The Borrowers (1997)
- Starring:
- John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, (more)
- Director(s):
- Peter Hewitt
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family & Kids
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Peter Hewitt (Tom and Huck) directed this $30-million family film, an adaptation of Mary Norton's classic children's novels about a miniature family of wee folk, four inches high, living beneath the floorboards of an English cottage. The Borrowers family, so labeled because they "borrow" from the house's kitchen, consist of Pod Clock (Jim Broadbent), mother Homily (Celia Imre), and children Arrietty (13-year-old Flora Newbigin) and Peagreen (Tom Felton). Their adventure begins when they're almost caught in the kitchen by the Lenders, the tenants of the house, so they run for cover. When lawyer-Realtor Ocious P. Potter (John Goodman) discovers the owner of the house has died, he makes plans to evict the Lenders and demolish the building -- a situation where one would want to "neither a Borrower nor a Lender be." Fortunately, young Pete Lender (Bradley Pierce) has become friends with Arrietty -- an alliance leading toward a method of thwarting Potter. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 86 mins
Complete Cast:
- John Goodman - Ocious P. Potter
- Mark Williams - Exterminator Jeff
- Bradley Pierce - Pete Lender
- Tom Felton - Peagreen Clock
- Celia Imrie - Homily Clock
- Doon Mackichan - Victoria Lende
- Andrew Dunford
- Patrick Monkton
- George Yiassoumi
- Jim Broadbent - Pod Clock
- Hugh Laurie - Officer Steady
- Flora Newbigin - Arrietty Clock
- Raymond Pickard - Spiller
- Aden Gillett - Joe Lender
- Ruby Wax - City Hall Clerk
- Bob Goody
- Dick Ward
- Director(s):
- Peter Hewitt
- Writer(s):
- John Camps, Gavin Scott
- Producer(s):
- Rachel Talalay, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Excellent For Children)
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family & Kids
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