{"product_id":"babe-ベイブ-original-japanese-movie-poster-1996-b2-size-51-73-cm-e274","title":"“Babe” \/ 「ベイブ」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1996, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) E274","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"291\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"137\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed for the 1996 Japanese release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"195\"\u003eBabe \/ 「ベイブ」\u003c\/strong\u003e, Chris Noonan’s celebrated family comedy-drama starring \u003cstrong data-start=\"252\" data-end=\"290\"\u003eJames Cromwell and Magda Szubanski\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"485\"\u003eAdapted from Dick King-Smith’s novel \u003cem data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"345\"\u003eThe Sheep-Pig\u003c\/em\u003e, the film follows an orphaned piglet whose intelligence, courtesy, and determination challenge the established order of an Australian farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"487\" data-end=\"506\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"487\" data-end=\"506\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"726\"\u003eBabe is won at a country fair by the quiet and observant farmer \u003cstrong data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"590\"\u003eArthur Hoggett\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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