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The Borrowers (1997)

PG   |    |  Adventure, Comedy, Family

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A secret family of four-inch people living inside the walls of a house must save their home from an evil real estate developer.

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  • Director Peter Hewitt on the set of "The Borrowers."
  • Arrietty (Flora Newbigin) is captured by Peter Lender (Bradley Pierce).
  • Ocious P. Potter (John Goodman) displays his unique extermination technique on Spiller.
  • John Goodman stars as the evil local lawyer, Ocious P. Potter in "The Borrowers."
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Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award.

Another 1 win & 3 nominations.

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3 February 1999 | Benjy
Not just good special effects but superb ones!
Reading some of the other reviews you get the impression that the Special Effects in the Borrowers are somewhat mediocre, well I feel I must stand up for them. The effects in this film are on the whole superb. The problem is that some of them are so good you just don't notice them unless they are pointed out to you. In my opinion the effects in the Borrowers are vastly superior to things like say Titanic, which rather unbelievably won an Oscar. Any effect which you're inclined to say "That's a good effect" too, is not a good effect, it is a poor one because you can tell it's an effect. The best effects go unnoticed, not only by the movie going public but also by the Academy it seems.

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Trivia

During filming, the producers announced that this was the biggest family film to be shot on UK soundstages since " Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".

Quotes

Pod Clock: Did I ever tell you about the time my friend Minty got stuck in the honeypot?
Homily Clock: Yes, you did.

Goofs

Although the film is set in "a fictitious time and place", they are driving on the wrong side of the road. When we see an aerial view of the streets, the junctions are marked out for driving on the left-hand side of the road UK style, but the cars are driving on the right.

Crazy Credits

During the end credits, there is a scene shown where Potter tries to explain to the police about seeing the Borrowers.

Soundtracks

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Written by Desmond Child and Hanson
Performed by Hanson
Courtesy of Mercury Records
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing

Storyline

Plot Summary

Genres

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Details

Release Date:

13 February 1998

Language

English

Country of Origin

UK, USA

Filming Locations

Ealing Town Hall, Ealing, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$29,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

DEM 640,552 (Germany) (14 December 1997)

Gross:

$22,359,293 (USA) (10 May 1998)

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