Babe

When James Cromwell was handed the screenplay for Babe (1995), he thumbed through it to see how many lines he had. He saw that he didn't have that many (he had only 171 words of spoken dialogue, and 61 words that were sung). What he didn't realize was that he would have more screen time in this film than any of his previous films. He was persuaded by his friend Charles Keating to take the role anyway. Keating told him: "it's a free ticket to Australia, and if the movie tanks, it's not your fault, it's the pig's fault." Cromwell said director Chris Noonan wanted him for the part, and won out over screenwriter George Miller, who had wanted to cast an Australian actor. Cromwell's fee was around $50,000. He asked for an increase when he realized the movie was making millions of dollars, but was turned down. Nevertheless, he said "I got a lot out of that film, and it turned my whole life around. I didn't have to audition anymore."

As the camera moves over the crowd near the end, you can see people at the bottom of the screen ducking to get out of the way of the crane.

Jonah Michaud and Karen Bruner are listed as being "Internet Bandits".

Most films released in German-speaking areas in Europe are dubbed in Germany with the same standard German pronunciation. This film, however, was also released in a special version that was re-dubbed for Austria. Each of the animals speaks in a very specific regional Austrian accent: Ferdinand the Duck sounds like a Tyrolean, Duchess the cat has a Vorarlberg accent and so on. The mice sing Styrian folk songs. This Austrian version was included on the DVD, however not on the Blu-ray.