When was the borrowers movie made

How did you buy your ticket? View All Photos Movie Info. Children's author Mary Norton's storybook creations, the four-inch-tall family of "borrowers" who live among humans and co-op their possessions. When a crooked lawyer John Goodman takes over the Lender family's house, he's got to reckon with the borrowers therein, who launch a campaign to oust the invader and restore the home to its rightful tenants.

Peter Hewitt. Feb 13, wide. Nov 14, John Goodman Ocious P. Jim Broadbent Pod Clock. Mark Williams Exterminator Jeff. Hugh Laurie Police Officer Steady.

Bradley Pierce Pete 'Petey' Lender. Flora Newbigin Arrietty 'Ett' Clock. Tom Felton Peagreen Clock. Raymond Pickard Spud Spiller. Celia Imrie Homily Clock. Aden Gillett Joe Lender. Doon Mackichan Victoria Lender. Ruby Wax Town Hall Clerk. Andrew Dunford Dustbunny.

Bob Goody Minty Branch. Patrick Monckton Swag. Dick Ward Milkman. George Yiassoumi Wrigley, the Chauffeur. Peter Hewitt Director. Mary Norton Writer. Gavin Scott Screenwriter. John Kamps Screenwriter. Tim Bevan Producer. Liza Chasin Co-Producer. Eric Fellner Producer.

Debra Hayward Co-Producer. Mary Richards Line Producer. Rachel Talalay Producer. Walt deFaria Executive Producer. Harry Gregson-Williams Original Music. Trevor Brooker Cinematographer. John Fenner Cinematographer. David Freeman Film Editor.

Nina Gold Casting. Gemma Jackson Production Designer. This showed how far technology had come in films and now, of course, we see a lot more amazing special effects. It was fun to view how these "borrowers" moved about, using ordinary household items to propel themselves around a normal-sized house.

It's all pretty ingenious. John Goodman plays a cartoon-like role, a role that is generally funny to watch. The cast has a mixture of American and English actors, with a setting of s Britain. I first saw this on VHS and then later on DVD, which was improvement not only video-wise, but audio, too, as it somehow went from mono to surround sound.

This might be considered a kids movie but a lot of the humor is more adult-oriented. Details Edit. Release date February 13, United States. United Kingdom United States. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 29 minutes. Dolby Digital. Related news. May 4 TVovermind.

Potter and Jeff give chase by having Jeff's bloodhound, Mr Smelly also the bloodhound likes to eat cheese which makes him sick to his belly and making him fart , sniff Peagreen's jacket and follow the scent to a milk factory. Along the way, they occasionally bump into a local policeman, Officer Steady, who questions their actions. Peagreen ends up trapped in an empty milk bottle and taken into the factory with Arrietty unable to save him, but another Borrower, Spud Spiller an "Outie", for he lives outside , shows up and offers help.

Together they manage to make their way through the factory and locate Peagreen and force their way past Potter, dousing him in a shower of liquid cheese in the process. Meanwhile, Pod and his wife, Homily, discover that their children are missing, and with Peter's help, track them to the milk factory. Pod rescues Peagreen from drowning in a milk bottle just as Arrietty and Spiller reunite with them.

Potter catches them, takes the will and ties them to the cheese machine, intending to drown them in the liquid cheese. Spiller cheeks Potter to the point that Potter dumps him in another machine, apparently killing him. Just before the cheese can hit, Peter arrives and turns the machine off. Peter and the Borrowers, this time with Jeff's help, follow Potter to City Hall to stop him arranging the demolition. He is briefly stalled thanks to the stubborn receptionist giving him maze-like directions to the demolition office in response to his rude behaviour.

When he finally reaches the door, he finds himself trapped inside the storeroom instead, were the Clocks tie his hands to his face with sellotape. If the action and the physical humor are designed to appeal to kids, the look of the film will impress adults who know what to look for. The director, Peter Hewitt , made "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey'' and exhibits the same wild visual imagination this time.

Consider the possibilities, for example, when little Peagreen is desperately clinging to a light bulb, and the evil lawyer turns on the light.

How long can he hang on before the bulb heats up? Can his sister rescue him with that spring-loaded retractable tape measure? There's something you don't see every day. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.

Celia Imrie as Homily Clock. Tom Felton as Peagreen Clock. Jim Broadbent as Pod Clock.