The Borrowers (1997)

Note des utilisateurs:

5.6/10   

Réalisateur:

Peter Hewitt

Writers (WGA):

Mary Norton (novels)
Gavin Scott (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

13 février 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Family | Fantasy

Accroche:

The screen's smallest heroes in the year's biggest adventure.

Plot:

The Borrowers are four-inch high "little people" who live under the floorboards. When the owner of the...

Plot Keywords:

Lawyer | Little People | Police | Dairy | Miniature People

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Not just good special effects but superb ones!

Ensemble

John Goodman	...	Ocious P. Potter
Mark Williams	...	Exterminator Jeff
Jim Broadbent	...	Pod Clock
Celia Imrie	...	Homily Clock
Flora Newbigin	...	Arrietty 'Ett' Clock
Tom Felton	...	Peagreen Clock
Raymond Pickard	...	Spud Spiller
Bradley Pierce	...	Pete 'Petey' Lender
Aden Gillett	...	Joe Lender
Doon Mackichan	...	Victoria Lender
Hugh Laurie	...	Police Officer Steady
Ruby Wax	...	Town Hall Clerk
Andrew Dunford	...	Dustbunny
Bob Goody	...	Minty Branch
Patrick Monckton	...	Swag (as Patrick Monkton)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Le petit monde des Borrowers (France) [fr]
Le petit monde des emprunteurs (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild peril and some crude humor.

Durée:

89 min

Pays:

UK | USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

South Korea:Tous | UK:U (tv rating) | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Belgium:KT | Chile:TE | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Mexico:A | Netherlands:AL (original rating) | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #35227) | Iceland:L

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Ealing Town Hall, Ealing, London, England, UK

Company:

Polygram Filmed Entertainment

Anecdotes:

When Pete has captured Arietty, he puts her in a goldfish bowl. The bowl is standing on top of a the book "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift. This also foreshadows the scene where Ocious Potter is subdued by the Borrowers at the end of the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Peagreen is trapped in the milk bottle and placed in the milkman's truck, the bottle is placed on the right side of the truck. A few scenes later, when Peagreen is removed from the truck, the bottle he is in is on the left side of the truck.

Guillemet:

Peagreen Clock: Squished, or might get squished. Not much of a choice then, is there?

Movie Connections:

References Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

Soundtrack:

Weird

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.