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Release Date:
13 February 1998 (USA)
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Tagline:
The screen's smallest heroes in the year's biggest adventure. more
Plot:
The Borrowers are four-inch high "little people" who live under the floorboards. When the owner of the...
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 1 win
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3 nominations
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'Harry Potter' Villain Draco Malfoy Follows His Dark Destiny
(From MTV Movie News. 6 July 2009, 3:51 AM, PDT)
J.T. Petty’s The Burrowers Trailer Digs Beneath Your Skin and Poops On Your Soul [First Look]
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 9 September 2008, 12:14 PM, PDT)
(From MTV Movie News. 6 July 2009, 3:51 AM, PDT)
J.T. Petty’s The Burrowers Trailer Digs Beneath Your Skin and Poops On Your Soul [First Look]
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 9 September 2008, 12:14 PM, PDT)
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Nice adaptation, well worth watching
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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) |
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild peril and some crude humor.
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Runtime:
89 min
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Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
South Korea:All |
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
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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.
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Similarly, the geographical location is entirely fictional, so that accents, uniforms, vocabulary, currency, vehicles and driving styles are not consistent with any given country.
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Police Officer Steady:
Well, I've had reports that an Ice Cream Vendor...
Exterminator Jeff: Pest Control Operative.
Police Officer Steady: Oh, sorry.
Exterminator Jeff: That's all right, happens all the time.
Police Officer Steady: A Pest Control Operative...
[looks at Jeff]
Police Officer Steady: ...and a rather large man...
[eyes Ocious P. Potter for a moment]
Police Officer Steady: Well, that could be you, couldn't it, sir? Were seen arguing outside this house.
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Exterminator Jeff: Pest Control Operative.
Police Officer Steady: Oh, sorry.
Exterminator Jeff: That's all right, happens all the time.
Police Officer Steady: A Pest Control Operative...
[looks at Jeff]
Police Officer Steady: ...and a rather large man...
[eyes Ocious P. Potter for a moment]
Police Officer Steady: Well, that could be you, couldn't it, sir? Were seen arguing outside this house.
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Movie Connections:
References Taxi Driver (1976)
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Soundtrack:
Weird
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I loved the "Borrowers" books when I was a kid, and the movie is a quite good adaptation of the concept. There were a few minor bafflements [such as what time period the movie was supposed to be in, and where it was set], but those aren't major. Overall, quite enjoyable.