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Bunyan and Babe
Original theatrical poster
Directed by	Tony Bancroft Jim Rygiel
Produced by	John D. Eraklis Marx Howard
Written by	Screenplay & Story Michael A. Nickles Julia Wall Rewrite: Dick Clements Ian LeFrenais
Starring	John Goodman Jeff Foxworthy Kelsey Grammer Bridger Zadina Dorien Davies
Music by	Randy Edelman Theme Music: Basil Poledouris
Cinematography	Derek Grover
Studio	Exodus Film Group
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (USA) 20th Century Fox (international sales)
Release date(s)	2011
Country	United States
Language	English

Bunyan and Babe (also known as Bunyan and Babe 3D) is an upcoming live-action/animated film set for release in 2011. It is directed by Jim Rygiel and Tony Bancroft and features the voices of John Goodman as Paul Bunyan and Jeff Foxworthy as Babe the Blue Ox.^[1]

Premise

Loosely based on the folklore of Paul Bunyan (John Goodman), two children exiled on their grandfather's farm in Minnesota discover a lair where Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox (Jeff Foxworthy) have resided since their disappearance from the Dead Forest. The story sees Bunyan and Babe teaming with the two kids to stop an evil land developer from destroying a town.^[2]

Plot

12 year old Travis Barclay and his little sister Whitney are sent begrudgingly on a summer trip to visit their grandparents’ farm in Delbert County. A greedy land developer, Norm Blandsford, has been buying up the little country town, running the hard working residents off their land.  After Travis has a run-in with one of Blandsford's men, he is chased into the forest where he stumbles upon a magic portal to the hidden world where Paul Bunyan lives.  Paul has been in self-imposed exile for 100 years, ever since the advent of machines made his role in society obsolete and left him feeling of little value to the new world.  Paul, reluctantly, escorts Travis back to the farm. But upon returning,Paul witnesses Blandsford’s sinister plan.  Suddenly filled by a long-forgotten sense of purpose, Bunyan and Babe, the blue ox, get wrapped up in a brand new adventure and together with the help of their new friends, Travis and Whitney, they save the town. Together they learn firsthand that you don't have to be big to do big things.

Cast

• John Goodman as Paul Bunyan
• Jeff Foxworthy as Babe the Blue Ox
• Kelsey Grammer as Norm Blandsford
• Bridger Zadina as Travis Barclay
• Dorien Davies as Iris

References

External links

• Bunyan and Babe at the Internet Movie Database
• Bunyan and Babe at Allmovie