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This week on Total Movie Recall, we watched the Sophie\\u2019s Choice of talking pig movies \\u2014 Babe: Pig in the City. You might remember it as a sweet children\\u2019s fantasy movie about cute talking animals, but that\\u2019s just your brain trying to protect you from the harrowing nightmare that is this film. Dogs are hung from chains and drowned in front of us. Crippled Jack Russell Terriers are killed and teased with the sweet release from their worldly limitations, only to be cruelly pulled back into their wheelchair prison. Ryan and Steve started this movie as boys, but left it as men. Depressed, traumatized men.

Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

d. George Miller

Starring:
Magda Szubanski
Elizabeth Daily
Mickey Rooney\\xa0
James Cromwell
Mary Stein

When Babe accidentally puts farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) in traction, the debtors come looking for their payments. In order to pay their debt, Mrs. Hoggett (Magda Szubanski) sends Babe off across the ocean to the city to demonstrate his talents as a sheep herder. Along with his friends, Babe meets a lot of new friends and gets into new adventures.

Things discussed in the show:

Mad Max Fury Road (George Miller,\\xa0Brendan McCarthy, Tom Hardy,\\xa0Charlize Theron,\\xa0Nicholas Hoult)

Lorenzo\'s Oil (George Miller,\\xa0Nick Enright, Nick Nolte,\\xa0Susan Sarandon,\\xa0Peter Ustinov)

True History of the Kelly Gang (Justin Kurzel, Shaun Grant, George MacKay,\\xa0Essie Davis,\\xa0Nicholas Hoult)

Chopper (Andrew Dominik, Eric Bana,\\xa0Simon Lyndon,\\xa0Vince Colosimo)

MacBeth (Justin Kurzel, Todd Louiso, Jacob Koskoff, Michael Fassbender,\\xa0Marion Cotillard,\\xa0Jack Madigan)

Assassins Creed (Justin Kurzel, Michael Lesslie, Adam Cooper, Michael Fassbender,\\xa0Marion Cotillard,\\xa0Jeremy Irons)

Tomb Raider (Roar Uthaug, Alicia Vikander,\\xa0Dominic West,\\xa0Walton Goggins)

Super Mario Brothers (Annabel Jankel,\\xa0Rocky Morton, Bob Hoskins,\\xa0John Leguizamo,\\xa0Dennis Hopper)

Dark Waters (Todd Haynes, Mark Ruffalo,\\xa0Anne Hathaway,\\xa0Tim Robbins)

Erin Brockavich (Steven Soderbergh, Susannah Grant, Julia Roberts,\\xa0Albert Finney,\\xa0David Brisbin)

Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest,\\xa0Eugene Levy, Catherine O\'Hara, Fred Willard, Parker Posey, David Cross)

A Mighty Wind (Christopher Guest,\\xa0Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Catherine O\'Hara, Jane Lynch, Fred Willard, Ed Begley Jr.)

Best in Show (Christopher Guest, Fred Willard,\\xa0Eugene Levy,\\xa0Catherine O\'Hara, Parker Posey, Michael Hitchcock, Michael McKean, John Michael Higgins)

This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest,\\xa0Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Tony Hendra)

Party Girl (Daisy von Scherler Mayer, Harry Birckmayer, Parker Posey,\\xa0Omar Townsend,\\xa0Anthony DeSando)

The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell,\\xa0Ellen Sandweiss,\\xa0Richard DeManincor, Ted Raimi, Ivan Raimi)

All of Me (Carl Reiner, Steve Martin,\\xa0Lily Tomlin,\\xa0Victoria Tennant)

The Jerk (Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Bernadette Peters,\\xa0Catlin Adams)

Palm Springs (Max Barbakow, Andy Siara, Andy Samberg,\\xa0Cristin Milioti,\\xa0J.K. Simmons)

The Lonely Island

Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping (Akiva Schaffer,\\xa0Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph, Joan Cusack)

Hot Rod (Akiva Schaffer, Pam Brady, Andy Samberg,\\xa0Isla Fisher,\\xa0Ian McShane)

Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, Danny Rubin, Bill Murray,\\xa0Andie MacDowell,\\xa0Chris Elliott)

Happy Death Day (Christopher Landon, Scott Lobdell, Jessica Rothe,\\xa0Israel Broussard,\\xa0Ruby Modine)

Happy Death Day 2U (Christopher Landon,\\xa0Scott Lobdell, Jessica Rothe,\\xa0Israel Broussard,\\xa0Phi Vu)

Edge of Tomorrow (Doug Liman, Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, Tom Cruise,\\xa0Emily Blunt,\\xa0Bill Paxton)

Tenacious D

Avatar the Last Airbender (Michael Dante DiMartino,\\xa0Bryan Konietzko, Zach Tyler,\\xa0Jack De Sena,\\xa0Dee Bradley Baker, Dave Filoni, Lauren MacMullan, Mae Whitman, Dante Basco, Michaela Jill Murphy)

David Filoni (Star Wars Rebels & Star Wars Clone Wars)

Dragonball Z (Piccolo, Goku, Krillin, Vegeta, Gohan, Hercule, Bulma)

Regular Show (J.G. Quintel,\\xa0William Salyers,\\xa0Sam Marin)

Mad Max (1979)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (George Miller,\\xa0George Ogilvie, Terry Hayes, Mel Gibson,\\xa0Tina Turner,\\xa0Bruce Spence)

Babe (Chris Noonan, Dick King-Smith\\xa0(novel),\\xa0George Miller\\xa0(screenplay), James Cromwell,\\xa0Magda Szubanski,\\xa0Christine Cavanaugh)

Contact (Robert Zemeckis, Jodie Foster,\\xa0Matthew McConaughey,\\xa0Tom Skerritt)

Mommie Dearest (Frank Perry, Christina Crawford\\xa0(book),\\xa0Frank Yablans\\xa0(screenplay), Faye Dunaway,\\xa0Diana Scarwid,\\xa0Steve Forrest)

There Will be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Day-Lewis,\\xa0Paul Dano,\\xa0Ciar\\xe1n Hinds)

Garth Ennis - The Punisher

Frank Miller - Sin City

German Expressionism

Metropolis (Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou, Brigitte Helm,\\xa0Alfred Abel,\\xa0Gustav Fr\\xf6hlich)

John Wayne Gacy

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford,\\xa0Kate Capshaw,\\xa0Ke Huy Quan)

Schindler\'s List (Steven Spielberg, Liam Neeson,\\xa0Ralph Fiennes,\\xa0Ben Kingsley)

Sophie\'s Choice (Alan J. Pakula, Meryl Streep,\\xa0Kevin Kline,\\xa0Peter MacNicol)

James Cromwell & PETA

W. (Oliver Stone, Stanley Weiser, Josh Brolin,\\xa0Elizabeth Banks,\\xa0Ioan Gruffudd)

Next Week: Scarface