This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
- The talking pig is a combination of 48 real Yorkshire pigs plus an
animatronic double. A makeup artist added toupee and eyelashes to each, and
computer digitization manipulated pictures of the snout to make the pig
appear to talk.
- When 'James Cromwell' (qv) was handed the screenplay for Babe, he thumbed
through it to see how many lines he had. He saw that he didn't have
that many, he decided that he would do it as a nice easy film. What he
didn't realize was that he would have more screen time in this film than
any of his previous films.
- The man who buys three of Fly's puppies is head animal trainer
'Karl Lewis Miller' (qv).
 
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