinema
92 mins |
Rated
G (Mild Themes, Mild Violence, Scary Scenes)
Directed by Christine Noonan
Starring Magda Szubanski, Miriam Margolyes, Christine Cavanaugh, Hugo Weaving, James Cromwell
Screening in celebration of Bendigo Art Gallery’s exhibition, Australiana: Designing a Nation, Babe is the third most successful Australian feature film of all time.
Gentle farmer Arthur Hoggett (James Cromwell) wins a piglet named Babe at a local fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner when Farmer Hoggett decides to show him at the next fair, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly (Miriam Margolyes) and discovers that he too can herd sheep. But will the other farm animals, including Fly's jealous husband Rex, accept a pig who doesn't conform to the farm's social hierarchy?
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Screening in celebration of Bendigo Art Gallery’s exhibition, Australiana: Designing a Nation, Babe is the third most successful Australian feature film of all time.
Gentle farmer Arthur Hoggett (James Cromwell) wins a piglet named Babe at a local fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner when Farmer Hoggett decides to show him at the next fair, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly (Miriam Margolyes) and discovers that he too can herd sheep. But will the other farm animals, including Fly's jealous husband Rex, accept a pig who doesn't conform to the farm's social hierarchy?