Summary
The Borrowers (1997): A secret family of four-inch people living inside the walls of a house must save their home from an evil real estate developer.The Borrowers (2011): Arrietty Clock is a teenage Borrower whose parents, Pod and Homily, are terrified of the humans who live above them. Desperate for freedom and adventure, Arrietty sneaks out one night and befriends a lonely boy who lives upstairs. But Arrietty's adventure inadvertently reveals her family's existence to the scheming scientist Professor Mildeye, forcing them to go on the run into the world.
Contents
The Borrowers = Le petit monde des Emprunteurs (1997) (1 hr. 21 min.) / Universal Studios presents ; a Working Title production ; a Peter Hewitt film ; produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Rachel Talalay ; screenplay by Gavin Scott and John Kamps ; directed by Peter HewittThe Borrowers = Le mini Nöel des Borrowers (2011) (1 hr. 27 min.) / written by Ben Vanstone ; produced by Radford Neville ; directed by Tom Harper.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Borrowers (Fictitious characters)
-- Drama.
Lost articles -- Drama. Families -- Drama. Friendship -- Drama. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Television programs. Made-for-TV movies. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Comedy films. |
| Publisher | Universal City, CA :Universal Studios Home Entertainment,2014 |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Borrowers (Motion picture) Borrowers (Television program) Borrowers Borrowers. |
| Contributors |
Goodman, John,
1952- actor. Broadbent, Jim, actor. Williams, Mark, 1959- actor. Laurie, Hugh, 1959- actor. Pierce, Bradley, actor. Eccleston, Christopher, actor. Horgan, Sharon, 1970- actor. Loftus, Aisling, 1990- actor. Sheehan, Robert, 1988- actor. Wood, Victoria, 1953-2016, actor. Dooley, Shaun, actor. Hiscock, Charlie, actor. Fry, Stephen, 1957- actor. Gregson-Williams, Harry, composer. Hewitt, Peter, 1962- film director. Bevan, Tim, film producer. Fellner, Eric, film producer. Talalay, Rachel, 1958- film producer. Scott, Gavin, 1950- screenwriter. Kamps, John, screenwriter. Vanstone, Ben, screenwriter. Neville, Radford, television producer. Harper, Tom, 1980- television director. Norton, Mary. Borrowers. Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher. Universal Pictures (Firm), presenter. Working Title Films, production company. |
| Participants/Performers |
The Borrowers (1997): John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams, Hugh Laurie, Bradley Pierce. The Borrowers (2011): Christopher Eccleston, Sharon Horgan, Aisling Loftus, Robert Sheehan, Victoria Wood, Shaun Dooley, Charlie Hiscock, Stephen Fry. |
| Other Contributors |
The Borrowers (1997): Music, Harry Gregson-Williams ; editor, David Freeman ; directors of photography, John Fenner, Trevor Brooker. |
| Language |
English French In English and French (European); with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. The Borrowers (1997): Originally released as a motion picture in 1997. The Borrowers (2011): Originally broadcast on television as a made-for-TV move in 2011. Based on the novels by Mary Norton. |
| System Details |
The Borrowers (1997): DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; dual layer; Dolby Digital 5.1. The Borrowers (2011): DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; dual layer; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (174 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |