The Borrowers (1997)
Coming to theaters at 5 December 1997
Adventure, Comedy, Family
The Borrowers is family comedy film directed by Peter Hewitt, and written by Mary Norton, Gavin Scott and John Kamps. The film stars John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams, Hugh Laurie, Bradley Pierce, Celia Imrie and Flora Newbigin.
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, “borrowing” such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.
Director: Peter Hewitt
Writers: Mary Norton (novels), Gavin Scott, John Kamps
Stars: John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams, Hugh Laurie, Bradley Pierce, Celia Imrie, Flora Newbigin
►Cast
| John Goodman | ► | Ocious P. Potter |
| Mark Williams | ► | Exterminator Jeff |
| Jim Broadbent | ► | Pod Clock |
| Celia Imrie | ► | Homily Clock |
| Flora Newbigin | ► | Arrietty ‘Ett’ Clock |
| Tom Felton | ► | Peagreen Clock |
| Raymond Pickard | ► | Spud Spiller |
| Bradley Pierce | ► | Pete Lender |
| Aden Gillett | ► | Joe Lender |
| Doon Mackichan | ► | Victoria Lender |
| Hugh Laurie | ► | Police Officer Steady |
| Ruby Wax | ► | Town Hall Clerk |
| Andrew Dunford | ► | Dustbunny Binn |
| Bob Goody | ► | Minty Branch |
| Patrick Monckton | ► | Swag |
| Dick Ward | ► | Milkman |
| George Antoni | ► | Wrigley, the Chauffeur |
| Alex Winter | ► | TV Gangster |
| Michael Hewitt | ► | TV Sergeant |
| Simon Hewitt | ► | TV Constable |
| David Freeman | ► | TV Constable |
| Fritz Aardvark Bragpuss | ► | Borrower |
| Carolyn Allen | ► | Borrower |
| Ben Goodman | ► | Borrower |
| Stacey Gough | ► | Borrower |
| Jane Joseph | ► | Borrower |
| Allin Kempthorne | ► | Borrower |
| Jerry Lunn | ► | Cyclist |
| Lisa Michalski | ► | Borrower |