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“Babe,” the 1995 film about an orphaned young piglet with special skills, is based on which 1983 children’s book?
- A “If You Give a Pig a Pancake,” by Laura Numeroff
- B “The Sheep-Pig,” by Dick King-Smith
- C “Emmett’s Pig,” by Mary Stoltz
- D “What This Story Needs Is a Pig in a Wig,” by Emma J. Virján
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From Stephen Holden’s 1995 review of “Babe” for The Times:
The title character of “Babe,” an endearing children’s movie from Australia, is a plucky little pig who rebels from his assigned role in barnyard society and insists on behaving like a sheepdog. Adapted from Dick King-Smith's book “The Sheep-Pig,” the movie maintains a refreshingly light touch in spinning a fable about individualism and conformity. The one incongruous element is an overbearing “Rocky”-style soundtrack that treats Babe's canine aspirations as an Olympian quest for gold.
