Greatest Film Directors Poll

[Life After Bobby]

Probably Kurosawa, then Fritz Lang

 

[aftershavedave]

Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Directed by
George Miller

Writing credits
George Miller (written by) &
Judy Morris (written by) ...
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Genre: Family / Fantasy / Comedy (more)

Tagline: This little pig went to the city... (more)

Plot Outline: Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm. (more) (view trailer)

User Comments: A Classic (more)

User Rating: 6.4/10 (4,462 votes)

Cast overview, first billed only:
Magda Szubanski .... Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett
James Cromwell .... Farmer Arthur Hoggett
Mary Stein .... The Landlady
Mickey Rooney .... Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel
Elizabeth Daily .... Babe the Gallant Pig (voice) (as E.G. Daily)
Danny Mann .... Ferdinand the Duck/Tug/Additional Voices (voice)
Glenne Headly .... Zootie (voice)
Steven Wright .... Bob (voice)
James Cosmo .... Thelonius (voice)
Nathan Kress .... Easy/Tough Pup (voice)
Myles Jeffrey .... Easy (voice)
Stanley Ralph Ross .... The Pitbull/The Doberman (voice)
Russi Taylor .... The Pink Poodle/Choir Cat (voice)
Adam Goldberg .... Flealick (voice)
Eddie Barth .... Nigel/Alan (voice)
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Also Known As:
Babe 2 (USA) (working title)
Babe in Metropolis (USA) (working title)

babe pig in the city just gets into garth's top 50 ahead of the seven samurai.

you couldn't make it up

 

[Man of Harveys]

Are we all meant to cut and paste the credits of films made for remedial American children in here? Er...OK:


The Care Bears Movie (1985)
Directed by
Arna Selznick

Writing credits
Peter Sauder



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Genre: Animation / Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Thriller (more)

Tagline: What happens when the world stops caring?

Plot Summary: The Care Bears live in a country high in the clouds, where they have a lot of fun together. But they also do care for the human children on Earth... (more)

User Comments: What a children's film really is supposed to be (more)

User Rating: 5.1/10 (686 votes)

Complete credited cast:
Mickey Rooney .... Mr. Cherrywood (voice)
Jackie Burroughs .... The Spirit (voice)
Georgia Engel .... Love-a-Lot-Bear (voice)
Sunny Besen Thrasher .... Jason (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eva Almos .... Friend Bear/Swift Heart Rabbit (uncredited) (voice)
Patricia Black .... Funshine Bear/Share Bear (uncredited) (voice)
Melleny Brown .... Birthday Bear/Cheer Bear (uncredited) (voice)
Bob Dermer .... Grumpy Bear (voice) (as Bobby Dermer)
Jayne Eastwood .... Additional Voices (voice)
Anni Evans .... Additional Voices (voice)
Gloria Figura .... Bedtime Bear (voice)
Brian George .... Additional Voices (voice)
Luba Goy .... Lotsa Heart Elephant/Gentle Heart Lamb (uncredited) (voice)
Janet-Laine Green .... Wish Bear (voice)
Terri Hawkes .... Baby Hugs (voice)
Dan Hennessey .... Brave Heart Lion/Loyal Heart Dog (uncredited) (voice)
Jim Henshaw .... Bright Heart Raccoon (voice)
Hadley Kay .... Boys/Nicholas (uncredited) (voice)
Marla Lukofsky .... Goodluck Bear/Playful Heart Monkey (uncredited) (voice)
Pauline Rennie .... Cozy Heart Penguin/Grams Bear (uncredited)/Treat Heart Pig (uncredited) (voice)
Billie Mae Richards .... Tender Heart Bear (voice)
Cree Summer .... Kim (voice)
Brent Titcomb .... Additional Voices (voice)
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Runtime: USA:77 min
Country: Canada
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Stereo
Certification: Iceland:L / Argentina:Atp / Australia:G / UK:U / USA:G / West Germany:0

Trivia: The only word Secret Bear says aloud during the whole movie is "Yeah!" shouted during the final song. (more)

Goofs: Continuity: When the Care Bears on the Star Boat are giving the evil spirit the "Care Bear Stare" you can see Friend Bear standing on the upper part of the boat, even though she is over on the cliff with Secret Bear giving a separate "Stare". (more)

Quotes:
Mr. Cherrywood: They never stay awake long enough to find out what became of Nicholas, but he's doing just fine.
Mrs. Cherrywood: Oh, these children should have been in bed hours ago, what am I going to with you, Nicholas?
Mr. Cherrywood: Care for me, Mrs. Cherrywood, just care for me.
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Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations (more)

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Babe pig in the city is not in my all time list but I do think it is good and underrated.

 

[aftershavedave]

Babe pig in the city is not in my all time list but I do think it is good and underrated.

gawd elp us he's serious!

 

[Trufflehound]

"M" or "Metropolis"?

M by a mile.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Its a fun film for heavens sake but hardly in the top 100. It was a joke on MOH question

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Note to myself , Gareth, must only mention serious films on this unless its a Spielberg film which will obviously be crap.

 

[Common as Mook]

Two words

SCOR SESE.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Pier Paolo Pasolini

 

[Gwylan]

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Nah..his Third Test Match was rubbish.



Pasolini's 'The Third Test Match'

As featured in the Flying Circus TV Show - Episode 39

The sketch:

Close up of grass on cricket pitch. In the background we hear birdsong. A cricket ball rolls into shot and a hand reaches down and picks it up. Shot of one end of cricket pitch; batsman, umpire, bowler and a fielder in the foreground.

CAPTION: Pasolini's The Third Test Match

Close up on the bowler as he turns to look at his field. Cut to a skeleton on the boundary in tattered remains of cricket gear. Sounds of mocking laughter. Cut to the bowler in close up turning into the direction of the laughter. Shot of the batsman at his crease, but behind him the wicket keeper and first slip are monks in brown cowls. They are laughing at him.

Cut back to the bowler's horrified eyes, then back to the cricketers/monks, then to his eyes again. Cut to same shot of the batsman only now the wicket keeper and first slip are cricketers again.

Cut back to the bowler, who starts to rub the ball on his trousers. Music comes in. Close up bowler's face starting to sweat. Close up ball rubbing on trousers. Close up face sweating.

Cut to a girl spectator who smiles and moves her shoulders invitingly. Cut back to ball rubbing. Cut to his sweating face. Cut to girl; cut to face; cut to trousers; cut to girl; cut to trousers; cut to girl licking her lips.

Cut back to bowler as he starts his run in slow motion. Cut to batsman who is naked except for footwear, pads and cap. Close up of bowler running. He runs over a couple making love in the nude. Mounting music. Cut back to the bowler, as he releases ball.

Cut to the ball smashing into stumps, shot from three different angles. The music crescendos as the bowler turns, and appeals to the umpire. Silence. Three quick, successively closer shots of the umpire.

The umpire turns into a cardinal who produces a cross and holds it up like a dismissal sign, laughing mockingly.

Cut to a vociferous group of cricketers in a TV studio. They are all in pads and white flannels. Above them is a sign saying `BACKCHAT'. They are on staggered rostra as in `Talk-back'. Facing them is Pier Paolo Pasolini.

First Cricketer (Graham)
Aye, I mean there's lots of people making love, but there's no mention of Geoff Boycott's average.
Pasolini (John)
(Italian accent) Who is-a Geoff Boycott?

CAPTION: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Second Cricketer (Michael)
And in t'film, we get Fred Titmus...
Pasolini
Si, Titmus, si, si ...

CAPTION: Yorkshire

Second Cricketer
... the symbol of man's regeneration through radical Marxism ... fair enough ... but, but we never once get a chance to see him turn his off-breaks on that Brisbane sticky.
Third Character (Eric)
Aye, and what were all that dancing through Ray Illingworth's innings? Forty-seven not out and the bird comes up and feeds him some grapes!

General cricketorial condemnation. We pull back to show that it is on a television set in an ordinary sitting room.

 

[keaton]

Micheal Mann and Shane Meadows would be in there.

M is probably the most underrated film of all time