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The Borrowers (1997)

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Reviews Counted: 23 Fresh: 16  Rotten:7 Average Rating: 6.5/10

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Runtime: 86 mins

Synopsis: Children's author Mary Norton's storybook creations, the four-inch-tall family of "borrowers" who live among humans and co-opt their possessions, get a first-rate big-screen translation. When a crooked lawyer (a gleefully over-the-top Goodman) takes over the Lender family's house,... Children's author Mary Norton's storybook creations, the four-inch-tall family of "borrowers" who live among humans and co-opt their possessions, get a first-rate big-screen translation. When a crooked lawyer (a gleefully over-the-top 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. [More]

Genre: Childrens

Starring: John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams, Hugh Laurie, Bradley Pierce

Director: Peter Hewitt
Story: Mary Norton, Gavin Scott
Screenwriter: John Kamps
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
Producer: Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Rachel Talalay

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 4, 2002

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Letterbox - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital - 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital - 5.1 - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Film and Cast Biographies
  • Theatrical and Teaser Trailers
  • Behind-the-scenes Footage on the Making of The Borrowers
  • English Closed Captioning

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A cut above most family entertainment.

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Shows that courtesy not only keeps civilization humming but benefits all who practice it.

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