Production
Christine Cavanaugh, who played Babe in the first movie, was offered to reprise her role, but she declined due to the low salary. So her Rugrats co-star Elizabeth Daily took the role instead.
Prior to the film's theatrical release, it was originally rated PG by the MPAA. The TV spots for the film's theatrical release mentioned this rating. When the film was released in theaters, it was re-rated G by the MPAA, so the TV spots for the film's theatrical release currently mentioned this rating instead of its original rating. The reason why the final cut was rated G by the MPAA was because most of the dog violence was cut, leaving a shot that shows the bull terrier pushing down Babe into the river. Some people thought it was rated P by the MPAA as they saw the poster mentioning the movie's original rating. The home video release still has a G rating from the MPAA. This was Universal's last theatrically released feature-length movie to be rated G by the MPAA until 2006's Curious George. It was also Universal's last theatrically released live-action film to be rated G by the MPAA until 2007's Mr. Bean's Holiday. However, when the film aired on Superstation WGN on November 18, 2007 and AMC on December 9, 2007, the shot that shows Ferdinand almost getting shot by humans was removed.
Babe: Pig in the City takes place in an imaginative fantasy-like Metropolis. It notably resembles Oz, but in modern day form. The city has various styles of architecture from around the world. It also has a variety of waterways, noticeable by the hotel at which Babe stays. The downtown area appears to be situated on an island not dissimilar to Manhattan Island. The Downtown Skyline features various skyscrapers such as the World Trade Center, Sears Tower, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, IDS Center, MetLife Building, Sydney Opera House, the Hollywood sign, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Fernsehturm Berlin, Big Ben, Red Square, the Statue of Liberty,the Eiffel Tower and many other landmarks.
The DVD covers feature a similar but different skyline, keeping the World Trade Center, Golden Gate Bridge, Big Ben, Sydney Opera House, and Red Square. Several skyscrapers added include 40 Wall Street (Two of them), Empire State Building, 500 5th Avenue, the Flatiron Building, World Financial Center, and several Los Angeles Skyscrapers including the U.S. Bank Tower. The river near the hotel is similar at the canal of Venice, Italy or Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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“The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm.”
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—Charles Darwin (1809–1882)