Babe
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Why watch?
“There is no better way to spend 90 mins, than in the charming company of a talking pig.”
Robb Barham,
Operations & Programme Manager
A space to play
After being used in a ‘guess the weight’ contest at a county fair, orphaned piglet Babe is brought home to the farm of the contest winner, Arthur Hoggett. He is taken in by sheepdog Fly, her irascible mate Rex, and befriends a duck named Ferdinand, who wakes people by crowing like a rooster every morning. But will farm life and prejudice prevail, or will Babe fulfil his one dream: being a sheepdog.
If you'd like to join us for a free craft activity before the Saturday screening, come along at 10.30am.
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“The story itself, narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne and a zany chorus of singing mice, has a sweet, touching simplicity that will enchant children, while operating just as nicely on a more mature level with its gentler echoes of Orwell's Animal Farm.”
Angie Errigo, Empire
“The movie, directed by Chris Noonan, who wrote the screenplay with George Miller, takes a child's-eye view of a world that is photographed to look like a storybook come to life.”
Stephen Holden, The New York Times
