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Little Arliss
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Little Arliss

Author
Fred Gipson
Cover artist
Ronald Himler (plus interior illustrations)
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Children's literature
Publisher
Harper & Row

Publication date
 May 1, 1978
Media type
Print Hardcover
Pages
83 pp (first edition, hardcover)
ISBN
0-06-022008-2 (first edition, hardcover)
Little Arliss (1978) is the third book centered around the Coates family of frontier Texas by Fred Gipson. It follows Old Yeller and Savage Sam, and focuses on Little Arliss, the youngest member of the family. Like the first two novels, it is told in the first person, this time by Arliss, instead of Travis.
Plot[edit]
Rock-throwing Little Arliss Coates is now twelve-years old and tired of his nickname and the attendant condescension of all adults about him. His older brother Travis has married Lisbeth Searcy and they rarely come around, as both are "busy being married." Little Arliss chafes at having to attend school, and constantly gets into trouble with his teacher, whom he derisively calls "Old Hoot Owl". One day he discovers that settlers heading west have camped near his home. Approaching the encampment, he befriends Judy Sanders, also about twelve, an orphan traveling with her uncle and aunt, and they decide to attempt to catch an "outlaw" horse that roams the territory—one which has eluded capture by Jim Coates (Arliss' Papa), Burn Sanderson (original owner of "Old Yeller"), Bud Searcy, Wiley Crouch, and other men. Sanderson goes so far as to promise Arliss he can keep the horse if he captures it.
The two children are successful, and Arliss eventually rides the "man-killer," which he dubs "Salty." Despite this, Papa will not allow him to keep the horse, as he considers it too dangerous. Judy wants to marry Arliss, but her uncle convinces her that they are not old enough (to Arliss' relief).
Arliss ends his narrative determined once again to show the grown-ups that he is as tough and as smart as they are.
Background[edit]
This twenty-thousand-word novella was discovered in Fred Gipson's papers by his son Thomas Beckton Gipson.
Like the first two books, this one was also filmed, but as a children's television special, instead of a motion picture, in 1984.
References & Links[edit]
http://www.worldcat.org/title/little-arliss/oclc/003650891
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0811612/
 


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Savage Sam (novel)
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"Savage Sam" redirects here. For the Disney film based on the book, see Savage Sam (film).
Savage Sam is a 1962 children's novel written by Fred Gipson, his second book concerning the Coates family of frontier Texas in the late 1860s. It is a sequel to 1956's Old Yeller. It was inspired by the story of former Apache captive Herman Lehmann, whom Gipson had seen give an exhibition when he was a child. It was adapted into a motion picture of the same name.[1][2][3]
Plot[edit]
Savage Sam is Old Yeller's son. He is a Bluetick Coonhound, and every bit as courageous and loyal as his father, as well as an incredibly keen tracker. Sam mostly likes chasing bobcats, sometimes with Arliss.
Travis, Arliss, and their neighbor's granddaughter, Lisbeth Searcy are taken captive by Apache and Comanche Indians. Jim Coates, the boys' father, gathers up some neighboring men to go in search of them, which includes Lisbeth's somewhat overbearing grandfather, Bud Searcy. Travis manages to escape and is found by the search party (partly thanks to Sam's keen sense of smell), and they rescue Arliss and Lisbeth days later.
Novel Series[edit]
A follow-up novella, Little Arliss was discovered in Fred Gipson's papers by his son, and published in 1978.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Son of Old Yeller Worthy of His Sire Jacobson, Ethel. Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963) [Chicago, Ill] 18 Feb 1962: c3.
2.Jump up ^ Ugly, Ornery And a Hero By HAL BORLAND. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 25 Feb 1962: BR19
3.Jump up ^ Dog Tale Nothing to Yelp About Harris, John. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 15 Apr 1962: M26.
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Savage Sam (film)
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Savage Sam
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Directed by
Norman Tokar
Written by
Fred Gipson
 William Turberg
Based on
novel by Fred Gipson
Starring
Brian Keith
Tommy Kirk
Kevin Corcoran
Cinematography
Edward Colman
Edited by
Grant K. Smith
Production
   company
Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by
Buena Vista Distribution
Release date(s)
1963
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$3,000,000 (US/ Canada)[1]
Savage Sam is a 1963 film sequel to Old Yeller based on the novel of the same name by Fred Gipson. Norman Tokar directed the live-action film, which was released by Walt Disney Productions on June 1, 1963.


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1 Plot
2 Behind the scenes
3 Critical reception
4 Trivia
5 References
6 External links

Plot[edit]
Savage Sam is Old Yeller's son. He is a Bluetick Coonhound, and every bit as courageous and loyal as his father, as well as an incredibly keen tracker. Sam mostly likes chasing a bobcat, sometimes with Arliss.
Brian Keith plays the boy's Uncle Beck (referred to as the younger brother of Jim Coates) who comes by to check on how the boys are doing and gives advice to Travis on how to handle Arliss a little better. ("All little brothers hate bossin'. You've got to learn how to outfigger him, Travis,")
Travis, Arliss, and their neighbor's granddaughter, Lisbeth Searcy (Marta Kristen) are taken captive by Indians. Uncle Beck gathers up some neighboring men to go in search of them, which includes Lisbeth's somewhat overbearing grandfather, Bud Searcy (once again played by Jeff York) and Slim Pickens joins the group as well. Travis manages to escape and is found by the search party (partly thanks to Sam's keen sense of smell), and the whole search party, along with Travis and Savage Sam, rescue Arliss and Lisbeth.
Behind the scenes[edit]
Walt Disney bought the film rights to the novel in 1961, prior to its publication.[2] Gipson was then hired to write the screenplay.[3]
It was one of the first movies from Norman Tokar. "I got him from TV," said Walt Disney. "I like young talent. When people get to be institutions, they direct pictures with their left hand and do something else with their right."[4]
Filming started 6 August 1962.[5]
Pat Hogan appears as tribesman Broken Nose. Dean Fredericks, formerly Steve Canyon on NBC, played a Comanche chief in this film.
Critical reception[edit]
The film received poor reviews and fell short of box office expectations, paling in comparison with Old Yeller.
The Washington Post called it a "dogged, listless effort."[6] "Action melodrama with a formula plot" said the Los Angeles Times.[7] The Chicago Tribune said "the members of the cast are all capable enough, but they are all handicapped by a lurid plot which looks like it was made up by all the action scenes in a bunch of old television scripts."[8]
Trivia[edit]
This film was featured in Storybook Weaver and in the remake, Storybook Weaver Deluxe.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
2.Jump up ^ FILMLAND EVENTS: Poe-Pourri Film Cooks for Corman Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 07 Sep 1961: B9.
3.Jump up ^ FILMLAND EVENTS: Howard Duff Joins 'Boys' Night Out' Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 13 Oct 1961: 29.
4.Jump up ^ Looking at Hollywood: Walt Disney's Own Enchanted Kingdom Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) [Chicago, Ill] 18 June 1963: a1.
5.Jump up ^ M.C.A. WILL DROP ITS TALENT OFFICE: Hollywood Giant Complying With Rule on Producers By MURRAY SCHUMACH Special to The New York Times.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 09 July 1962: 34.
6.Jump up ^ Savage Sam' Is a Hound for the Small Fry R.L.C.. The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973) [Washington, D.C] 05 July 1963: B10.
7.Jump up ^ A HELPFUL HOUND: 'Savage Sam' Disney Film Hero Scott, John L. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 12 July 1963: D9.
8.Jump up ^ 'Savage Sam' Is Below Par for a Disney Film Tinee, Mae. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) [Chicago, Ill] 26 June 1963: a5.
External links[edit]
Official website
Savage Sam at the Internet Movie Database


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Old Yeller is a 1956 children's novel written by Fred Gipson[1] and illustrated by Carl Burger,[citation needed] which received a retroactive Newbery Honor in 1969.[citation needed] The title is taken from the name of the yellow dog who is the center of the book's story. In 1957 Walt Disney released a film adaptation starring Tommy Kirk, Fess Parker, Dorothy McGuire, Kevin Corcoran, Jeff York, and Beverly Washburn.
Plot[edit]
Young Travis Coates has been left to take care of his family ranch with his mother and younger brother, Arliss, while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s in Texas. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly takes in the dog.
Though Travis initially loathes the "rascal" and at first tries to get rid of it, the dog eventually proves his worth, saving the family on several occasions, including saving Arliss from a she-bear, Travis from a bunch of wild hogs, and Mama and their friend Lisbeth from a loafer wolf. Travis grows to love this dog named Old Yeller, and they become great friends. The rightful owner of Yeller shows up looking for his dog and recognizing that the family has become attached to Yeller, trades the dog to Arliss for a home-cooked meal prepared by Travis' mother, who is an exceptional cook.
Old Yeller becomes infected with rabies while saving his family from an infected wolf. Travis is forced to kill Yeller after the fight with the wolf, because he cannot risk Yeller's becoming sick and turning on the family. Old Yeller had puppies with one of Travis' friend's dogs, and one of the puppies helps Travis get over Old Yeller's death. They take in the new dog and try to begin afresh.
Other books in the series[edit]
The new puppy becomes the title character of the follow-up book Savage Sam (1962)[2] and 1963 movie. A third book, Little Arliss (1978), is set after the first two and stars Travis' younger brother.[3]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Gipson, Fred (October 1, 1990). Old Yeller. Perfection Learning. ISBN 978-0812416336.
2.Jump up ^ Gipson, Fred (July 28, 1976). Savage Sam (1st Perennial Library ed.). Harper Perennial Modern Classics. ISBN 978-0060803773.
3.Jump up ^ "Old Yeller (1957 Film) Summary". Bookrags. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
 


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Old Yeller (film)
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Old Yeller
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Directed by
Robert Stevenson
Produced by
Walt Disney
Screenplay by
Fred Gipson
 William Tunberg
Based on
Old Yeller
 by Fred Gipson
Starring
Dorothy McGuire
Fess Parker
Kevin Corcoran
Tommy Kirk
Spike
Music by
Oliver Wallace
Will Schaefer
Cinematography
Charles P. Boyle
Edited by
Stanley E. Johnson
Production
   company
Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by
Buena Vista Distribution
Release date(s)
December 25, 1957

Running time
83 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$6,250,000 (US/ Canada rentals) [1]
Old Yeller is a 1957 American family tragedy film produced by Walt Disney. It stars Tommy Kirk, Dorothy McGuire and Beverly Washburn. It is about a boy and a stray dog in post-Civil War Texas. It is based upon the 1956 Newbery Honor-winning book of the same name by Fred Gipson. Gipson also cowrote the screenplay with William Tunberg. Its success led to a sequel, Savage Sam, which was also based on a book by Gipson.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception and legacy
4 References
5 External links

Plot[edit]
In 1860s post-Civil War Texas, Jim Coates (Fess Parker) leaves home to work on a cattle drive, leaving behind his wife Katie (Dorothy McGuire), older son Travis (Tommy Kirk) and younger son Arliss (Kevin Corcoran).
While Jim is away, Travis sets off to work in the cornfield, where he encounters "Old Yeller" (Spike), a Mastador (Labrador Retriever/ Mastiff) mix. He was called that because of "yeller' being a slang pronunciation of yellow, his color. Travis unsuccessfully tries to drive the dog away, but Arliss likes him and defends him to Travis. However, the dog's habit of stealing meat from smokehouses and robbing hens' nests does not endear him to Travis.
Later, Arliss tries to capture a black bear cub by feeding it cornbread and grabbing it. Its angry mother hears her cub wailing and attacks, but Old Yeller appears and drives her off, earning the affection of the family. Travis eventually accepts him and a profound bond grows between them.
Old Yeller's owner, Burn Sanderson (Chuck Connors), shows up looking for his dog, but comes to realize that they need him more than he does, and agrees to trade him to Arliss in exchange for a horny toad and a home-cooked meal.
One day, Travis sets out to trap wild boars. On the advice of Bud Searcy (Jeff York), he sits in a tree, trying to rope them from above as Old Yeller keeps them from escaping. Travis falls into the pack, one of which injures him. Old Yeller attacks it and rescues Travis, who escapes with a badly-hurt leg. Old Yeller is seriously wounded as well. Searcy warns them of hydrophobia (rabies) in the area. Fortunately, the boars did not have hydrophobia, and both Travis and Old Yeller fully recover.
However, the family soon realize that their cow, Rose, has not been allowing her calf to feed and may have rabies. Watching her stumble about, Travis confirms it and shoots her. While Katie and Lisbeth Searcy (Beverly Washburn) burn the body that night, a rabid wolf attacks. Old Yeller defends the family, but is bitten in the struggle before Travis can shoot and kill the wolf. They pen Old Yeller in the corn crib for several weeks to watch him. Soon when Travis goes to feed him, he growls and snarls at him. After he nearly attacks Arliss, who, not understanding the danger, had attempted to open the corn crib, a grieving Travis is forced to shoot him. In doing so, he takes his first step towards adulthood.
Heartbroken from the death of his beloved dog, Travis refuses the offer of a new puppy fathered by Old Yeller. Jim comes home with a bagful of money and presents for his family. Having learned about Old Yeller's fate from Katie, he explains the facts about life and death to Travis. When they get back to the farm, the young puppy steals a piece of meat, a trick he learned from his father. Travis adopts him, naming him "Young Yeller" in honor of his father.
Cast[edit]
Fess Parker as Jim Coates
Dorothy McGuire as Katie Coates
Tommy Kirk as Travis Coates
Kevin Corcoran as Arliss Coates
Jeff York as Bud Searcy
Beverly Washburn as Lisbeth Searcy
Chuck Connors as Burn Sanderson
Reception and legacy[edit]
Bosley Crowther in the December 26, 1957 New York Times praised the film's performers and called the film "a nice little family picture" that was a "lean and sensible screen transcription of Fred Gipson's children's book." He noted that the film was a "warm, appealing little rustic tale [that] unfolds in lovely color photography. Sentimental, yes, but also sturdy as a hickory stick."[2]
The movie went on to become an important cultural film for baby boomers,[3] with Old Yeller's death in particular being remembered as one of the most tearful scenes in cinematic history. It currently has a rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.[4] One critic cited it as "among the best, if not THE best" of the boy-and-his-dog films.[5] Critic Jeff Walls wrote:

Old Yeller, like The Wizard of Oz and Star Wars, has come to be more than just a movie; it has become a part of our culture. If you were to walk around asking random people, you would be hard-pressed to find someone who did not know the story of Old Yeller, some who didn’t enjoy it or someone who didn’t cry. The movie’s ending has become as famous as any other in film history."[6]
The film was re-released in 1965 and earned an estimated $2 million in North American rentals.[7]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 69
2.Jump up ^ New York Times Review
3.Jump up ^ WTC to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Old Yeller with Program, Exhibit
4.Jump up ^ Rotten Tomatoes - Old Yeller (1957)
5.Jump up ^ Dvdtown reviews - Old Yeller [Special Edition]
6.Jump up ^ Old Yeller (1957) - Jeff Walls review at AllMoviePortal
7.Jump up ^ See "Top Grossers of 1965", Variety, 5 January 1966 p 36
External links[edit]
Official website
Old Yeller at the Internet Movie Database
Old Yeller at AllMovie
Old Yeller at the TCM Movie Database


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Shiloh (Naylor novel)
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Shiloh
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First edition cover of Shiloh

Author
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Children's novel
Publisher
Atheneum

Publication date
 September 30, 1991[1]
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages
144
ISBN
0-689-31614-3
OCLC
21441925
LC Class
PZ7.N24 Sg 1991
Followed by
Shiloh Season
Shiloh is a Newbery Medal-winning children's novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor published in 1991. The 65th book by Naylor, it is the first in a trilogy about a young boy and the title character, an abused dog. Naylor decided to write Shiloh after an emotionally taxing experience in West Virginia where she encountered an abused dog.
Narrator and protagonist Marty Preston lives in the hills of Friendly, West Virginia. After finding an abused beagle owned by his brutal neighbor Judd Travers, Marty defies his society's standards of not meddling with each other's business. Marty resolves to steal and hide the dog, naming him Shiloh and fabricating a web of lies to keep his secret. After his theft is discovered, Marty discovers Judd shooting a deer out of season and blackmails him into selling Shiloh to him. Because he lacks the money to buy Shiloh, Marty resolutely works for Judd doing numerous chores.
Primarily a Bildungsroman and adventure novel, the novel depicts the emotional tribulations and maturing of an 11-year-old boy. Some themes of the novel are ethics, consequentialism, religion and morality, and animal–human relationships. Marty learns that morality is confounding and must choose between two unpalatable choices: rescuing the abused Shiloh through stealing and lying and allowing Judd to keep abusing Shiloh.
Reviewers generally gave positive reviews of the book and were impressed by the novel's suspense and vernacular language. In addition to the Newbery Medal, Shiloh has received several state awards voted upon by children, including the Sequoyah Children's Book Award, the Mark Twain Readers Award, and the William Allen White Children's Book Award. In 1996, the book was adapted into a movie of the same name. The novel spawned two sequels, Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh, published in 1996 and 1997, respectively. Shiloh is taught in many elementary school courses in the United States.


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1 Background and publishing
2 Plot summary
3 Autobiographical elements
4 Style
5 Themes 5.1 Abuse and love
5.2 Animal–human relationships
5.3 Ethics
5.4 Consequentialism
5.5 Religion and morality
6 Reception
7 Honors
8 Sequels
9 Adaptations 9.1 Film
9.2 Audiobook
10 References
11 External links

Background and publishing[edit]




 Phyllis Reynolds Naylor in her writing chair, where she writes the first two drafts of every book by hand
Born in 1933 in Anderson, Indiana,[2] Phyllis Reynolds Naylor was raised in Indiana and Illinois in the 1930s during the Great Depression. During her childhood she was hardly given any toys. Instead, with her parents reading to her every night, books formed a major part of her early years—"the happiest part".[3] Her parents read a variety of literature to her, including Bible stories, The Wind in the Willows, and Mark Twain's novels, until she was 14. After she became a parent, she read to her children in the mornings because of their evening activities.[4] At 16, Naylor wrote a short story for a church magazine, and in her early thirties she published her first book.[3][5] She has published over 100 books.[5] When she wrote and published Shiloh, her 65th novel,[6] she was living in Bethesda, Maryland with her husband Rex,[3] a speech pathologist whom she married in May 1960.[7] She has two adult sons and four grandchildren.[5][8]
Naylor writes books for children, teens, and adults.[4] Writing sporadically, Naylor typically takes several years to finish a book. With about 10 notebooks next to her workspace, she writes down story ideas and character traits when she thinks of them. She considered Shiloh to be a deviation from the norm because she finished the first draft in just eight weeks.[9]
Edited by Jonathan Lanman, Shiloh was published by Atheneum Books[10] on September 30, 1991.[1] The novel has been translated into at least 10 languages: Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Swedish.[11]
Plot summary[edit]
See also: List of characters in Shiloh
The novel is set in the small town of Friendly, West Virginia,[nb 1] where an eleven-year-old boy named Marty Preston finds a stray beagle wandering in the hills near his house. The dog follows him home, and Marty names him Shiloh, a tribute to a neighborhood schoolhouse. Shiloh's real owner is Judd Travers, who owns several hunting dogs. Fearing for the dog's safety because Judd drinks and treats his hunting dogs poorly, Marty does not want to return Shiloh. His father insists Shiloh be returned to his owner and they take the dog to Judd Travers.
Shiloh returns to Marty who hides him from his family. Concealing Shiloh in the woods in a wire pen he builds, Marty smuggles some of his dinner to the dog each evening. After his mother discovers Marty feeding the dog, he persuades her not to reveal the secret. That night, Shiloh is attacked by a German Shepherd Dog while in his makeshift cage and his family discovers Marty has been lying and hiding the dog. After taking the dog to the town doctor, the family must return Shiloh to his rightful owner.
Before doing so, Marty travels up to Travers' house to try to convince Travers to allow him to keep Shiloh. Judd does not see Marty approaching, and shoots a doe out of season, which would mean a stiff fine Judd cannot afford. Marty lets Judd know he knows, and attempts to blackmail him out of Shiloh. Judd and Marty eventually negotiate a deal in which Marty will earn Shiloh for 40 dollars, paid with 20 hours of working for Judd. At the end of the first week, Judd says that he will not keep his end of the deal because the evidence of the dead doe has with the passage of time disappeared. Second, the contract that Marty had him sign is worthless in the state of West Virginia without the signature of a witness. Despite Judd's pointed disapproval of his work, Marty continues to work for him. They begin discussing dogs and Judd's father who began physically abusing Judd when he was four years old. In the end, Judd warms to Marty, relents, and lets him keep Shiloh.
Autobiographical elements[edit]




 Clover, the mistreated beagle in West Virginia who inspired Naylor to write Shiloh


I went to investigate [something following us along the grass] and found a dog that I assumed to be a beagle, though in truth it was a mixed breed of who-knows-what. But it was the saddest looking dog I had ever seen—skinny, ill-kept, hungry, and obviously mistreated. Its tail was wagging hopefully, but every time I put out my hand to touch it, the dog trembled and shook, and crawled away on its belly as though I were about to do it bodily harm.
—Phyllis Reynolds Naylor[14]
In a 1992 interview about Shiloh, Naylor said: "Like a patchwork quilt, a novel is made up of things that have happened to me and things I have heard or read about, all mixed up with imaginings."[15] Naylor's characters are frequently based on herself and her two sons.[3] She penned the novel following an excursion with her husband, Rex, to visit their friends, Frank[16] and Trudy Madden,[17] in West Virginia.[16] Naylor and Rex were strolling along a river when they discovered a dog in the grass following them. Dejected and frightened, the dog was "the saddest, most mistreated-looking beagle I'd ever seen", Naylor later said.[16] Because the dog frequently shuddered and slunk forward on her belly, Naylor suspected she had been abused. On a whim, Naylor whistled and the dog rushed forward, lapping Naylor's face.[9] Tailing them until they reached the Maddens' house, the beagle remained under a tree, her paws cushioning her head during the drizzly afternoon. Naylor cried during her and her husband's trip home that night.[16]
Rex asked her if she would have a "nervous breakdown" or if she would "do something about it". That "something" referred to writing a book, which she did.[16] She believed that someone had abused the dog and was confronted by a series of questions:

What if I knew who was abusing it? What if I knew who it belonged to? What if the dog kept running to me? Then, if you write for children, you think about what if I was 11 years old?[18]
The Maddens resided near Shiloh, West Virginia, where Naylor found the abused dog in 1989, so she decided to name the book's dog Shiloh. Because the Maddens' post office address is in Friendly, West Virginia, Naylor chose the town as her book's setting.[17] Trudy and Frank Madden adopted the abused dog Naylor had seen.[nb 2] Trudy Madden said in a 1997 interview that Naylor's description of Shiloh, West Virginia, was precise. By following the directions in Shiloh and its sequels, the town's houses, mill, and schoolhouse could be located easily.[17][nb 3]
Style[edit]



[I]t is a deceptively simple story about good and evil, truth and honesty and the various dimensions between, presented in the colorful setting of the West Virginia mountains.
—Nancy Gilson in The Columbus Dispatch[19]
Shiloh is told in the first person in main character Marty Preston's voice. The prose has perceptible grammatical errors and a bucolic tone.[20] Arlene Perly Rae of Toronto Star wrote that the novel is written in the "uncomplicated style" for which Naylor is distinguished.[21] Jane Langton of The New York Times Book Review stated that the novel was written in a "comfortable, down-home style". Writing that the main story in Shiloh is Marty's struggle in his mind with morality, Langston noted that it is "presented simply, in a way any third- or fourth-grade reader can understand".[22] Scholar Kathie Cerra praised the novel for its "vivid sensory detail", which enables readers to experience Marty's "inner life of thought and feeling". In Marty's "teem[ing] with life" first-person narrative, he shows how he feels when he tells lies to his parents and when he embraces the wriggling Shiloh.[23]
Academic Leona W. Fisher wrote in Children's Literature Association Quarterly that the novel employs a seldom used yet ingenious literary technique: the story is told with "the sustained internal monologue presented almost exclusively in the present tense".[24] The mores of his society and the actions of adults are strained through Marty's mind concurrently with his emotional agony and ethical judgments. The dialogue of the other characters tempers but does not counteract the "exclusivity of his linguistic point of view" because Marty is the sole narrator.[25] Shiloh has a "compacted time-frame, bounded by the past-tense opening and closing".[26] Fisher noted that because the novel's events are confined to several weeks in the summer, there is no need for a "panoramic sweep" of the actions. The reader can concentrate solely on Marty's ethical crisis. Conveying the mood of the novel is also mostly confined to Marty's thoughts and current action. Naylor uses the past-perfect verb "had" on several occasions to depict the tones of the scenes. This usage conveys turning-points in the story, transferring the reader from the "immediate tension" of the present to a growing cognizance.[26]
Scholars Alethea Helbig and Agnes Perkins wrote that the "Appalachian setting is well evoked, in both its beauty and its code of ethics that Marty must defy to save the dog".[27] Reviewer Ellen Mandel of Booklist wrote that the "West Virginia dialect richly seasons the true-to-life dialogue".[28] Kenneth E. Kowen of School Library Journal perceived an incongruity in Naylor's depiction of Marty's family. He noted that Marty's father is a postman, one of the best paid jobs in suburban settings. In the novel, however, the family is poverty-stricken.[29]
Reviewer Cecilia Goodnow noted that Shiloh is a Bildungsroman and adventure novel.[30] Marty undergoes a physical and emotional transformation in his quest to save Shiloh.[31] After confronting an abusive adult, he mentally grows, concluding: "I saved Shiloh and opened my eyes some. Now that ain't bad for eleven."[32] Salem Press's Carol Ann Gearhart has characterized the novel as domestic realism.[31]
Themes[edit]
Abuse and love[edit]
Physically abused as a child, Judd wants to keep Shiloh because he does not comprehend why people are so interested in rescuing the abused dog. No one cared to rescue Judd when he was harmed throughout his youth. Despite Judd's growing into a harsh man, reviewer Hary Sheehan noted, he preserves a glimmer of empathy.[33] Journalist Kate Cavanaugh wrote that Judds' inability to love and cherish Shiloh is borne because of the love his family nurtured in him.[34]
Animal–human relationships[edit]
Author Timothy Morris wrote that the plot and themes in Shiloh had many parallels to the 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight. In both novels, boys fall in love with dogs owned by others. The dogs repeatedly return to the children in "mirror imag[e] scenes", while the ethical fathers try to convince them not to betray their morals and fall for the dogs.[35]
Morris wrote that Shiloh's faithfulness to Marty is portrayed in "affective human terms". In the secluded, bucolic West Virginia, Shiloh becomes the masculine friend Marty did not have. The beagle adopts the persona of the brother Marty never had. Marty doggedly believes that Shiloh and other animals are creatures with feelings. Attune with Marty's emotions, the beagle is considered by Marty to be a confidante. On the other hand, in pastoral West Virginia, some adults consider animals to bring only economic benefits to humans. Morris stated that children like Marty defy their rural culture and advance to an upper-class mindset.[36]
Scholar Claudia Mills wrote that Marty's parents subscribe to the belief that because Shiloh is Judd's property, they should not be concerned with how Judd treats Shiloh. They tell Marty: "You've got to go by the law. The law says that a man that pays money for a dog owns that dog." At odds with this philosophy, Marty strongly believes that love—not money—should determine ownership.[37]
Ethics[edit]
In Shiloh, Naylor does not impart an explicit meaning of "honesty" to her juvenile readers, journalist Nancy Gilson observed. Instead, she conveys how "confusing and unanswerable" morality is using main character Marty's ethical predicaments and plot twists. To harbor Shiloh from the antagonist Judd and his principled parents, Marty must steal food and tell falsehoods. His dishonest actions serve as a contrast to his conscientious persona and his benevolent rescuing of the dog.[19] Every night, Marty prays, "Jesus ... which do you want me to do? Be one hundred percent honest and carry that dog back to Judd so that one of your creatures can be kicked and starved all over again, or keep him here and fatten him up to glorify your creation?"[15]
According to Judith B. Rosenfeld of the Knoxville News-Sentinel, Naylor makes the statement that children raised in healthy families make ethical choices and ultimately thrive.[38] In a 1994 interview Naylor said:

One of the pluses of writing for children is that the child may very well be reading about the subject for the first time. In Shiloh, there's a moral dilemma with no black or white answer; the character compromises. It may be the child's first time to realize that there are not sure answers. It's sort of thrilling to have a child meet a problem like this for the first time."[3]
Naylor believes that there is much "gray area between right and wrong".[9] Instead of following the straightforward correct path, Marty is forced to select between two unpalatable choices. Reviewer Matt Berman of The Times-Picayune believed that the book's main moral is that "nothing is as simple as it seems".[39] Entertainment Weekly's Michele Landsberg praised the novel, writing that Shiloh is a "strongly persuasive story of moral growth, told without a hint of moralizing and with acute insight into a preadolescent's inner life".[40]
In the children's literature journal The ALAN Review published by The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents, Edgar H. Thompson, Connie B. Blevins, and Allison Fitzgerald argued that protagonist Marty "consistently behaves" at levels 5 and 6 of Kohlberg's stages of development. For instance, on his walk to Judd's house, he wonders: "Easy as pie for Judd Travers to put a bullet hole in my head, say he didn't see me." Despite his fears, Marty continues walking to Judd's house, persistent on protecting Shiloh despite potential bodily harm and even death to himself. The authors brooded over whether an 11 year old could attain such an elevated level despite most adults' never being able to do so. Ultimately noting that the Newbery Committee and thousands of readers consider Marty to be realistic, they concluded that Marty is a positive role model for children to strive to be.[41]
Consequentialism[edit]
In her essay "The Structure of the Moral Dilemma in Shiloh" for Children's Literature, Claudia Mills wrote that Shiloh deals with "consequentialism pitted against deontological respect for moral duty".[42] Taught from his youth to be respectful to others and worship God, Marty is confounded by the injustice of Shiloh's being abused. He seeks to justify his unethical actions by thinking that "[a] lie don't seem a lie anymore when it's meant to save a dog."[31] Consequentionalists base the worthiness of a person's act on its result. Marty's act of saving Shiloh is worse for Shiloh's well-being.[43] After Shiloh is concealed in the woods, a German shepherd attacks the beagle, causing to become permanently lame. Marty laments: "Worst of all, I'd brought Shiloh here to keep him from being hurt, and what that German shepherd done to him was probably worse than anything Judd Travers would have brought himself to do, short of shootin' him, anyways."[44]
Mills noted that consequentialism does not merely expect that the consequences to one entity is determined. It requires a review of the consequences to all. When Marty observes Judd's out-of-season shooting of a deer, he uses the incident to blackmail him to sell Shiloh to him. However, this places deer in the future in danger of Judd's hunting. Marty sadly reflects: "By lettin' him get away with this, I'm putting other deer in danger. He kill this one out of season, he'll figure maybe he can kill some more. To save Shiloh, I'm making it harder for deer".[44] In essence, he selects the "domestic love over the grander principle".[45]
Religion and morality[edit]
Reviewers observed that religion plays an influential role in Marty's moral decisions. After Marty takes a forbidden bite from his sister Dara Lynn's chocolate Easter rabbit and refuses to own up, his mother is disappointed. She tells him: "Dara Lynn don't know who ate the ear off her candy rabbit and I don't know who did it, but Jesus knows. And right this minute Jesus is looking down with the saddest eyes on the person who ate that chocolate." Marty's very religious mother teaches him that people should not sin or they will be "separated forever from God's love."[46]
Academic Claudia Mills wrote that Marty determines to save Shiloh in a scene that is reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn's well-known resolution to save Jim from slavery: "All right, then, I'll go to hell." Thinking about the falsehoods he has told to save Shiloh, he believes he is bound for hell. He reflects:

If what Grandma Preston told me once about heaven and hell is true, and liars go to hell, then I guess that's where I'm headed. But she also told me that only people are allowed in heaven, not animals. And if I was to go to heaven and look down to see Shiloh left below, head on his paws, I'd run away from heaven sure.[46]
Near the novel's conclusion, Judd refuses to honor his agreement with Marty because there was no witness. When Marty asks his mother what a witness is, she responds: "Somebody who knows the Lord Jesus and don't mind tellin' about it." Despite Judd's refusal to honor the agreement, Marty persistently maintains his part of it. He decides: "I got no choice. All I can do is stick to my side of the deal and see what happens. All in the world I can do." After ultimately ceding Shiloh to Marty, Judd asks: "What you going to do with that dog once he's yours?" Marty's simple reply is: "Love him." Scholar Claudia Mills noted that: "The resolution of the stand-off comes when Marty, in essence, stands witness, in his mother's religious sense of witness, for an ethic of love, crystallized in his love for Shiloh."[47]
Reception[edit]
The News & Observer's Elizabeth Ward listed Shiloh as one of the best children's books in 1991. She called the book a "heartstopping, but tough-as-steel story of a boy and an abused dog in the hardscrabble hill country of West Virginia".[48] Author Timothy Morris deemed Shiloh to be the "most celebrated dog novel of the nineties".[35] Michele Landsberg of Entertainment Weekly called Shiloh a "compelling read" and rated the novel an A.[40] Equating Shiloh to classics like Charlotte's Web, author Laura Elliott praised the novel's "voice, suspense, and layer of themes".[6]
After Shiloh received the Newbery Award, Jane Langton wrote in The New York Times Book Review: "Did Shiloh really deserve the prize? Surely there must have been a book more important than this agreeable but slight story." Langton opined that Shiloh was "a good book, not a great book" and that there must have been few worthy children's books that year.[22] The Sacramento Bee's Judy Green disagreed, believing that Shiloh was "worthy of its award, which labels it the best fiction for children written last year". Green lauded Naylor for her "excellent portrayal of Marty's introspection and superb storytelling in the area's vernacular".[49]
The Booklist's Ellen Mandel extolled the novel for its "moving and powerful look" at the virtues and vices of human nature and the murky moral choices in conflicts of everyday life.[28] In her favorable review of Shiloh, Betsy Hearne of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books wrote that "readers will be absorbed by the suspenseful plot, which will leave them with some memorable characterizations as well as several intriguing ethical questions".[50] K.B. Cartwright of The Reading Teacher also praised the novel for providing a "gripping account of family conflict and honesty".[51] In a similarly positive review, Kirkus Reviews praised the book for being a "gripping account of a mountain boy's love for a dog he's hiding from its owner".[1] Calling it "unusually warm and moving", Heather Vogel Frederick of The Christian Science Monitor praised the novel for being an "excellent choice as a family read-aloud".[52]
Censors have objected to the profanity in Shiloh.[53] Naylor received an angry letter from the parents of a 10-year-old boy, who were angered by the language in the book. The character Judd had sworn, "dammit". The author replied in an interview with The Virginian-Pilot that some people in the world "speak crudely" and "you can't put your child in a glass bubble and protect him always".[54] Several West Virginian book reviewers have complained about the dialect in the novel, believing that West Virginians do not speak with a dialect. In one review, a newspaper writer said that when she read the book to her children, she chose not to read with the dialect.[17]
Honors[edit]
In 1992, Shiloh received the John Newbery Medal.[55][nb 4] The annual award, bestowed by the children's librarians division of the American Library Association, is given for "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".[54] Shiloh was a dark horse for the award.[57] Ohio State University Professor Rudine Sims Bishop, a member of the 1992 Newbery committee, said in an interview that Shiloh was a "sleeper" that surfaced as a serious contender deep in their debate.[19] After the January 27, 1992 announcement of Shiloh's winning the Newbery Medal, Naylor was flooded with numerous phone calls, requests for interviews, and mail. In an April 1992 interview, Naylor said: "Frankly, to go the bathroom, I have had to take the phone off the hook."[9] The book was also selected as an American Library Association Notable Children's Book.[58]
In January 1994, over 60,000 third–sixth graders in the state of Oklahoma selected from Shiloh 23 nominees as the winner of the Sequoyah Children's Book Award.[nb 5] The Sequoyah Award was presented to Naylor in April 1994 during the yearly Oklahoma Library Association conference.[60] On April 14, 1994, at the annual conference of the Missouri Association of School Librarians, Shiloh received that year's Mark Twain Readers Award. The Mark Twain Award is decided annually through a vote by fourth–eighth graders in the state of Missouri.[61] On October 29, 1994, Naylor received the William Allen White Children's Book Award for Shiloh. The award is decided through the tallying of over 55,000 children in the state of Kansas.[62]
In 1997, The Virginian-Pilot chose Shiloh as the subject of a "community-wide effort to get people of all ages reading and talking about books". Beginning in October, the newspaper serialized Shiloh, publishing two chapters every week until the end of November. It also created a book guide about Shiloh and printed 1,000 copies for parents and teachers. A chat room was created for children to direct questions and comments about Shiloh.[63] In 1999, Shiloh was selected as a recommended novel for children ages nine to twelve in the Read Across America initiative.[64] In 2000, the Shiloh trilogy placed at number seven on the National Education Association's Children's Top 100 book list. Naylor was delighted that children had given her work such a high ranking.[65][nb 6] Shiloh is taught in many American elementary school courses.[6]
Sequels[edit]



I think the reason I wrote the sequels is because the kids were so full of rage ... they wrote to me, and they were so angry this man got away. They wanted him shot through the heart, stabbed through the eye, they wanted him to fall off a cliff. I'm glad they were so emotional (about the book), but I didn't want to leave them with so much rage.
—Phyllis Reynolds Naylor in a March 2000 interview[65]
Shiloh has two sequels, Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh, published in 1996 and 1997, respectively.[66] In Shiloh Season, Naylor renews the strife by restoring Judd's hostility and aggravating it with a bout of drinking issues. Marty fears Judd will take back Shiloh and be faithless to the deal they made. Whereas in Shiloh Marty confronts the confusing and ambiguous concept of morality, in Shiloh Season he must face the notion of wickedness.[67]
In the final book of the trilogy, Saving Shiloh, Marty's parents persuade Marty that people who have wronged are worthy of forgiveness. In the midst of several robberies and a murder, the community hastily faults Judd. Willing to grant Judd a second chance, Marty attempts to help him. Meanwhile, Marty and his family must face the intricacies of life such as death, hostility, and sibling rivalry.[68]
Naylor penned the sequels in response to "the surprising degree of hatred which children show toward Judd Travers". Noting that Judd's life had been molded by the abuse he suffered as a child, she hoped that the novels would enable children to see Judd as a person like Marty who must make difficult moral choices.[69]
Each book in the trilogy was made into a movie: Shiloh in 1996, Shiloh Season in 1999, and Saving Shiloh in 2006.[70]
Adaptations[edit]
Film[edit]
Main article: Shiloh (film)
In 1996 Warner Bros. Pictures released Shiloh, which was directed by Dale Rosenbloom.[71][nb 7] The first of Naylor's more than 100 juvenile and adult works to be adapted into a movie,[73] it starred Blake Heron as Marty and Scott Wilson as Judd Travers.[71] Budgeted at less than $2 million, Shiloh was filmed in 30 days in October 1996 at Topanga, California.[74]
Rosenbloom's film differed from Naylor's novel in several key aspects. In the novel, Marty's family is poor and economic opportunities are limited. The family's four-room homestead is ancient and has not seen remodeling in decades. In the film, the family is wealthy and there are numerous economic opportunities. The family's two-story house is a "stunning showplace of hardwoods, elegant color schemes, and tasteful appointments". Marty makes money very quickly by doing various chores. By transforming Marty's family from being poor to being well off, Rosenbloom makes the conflict between Marty and Judd an emotional, instead of an economic one. In the novel, Marty and his family hunt animals, while in the film, his father does not hunt.[75] Author Timothy Morris states that "[t]he force of the film's ideology is to blur all distinctions between humans and animals". Judd is transformed from a native in the novel into an interloper in the film who holds the contrarian view that humans and animals are different,[76] that "[a]nimals were put here for us. They ain' got no other purpose or feelin's."[36]
Instead of being about Marty's love for Shiloh, most of the novel occurs in Marty's thoughts such as when he ponders about telling falsehoods to his parents. Because the book was considered "very internal" by the major film studios, director Dale Rosenbloom labored over making the film more external. Rosenbloom added new characters and scenes to the story and faxed each change to the novel's author. Naylor was neither fearful of Rosenbloom's changes nor unhesitant at suggesting changes. After the film was released, Naylor said that Rosenbloom "did a very good job", and Rosenbloom said, "We did do right by the book and her ... She lives by her code and if you honor it, she appreciates it." By June 1997, Naylor had seen the film six times. In an interview that month, she noted that she was always struck by the hush of the theater and by how the film entrances everyone, even the children.[72]
Despite an underwhelming performance in the movie theaters, the film received high video sales. Ranking Shiloh as one of his top 10 selections,[77] Roger Ebert praised the film for being a "remarkably mature and complex story about a boy who loves a dog and cannot bear to see it mistreated", depicting "the real world with all of its terrors and responsibilities".[78] Shiloh was honored with "best film" at the Chicago International Film Festival.[79]
Audiobook[edit]
The audiobook version of Shiloh was released by Bantam Books in 1992. Performed by Peter MacNicol, the three-hour-long audiobook is unabridged.[80] Author John Wynne praised MacNicol's delivery, writing that he "does character voices well—both male and female—and creates a folksy atmosphere appropriate to the material".[81]
References[edit]
Notes
1.Jump up ^ Nicknamed the "Mountain State", West Virginia abounds in mountains and rivers. For hundreds of years, the state has been home to hunters of deer, bears, beavers, and other animals. Before 1600, Native American tribes of the Iroquois, the Cherokee, and the Shawnee hunted for food. In the contemporary day, people hunt despite most of the large animals' having disappeared. Numerous laws in West Virginia determine "when, where, how, and what animals may be hunted".[12] In the rural hill setting, neighbors because of local customs rarely meddle with each other's business. Respect of elders and a commitment to honesty are expected of children.[13]
2.Jump up ^ Deeply affected by the anguish Naylor felt, the Maddens searched for the beagle. After finding her, they brought the beagle to the veterinarian.[16] They contemplated delivering her to the animal shelter[17] but ultimately decided to adopt her, naming her Clover.[16] In a 1992 interview with The Washington Post, Frank Madden affirmed that his family was caring for the dog and that Clover was "healthy and romping around in the snow right now". Naylor happily noted that Clover had become "the happiest dog in West Virginia".[16] After Shiloh was awarded the Newbery Medal, Clover became nationally noticed. She even participated in a "paw-tographing", wherein she signed copies of Shiloh using her inked paw.[9] In a 1997 interview with The Virginian-Pilot, Trudy Madden said: "We've put in quite a few years of taking her around to local schools so children can see her and pet her and get her paw print. But at this point, we've turned down those requests because she's just not up to it." At 10 years old in 1997, Clover had become debilitated. No longer possessing the strength to bark at visitors, deer, or cats, she passes the day by resting under bushes at the front of the house. In the early years, the Maddens took her on a 3-mile daily walk. By 1997, Clover could walk for only half a mile before having to return home.[17]
3.Jump up ^ Following Shiloh's publication in 1991, the Friendly post office erected a sign affirming that Clover, the dejected dog that inspired the novel, lived in the town. The sign urged visitors to call prior to visiting the Maddens to see Clover.[17]
4.Jump up ^ The Newbery Award was initially given in 1922 by Frederic G. Melcher who edited Publishers Weekly. Its namesake is an 18th-century English bookseller and writer, John Newbery. Newbery is reputed to have founded the first bookstore solely dedicated to books for children. The Newbery Award Committee, composed of a panel of 15 elected members, determines the winner of the Newbery Award each year.[56] Seven are appointed and eight are elected.[22] Members are chosen by the Association for Library Service to Children, a subsidiary of the American Library Association. Because over 15,000 children's books are published each year, the panel depends on librarians' nominations. The Newbery Award Committee meets three times to discuss the books and then selects the recipient through consensus.[56]
5.Jump up ^ The Sequoyah Book Award was first awarded in 1959. Named after Sequoyah who invented the Cherokee syllabary, it is the third oldest "children's choice" award in the United States.[59]
6.Jump up ^ The six literary works ranked before Shiloh were the Goosebumps series, Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, the Arthur series and Charlotte's Web.[65]
7.Jump up ^ Rosenbloom discovered Shiloh when he was trying to find a book for his nephew. Immediately connecting with the book because he had adopted an abused dog in his youth and kept her until she died at 16, Rosenbloom selected it to be turned into a film for his directorial debut. Shiloh was appropriate because he wanted to make "family pictures that featured character studies".[72]
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2.Jump up ^ Beech 1997, p. 4
3.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Gilson, Nancy (1994-01-28). "Author Helps Children Make Sense of Growing Up". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
4.^ Jump up to: a b Hand, Gail Stewart (1996-03-17). "Author Reaches Out to Children and Parents". Grand Forks Herald. Archived from the original on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
5.^ Jump up to: a b c Simpson 2002, p. 9
6.^ Jump up to: a b c Elliott 2004, p. 128
7.Jump up ^ Stilet, Charles L. P. (January 2007). "Phyllis Reynolds Naylor". Guide to Literary Masters & Their Works (Salem Publishing).
8.Jump up ^ "About Phyllis Reynolds Naylor". Random House. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
9.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Zahner, Cathy Carlin (1992-04-20). "Forlorn dog led author to prize Newberry-winning 'Shiloh' was inspired by writer's encounter with one sad pooch". The Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
10.Jump up ^ "Children's Books Earn Caldecott, Newbery Medals". Dayton Daily News. 1992-01-29. Archived from the original on 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
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Elliott, Laura (October 2004). "Tell Me a Story". Washingtonian 40 (1): 127–133.
Mills, Claudia (1999). "The Structure of the Moral Dilemma in Shiloh". Children's Literature (Johns Hopkins University Press) 27: 185–197. doi:10.1353/chl.0.0647. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-07-19. (subscription required)
Morris, Timothy (2000). You're Only Young Twice: Children's Literature and Film. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-02532-6.
Simpson, Kathleen (2002). Literature Circle Guide. New York: Scholastic Corporation. ISBN 0-439-35539-7.
Worthington, Janet Evans; Somers, Albert B. (2000). More Novels and Plays: Thirty Creative Teaching Guides for Grades 6–12. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 0-590-37356-0.
Wynne, John (1995). The Listener's Guide to Audio Books: Reviews, Recommendations, and Listings for More Than 2,000 Titles. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-684-80239-2.
External links[edit]
Study Guide for Shiloh from McGraw-Hill
Selected excerpts from the book
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's 1992 Newbery Acceptance Speech

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Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
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Directed by
Sandy Tung
Production
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Legacy Releasing
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date(s)
July 2, 1999

Running time
96 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$58,946
Shiloh Season is a 1999 family/drama film about a boy trying to defend his dog from a man who is constantly under the influence. It is a sequel to the 1996 Shiloh.


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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception
4 External links

Plot[edit]
Judd is upset that Shiloh (his former hunting dog) now belongs to Marty. In the first film, Marty did hard labor to get Shiloh from Judd. Judd starts drinking heavily and almost runs Marty and Shiloh off the road with his truck. Marty encounters Judd several times, including one key moment when Judd thinks he heard Marty on his property, threatens him and holds his gun and goes to find him but he is too drunk. Later, Judd crashes his truck into the creek while driving drunk. Shiloh's loud barking gets Marty's attention, and he finds Judd. Judd is taken to the hospital and returns home sometime later. Marty wants to be nice with Judd and makes donations (bread and meat). Marty then starts writing Judd letters, telling him stories about Shiloh. Judd reads them and starts to bond with Marty. In the end, Marty decides he wants to take Shiloh with him to visit Judd. Marty and Judd start to become friends after Judd tells him that it was Shiloh who really saved him and for the first time ever, Shiloh allows Judd to pet him.
Cast[edit]
Michael Moriarty as Ray Preston
Scott Wilson as Judd Travers
Zachary Browne as Marty Preston
Ann Dowd as Louise Preston
Caitlin Wachs as Dara Lynn Preston
Rachel David as Becky Preston
Rod Steiger as Doc Wallace
Bonnie Bartlett as Mrs. Wallace
Marissa Leigh as Samantha Wallace
Joe Pichler as David Howard
Frannie as Shiloh
John Short as Mr. Howard
Reception[edit]
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 68% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 19 reviews, with an average score of 6.7/10.
External links[edit]
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
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Saving Shiloh
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Saving Shiloh
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Directed by
Sandy Tung
Produced by
Carl Borack
Dale Rosenbloom
Written by
Dale Rosenbloom (screenplay)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (novel)
Starring
Jason Dolley
Jordan Garrett
Taylor Momsen
Scott Wilson
Ann Dowd
Gerald McRaney
Music by
Adam Gorgoni
Cinematography
Lex DuPont
Edited by
Clarinda Wong
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date(s)
May 12, 2006

Running time
90 min.
Country
United States
Language
English
Saving Shiloh is a family movie produced in 2006, based on the book of the same name written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. It is the third and final film in the trilogy, whose other members are Shiloh and Shiloh Season. The film is rated PG for some thematic elements and peril.
Plot[edit]
The movie begins with Marty Preston (Jason Dolley) explaining the events of Shiloh and Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season. Then Judd Travers (Scott Wilson) shows up at the Preston home with dead squirrels as a present for Marty and his family for helping him after his truck accident in the second film. A fearful Shiloh runs into the kitchen since he is still scared of Judd. Marty's sister, Becky (Liberty Smith), embarrasses her mother, Louise (Ann Dowd), when she calls Judd the meanest man since Judd says he has eaten dead squirrels all his life. Soon, Marty hears from his two best friends, David Howard (Jordan Garrett) and Samantha Wallace (Taylor Momsen), that after a fist fight, a drunken Judd has been charged with murder. Marty brings Judd some squirrel stew and offers to help Judd, believing that he hasn't committed murder. Soon after, when Marty is helping Judd build a fence for his hunting dogs, Judd accidentally steps on one of his dog's paws. The dog starts attacking Judd, biting his good leg. Judd doesn't show any fear, grabbing the dog and swinging him at a fence. Afterwards, when Dara Lynn (Kyle Chavarria), another of Marty's sisters, falls into a lake, Marty jumps in to save her. Shiloh jumps in to help but gets caught in the current, which leads toward Miller Falls. Marty goes back into the lake to save Shiloh but gets caught in a branch. Seeing this, Judd jumps off a cliff into the lake to free Marty. Marty explains to Judd that Shiloh is going to go over the waterfall unless he saves him. Judd saves Shiloh and begins a friendship with Marty and Shiloh. The film ends with Marty saying, "If you open your heart, anything is possible."
Cast[edit]
Jason Dolley as Marty Preston
Jordan Garrett as David Howard
Taylor Momsen as Samantha Wallace
Scott Wilson as Judd Travers
Ann Dowd as Louise Preston
Gerald McRaney as Ray Preston
Liberty Smith as Becky Preston
Kyle Chavarria as Dara Lynn Preston
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Shiloh'
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Directed by
Dale Rosenbloom
Produced by
Zane W. Levitt
 Dale Rosenbloom
 Mark Yellen
Written by
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (novel)
 Dale Rosenbloom
Starring
Michael Moriarty
Scott Wilson
Blake Heron
Rod Steiger
Ann Dowd
Bonnie Bartlett
 Shira Roth
Music by
Joel Goldsmith
Cinematography
Frank Byers
Edited by
Mark S. Westmore
Production
   company
Legacy Releasing
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
Release date(s)
April 27, 1997

Running time
113 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Shiloh is a family drama film produced and directed by Dale Rosenbloom in 1996. It was shown at the Heartland Film Festival in 1996, but its general release came on April 27, 1997. The original book by the same name was written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. There are two sequels, Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999) and Saving Shiloh (2006), both directed by Sandy Tung.
Plot[edit]
An abused beagle runs away from his cruel owner (Judd Travers) and meets Marty Preston. The dog follows the boy home but is not allowed to stay. So Marty makes shelter from an abandoned shack at the top of a hidden hill for the dog to stay in for the next few weeks. Marty bonds with the dog and names him Shiloh. His stern father, Ray, won't let the boy keep the dog because it belongs to Judd Travers, a local hunter. Judd is a mean old man that hunts with his dogs. Shiloh was the most mistreated puppy out of the pack. They return Shiloh to the owner but after Shiloh is mistreated again, he runs away and returns to Marty. Knowing his father will again make him take Shiloh back to Judd, Marty hides Shiloh in a shed behind his house. His secret is soon revealed when his mother, Louise, comes up the hill and sees Marty and Shiloh bonding by the hut. When the Bakers' German Shepherd attacks Shiloh, Marty turns to Ray to help. Marty takes Shiloh to a vet and Shiloh recovers quickly. Soon, Ray said that it is time to take Shiloh back to Judd. Marty fights a little with his dad about keeping Shiloh and about how much Judd abuses him. Ray initially agrees only to keep Shiloh until he recovers and tries not to grow attached to him, but that night, when he thinks Marty is asleep, gives him a treat and afterwards no longer fights Marty's desire to keep the dog. Eventually Marty goes to see Judd and ask him if he can clean up Judd's place in trade of Shiloh. Marty works the next few days at Judd's and is very excited to get his new dog. After all of Marty's hard work, Judd says that there weren't any witnesses to the deal and that a contract is no good without it. Marty fights with the beer-guzzling Judd because he worked a lot for Shiloh. Marty continues working, though, sometimes overtime without being paid a penny more. Marty told Judd that he wanted Shiloh and that he worked very hard for nothing. Marty keeps Shiloh for the next few days when cold-hearted Judd comes to take the pup. Marty fights with Judd again about keeping Shiloh with the help of Ray. Then, Judd tries to kidnap Shiloh. Ray comes to the rescue and knocks Judd down, and the two fight. Judd escapes Ray, grabs Shiloh, and drives away in his truck. Marty can already tell how much Judd is going to abuse Shiloh. Watching Marty and Shiloh in the mirror, Judd seems to consider everything and releases the dog from his truck and Shiloh runs into Marty's arms. Sheena Easton sings the theme "Are There Angels" for the Shiloh soundtrack during the credits, which show Marty happily walking with Shiloh at his side.
Cast[edit]
Michael Moriarty as Ray Preston
Blake Heron as Marty Preston
Scott Wilson as Judd Travers
Ann Dowd as Louise Preston
J. Madison Wright as Samantha Wallace
Shira Roth as Dara Lynn Preston
Tori Wright as Becky Preston
Bonnie Bartlett as Mrs.Wallace
Rod Steiger as Doc. Wallace
Frannie as Shiloh
External links[edit]
Shiloh at the Internet Movie Database
Shiloh at AllMovie


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Sounder
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This article is about the novel. For the film based on this novel, see Sounder (film). For other uses, see Sounder (disambiguation).
Sounder
Sounder.jpg
First edition

Author
William H. Armstrong
Cover artist
James Barkley
Country
Canada
Language
English
Publisher
Harper & Row

Publication date
 1969
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages
116 pp
ISBN
0-06-440020-4
OCLC
9631903
LC Class
PZ7.A73394 So
Followed by
Sour Land, The MacLeod Place
Sounder is a young adult novel by William H. Armstrong. It is the story of an African-American boy living with his sharecropper family. Although the family's difficulties increase when the father is imprisoned for stealing a ham from work, the boy still hungers for an education.
"Sounder", the dog's name, is the only character name used in the book. The author refers to the various characters by their relationship or their role in the story. The setting is also ambiguous. The author notes prisoners were hauled in "mule-drawn wagons", and the mention of chain gangs places an upper limit to the story of 1955 when the practice ended. The boy hears his father may be in Bartow and later Gilmer counties but the author does not specify where the boy lives. Since the boy is assured his father wouldn't be taken out of state, and because the ground freezes, we are left to assume the family lives in the counties around northern Georgia or northwestern South Carolina.
Sounder won the Newbery Award in 1970, and was made into a major motion picture in 1972.
Plot summary[edit]
A black sharecropper's family is poor and hungry. The father and his dog, Sounder, go hunting each night, but the hunting is poor. The family subsists on fried corn mush, biscuits, and milk gravy until one morning they wake up to the smell of boiling ham. They feast for three days, but finally the sheriff and two of his deputies burst into the cabin and arrest the father. Sounder runs after them, and one of the deputies shoots him with a shotgun.
The arrested man's son goes looking for Sounder but cannot find him anywhere. When he traces their steps, he finds blood on the ground along with Sounder's ear. He puts the ear under his pillow and wishes for Sounder's return. His mother thinks Sounder has gone off to die on his own, but for several weeks the boy goes in search of the dog each day. In father's absence, the family survives on the money the mother makes by selling walnuts. The boy undertakes the added responsibility of helping look after his siblings, and he is stricken by the intense loneliness in the cabin.
Around Christmas, the boy's mother makes a four-layer cake for him to take to his father in jail. On the way, the boy is nervous about being stopped and made fun of by the townspeople. When he arrives, the jail guard treats him rudely, making him wait several hours to enter. Finally the boy is admitted, and the guard breaks the cake into pieces in order to "check" if it hid something to help the boy's father escape. The boy gives it to his father anyway and tells his father that Sounder might not be dead. Their conversation is strained and awkward. The father tells the boy not to come back to the jail.
In the morning, the boy awakes to the sound of faint whining, and goes outside, and finds Sounder standing there. The dog can only use three of its legs and has only one ear and one eye. The boy and his mother tend to the dog. Soon they receive word that the father was convicted and sentenced to hard labor, traveling county to county. The boy resolves to search for his father. During the late fall and winter months over a period of several years, he journeys within and among counties, looking for convicts working. One day he spots a group of convicts working, and leans up against a fence to watch them, looking for his father. The guard watching the group whacks the boy on the fingers with a piece of iron and tells him to leave.
The boy finds a school where he tries to wash the blood off his hands. Along the way, he finds an old book in a trashcan and carries it with him. While he is at the pump, school lets out, and he eventually meets an old teacher who takes him in, dresses his wounds, and asks what happened to him. The boy tells the teacher about Sounder and his father, and the teacher extends an offer for the boy to live with him and learn to read. The boy's mother tells him to go, and he stays with the teacher during the winter, working in the fields in summer. One fall, the boy is at home helping with chores when they see his father walking back toward them. Half his father's body is damaged from a dynamite blast, but he has made it home.
The man and his dog are reunited and leave one night to go hunting. Sounder later comes back without his master and, when the boy goes looking for his father, he finds him and thinks he is asleep. When he gets home, he tells his mother, who breaks it to him that his father is dead. Soon after, Sounder climbs under the porch and dies. Despite their deaths, there is a sense of peace and resolution over the family—especially the boy, who has achieved the single thing he most wanted in the world—to become literate.
Film[edit]
Main article: Sounder (film)
In 1972, Sounder was made into a film starring Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews, Taj Mahal, and Eric Hooks. It was written by Lonne Elder III and directed by Martin Ritt.
In 2003, ABC's Wonderful World of Disney aired a new film adaptation, reuniting two actors from the original. Kevin Hooks directed and Paul Winfield played the role of the teacher. Winfield and Hooks played father and son, respectively, in the original version.
External links[edit]
Summary/Synopsis on TheBestNotes.com

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The High King The Newbery Medal recipient
 1970 Succeeded by
Summer of the Swans
 


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Sounder (film)
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Sounder
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Original poster

Directed by
Martin Ritt
Produced by
Robert B. Radnitz
Written by
Lonne Elder III
Starring
Cicely Tyson
Paul Winfield
Kevin Hooks
Carmen Mathews
Taj Mahal
Cinematography
John A. Alonzo
Production
   company
Radnitz/Mattel Productions
Distributed by
20th Century Fox[1]
Paramount Home Video[2]
(original home video release)
Release date(s)
September 24, 1972

Running time
105 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$900,000[3]
Box office
$16,889,761[4]
Sounder is a 1972 drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, and Kevin Hooks.[5] The film was adapted by Lonne Elder III from the 1970 Newbery Medal-winning novel Sounder by William H. Armstrong.[6]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Differences between the book and the film
4 Production
5 Critical reception
6 Box office
7 Academy Awards
8 Television version
9 Distribution
10 See also
11 References
12 External links

Plot[edit]
The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933 right in the middle of The Great Depression, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher.
Cast[edit]
Cicely Tyson - Rebecca Morgan
Paul Winfield - Nathan Lee Morgan
Kevin Hooks - David Lee Morgan
Carmen Mathews - Mrs. Boatwright
Taj Mahal - Ike
James Best - Sheriff Young
Eric Hooks - Earl Morgan
Yvonne Jarrell - Josie Mae Morgan
Sylvia Kuumba Williams - Harriet
Teddy Airhart - Mr. Perkins
Richard Durham - Perkins' Foreman
Wendell Brumfield - Deputy #1
Al Bankston - Deputy #2
Myrl Sharkey - Teacher
Inez Durham - Court Clerk
Differences between the book and the film[edit]
The film established names for the characters, which the book did not.
The white people in the book are more truculent, cruel and racist than those in the film.
In the book, the father is on the chain gang for multiple years, not just one year, as in the film; the boy begins spending his winters with the teacher long before his father's return.
Both Sounder and his master's father are more grievously injured in the book than in the movie, and they both die within months of the father's return from the chain gang.
Production[edit]
While the book centers on the family’s concern for the dog, screenwriter Lonne Elder III stated that he preferred to focus on the family’s daily survival. He noted that he at first refused the assignment, but producer Robert B. Radnitz and director Martin Ritt convinced him to work with them, saying "I wanted to keep Sounder accurate in its historical context, and not go off on any present-day fantasies."[7]
A notable aspect of casting in the film is that the Minister is played by an actual minister and the Judge is played by an actual judge.
Critical reception[edit]
Sounder received warm reviews, and was praised as a welcome antidote to the contemporaneous wave of black films, most of which were considered low quality, low budget and exploitative. The film’s depiction of a loving family was hailed as a banner accomplishment for black filmmakers and audiences. Film magazine Variety wrote that the picture had been "for good or ill, singled out to test whether the black audience will respond to serious films about the black experience rather than the 'super black' exploitation features."[7]
Some of Sounder's success was due to its innovative marketing strategy. Fox focused on group sales in major cities and targeted religious organizations and schools. Radnitz personally visited thirty-five cities and held over 500 screenings, with sixty simultaneous sneak previews held in New York. The religious establishment came out in favor of the film, with an endorsement by the Catholic Film Office and a study guide for religious educators created by the National Council of Churches. The Var article noted that Fox also wrote a study guide, prepared by Dr. Roscoe Brown, Jr., director of Afro-American Affairs at New York University. Fox spent over $1 million on promoting the film, according to Variety.[7]
Based on sixteen reviews, Sounder holds an 88% "Fresh" score (and an average of 7.7/10) on Rotten Tomatoes.[8] In his Family Guide to Movies on Video, Henry Herx wrote: "[Sounder] captures the humanity of [its] characters and a fine, distanced sense of its sleepy Southern locale. The movie earns a deep emotional response from its audience because its [appealing] story and characters are believable. Not only a valid examination of the black experience in America, it is also a fine family experience." He added that the boy's search for his father "provides additional drama".[9] Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film four stars out of four, stating that "...This is a film for the family to see". Both Siskel and Ebert placed the film on their ten best list of 1972.[10]
Box office[edit]
Despite popular skepticism that the film would not be a financial success and the belief that "the black film market is exclusively an action and exploitation market", the picture was a major box-office hit.[7] Made for less than $1 million, Sounder grossed just under $17 million, earning $9 million in US theatrical rentals in 1973.[11] It was the 15th highest grossing film of 1972.
This film spawned a sequel, Part 2, Sounder in 1976.
Academy Awards[edit]
Nominations[12]Best Picture: Robert B. Radnitz, Producer
Best Actor: Paul Winfield
Best Actress: Cicely Tyson
Best Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium): Lonne Elder III.
Television version[edit]
In 2003, ABC's Wonderful World of Disney aired a new film adaptation, reuniting two actors from the original: Kevin Hooks (who played the son) directed and Paul Winfield (who played the father) played the role of the teacher.
Distribution[edit]
When Sounder was released in theaters, the film was produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. Years later, when the film was released on VHS, Paramount Home Video assumed distribution rights. Sterling Entertainment currently has DVD distribution rights. Walt Disney Home Video has released the 2003 made-for-television film on DVD.
See also[edit]
List of American films of 1972
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Miller, Gabriel (2000). "Notes". The Films of Martin Ritt: Fanfare for the Common Man. University Press of Mississippi. p. 231. ISBN 1-57806-277-2. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
2.Jump up ^ http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VH3M5VAQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
3.Jump up ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p257
4.Jump up ^ "Sounder, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
5.Jump up ^ Roger Greenspun (1972-09-25). "Sounder (1972) Screen: 'Sounder' Opens: Story of a Negro Boy in Louisiana of 1930's". The New York Times.
6.Jump up ^ Robert Radnitz--Unlikely Avis to Disney's Hertz ALJEAN HARMETZ. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 18 Mar 1973: o1.
7.^ Jump up to: a b c d "Sounder". American Film Institute. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ "Reviews for Sounder". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
9.Jump up ^ Herx, Henry (1988). "Sounder". The Family Guide to Movies on Video. The Crossroad Publishing Company. p. 251 (pre-release version). ISBN 0-8245-0816-5.
10.Jump up ^ Siskel and Ebert Top Ten Lists. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
11.Jump up ^ "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 pg 19.
12.Jump up ^ "The 45th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
External links[edit]
Sounder at the Internet Movie Database
Sounder at the TCM Movie Database
Sounder at AllMovie
Sounder at the American Film Institute Catalog


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Charlotte's Web
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First edition

Author
E. B. White
Illustrator
Garth Williams
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Children's
Publisher
Harper & Brothers

Publication date
 1952
Pages
192 pp
Charlotte's Web is a children's novel by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it was published in 1952 by Harper & Brothers. The novel tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur (such as "Some Pig") in her web in order to persuade the farmer to let him live.
Written in White's dry, low-key manner, Charlotte's Web is considered a classic of children's literature, enjoyable to adults as well as children. The description of the experience of swinging on a rope swing at the farm is an often cited example of rhythm in writing, as the pace of the sentences reflects the motion of the swing. Publishers Weekly listed the book as the best-selling children's paperback of all time as of 2000.[1]
Charlotte's Web was adapted into an animated feature by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Sagittarius Productions in 1973. Paramount released a direct-to-video sequel, Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure, in the U.S. in 2003 (Universal released the film internationally). A live-action film version of E. B. White's original story was released in 2006. A video game based on this adaption was also released in 2006.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Characters
3 History
4 Reception
5 Film adaptations 5.1 1973 version 5.1.1 2003 sequel
5.2 2006 version
6 Video game
7 See also
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links

Plot summary
After sparing the life of a baby piglet almost slaughtered due to his status as runt of the litter, a little girl named Fern Arable adopts it and nurtures it lovingly, naming it Wilbur. However, she is crushed when the piglet matures enough to be separated from his mother, and Wilbur is thus sent to reside on a farm owned by Fern's uncle, Homer Zuckerman. Her powerful attachment to Wilbur mutual, the pig is left yearning for companionship but is snubbed by other barn animals. However, he is welcomed by an unseen voice who promises to befriend him, vowing to reveal itself to him in the morning.
The voice is revealed to belong to a spider named Charlotte living on a web spun overlooking Wilbur's enclosure. Knowing of Wilbur's impending doom (as the Zuckermans plan on slaughtering him) she promises to hatch a plan guaranteed to spare his life. Sure enough, the following morning the Zuckermans are flabbergasted to catch sight of the words "SOME PIG" woven into the spiderweb, attracting great recognition and publicity. Understanding that Wilbur's chances of survival will be strengthened if similar miracles were to occur, Charlotte employs the assistance of Templeton the barnyard rat in gathering labels as inspiration for her spiderweb messages. As time passes, more and more engravings continue to appear on Charlotte's webs concerning Wilbur's value, attracting increasing notoriety and publicity. Soon Wilbur is entered in the county fair, accompanied by Charlotte and the gluttonous Templeton, aware of the discarded foods littered along the fair grounds, and, while there, Charlotte spins an egg sac containing her unborn offspring---which she refers to as her "magnum opus"---that is heavily guarded by Wilbur. However, the pig is crestfallen when the spider notifies him of her impending death and mentions that she is to pass away before long, staying behind at the fair and dying after Wilbur's departure. Heartbroken, Wilbur guards Charlotte's egg sac, and is saddened further when the new spiders hatch and depart shortly after their birth, leaving behind three spiderlings too young to leave just yet. Pleased at the thought of finding new friends after Charlotte's demise, Wilbur names the spiderlings Joy, Nellie, and Aranea, and the book concludes mentioning that more and more generations of spiders continued to arrive with time to keep Wilbur---who is now safe from death---company.
Characters
Wilbur is a rambunctious pig, the runt of his litter, who loves life, even that of Zuckerman’s barn. He sometimes feels lonely or fearful.
Charlotte A. Cavatica, or simply Charlotte, is a spider who befriends Wilbur; she at first seems bloodthirsty due to her method of catching food.[2]
Fern Arable, daughter of John Arable and Mrs. Arable, is the courageous eight-year-old girl who saves Wilbur in the beginning of the novel.
Templeton is a gluttonous rat who helps Charlotte and Wilbur only when offered food. He serves as a somewhat caustic, self-serving comic relief to the plot.
Avery Arable is the brother of Fern. He appears briefly throughout the novel.
Homer Zuckerman is Fern’s uncle who keeps Wilbur in his barn. He has a wife, Edith, and an assistant named Lurvy who helps out around the barn.
Other animals living in Zuckerman’s barn with whom Wilbur converses are a disdainful lamb, a goose who is constantly sitting on her eggs, and an old sheep.
Henry Fussy is a boy Fern’s age of whom Fern becomes very fond.
Uncle is Wilbur’s rival at the fair, a large pig whom Charlotte doesn’t consider to be particularly refined.
History
White's editor Ursula Nordstrom said that one day, in 1952, E.B. White handed her a new manuscript out of the blue, the only version of Charlotte's Web then in existence, which she read soon after and was hugely impressed with.[3] Charlotte's Web was published three years after White began writing it.[4]
Since E. B. White published Death of a Pig in 1948,[5] an account of how he failed to save a sick pig (which had been bought in order to be fattened up and butchered), Charlotte’s Web can be seen as White attempting "to save his pig in retrospect."[6] However, White's overall motivation for the book has not been revealed and he has written, "I haven't told why I wrote the book, but I haven't told you why I sneeze, either. A book is a sneeze."[7]
When White met the spider who originally inspired Charlotte, he called her Charlotte Epeira (after Epeira sclopetaria, the Grey Cross spider, now known as Aranea sericata), later discovering that the more modern name for that genus was Aranea.[8] In the novel, Charlotte gives her full name as "Charlotte A. Cavatica", revealing her as a barn spider, an orb-weaver with the scientific name Araneus cavaticus.
The anatomical terms (such as those mentioned in the beginning of chapter nine) and other information that White used came mostly from American Spiders by Willis J. Gertsch and The Spider Book by John Henry Comstock, both of which combine a sense of poetry with scientific fact.[9] White incorporated details from Comstock's accounts of baby spiders, most notably the "flight" of the young spiders and also the way one of them climbs to the top of a fence before launching itself into the air.[9] White sent Gertsch’s book to illustrator Garth Williams.[10] Williams’ initial drawings depicted a spider with a woman’s face, and White suggested that he simply draw a realistic spider instead.[11]
White originally opened the novel with an introduction of Wilbur and the barnyard (which later became the third chapter), but then decided to begin the novel from a human perspective by introducing Fern and her family on the very first page.[10] White’s publishers were at one point concerned with the book’s ending and tried to get White to change it.[12]
Charlotte's Web has become White's most famous book. However, White treasured his privacy and the integrity of the farmyard and barn that helped inspire the novel, which have been kept off limits to the public according to his wishes.[13]
Reception
Charlotte's Web was generally well-reviewed when it was released. In The New York Times, Eudora Welty wrote, "As a piece of work it is just about perfect, and just about magical in the way it is done."[14] Aside from its paperback sales, Charlotte's Web is 78th on the all-time bestselling hardback book list. According to publicity for the 2006 film adaptation (see below), the book has sold more than 45 million copies and been translated into 23 languages. It was a Newbery Honor book for 1953, losing to Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark for the medal. In 1970, White won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, a major prize in the field of children's literature, for Charlotte's Web, along with his first children's book, Stuart Little, published in 1945.
Maria Nikolajeva (in her book The Rhetoric of Character in Children's Literature) calls the opening of the novel a failure because of White's begun and then abandoned human dimension involving Fern, which, she says, obscures any allegory to humanity, if one were to view the animals' story as such.[15] Seth Lerer, in his book Children’s Literature, finds that Charlotte represents female authorship and creativity, and compares her to other female characters in children’s literature such as Jo March in Little Women and Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden.[16] Nancy Larrick brings to attention the "startling note of realism" in the opening line, "Where's Papa going with that Ax?"[17]
Illustrator Henry Cole expressed his deep childhood appreciation of the characters and story, and calls Garth Williams' illustrations full of “sensitivity, warmth, humor, and intelligence.”[18] Illustrator Diana Cain Bluthenthal states that Williams' illustrations inspired and influenced her.[19]
There is an unabridged audio book read by White himself which reappeared decades after it had originally been recorded.[20] Newsweek writes that White reads the story “without artifice and with a mellow charm,” and that “White also has a plangency that will make you weep, so don’t listen (at least, not to the sad parts) while driving.”[20] Joe Berk, president of Pathway Sound, had recorded Charlotte’s Web with White in White’s neighbor's house in Maine (which Berk describes as an especially memorable experience) and released the book in LP.[21] Bantam released Charlotte’s Web alongside Stuart Little on CD in 1991, digitally remastered, having acquired the two of them for rather a large amount.[21]
In 2005, a school teacher in California conceived of a project for her class in which they would send out hundreds of drawings of spiders (each representing Charlotte’s child Aranea going out into the world so that she can return and tell Wilbur of what she has seen) with accompanying letters; they ended up visiting a large number of parks, monuments and museums, and were hosted by and/or prompted responses from celebrities and politicians such as John Travolta and then-First Lady Laura Bush.[22]
A 2004 study found that Charlotte's Web was a common read-aloud book for third-graders in schools in San Diego County, California.[23] Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."[24] It was one of the "Top 100 Chapter Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal.[25]
Its awards and nominations include:
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (1984)[26]
Newbery Honor Book (1953)[27]
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (1970)
Horn Book Fanfare
Film adaptations
1973 version
Main article: Charlotte's Web (1973 film)
The book was adapted into an animated feature by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Sagittarius Productions in 1973 with a song score by the Sherman Brothers.
2003 sequel
Main article: Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure
This is the sequel to the 1973 film, released direct-to-video by Paramount Pictures.
2006 version
Main article: Charlotte's Web (2006 film)
Paramount Pictures, with Walden Media, Kerner Entertainment Company, and Nickelodeon Movies, produced a live-action/animated film starring Dakota Fanning as Fern and the voice of Julia Roberts as Charlotte, released on December 15, 2006.
Video game
Main article: Charlotte's Web (video game)
A video game of the 2006 film was developed by Backbone Entertainment and published by THQ and Sega, and released on December 12, 2006 for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2 and PC.
See also

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Charlotte's Web (musical)
List of best-selling books



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4.Jump up ^ White, E. B. (2006). "Authors & illustrators: E. B. White: AUTHOR NOTE: A Letter from E. B. White". harpercollinschildrens.com. HarperCollins Publishers. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
5.Jump up ^ White, E.B. (January 1948). "Death of a Pig". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
6.Jump up ^ Weales, Gerald (1970-05-24). "The Designs of E. B. White". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
7.Jump up ^ Usher, Shaun. "A book is a sneeze". Letters of Note. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
8.Jump up ^ Elledge, Scott (1984). E. B. White: A Biography. W. W. Norton and Company. ISBN 0-393-01771-0.
9.^ Jump up to: a b Neumeyer, Peter F. (1991). "Charlotte, Arachnida: The Scientific Sources". The Lion and the Unicorn 19 (2): 223–221. ISSN 0147-2593.
10.^ Jump up to: a b Elledge (1984), p. 295.
11.Jump up ^ White, E.B.; Dorothy Lobrano Guth (ed.) (1976). Letters of E.B. White. Harper and Row. pp. 353–354. ISBN 0-06-014601-X.
12.Jump up ^ White (1976), p. 351.
13.Jump up ^ Garfield, Henry (May 2007). "E.B. White’s Web". Bangor-Metro. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
14.Jump up ^ The New York Times, October 19, 1952
15.Jump up ^ Nikolajeva, Maria (2002). The Rhetoric of Character in Children's Literature. Scarecrow Press. pp. 55–56. ISBN 0-8108-4886-4.
16.Jump up ^ Lerer, Seth (2008). Children's Literature. University of Chicago press. pp. 249–251. ISBN 0-226-47300-7.
17.Jump up ^ Larrick, Nancy (1982). A Parent's Guide to Children's Reading (Fifth ed.). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Westminster Press. p. 67. ISBN 0-664-32705-2.
18.Jump up ^ Cole, Henry (2005). The Art of Reading: Forty Illustrators Celebrate RIF's 40th Anniversary. Compiled by Reading Is Fundamental. Dutton Books. p. 33. ISBN 0-525-47484-6.
19.Jump up ^ Bluthenthal, Diana Cain (2005). The Art of Reading: Forty Illustrators Celebrate RIF's 40th Anniversary. Compiled by Reading Is Fundamental. Dutton Books. p. 30. ISBN 0-525-47484-6.
20.^ Jump up to: a b Ames, Katrine; Marc Peyser (1991-12-09). "For Little Pitchers With Big Ears". Newsweek (New York) (24): 79. ISSN 0028-9604.
21.^ Jump up to: a b Schnol, Janet; Joanne Tangorra (1991-10-18). "Bantam Releases CD/Cassette of E. B. White Titles". Publishers Weekly 238 (46): 32. ISSN 0000-0019.
22.Jump up ^ Worldly Web: A traveling spider teaches fourth graders the joys of reading, meeting new people, and experiencing new adventures. Readers Digest 2007-06-13, page found 2012-11-13.
23.Jump up ^ Fisher, Douglas, et al. (2004). "Interactive Read-Alouds: Is There a Common Set of Implementation Practices?". The Reading Teacher 58 (1): 8¬–17. doi:10.1598/rt.58.1.1. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
24.Jump up ^ National Education Association (2007). "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Retrieved August 19, 2012.
25.Jump up ^ Bird, Elizabeth (July 7, 2012). "Top 100 Chapter Book Poll Results". School Library Journal "A Fuse #8 Production" blog. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
26.Jump up ^ Massachusetts Children's awards
27.Jump up ^ Newbery Medal Home Page, American Library Association
Further reading
Griffith, John W. (1993). Charlotte's web: a pig's salvation. New York: Twayne. ISBN 0805788123.
Neumeyer, Peter F.; Williams, Garth; White, E. B. (1994). The annotated Charlotte's web. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0060243872.
White, E. B. (2007). Some pig!: a Charlotte's web picture book. Illustrated by Maggie Kneen. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0060781610.
White, E. B. (2008). Wilbur's adventure: a Charlotte's web picture book. Illustrated by Maggie Kneen. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 9780060781644.
Sims, Michael (2011). The story of Charlotte's web: E. B. White's eccentric life in nature and the birth of an American classic. New York: Walker & Co. ISBN 9780802777546.
External links
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Charlotte's Web 2:
 Wilbur's Great Adventure
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Directed by
Mario Piluso
Produced by
James Wang
Screenplay by
Elana Lesser
 Cliff Ruby
Based on
Characters
 by E. B. White
Starring
Julia Duffy
 David Berón
Charlie Adler
Amanda Bynes
Music by
Michael Tavera
Edited by
Christopher Hink
Distributed by
Paramount Home Entertainment (USA)
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (non-USA)
Release date(s)
March 18, 2003

Running time
79 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure is a 2003 American direct-to-video animated film, and the sequel to the 1973 film Charlotte's Web. It was produced by Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Universal Cartoon Studios, and Nickelodeon; and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment in North America and Universal Studios Home Entertainment overseas.


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2 Cast
3 Crew
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links

Plot
The film opens in springtime, about a year after Charlotte has died. Charlotte's three daughters, Nellie, Aranea, and Joy, are now in the stages of adolescence, with Wilbur serving as a companion and mentor.
During this time, Wilbur befriends Cardigan, a newborn lamb that is looked down upon by the other lambs and the younger sheep of his flock because he has black wool. Wilbur takes Cardigan under his wing and shows him the farm, the ways of animal life, and dangers to look out for.
However, after only a few weeks, Zuckerman suddenly sells Cardigan to another farmer, so Wilbur, along with Charlotte's daughters and Templeton the Rat, set out to visit Cardigan and make sure he is safe.
On the journey to visit Cardigan, however, Wilbur is hungry so he gets some grapes which make him look purple. Some bark from the trees comes and lands on his head. This makes him look like a wild pig. A near hit by a car then reveals that two other guys have now seen the wild pig. This makes it hard for Wilbur to visit Cardigan.
Meanwhile, an evil fox named Farley comes and steals a hen from the barn, and Wilbur is blamed. Farley comes and steals Cardigan from the barn, and plans to eat him. Wilbur now must save his friend, and does so by trapping him in a "pig web". Charlotte's daughters spin the word "fox" in a spider web, and Fern arrives just in time to save Wilbur. The fox, while not shown, is probably disposed of. Aranea and Joy decide to stay with Cardigan, and the film ends as Wilbur has to baby sit Templeton's kids. He had promised to do this earlier when Templeton had to get Wilbur out of some brambles bushes, which also helped make him look like a wild pig.
Cast
Julia Duffy as Charlotte A. Cavatica
David Berón as Wilbur
Charlie Adler as Templeton, Lurvy
Amanda Bynes as Nellie
Anndi McAfee as Joy
Maria Bamford as Aranea
Harrison Chad as Cardigan the Lamb
Rob Paulsen as Farley the Fox
Debi Derryberry as Fern Arable
Laraine Newman as Gwen
Dawnn Lewis as Bessie
Brenda Vaccaro as Mrs. Hirsch
Jerry Houser as Mr. Zuckerman
Valery Pappas as High Strung Chicken
Nika Futterman as Baby Rats
Bridget Sienna as Flo
Bobby Block as Snotty Lamb
Ashley Edner as Bully Lamb
Pat Fraley as Donkey
Frank Welker as Animals' vocal effects
Crew
Ginny McSwain - Casting and Voice Director
Reception
Robert Pardi of TV Guide stated that the sequel did not capture the spirit of the original. He also criticized the animation and the plot.[1] Mike Long of DVD Talk said that the animation was mediocre and resembled a Saturday morning cartoon.[2]
References
1.Jump up ^ http://movies.tvguide.com/charlottes-web-2-wilburs-great-adventure/review/136704
2.Jump up ^ http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/5827/charlottes-web-2-wilburs-great-adventure/
External links
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure at AllMovie
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure at the Big Cartoon DataBase
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure at the Internet Movie Database
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure at Rotten Tomatoes


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Directed by
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Produced by
Jordan Kerner
Screenplay by
Susannah Grant
Karey Kirkpatrick
Based on
Charlotte's Web
 by E. B. White
Starring
Dakota Fanning
Julia Roberts
Steve Buscemi
Cedric the Entertainer
John Cleese
Oprah Winfrey
Thomas Haden Church
Andre Benjamin
Reba McEntire
Kathy Bates
Robert Redford
Narrated by
Sam Shepard
Music by
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Cinematography
Seamus McGarvey
Edited by
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Sabrina Plisco
Production
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Kerner Entertainment Company
Walden Media
Nickelodeon Movies
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
December 7, 2006 (Australia)
December 15, 2006 (United States)

Running time
97 minutes
Language
English
Budget
$85 million[1]
Box office
$144,877,632
Charlotte's Web is a 2006 American live-action/computer-animated feature film based on the popular book of the same name by E. B. White. It is directed by Gary Winick and produced by Paramount Pictures, Walden Media, The K Entertainment Company, and Nickelodeon Movies. The screenplay is by Susannah Grant and Karey Kirkpatrick, based on White's book.
It is the second film adaptation of White's book, preceded by a 1973 cel-animated version produced by Hanna-Barbera for Paramount Pictures.


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2 Cast 2.1 Live-action actors
2.2 Voice actors
3 Production
4 Release
5 Reception
6 Soundtrack
7 Video game
8 References
9 External links

Plot
One spring, on a farm in Somerset County, Maine, Fern Arable (Dakota Fanning) finds her father about to kill the runt of a litter of newborn pigs. She successfully begs him to spare its life. He gives it to her, who names him Wilbur and raises him as her pet. To her regret, when he grows into an adult pig, she is forced to take him to the Zuckerman farm, where he is to be prepared as dinner in due time.
Charlotte A. Cavatica (Julia Roberts), a spider, lives in the space above Wilbur's sty in the Zuckermans' barn; she befriends him and decides to help prevent him from being eaten. With the help of the other barn animals, including a rat named Templeton (Steve Buscemi), she convinces the Zuckerman family that Wilbur is actually quite special, by spelling out descriptions of him in her web: "Some pig", "Terrific", "Radiant", and "Humble". She gives her full name, revealing her as a barn spider, an orb-weaver spider with the scientific name Araneus cavaticus.
The Arables, Zuckermans, Wilbur, Charlotte, and Templeton go to a fair, where Wilbur is entered in a contest. While there, Charlotte produces an egg sac. She cannot return home because she is dying. Wilbur tearfully says goodbye to her but manages to take her egg sac home, where hundreds of offspring emerge. Most of the young spiders soon leave, but three, named Joy, Aranea, and Nellie, stay and become Wilbur's friends.
Cast
Live-action actors
Dakota Fanning as Fern Arable
Kevin Anderson as John Arable
Beau Bridges as Dr. Dorian
Louis Corbett as Avery Arable
Essie Davis as Mrs. Arable, Fern's mother
Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Edith Zuckerman
Gary Basaraba as Homer Zuckerman
Nate Mooney as Lurvy
Voice actors
Dominic Scott Kay as Wilbur the Pig
Julia Roberts as Charlotte A. Cavatica, the Spider
Steve Buscemi as Templeton the Rat
John Cleese as Samuel the Sheep
Oprah Winfrey as Gussie the Goose
Cedric the Entertainer as Golly the Gander
Kathy Bates as Bitsy a Cow
Reba McEntire as Betsy a Cow
Robert Redford as Ike the Horse
Thomas Haden Church as Brooks a Crow
André Benjamin as Elwyn a Crow
Abraham Benrubi as Uncle a large Pig
Sam Shepard as Narrator
Production
Charlotte's Web was produced without any involvement from E. B. White's estate.[2] It was the first film based on a book by E. B. White since 2001's The Trumpet of the Swan. Paramount had distributed the film as a result of its acquisition of DreamWorks, whose animation division became its own company in late 2004.
Major shooting was completed in May 2006. It was filmed on location in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria and suburbs in Melbourne, Australia. The fair scene in the story was filmed in Heidelberg in Melbourne, Australia at Heidelberg West Football Club's football ground.
Visual effects are by Rising Sun Pictures, Fuel International, Proof, Rhythm and Hues Studios, Digital Pictures Iloura and Tippett Studio. The visual effects supervisor for the film as a whole was John Berton, who noted that a live action version of Charlotte's Web has become much more practical in recent years due to advances in technology.[3] Winick "was adamant" that Charlotte and Templeton (the film's two entirely computer-generated characters) should be realistic and not stylized, although they did give Charlotte almond-shaped eyes.[4] John Dietz, visual effects supervisor for Rising Sun Pictures, notes that there was a debate over whether to give her a mouth, and that in the end they decided to have her chelicerae move in what he describes as being almost like a veil, as if there were a mouth behind it.[5]
Release
The film was at one time intended for a June 2006 release, but was pushed back to December 2006 to avoid competition with two other films from Nickelodeon Movies - Nacho Libre and Barnyard - as well as Over the Hedge and Cars among other films. It was released in Australia on December 7, 2006 and in the United States and Canada on December 15, 2006.[6] The U.S. and Canadian release date matches that of 20th Century Fox's Eragon, another film with fantasy elements and a young protagonist. The scheduled release date in the UK is February 9, 2007. The DVD was released on April 3, 2007 in the United States and Canada and was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on May 28.
In the United States, the film was Paramount's first theatrical film to be rated "G" by the Motion Picture Association of America since the company's 2001's film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
Reception
Reviews were generally positive, especially with respect to Dakota Fanning's portrayal of Fern. The film currently holds a 78% "Certified Fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes.[7] Michael Medved gave Charlotte's Web three and a half stars (out of four) calling it "irresistible" and "glowing with goodness". Medved also said that Dakota Fanning's performance was "delightfully spunky".[8] Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman complains that the film is "a bit noisy" but applauds the director for putting "the book, in all its glorious tall-tale reverence, right up on screen." He goes on to say that "What hooks you from the start is Dakota Fanning's unfussy passion as Fern."[9]
Colm Andrew of the Manx Independent gave the film 6/10, saying that the main problem was "the ultra-cute characterisation of Wilbur, resulting in half the audience rooting for his demise" although overall it was "a competent retelling of a classic story that won't offend".[10]
The film was awarded a 2006 Critics' Choice Award for Best Family Film in the live-action category,[11] and Fanning won the Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards.
The film debut in third place at the box office with only $11 million. The film performed very well after spending 14 weeks in theaters for a total of $82 million, $61 million elsewhere, for a total of $144 million before closing on March 22, 2007.[1]
Soundtrack

Charlotte's Web

Film score by Danny Elfman

Released
2006
Danny Elfman chronology

Serenada Schizophrana
 (2006) Charlotte's Web
 (2006) Standard Operating Procedure
 (2008)

Charlotte's Web: Music from the Motion Picture was released by Sony Classical on December 5, 2006. In addition to the instrumental score by Danny Elfman, the soundtrack includes a song named "Ordinary Miracle" by Sarah McLachlan, which she herself performed during the opening ceremonies of her hometown Vancouver Winter Olympics. A CD compilation of "Music Inspired by the Motion Picture" was issued on December 12, 2006.
Video game
Main article: Charlotte's Web (video game)
A video game of the movie, developed by Backbone Entertainment and published by THQ and Sega, was released on December 12, 2006 for the GBA, Nintendo DS, PS2 and PC.
References
1.^ Jump up to: a b Charlotte's Web (2006). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
2.Jump up ^ "E.B. White's Web". : Lifestyle section of Bangor Metro. Webster-Atlantic. May 10, 2007. Retrieved October 18, 2007.
3.Jump up ^ "Filming in "Radiant" Victoria Australia" (Macromedia Flash). : About the Film. Charlotte's Web Movie official site. Walden Media / Paramount Pictures. December 15, 2006. Retrieved December 18, 2006.
4.Jump up ^ Doyle, Audrey (December 2006). "Web Design: A realistic CG Charlotte and Templeton act alongside a real barnyard cast in the latest iteration of Charlotte's Web". Computer Graphics World 29: 26–32.
5.Jump up ^ Peszko, J. Paul (December 19, 2006). "Spinning A New Charlotte’s Web". VFXWorld. AWN, Inc. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
6.Jump up ^ "Charlotte's Web". www.imdb.com. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
7.Jump up ^ "Charlotte's Web (2006)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ Medved, Michael (December 15, 2006). "Charlotte's Web". Michael Medved's Eye on Entertainment. MichaelMedved.com. Retrieved December 18, 2006.
9.Jump up ^ Gleiberman, Owen (December 15, 2006). "Movie Review: Charlotte's Web". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 18, 2006.
10.Jump up ^ Review by Colm Andrew, IOM Today
11.Jump up ^ "Charlotte's Web". Variety. Retrieved July 27, 2008.[dead link]
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Charlotte's Web
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Developer(s) Backbone Entertainment
Publisher(s) Sega
Platform(s) GBA, DS, PC, PlayStation 2
Release date(s) November 14, 2006
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player
Charlotte's Web is a video game of the 2006 film developed by Backbone Entertainment and published by THQ and Sega, was released on December 12, 2006 for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2 and PC. The game got a decent review of 6 out of 10 by Nintendo Power. It explained that the game was cute but too short.
The PC version of the game is called "Charlotte's Web: Wilbur and Friends", and features nine mini-games based around the characters from the film. It is a title designed for young children, ages 4–7.
The DS and GBA games, both simply titled "Charlotte's Web", are action-platform titles. There are several mini-games in each; the DS version supports a 'Nintendogs' style pet simulator, which kicks in during every mid-level save point.
Both titles feature the voice of Dominic Scott Kay, the actor playing Wilbur in the motion picture.


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Charlotte's Web

Music
Richard M. Sherman
 Robert B. Sherman
Lyrics
Richard M. Sherman
 Robert B. Sherman
Book
Joseph Robinette
Basis
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Productions
Various Amateur Productions
Charlotte's Web is a musical with music and lyrics by the Sherman Brothers and a book by Joseph Robinette based on the book by E. B. White. It is licensed by Dramatic Publishing to middle schools, high schools, colleges, and community theaters worldwide.[1] Actors' Playhouse Musical Theatre for Young Audiences presented the piece in 2006–2007 at the Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables, Florida.[2]


Contents  [hide]
1 Synopsis 1.1 Act I
1.2 Act II
2 Musical Numbers
3 References
4 External links

Synopsis[edit]
Act I[edit]
Doc, Sadie, and Lurvy marvel at the beautiful morning ("What A Morning"). Breakfast is underway at the Arable house, but when Fern and Avery ask why Pa was up late last night, discover the newborn pigs, and that he is planning to kill one, Fern runs to save it ("Breakfast At The Arables"). He finally gives in and lets her keep the pig, and Ma goes in the house to find a baby bottle while Pa and Avery follow. Ma asks Fern what she plans to name the pig, and she decides to name it Wilbur ("Wilbur"). She goes inside for breakfast while Wilbur eats his own ("Eating").
Pa then decides Wilbur needs to be sold, and he is bought by the Zuckermans. He is quickly welcomed to the barn by all the animals, ("Nice To Meet You"). That night he is lonely and hears a voice claiming to be his friend. She says she will introduce herself in the morning. The next day he is shocked to find his new friend is a spider named Charlotte, but he doesn't mind ("Who Says We Can't Be Friends?").
Edith and Homer Zuckerman are going over 'Honey Do Lists' when they decide to put the work off until fall ("Summer"). The barnyard animals soon begin talking to Wilbur, and he learns his fate. Charlotte vows to save him; that night she carries out her plan ("Charlotte's Spinning Song"). The next day he sees an opportunity to run away, and the animals advise him to do so. But Charlotte warns he will die in the wild ("Freedom Now!). After the chase, everyone takes notice of the words 'Some Pig' in her web ("Some Pig").
The animals are thinking of a new word to put in the web and they come up with 'Terrific'. Charlotte works on it ("As The Day Went On"). The next day, Ma and Fern come down to see it, and have a heart to heart ("Mama, You Don't Understand Me"). The reporters and townspeople notice and pressure Homer to take Wilbur to the County Fair. He gives in ("County Fair").
Act II[edit]
The townspeople are at the fair ("County Fair (Reprise)"). Fern and Avery soon want to go off by themselves, But the parents give them a list of don'ts. After they leave, Fern and Avery mock them ("Don't").
Charlotte and Wilbur are now comfortable in his stall, but when he sees the pig next door, he is worried. Charlotte reassures him that it will be fine ("You're You"). She then writes another word in her web to get him more attention ("Charlotte at Work"). When she is finished, she has written the word 'Humble'.
The next day everyone is sad to find that the pig next door has won the blue ribbon. But their spirits are lifted when Wilbur wins a special medal ("Wilbur (Reprise)"). When it is time to leave, Charlotte cannot leave, because she is dying. Wilbur takes her egg sack to hatch them. When they do, the animals are overjoyed ("Finale").
Musical Numbers[edit]
Act I"Overture" - Orchestra
"What A Morning" * - Doc, Sadie, Lurvy
"Breakfast At Arables"- Fern, Avery, Martha, John
"Wilbur" - Fern
"Eating" * - Wilbur
"Nice To Meet You" - Barnyard Animals
"Who Says We Can't Be Friends?" - Wilbur, Charlotte
"Summer" - Homer, Edith, Townspeople
"Charlotte's Spinning Song" - Charlotte, Templeton, Bat, Owl
"Freedom Now!" * - Barnyard Animals
"Some Pig" - Homer, Lurvy, Wilbur, Charlotte, Barnyard Animals
"As The Day Went On" - Charlotte, Owl, Bat
"Mama, You Don't Understand Me" * - Martha, Fern
"County Fair" - Full Company
 Act II"County Fair (Reprise)" - Ensemble
"Don't" - Fern, Avery
"You're You" - Charlotte
"Charlotte At Work" - Charlotte
"Wilbur (Reprise)" - Full Company
"Finale" - Full Company

* Excluded from Some Productions
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Charlotte's Web (musical)". Dramatic Publishing, accessed May 4, 2014
2.Jump up ^ Higgins, Beau. "Charlotte's Web The Musical". BroadwayWorld.com, December 12, 2006, accessed August 23, 2010
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Charlotte's Web
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Original theatrical release poster

Directed by
Charles A. Nichols
Iwao Takamoto
Produced by
Joseph Barbera
William Hanna
Story by
Earl Hamner Jr.
Based on
Charlotte's Web
 by E. B. White
Starring
Debbie Reynolds
Paul Lynde
Henry Gibson
Narrated by
Rex Allen
Music by
Richard M. Sherman
Robert B. Sherman
Cinematography
Dick Blundell
 Ralph Migliori
 Roy Wade
 Dennis Weaver
Edited by
Larry C. Cowan
 Pat Foley
Production
   company
Hanna-Barbera Productions
 Sagittarius Productions
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
March 1, 1973

Running time
94 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$2.4 million (rentals)[1]
Charlotte's Web is a 1973 American animated musical film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Sagittarius Productions and based upon the 1952 children's book of the same name by E. B. White. The film, like the book, is about a pig named Wilbur who befriends an intelligent spider named Charlotte who saves him from being slaughtered and was distributed to theatres by Paramount Pictures on March 1, 1973. It is the first of only three Hanna-Barbera features not based upon one of their famous television cartoons — Heidi's Song (1982) and Once Upon a Forest (1993) being the other two — and was a moderate critical and commercial success.
The song score of lyrics and music was written by the Sherman Brothers, who had previously written music for family films like Mary Poppins (1964), The Jungle Book (1967), and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968).
The film has found a devoted following over the years due to television and VHS; in 1994 it surprised the marketplace by becoming one of the best-selling titles of the year, 21 years after its first premiere. No other non-Disney musical animated film has enjoyed such a remarkable comeback in popularity, prompting a direct-to-video sequel, Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure, which Paramount released in the US on March 18, 2003 (Universal released the film internationally), followed by a live-action film version of the original story, which was released on December 15, 2006.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Voice cast
3 Production
4 Release 4.1 Home media
5 Reception 5.1 E.B. White's reaction
6 Soundtrack 6.1 "Zuckerman's Famous Pig"
7 References
8 External links

Plot
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A litter of pigs are born to the Arable farm. One is a runt so John Arable decides to "do away with it". However, when his daughter, Fern, hears of the pig's fate, she rescues him and tells her dad that it is absurd to kill it just because it is smaller than the others. She gets to raise him and names him Wilbur. However, after only six weeks of raising him, John tells Fern that it is time for him to be sold (his siblings were already sold). She sadly says good-bye as Wilbur is sold down the street to her uncle, Homer Zuckerman. When Wilbur wants to play with a lamb, his father (known as a ram) says that sheep do not play with pigs because it is only a matter of time before they are turned into smoked bacon and ham. Wilbur starts crying, saying that he does not want to die, but a voice from above tells him to "chin up". The next day, she sings a song about "chinning up", and reveals herself to be a spider named Charlotte. She saves him by writing messages in her web, hence the title. She eventually dies, and although 511 of her children leave the barn (she had 514), three of them, whom Wilbur names Joy, Aranea and Nellie, stay. But as much as Wilbur loves them, they will never replace her memory.
Voice cast
Debbie Reynolds as Charlotte A. Cavatica
Henry Gibson as Wilbur
Paul Lynde as Templeton
Rex Allen as the Narrator
Herb Vigran as Lurvy
Don Messick as Jeffrey
Martha Scott as Mrs. Arable
Bob Holt as Homer Zuckerman
Pamelyn Ferdin as Fern Arable
John Stephenson as John Arable
William B. White as Henry Fussy
Agnes Moorehead as the Goose
Danny Bonaduce as Avery Arable
Dave Madden as the Ram and others
Joan Gerber as Edith Zuckerman and Mrs. Fussy
Five members of the cast (Henry Gibson, Paul Lynde, Agnes Moorehead, Danny Bonaduce, and Dave Madden) had previously appeared on the ABC television situation comedy Bewitched (1964-1972).[2] Hanna-Barbera also animated the opening credits of the show. However, Bonaduce and Madden are more well known for their roles on another ABC-TV sitcom, The Partridge Family (1970-1974), which was still in production when this film was made.
Production
After the studio decided to make the film, Joe Barbera visited E. B. White in Maine. White highlighted parts of the book he did not want changed, and parts "subject to discussion."[3]
Barbera wrote that Debbie Reynolds called him and said that she was willing to join the project even without being paid.[3]
Release
The film was released to theaters on March 1, 1973 by Paramount Pictures in the United States. It had a limited release on February 22, 1973 in New York City, and also released in West Germany on March 30, 1973, as well as August 11 in Sweden, August 25 in Japan, and September 4, 1981 in Australia.
Home media
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The film was released on DVD on June 19, 2001.[4]
Reception
Charlotte's Web received generally positive reviews. Review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film has a 75% fresh rating.[4] Craig Butler of All-Movie Guide criticized the animation and the musical score, but called it a faithful adaptation, noting that, “no attempt has been made to soften the existential sadness at the story's core”.[5] Dan Jardine criticized the songs and the “Saturday morning cartoon quality” of the animation, but also says that Hamner “retains just enough of White’s elegant prose in the dialogue and narration to keep the film from being simply a painfully well-intended experiment.”[6] Christopher Null of Filmcritic.com stated that the animation is sometimes “downright bad,” but that E.B. White's classic fable needs little to make it come to life.[7] When it was reissued on DVD the film was awarded an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award.[8]
The film was nominated for AFI's 10 Top 10 in the "Animation" genre.[9]
E.B. White's reaction
According to Gene Deitch, a director of animation and friend of E. B. White, Mrs. White wrote the following words in a 1977 letter: "We have never ceased to regret that your version of "Charlotte's Web" never got made. The Hanna-Barbera version has never pleased either of us...a travesty..."[10] E. B. White himself wrote of the film: "The story is interrupted every few minutes so that somebody can sing a jolly song. I don't care much for jolly songs. The Blue Hill Fair, which I tried to report faithfully in the book, has become a Disney World, with 76 trombones. But that's what you get for getting embroiled in Hollywood."[11] White had previously turned down Disney when they offered to make a film based on Charlotte's Web.[12] According to the film's writer Earl Hamner Jr., Mrs. White (who sometimes offered advice and suggestions to the filmmakers) would have preferred Mozart in the film, rather than the music of the Sherman Brothers.[13]
Soundtrack
1."Chin Up"
2."I Can Talk!"
3."A Veritable Smorgasbord"
4."Zuckerman's Famous Pig"
5."We've Got Lots In Common"
6."Mother Earth and Father Time"
7."There Must Be Something More"
8."Deep In The Dark/Charlotte's Web"
"Zuckerman's Famous Pig"
"Zuckerman's Famous Pig" is the title that saves Wilbur, the pig hero, from being slaughtered in the story. It is the theme of the finale song in the film. It was composed and arranged in a barbershop quartet style by the Sherman Brothers, in keeping with the time and place of the story.[14] It was covered by the Brady Kids and was chosen for release on their first single taken from The Brady Bunch Phonographic Album by producer Jackie Mills.[15]
References
1.Jump up ^ "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974, pg 19.
2.Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057733/fullcredits#cast
3.^ Jump up to: a b Barbera, Joseph (1994). My Life in 'toons: From Flatbrush to Bedrock in Under a Century. Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing. pp. 228–29. ISBN 1-57036-042-1.
4.^ Jump up to: a b "Charlotte's Web Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
5.Jump up ^ Butler, Craig. "Charlotte’s Web: Review". All-Movie Guide. Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
6.Jump up ^ Jardine, Dan. "Charlotte's Web". Apollo Guide. Apollo Communications Ltd. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
7.Jump up ^ Null, Christopher (2001). "Charlotte's Web (1973)". Filmcritic.com. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
8.Jump up ^ "Early School Years: Feature-Length Films". Oppenheim Toy Portfolio. Retrieved 2009-04-22.[dead link]
9.Jump up ^ AFI's 10 Top 10 Ballot
10.Jump up ^ Deitch, Gene. How to Succeed in Animation: Chapter 27: A Tangled Web (p.3). 2001. Accessed on: September 27, 2008.
11.Jump up ^ Burr, Ty. Bard of the barn. The Boston Globe. December 10, 2006. Accessed on: September 27, 2008.
12.Jump up ^ Clark, Beverly Lyon (2003). Kiddie Lit: The Cultural Construction of Children's Literature in America. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 178. ISBN 0-8018-8170-6.
13.Jump up ^ Holleran, Scott (2006-12-22). "Interview: Earl Hamner". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
14.Jump up ^ Richard Chigley Lynch (1989-06-26). Movie Musicals on Record. ISBN 978-0-313-26540-2.
15.Jump up ^ Kim Cooper, David Smay, Jake Austen (2001-06-01). Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth. ISBN 978-0-922915-69-9.
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Babe: Pig in the City
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Directed by
George Miller
Produced by
Doug Mitchell
 George Miller
Bill Miller
Written by
George Miller
Judy Morris
 Mark Lamprell
Based on
Characters by Dick King-Smith
Starring
Magda Szubanski
James Cromwell
Mary Stein
Elizabeth Daily (voice)
Danny Mann (voice)
Steven Wright (voice)
Narrated by
Roscoe Lee Browne
Music by
Nigel Westlake
Randy Newman (songs)
Cinematography
Andrew Lesnie
Edited by
Jay Friedkin
 Margaret Sixel
Production
   company
Kennedy Miller Productions
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date(s)
November 25, 1998
Running time
95 minutes
Country
Australia
 United States
Language
English
Budget
$90 million[1]
Box office
$69,131,860
Babe: Pig in the City (also known as Babe 2) is a 1998 comedy-drama film, and the sequel to the 1995 film Babe. It is co-written, produced and directed by George Miller, who co-wrote and produced the original film. Most of the actors from the first film reappeared as their respective roles, including James Cromwell, Miriam Margolyes, Hugo Weaving, Danny Mann, and Magda Szubanski. However, most of them have only brief appearances, as the story focuses on the journey of Babe (now voiced by Elizabeth Daily) and the farmer's wife Esme (Szubanski) in the fictional city of Metropolis.
Despite being a sequel to a highly acclaimed children's film which, for the most part, had a charming and light-hearted atmosphere, Pig in the City had an unexpected darker tone and contained more mature subject matter. As a result of its dark tone, Pig in the City was a flop at the box office and received mixed reviews from critics, although the late Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert highly praised the film, with Ebert calling it better than the first one and Siskel later naming it the Best Movie of 1998.[2][3] However, over the years, the film became seen as a very underrated sequel.[4][5]


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2 Cast 2.1 Voices
3 Production
4 Reception
5 Soundtrack
6 Home media
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]
Set after the events of the first film, Babe (now voiced by Elizabeth Daily) and his master, farmer Arthur Hoggett (James Cromwell), are given a welcome home parade after Babe's success as a "sheepdog", much to the joy of Arthur's wife Esme (Magda Szubanski). One day, Babe inadvertently causes an accident involving Arthur as he is repairing the water pump in his well, which results in him ending up in hospital. Struggling to cope without her husband, Esme has no success tending the farm on her own. A few days later, two men from the bank tell her she and Arthur have not paid their rent on time, and at the end of the month, Esme and Arthur will be evicted from their farm. Among the many letters from their fans, Esme locates one saying that if she enters Babe in a sheepdog herding contest, held at a fair far away, she will win a large amount of money. She decides to enter Babe, and they leave the farm together.
At the airport in the city of Metropolis, a sniffer dog named Snoop falsely senses that Babe and Esme are carrying illegal substances and drugs. Airport security interrogate them, causing them to miss their connecting flight to the fair. Esme calls a lot of hotels, asking if they take pets, but they all say no. With nowhere to go, Babe and Esme spend the night in the airport, but a security guard escorts them out the next morning. While leaving the airport, an airport cleaner tells them about a hotel called the Flealands Hotel that takes animals, so Esme and Babe arrive there. At first, the landlady pretends to not let them in, because of her neighbors, but when Esme and Babe begin to walk away, the landlady takes them in. While Esme runs an errand, Babe goes after a white capuchin monkey named Tug after he steals Esme's suitcase. Fleeing into a hotel room, Babe follows it and meets three chimpanzees: Bob, his pregnant wife Zootie and his little brother Easy, as well as Thelonius, an orungatuan butler for the landlady's elderly uncle Fugly Floom, a clown who kidnaps Babe to use in his act. Babe initially refuses but when the chimps lie and tell him he'll be rewarded, he falls for it and goes along, hoping to gain enough money to save the farm. When Esme returns, Fugly tricks her into thinking that Babe ran into the city. Panicking, Esme goes to look for Babe in the city, but is arrested after a gang of street thugs try to snatch her purse, but she sends one of them hurtling into two police officers on motorcycles, and they accidentally cause a riot in the streets. In the confusion, on a nearby billboard, two billboard painters inadvertently drag half the poster off the billboard with them and then launch a large bucket of glue which tumbles onto Esme's head. Meanwhile, Fugly performs his clown act in a hospital, but after a short while Babe accidentally trips him up and he throws a flaming torch into the stage curtains which catch fire, activating the sprinklers and forcing everyone out.
The next morning, Fugly goes to the hospital in a food coma from diabetes and is escorted by the landlady. Babe has discovered that they lied to him and sits in his room, terribly hungry and waiting for the "boss's wife" (referring to Esme) to return. With the humans gone, that night, the chimpanzees try to steal some food from a store and use Babe to distract two viscous dogs. A bull terrier and a Doberman then chase Babe around the city and back to the canal in front of the hotel. Babe loses the Doberman after it is injured in the chase but, as his life flashes before his eyes in his terror, he turns to the bull terrier and gives up. The bull terrier almost kills Babe by biting at his throat but Babe falls into the canal and swims away. The bull terrier attempts to follow, but its chain (now attached to a lawnmower) becomes lodged against the bridge struts which dangles him in the water with his head submerged. A nearby group of cats and dogs ignore it but Babe decides to save him by pushing a rowing boat underneath his head. The bull terrier, now in his debt, becomes friends with Babe, and Babe invites him and the other homeless animals into the hotel after they see the stolen food (a jar of jelly beans). They share the food around and then sing "If I Had Words", alerting the duck Ferdinand (who had come after Babe from the farm). After Zootie then gives birth to twins, several people from animal control, having received a call from the landlady's nosy neighbor Hortense, break into the hotel and steal all the animals except for Babe, Tug, Ferdinand and a disabled Jack Russell named Flealick. Flealick is knocked unconscious after attempting to chase the trucks as they leave but comes around shortly after, and the four of them track the people to an animal testing facility the next morning. Meanwhile, Esme is released from jail by the judge after explaining her situation. That night, Babe, Tug, Flealick, and Ferdinand sneak into the hospital and open their friends' cages. Esme then returns to the quiet hotel and reunites with the landlady, who is mourning her uncle's death, and tells her that her neighbor Hortense was the one who got all the animals taken away. Dressed in Fugly's old clown suit to replace Esme's glue-covered dress (from the riot), Esme and the landlady confront Hortense in order to find out where the animals have been sent. Both women then set off on a two-seater bicycle to find them.
Esme and the landlady track the animals to a gala dinner in a ballroom, where they battle the chefs and waiters with fire extinguishers to defend themselves and their animals. In an attempt to get Babe back, Esme ties the suspenders of her clown trousers to one of the chandeliers ribbons and bounces up and down after the chef holding Babe. After failing to catch him, she inadvertently knocks into a nearby waiter protecting a tower of champagne glasses, who falls into the dessert table and yanks out a sign with the words "DO NOT PULL" on it. A flesh colored rubber suit proceeds to inflate into a large balloon beneath her waist, tearing through her trousers. She bounces around by the elastic suspenders until she finally grabs Babe, when suddenly the chandelier cord breaks. Esme falls to the ground as Bob and Zootie leap from the chandelier into canopies of blue balloons, letting them all fall to the ground. Babe notices one of Zootie's babies hanging from the electrical cord of the chandelier and quickly alerts Thelonius just in time to catch the baby chimp. Bob and Zootie thank him but Thelonius reminds them to thank Babe.
In the epilogue, the landlady sells the hotel, which turns into a nightclub called Dancelands, and gives the money to Esme so she can save the farm. The landlady and all the animals come to stay at the farm, where Arthur has recovered from his injury. As they congregate in the barn to watch, he fixes the water pump and, with a last look at Babe, says again, "That'll do, Pig. That'll do."
Cast[edit]
Magda Szubanski as Esme C. Hoggett
Mary Stein as Miss. Floom
James Cromwell as Arthur Hoggett
Mickey Rooney as Fugly Floom
Paul Livingston as the Angry Hot Headed Chef
Julie Godfrey as Hortense
Voices[edit]
Elizabeth Daily as Babe
Danny Mann as Ferdinand and Tug
Roscoe Lee Browne as the Narrator
Glenne Headly as Zootie
Steven Wright as Bob
James Cosmo as Thelonius
Stanley Ralph Ross as The Bull Terrier/The Doberman who was "BABE" with other people
Russi Taylor as The Pink Poodle, and a Choir Cat
Myles Jeffrey as Easy
Adam Goldberg as Flealick the Jack Russell Terrier
Eddie Barth as Nigel and Alan
Bill Capizzi as Snoop
Miriam Margolyes as Fly
Hugo Weaving as Rex
Jim Cummings as a Pelican
Katie Leigh as a Hungry Kitten
Charles Bartlett as a Cow
Michael Edward-Stevens as a Horse
Nathan Kress as Easy, and a Tough Pup
Al Mancini as a Fish
Larry Moss as a Fish
Production[edit]
Christine Cavanaugh, who played Babe in the first movie, was approached to reprise her role, but declined because of the low salary[citation needed] and was replaced by her Rugrats co-star Elizabeth Daily.
Prior to the film's theatrical release, it was originally rated PG by the MPAA. The TV spots for the film's theatrical release mentioned this rating, as did a promotional poster. By the time the film was released in theaters it had been re-rated as G (like the first film), based on a final edit that removed most of the dog violence (but retaining a shot that shows the bull terrier pushing down Babe into the river)[citation needed]. This was Universal's last theatrically-released feature-length film to be rated G by the MPAA until 2006's Curious George. As of 2007, Babe: Pig in the City and Mr. Bean's Holiday are Universal's last two theatrically released live-action films to be rated G by the MPAA. However, when the film aired on Superstation WGN on November 18, 2007, and AMC on December 9, 2007, the shot that shows Ferdinand almost getting shot by humans was removed.[citation needed]
Babe: Pig in the City takes place in an imaginative, fantasy-like metropolis. It notably resembles Oz but is in modern-day form. The city has numerous styles of architecture from around the world. It also has a variety of waterways, noticeable by the hotel at which Babe stays. The downtown area appears to be situated on an island not dissimilar to Manhattan Island. The Downtown Skyline features numerous skyscrapers such as the World Trade Center, the Sears Tower, the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building,the IDS Center, the MetLife Building, the Sydney Opera House, the Hollywood sign, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Fernsehturm Berlin, Big Ben, Red Square, the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, the Christ the Redeemer (statue), and many other landmarks.
The DVD covers feature a similar but different skyline, keeping the World Trade Center, the Golden Gate Bridge, Big Ben, the Sydney Opera House, and Red Square. Several skyscrapers added include 40 Wall Street (Two of them), the Empire State Building, 500 5th Avenue, the Flatiron Building, the World Financial Center, and several Los Angeles skyscrapers including the U.S. Bank Tower. The river near the hotel is similar to the canals of Venice, Italy, or Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Reception[edit]
The film has received mixed to positive reviews from critics. The movie has a 61% "Fresh" rating from Rotten Tomatoes.[6] Most of the negative reviews came from people who enjoyed the first Babe, as well as those who were expecting a more family-oriented film, like the first installment. However, the movie has developed a cult following,[7] and film critic Gene Siskel named it as his choice for the best movie of 1998 and claimed it to be better than its original.[8][9] Roger Ebert also praised the movie, giving it a perfect four stars and saying it was "more magical than the original Babe."[10] The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1998. Tom Waits is apparently a fan of the film, as he expressed in a 2010 feature in Mojo Magazine.[11] Radio personality/podcaster Jesse Thorn has also repeatedly praised the film.[12]
This more recent praise comes despite the film returning a $21 million gross loss, compared to the first movie's $224 million gross profit.
Soundtrack[edit]
The score is again by Nigel Westlake, it also includes sound clips taken from the film. There is also a big band classic "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller, and "That's Amore" by Dean Martin. More tracks including "That'll Do", the Academy Award-nominated theme song, and a song at the end sung by Babe's voice actress.
1.Main Title / Babe the Brave Little Pig 3:29
2.Save the Farm - 1:15
3.Airport - 3:59
4.Stranded - 3;20
5.Apartment Place for Babe - 4;10
6.A Pig Gets Wise - 6:38
7.Sanctuary's End - 1:45
8.Animal Control - 2:39
9.Chaos Revisited - 3:16
10.Where's the Animals? - performed by The Mavericks - 2:59
11.Wrap-Up - 6:49
12.Babe's Bathtub Party / End Credits - 7:49
Home media[edit]
May 4, 1999 (VHS, DVD, and laserdisc) (Note: This DVD was in both widescreen and pan and scan formats.)
May 22, 2001 (DVD - 2-Pack with Babe)
September 23, 2003 (DVD - The Complete Adventure Two-Movie Pig Pack, this DVD box set was released in separate widescreen and pan and scan formats, due to the DVD re-release of the first film)
November 12, 2004 (DVD - Family Double Feature, this contains Babe) (Note: This DVD shows pan and scan versions of both films and the widescreen version of this film.)
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Babe: Pig in the City (1998)". Box Office Mojo. 2002-08-28. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
2.Jump up ^ Weinraub, Bernard (November 30, 1998). "Studio Disappointed on 'Babe' Sequel". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
3.Jump up ^ Brownfield, Paul (December 18, 1998). "How the 'Babe' Sequel Butchered the Image of Cuddly Screen Hero". LA Times. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
4.Jump up ^ Zoom and Pan: Babe: Pig in the City
5.Jump up ^ Top 10 Overlooked Movies (Part Two)
6.Jump up ^ [1] Babe: Pig in the City, Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved 07/28/10
7.Jump up ^ The New Cult Canon: Babe: Pig In The City
8.Jump up ^ Siskel & Ebert capsule summary for weekend of November 28/98 at the Wayback Machine (archived October 11, 2000)
9.Jump up ^ Siskel & Ebert capsule summary for the weekend of January 02/99 at the Wayback Machine (archived October 12, 2000)
10.Jump up ^ Babe: Pig In The City Babe: Pig in the city, Roger Ebert, Retrieved 07/28/10
11.Jump up ^ Zborowski, James (2010-06-27). "Between Sympathy and Detachment: Artists crossing mediums". Betweensympathyanddetachment.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
12.Jump up ^ Bullseye with Jesse Thorn (2013-11-04). "The Outshot: Babe: Pig in the City by Bullseye with Jesse Thorn on SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds". Soundcloud.com. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
External links[edit]
Babe: Pig in the City at AllMovie
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Babe (film)
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Babe
Babe ver1.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Chris Noonan
Produced by
Bill Miller
George Miller
Doug Mitchell
Screenplay by
George Miller
 Chris Noonan
Based on
The Sheep-Pig
 by Dick King-Smith
Starring
James Cromwell
Magda Szubanski
Narrated by
Roscoe Lee Browne
Music by
Nigel Westlake
Cinematography
Andrew Lesnie
Edited by
Marcus D'Arcy
Jay Friedkin
Production
   company
Kennedy Miller Productions
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date(s)
August 4, 1995 (United States)

Running time
92 minutes
Country
Australia
 United States
Language
English
Budget
$30 million
Box office
$254,134,910
Babe is a 1995 comedy-drama film, co-written and directed by Chris Noonan. It is an adaptation of Dick King-Smith's 1983 novel The Sheep-Pig, also known as Babe: The Gallant Pig in the USA, which tells the story of a pig who wants to be a sheepdog. The main animal characters are played by a combination of real and animatronic pigs and Border Collies.[1]
After seven years of development,[2] Babe was filmed in Robertson, New South Wales, Australia.[3] The talking-animal visual effects were done by Rhythm & Hues Studios and Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
The film was a box office success and grossed $36,776,544 at the box office in Australia.[4] It has received considerable acclaim from critics: it was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, winning Best Visual Effects. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film.
In 1998, Babe producer and co-writer George Miller directed a sequel, Babe: Pig in the City.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Music
4 Reception
5 Accolades
6 References
7 External links

Plot[edit]
A piglet left orphaned after his mother is slaughtered, gets named Babe and is chosen for a "guess the weight" contest at a county fair. The winning farmer, Arthur Hoggett, brings him home and allows him to stay with a border collie named Fly, her mate Rex, and her pups in the barn.
An eccentric duck named Ferdinand poses as a rooster to keep from being eaten and wakes the farm each morning by crowing. He persuades Babe to help him destroy the alarm clock because it threatens his life. Although they succeed in this goal, they startle the Hoggetts' cat, Duchess, awake, and in the confusion that ensues, all three accidentally destroy the living room. Rex orders Babe to stay away from Ferdinand (now a fugitive) and the house. Some time later, when Fly's puppies are put up for sale, Babe asks if he can call her ‘Mom’.
Christmas time brings a visit from the Hoggetts' relatives. Babe is almost chosen for the Christmas dinner but a duck is picked instead after Hoggett remarks to his wife Esme that Babe may bring a prize for ham at the next County Fair. On Christmas Day, Babe justifies his existence by alerting the farmer to sheep rustlers taking sheep from one of the fields who quickly depart. The next day, Hoggett sees Babe sort the hens, separating the brown ones from the white ones. Impressed, he takes the pig to the fields and allows Babe to try and herd the sheep. Encouraged by an elder ewe named Maa whom Babe had met previously on the farm, the sheep cooperate, but Rex thinks Babe's actions insult sheepdogs and later gets into a vicious fight with Fly for encouraging Babe. He injures Fly's paw and accidentally bites Hoggett's right hand when he intervenes. Rex is then chained to the dog house and sedated, leaving the sheep-herding job to Babe.
One morning, Babe is wakened by the sheep's cries and sees three feral dogs attacking the herd. He managed to scare them off, but Maa, mortally injured, soon dies in front of Babe and the sheep. Hoggett arrives, and thinking that Babe killed Maa because he has blood on him from when he had nuzzled her, prepares to shoot Babe for being a sheep-killer. Fly is so anxious to find out whether Babe is guilty or innocent that, for the first time in her life, instead of barking orders at the sheep, talks to them to find out what happened. The sheep tell her that Babe is innocent and saved them. Fly barks to distract Hoggett from shooting Babe, delaying him until Esme reveals that the police say feral dogs have been killing sheep on neighboring farms, whereupon Hoggett realizes that Babe is innocent.
When Esme leaves on a trip, Hoggett signs Babe up for a local sheep-herding competition. The night before the competition, it is raining so Hoggett lets Babe and Fly in the house. However, Duchess scratches Babe while he tries to converse with her, and Hoggett confines her outside. When Duchess is let back inside the house later, she gets revenge on Babe by revealing that humans eat pigs. Horrified, Babe runs out to the barn and finds out from Fly that this is true.
The next morning, Fly discovers that Babe has run away. She and Rex alert Hoggett, and all three search for him. Rex finds Babe in a cemetery, and Hoggett brings him home. However, Babe is still demoralized by Duchess' story and refuses to eat, despite encouragement from Rex, who has softened his attitude towards him. Hoggett gives Babe a drink from a baby bottle, sings "If I Had Words" to him, and dances a jig for him. This restores Babe's faith in the farmer's affection, and he begins eating again.
Later, at the sheep-herding competition, Babe meets the sheep he'll be herding, but they ignore Babe's attempts to speak with them. As Hoggett is criticized by the bemused judges and ridiculed by the public for using a pig, Rex quickly runs back to the farm to ask the sheep what to do. The sheep give him a secret password, first extracting a promise from Rex that he will treat them better from now on. Rex gets back to the competition in time and conveys the password to Babe. When Babe recites the password to the sheep, they follow his instructions flawlessly and he is wildly acclaimed by the crowd and unanimously given the highest score. Babe sits next to Farmer Hoggett, who praises him, in his understated way, by saying, "That'll do, Pig. That'll do."
Cast[edit]
James Cromwell as Arthur Hoggett
Magda Szubanski as Esme Cordelia Hoggett
Brittany Byrnes as The Hoggetts' granddaughter
Wade Hayward as The Hoggetts' grandson
Voice actorsRoscoe Lee Browne as the Narrator
Christine Cavanaugh as Babe
Miriam Margolyes as Fly, Arthur's female border collie
Hugo Weaving as Rex, Arthur's lead sheepdog
Danny Mann as Ferdinand, a white Indian Runner Duck
Miriam Flynn as Maa, an old ewe on Hoggett Farm
Russi Taylor as Duchess, the Hoggetts' cat
Michael Edward-Stevens as The Horse
Charles Bartlett as The Cow
Evelyn Krape as Old Ewe
Paul Livingston as Rooster
John Erwin as a TV Commentator
Music[edit]
Classical orchestral music by 19th century French composers is used in the film but is disguised in a number of ways and often integrated by Nigel Westlake into his score. The theme song "If I Had Words", sung by Hoggett near the film's conclusion, was an adaptation of the Maestoso movement of the organ symphony by Saint-Saëns, originally performed in 1977 by Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley. This tune also reoccurs throughout the film's score.[5]
There are also brief quotations within the score from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite.[6]
Reception[edit]
Babe received widespread critical acclaim; it currently holds a 97% "Certified Fresh" approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[7] It was also a box office success, grossing $254,134,910 worldwide.[8]
It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.[9] It won the award for Best Visual Effects, defeating Apollo 13.[10] In 2006, the American Film Institute named Babe #80 on its list of America's Most Inspiring Movies.[11]
Due to its subject being a piglet, Babe was initially banned in Malaysia, and this was to avoid upsetting Muslims who view pigs as haram, although the ruling was overturned almost a year later and the film was released direct-to-VHS.[12]
When Babe was released in the USA, it is reported that "activists around the country staked out movie theatres with flyers documenting the real life abuses of pigs".[13] The film had a marked effect on the growth of vegetarianism, particularly among the young. It also promoted a more sympathetic view of the intellectual, emotional and social capacities of animals.[14] Actor James Cromwell also became an ethical vegan as a result of starring as Farmer Hoggett: "I decided that to be able to talk about this [movie] with conviction, I needed to become a vegetarian."[15] In 1996 he went on to organize a vegetarian dinner for the Los Angeles homeless at a “Compassionate Christmas” event[16] in order to reverse the barnyard view that "Christmas is carnage".
Accolades[edit]
68th Academy Awards[17][18] Best Picture for Bill Miller, George Miller and Doug Mitchell (lost to Braveheart)
Best Director for Chris Noonan (lost to Mel Gibson for Braveheart)
Best Adapted Screenplay for George Miller and Chris Noonan (lost to Sense and Sensibility)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role for James Cromwell (lost to Kevin Spacey for The Usual Suspects)
Best Art Direction for Roger Ford and Kerrie Brown (lost to Restoration)
Best Film Editing for Marcus D'Arcy and Jay Friedkin (lost to Apollo 13)
Best Visual Effects for Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan and John Cox (Won)
53rd Golden Globe Awards[19] Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Won)
23rd Saturn Awards Best Fantasy Film (Won)
Best Writing for George Miller and Chris Noonan
American Film Institute ListsAFI's 100 Years...100 Movies - Nominated[20]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs - Nominated[21]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains: Babe - Nominated Hero[22]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes: "That'll do, pig. That'll do." - Nominated[23]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers - #80[11]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - Nominated[24]
AFI's 10 Top 10 - Nominated Fantasy Film[25]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Chanko, Kenneth M. (1995-08-18). "This Pig Just Might Fly | Movies". EW.com. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
2.Jump up ^ "Interview with Chris Noonan", 9 September 1999 accessed 19 November 2012
3.Jump up ^ "Robertson – New South Wales – Australia". The Age. 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
4.Jump up ^ Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
5.Jump up ^ Film Score Monthly 53-64, Los Angeles CA 1995, page 70
6.Jump up ^ ""Babe" Soundtrack Listing". CD Universe. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
7.Jump up ^ "Babe Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
8.Jump up ^ "Babe (1995)". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
9.Jump up ^ Siskel & Ebert week of February 16, 1996 Part 1 on YouTube Part 2 on YouTube
10.Jump up ^ "Reviews:Babe". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. 4 August 1995. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
11.^ Jump up to: a b AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers. American Film Institute. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Gogoi, Pallavi (5 November 2006). "Banning Borat". Businessweek.com. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
13.Jump up ^ Hudson, Laura Elaine (ed.) The Apocalyptic Animal of Late Capitalism, University of California 2008, p.108 ISBN 9781109061604. Retrieved 2 March 2014
14.Jump up ^ Nobis, Nathan. "The Babe Vegetarians", in Bioethics at the Movies, Johns Hopkins University 2009 pp.56-70. ISBN 9780801890789.Retrieved 2 March 2014
15.Jump up ^ Smith, Scott, A Pig's Best Friend, Vegetarian Times, November 1998, p.20. ISSN 0164-8497.
16.Jump up ^ Vegetarian Times, March 1997 p.24. ISSN 0164-8497.
17.Jump up ^ "Academy Awards, USA: 1996". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
18.Jump up ^ "The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
19.Jump up ^ "Award Search". www.goldenglobers.org. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
20.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Nominees
21.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs Nominees
22.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains Nominees
23.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes Nominees
24.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ballot
25.Jump up ^ AFI's 10 Top 10 Ballot
External links[edit]
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The Sheep-Pig
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The Sheep-Pig

Author
Dick King-Smith[1]
Illustrator
Mary Rayner
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Publisher
Gollancz

Publication date
 12 November 1983
Media type
Print (hardcover & paperback)
Pages
118 pp (first edition)
ISBN
0575033754
OCLC
59194695
LC Class
PZ7.K5893 Sh 1984[2]
 PZ7.K5893 Bab 1985[3]
The Sheep-Pig, or Babe, the Gallant Pig in the U.S., is a children's novel by Dick King-Smith, first published by Gollancz in 1983 with illustrations by Mary Rayner. Set in rural England, where King-Smith spent twenty years as a farmer, it features a lone pig on a sheep farm. It was adapted as the 1995 film Babe, which was a great international success.[4] King-Smith won the 1984 Guardian Children's Fiction Award, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers.[5][6]
Crown published the first U.S. edition in 1985, retaining the Rayner illustrations under the new title Babe, the Gallant Pig.[3] There have been dozens of English-language editions and translations in fifteen other languages, primarily in 1995 and later, sometimes with new illustrations.[7]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Adaptations
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Plot[edit]
The plot revolves around a young pig, won at a fair by a local sheep farmer named Farmer Hogget. He has no use for pigs, so his wife intends to fatten up the "little porker" for Christmas dinner.
In unfamiliar surroundings the little piglet is scared. However he meets Fly the sheepdog, who takes pity on him and comforts him. She asks what his name is, and he replies that his mother called all her children Babe. Fly and her puppies teach Babe the rules of the farm. Babe starts to learn how to herd sheep, first practising and failing with the ducks. However he has the idea of herding the sheep by asking them politely rather than ordering them about like sheep-dogs do. Fly's puppies are soon sold and Fly is heartbroken and so Babe asks her if he could be her son.
One day Farmer Hogget and Fly bring a sickly ewe named Maa back to the farm. When Babe meets Maa in the farm stable Maa helps Babe to realise that sheep are not as stupid as Fly has told him. Babe promises to visit Maa again when she is well. Some time later, when Babe visits Maa in the fields, he sees sheep rustlers stealing the sheep. Babe saves the sheep and herds them away from the rustlers’ lorry. He also bites one of the rustlers in the leg and squeals so loudly that Mrs. Hogget telephones the police. When the patrol car comes up the lane, the rustlers drive away, with no sheep. Babe has saved the flock and Mrs. Hogget decides to reward him by sparing his life.
Later on Farmer Hogget takes Babe with him up to the fields and, on a whim, asks the pig to round up the sheep. Just as Babe is asking the sheep politely Ma appears in the centre of the herd to tell the sheep about Babe. Hogget is astonished that the sheep are walking in perfect straight lines around their pen. From then on, Babe accompanies Farmer Hogget up to the fields every day.
Hogget starts to think that since Babe is a worthy animal he could enter him into the sheepdog trials. So he starts to train the pig in what he needs to do. One morning, when Babe heads up to the fields alone, he finds the sheep panicking because wild dogs are terrorising them. Babe runs back to the farm and alerts Fly. However, Babe discovers that Maa is critically injured and she dies before she can be helped. Hogget arrives on the scene and sees Babe with a dead sheep and believes that the pig may have killed her. He prepares to put Babe down by shooting him with his gun, in case he is a danger to the other animals. However Mrs. Hogget tells Farmer Hogget about the dogs who have attacked the sheep. Fly, unable to believe that Babe could do such a thing, goes to ask the sheep what really happened. She even forces herself to be polite to them, and so the sheep willingly tell her that Babe saved their lives. Babe is proven innocent and Farmer Hogget resumes his training, entering him into the county sheep dog trials.
Before Babe goes for the trials, Fly manages to obtain a password from the sheep, so that Babe can speak to the sheep he’ll be herding. On the day of the trials Babe and Fly go with Farmer Hogget to the grounds. Farmer Hogget appears with Fly but swaps her for Babe. He performs perfectly, without any commands from Farmer Hogget, and says the password to the sheep. At the end of his trial Babe and Farmer Hogget score full marks, and Farmer Hogget looks down at his sheep-pig and tells him, "That'll do, Pig."
The Sheep-Pig contains twelve short chapters, each one written in speech marks (" "):
1. "Guess my weight"2. "There. Is that nice?"3. "Why can't I learn?"4. "You'm a polite young chap"5. "Keep yelling, young un"6. "Good Pig"7. "What's trials?"8. "Oh, Maa!"9. "Was it Babe?"10. "Get it off by heart"11. "Today is the day"12. "That'll do"
Adaptations[edit]
The movie Babe was directed by Chris Noonan from a screenplay written by Noonan and George Miller, one of the producers. Miller needed ten years to take the book from paperback to big screen. It was filmed in Australia with creature effects from Jim Henson and from Hollywood.
The novel was also adapted for the stage by children's playwright David Wood. The stage version uses a cast of actors and life size puppets for an audience of young children.
See also[edit]


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References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Eccleshare, Julia (2001-11-11). "How to make millions from pigs". Guardian (London). Retrieved 2011-01-02.
2.Jump up ^ "The sheep-pig" (first edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
3.^ Jump up to: a b "Babe: the gallant pig" (first U.S. edition). LCC record. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
4.Jump up ^ Pauli, Michelle. "Babe creator Dick King-Smith dies aged 88". Guardian (London). Retrieved 2011-01-02.
5.Jump up ^ "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners". guardian.co.uk 12 March 2001. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
6.Jump up ^ Eccleshare, Julia. "Dick King-Smith obituary". Guardian (London). Retrieved 2011-01-02.
7.Jump up ^ "Formats and Editions of The sheep-pig". WorldCat. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
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Black Beauty
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Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Caroline Thompson
Produced by
Peter MacGregor-Scott
Robert Shapiro
Screenplay by
Caroline Thompson
Based on
Black Beauty
 by Anna Sewell
Starring
Andrew Knott
Sean Bean
David Thewlis
Jim Carter
Peter Davison
Alan Cumming
Docs Keepin Time
Narrated by
Alan Cumming
Music by
Danny Elfman
Cinematography
Alex Thomson
Edited by
Claire Simpson
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
Release date(s)
July 29, 1994

Running time
88 minutes
Country
United States
 United Kingdom
Language
English
Box office
$4,630,377
Black Beauty is a 1994 film adaptation of Anna Sewell's novel by the same name directed by Caroline Thompson in her directorial debut.[1] The film stars Andrew Knott, Sean Bean and David Thewlis. The film is also treated as an autobiography of the horse Black Beauty as in the original novel, and is narrated by Alan Cumming as the voice of the 'Black Beauty'.[2] This is the fifth feature film adaptation of the 1877 classic novel by Anna Sewell.[3]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Release 3.1 Critical reception
3.2 Box office
4 Soundtrack
5 References
6 External links

Plot[edit]
Black Beauty (voiced by Alan Cumming; played by Docs Keepin Time) narrates his story. He is born on a farm in the English countryside and remains by his mother's side until he is sent to Birtwick Park to serve Squire Gordon and his family.
Lady Gordon, the squire's ill wife, is pleased by the beautiful horse and gives him his trademark name, Black Beauty. Beauty is smitten with the squire's bitter chestnut mare, Ginger, who rebuffs his attempts to be friendly. However, Beauty does befriend Merrylegs, a pony who gives rides to the squire's daughters, Jessica and Molly.
On a stormy night, Beauty is pulling a carriage holding the squire and his caretaker, John Manly, home from town, but he refuses to cross a partially flooded bridge that he senses is dangerous. When John tries to get him to move, Beauty refuses. John slips and falls into the river, but hangs onto Beauty's bridle. Beauty and the squire save John, and they head home.
Young Joe Green, who works in the stable, looks after Beauty that night. His lack of knowledge about horses causes him to give Beauty cold water and neglecting to cover him with a rug, which makes Beauty ill. John, Joe, and the squire treat Beauty, and he recovers.
Lady Gordon's illness gets worse, and she is taken to a doctor in a carriage pulled by Beauty and Ginger. When they stop at an inn for the night, the barn where the horses are staying catches on fire due to a dropped pipe. However, Joe rescues the horses.
Lady Gordon's doctor orders her to leave England for a warmer place because her illness is so advanced. The squire and his family bid goodbye to John, Joe, and the horses. Merrylegs is given to the vicar, who promises to never sell the pony.
Beauty and Ginger are taken to Earlshall Park, home of the Lord and Lady of Wexmire, and Joe bids a tearful goodbye to Beauty. Beauty and Ginger are paired up to pull Lady Wexmire's carriage, but she demands that the horses wear uncomfortable bearing reins to raise their heads high, which angers Ginger. One day, Ginger breaks away from the carriage in rage.
Reuben Smith, the horses' caretaker, rides to town with Beauty to take a carriage to be repainted. He becomes drunk at the tavern and rides Beauty roughly home during the night. Beauty throws a shoe and stumbles to the ground, throwing Reuben off and suffering disfiguring injuries to his knees. Reuben is dismissed from his job, and Beauty is later sold by Lord Wexmire.
He is bought by a man who keeps horses for rent but treats them terribly. Beauty is eventually taken to a fair, where he spots Joe, now a grown-up, but Joe doesn't notice him. Beauty's whinnies catch the attention of Jerry Barker, a taxi carriage driver from London, and he buys Beauty for 17 guineas.
Jerry introduces Beauty to his family, who name him Black Jack. Beauty likes his job as a taxi cab horse, and Jerry treats him better than his last owner did. One day, Beauty spots Ginger, now a cab horse, but she is very weak from being abused by her owner. Beauty begs for her not to give up, but her owner leads her away. Some time later, Beauty sees her dead body on a wagon.
One snowy night, Jerry has a dreadful cough that worsens as he waits outdoors for hours for his passengers to leave a party. His condition then worsens, and a doctor advises him to quit his job and move to the countryside. Beauty is sold to a grain dealer and pulls heavy loads of flour for two years until he collapses from exhaustion.
He is taken to a fair to be sold, but he is so weak that no one wants to buy him. Then Farmer Thoroughgood and his grandson spot Beauty, and a young man sees him, too. Beauty realizes that the young man is Joe, and he whinnies for his friend. Joe recognizes him, and the two are reunited.
Beauty lives the remainder of his life at Thoroughgood's farm with Joe, who promises that he will never sell Beauty.
Cast[edit]
Docs Keepin Time as Black Beauty (horse)
Alan Cumming as Black Beauty (voice)
Andrew Knott (Ian Kelsey, older) as Joe Green
Sean Bean as Farmer Grey
David Thewlis as Jerry Barker
Jim Carter as John Manly
Peter Davison as Squire Gordon
Alun Armstrong as Reuben Smith
John McEnery as Mr. York
Eleanor Bron as Lady Wexmire
Peter Cook as Lord Wexmire
Keeley Flanders as Dolly Barker
Niall O'Brien as Farmer Thoroughgood
Release[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
Despite commercial failure, Black Beauty received mixed to positive reviews upon its release. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 78% of 9 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.6 out of 10.[4]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a mediocre review reacting negatively towards the horse's voice over stating that "it plays like a cross between New Age mysticism and anthropomorphism run amok."[5] Similarly, Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly found the narration to have "the effect of making a basically charming story go drippy." However, she concluded her review on a positive note, saying that "girls will inevitably love all this."[6]
Box office[edit]
The film did poorly in the box office,[7][8] grossing only $4,630,377 domestically.[9]
Soundtrack[edit]

Black Beauty

Film score by Danny Elfman

Released
July 19, 1994
Genre
Soundtrack
Label
Giant
Danny Elfman chronology

The Nightmare Before Christmas
 (1993) Black Beauty
 (1994) The Frighteners
 (1996)

The film's score was written by Danny Elfman and was released on CD and cassette tape through Warner Bros.' Giant Records label.
Track Listings1.Main Titles
2.Baby Beauty
3.Gang on the Run
4.Mommy
5.Jump for Joy
6.Kicking up a Storm
7.The Dance/ Bye Merrylegs
8.Sick
9.He's Back (Revival)
10.Frolic
11.Ginger Snaps
12.Goodbye Joe
13.Wild Ride/ Dream
14.Is it Joe?
15.In the Country
16.Poor Ginger
17.Bye Jerry/ Hard times
18.Memories
19.End Credits
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Black Beauty Review Entertainment Weekly.
2.Jump up ^ Overview New York Times.
3.Jump up ^ Black Beauty - Review Rotten Tomatoes.
4.Jump up ^ "Black Beauty – Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
5.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger (July 29, 1994). "Black Beauty :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews". rogerebert.com. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
6.Jump up ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (August 12, 1994). "Black Beauty Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
7.Jump up ^ "It's an Ace for 'Mask' at Box Office : Movies: New Line Cinema's entree into the majors is a hit on its opening weekend.". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
8.Jump up ^ "Weekend Box Office : Reaching Higher Highs in Ticket Sales". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
9.Jump up ^ Black Beauty at Box Office Mojo
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