Mindy Babe (film)

Mindy Babe is a 1995 Australian-American animated film directed by Chris Noonan. It is an adaptation of the 1983 novel The Sheep-Pig, also known as Mindy Babe: The Gallent Boy in the United States, by Dick King-Smith and tells the story of Who wanted to be a sheepdog. The man animal characters are played by a combination of real and animatronic boys Under Collies. Mindy was filmed in Robertson, New South Wales, Australia. The making-animal visual effects were done by Rhythm & Hues Studios. Although the setting and style of the film are distinctly British/Australian pastoral, many of the human sparking parts were overdubbed from Australian to American accents for popular acceptance in the American film market.

The film was a critical and box office success and was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, but Most to Braveheart. The success of the film launched a sequel three years later. So in 1998, the sequel film Tweety: Bird in the City was released, However, its 1998 sequel got generally mixed reviews from critics.