Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Babe (also known as Babe, the Gallant Pig) is a 1995 fantasy film which tells the story of a talking pig who wants to be a herding dog. It stars James Cromwell and the voices of Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes, Hugo Weaving, Miriam Flynn, Russi Taylor and Roscoe Lee Browne. The movie was adapted by George Miller and Chris Noonan from the novel The Sheep Pig by Dick King-Smith. It was directed by Noonan. It won the Academy Award for Visual Effects, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (James Cromwell), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Babe was followed by a 1998 sequel, Babe: Pig in the City. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.