| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Charlotte’s Web (2006) |
| Director | Gary Winick |
| Writer | Susannah Grant, Karey Kirkpatrick, based on the book by E.B. White |
| Lead Actor | Dakota Fanning |
| Cast | Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the Entertainer |
| Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Family |
| Release Date | December 15, 2006 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 37m |
| Budget | $85 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDb Rating | 6.6/10 |
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CHARLOTTE’S WEB: With the exception of Charlotte’s Web, all the films reviewed this month are based on true stories and historical events. This new film version of E. B. White’s Newbery Honor-winning tale is charming, humorous, fanciful and inspiring.
Wilbur (voice of Dominic Scott Kay) is an ordinary pig who grows up in an ordinary barn on an ordinary farm. But he has some extraordinary friends, including a little girl named Fern (Dakota Fanning). She rescues Wilbur, the runt of the litter, by promising to care for him. Later, Fern saves a spider named Charlotte (voice of Julia Roberts), who acts to keep Wilbur from the ordinary fate of pigs: becoming Christmas dinner.
The other animals ignore Wilbur because he has no future. But Charlotte, with her many eyes, sees Wilbur for what he is. With the help of a rat named Templeton (voice of Steve Buscemi), Charlotte spins words into her web. This gets the attention of Fern and her family.
Fern’s mother, Mrs. Arable (Essie Davis), visits the family doctor (Beau Bridges) to express her concern over Fern’s involvement with a pig and the strange writing in the spider’s web. Dr. Dorian responds about the miracles of nature that surround us.
Charlotte’s Web teaches us to see the world with new eyes: the cycle of birth and death, and the good there is in every creature. Other themes include keeping promises, dignity, friendship, relationships and respect.
Charlotte’s Web is the best-selling children’s paperback of all time. The 1973 animated film was by Hanna Barbera. One viewer described the characters in the new live action version as “superior automatronics.” Soon to come are computer games for PCs, Game Boy and Nintendo.
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