▁book ▁Charlotte ' s ▁Web ▁by ▁E . ▁B . ▁White . ▁The ▁film , ▁like ▁the ▁book , ▁is ▁about ▁a ▁p ig ▁named ▁Wil bur ▁who ▁be fri ends ▁an ▁intellig ent ▁sp ider ▁named ▁Charlotte ▁who ▁saves ▁him ▁from ▁being ▁sla ugh tered . ▁Re leased ▁to ▁the aters ▁by ▁Param ount ▁Pictures , ▁Charlotte ' s ▁Web ▁features ▁a ▁song ▁score ▁of ▁music ▁and ▁lyr ics ▁written ▁by ▁the ▁Sh erman ▁Brothers , ▁who ▁had ▁previously ▁written ▁music ▁for ▁family ▁films ▁like ▁Mary ▁Po pp ins ▁( 1 9 6 4 ), ▁The ▁Jung le ▁Book ▁( 1 9 6 7 ), ▁and ▁Ch itt y ▁Ch itt y ▁Bang ▁Bang ▁( 1 9 6 8 ). ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁only ▁three ▁H anna - Bar ber a ▁features ▁not ▁to ▁be ▁based ▁upon ▁one ▁of ▁their ▁famous ▁television ▁cart o ons , ▁He idi ' s ▁Song ▁( 1 9 8 2 ) ▁and ▁Once ▁Upon ▁a ▁Forest ▁( 1 9 9 3 ) ▁being ▁the ▁other ▁two . ▁ ▁Charlotte ' s ▁Web ▁was ▁recorded ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁and ▁released ▁on ▁February   2 2 , ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁to ▁moder ate ▁critical ▁and ▁commercial ▁success . ▁The ▁film ▁has ▁developed ▁a ▁devoted ▁following ▁over ▁the ▁following ▁years ▁due ▁to ▁television ▁and ▁V HS ; ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁it ▁surprised ▁the ▁market place ▁by ▁becoming ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best - s elling ▁titles ▁of ▁the ▁year