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Our Favorite Pig Movies - Pigs have been stars in some classic movies. Two of our favorites, “Babe” and “Charlotte’s Web” are featured below.
 Babe - The surprise hit of 1995, this splendidly entertaining family film
was nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture, director, and screenplay, and deservedly won the Oscar for its subtly ingenious
visual effects. Babe is all about the title character, a heroic little pig who's been taken in by the friendly farmer Hoggett (Oscar nominee James
Cromwell), who senses that he and the pig share "a common destiny." Babe, a popular mischief-maker the Australian farm, is adopted by the
resident border collie and raised as a puppy, befriended by Ferdinand the duck (who thinks he's a rooster), and saves the day as a champion "sheep
-pig." Filled with a supporting cast of talking barnyard animals and a chorus of singing mice (courtesy of computer enhancements and clever animatronics), this
frequently hilarious, visually imaginative movie has already taken its place as a family classic with timeless appeal.  Buy it at Amazon.com
Charlotte’s Web - This animated feature based on the popular E.B.
White book for children--about the special relationships between Wilbur the pig, Charlotte the spider, and Templeton the rat--is a straight adaptation
from the page, with songs added. Endearing, heartbreaking, and ultimately wise, it may not please all of those with a strong attachment to the book, but it works all the same. Buy it at Amazon.com
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