un" 6. "Good Pig" 7. "What's trials?" 8. "Oh, Maa!" 9. "Was it Babe?" 10. "Memorize it" 11. "Today is the day" 12. "That'll do" Adaptations The movie Babe was directed by Chris Noonan from a screenplay written by Noonan and George Miller, one of the producers. Miller needed ten years to take the book from paperback to big screen. It was filmed in Australia with creature effects from Jim Henson and from Hollywood. The novel was also adapted for the stage by children's playwright David Wood. The stage version uses a cast of actors and life size puppets for an audience of young children. References External links —immediately, first US edition 1983 British novels British children's novels Children's novels about animals Guardian Children's Fiction Prize-winning works Fictional pigs British novels adapted into films Pigs in literature 1983 children's books Novels set in England Farms in fiction Victor Gollancz Ltd books Novels by Dick King-Smith