The first Babe (1995) was a family-friendly megahit. So for the sequel, why did director George Miller thrust his sweet porcine hero into a family-unfriendly nightmare? Host Rico Gagliano takes a trot down the mean streets of Babe: Pig in the City (1998), telling the story of its rise and box-office fall with the help of guests including Farmer Hoggett himself, James Cromwell (Succession, 2018–23), and voice of Babe, E. G. Daily (Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, 1985).
The latest season of the MUBI Podcast, Box Office Poison, dives into six visionary films...that were also notorious flops. Inspired by the new book of the same name by Tim Robey, film critic for The Telegraph, each episode takes a wild ride through a great movie’s rise, fall, and rise.
Listen to episode two below or wherever you get your podcasts: