Welcome to Rated or Dated.

I am Jen Offered.

I don't usually do this bit, so I am hastily cobbling together an introduction.

I'm joined by my esteemed colleague Hannah Dunleavy, Hannah.

Hello, how much Jen do you wish that you had a pig to explain to cats why they have to

take it to medicine? I mean, every day, Hannah, it's a constant thought, to be honest be honest but yeah and I feel like you've just

introduced your own film which is good of you but shall I do it as well just out of fairness really

Hannah you are the picker of this week's film what film did you have us watch this week that

thank Christ has not turned my daughter into a vegetarian?

Well, we'll discuss that later.

This week, we watched Babe, released in 1995, an adaptation of a novel,

The Sheep Pig by Dick King Smith, that went on to become a sleeper hit

that took 254 million US dollars worldwide and became Australia's second highest grossing

film after dot, dot, dot, dot.

You know this.

Of all time. Is it your favourite film? No. I've got other guesses. Is it Muriel's wedding? No, you know what it is. You may have watched it. Oh, fucking hell. Is it Crocodile Dundee? It is Crocodile Dundee. Yes. You, mate, that's depressing for Australia, isn't it? Jesus cry.

It was also nominated, and I said stress, I mean babe and not Crocodile Dundee.

It was also nominated for Oscars, loads of Oscars,

including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor,

Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Dire art direction and best film editing, and it

actually won one for best visual effects.

George Miller, the producer, had wanted an all-Australian cast for the film, but director

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