Charlotte's Web (2006 movie)

Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
Directed by	Gary Winick
Screenplay by	Susannah Grant; Karey Kirkpatrick;
Based on	Charlotte's Web; by E. B. White
Produced by	Jordan Kerner
Starring	Julia Roberts; Dakota Fanning; Steve Buscemi; John Cleese; Oprah Winfrey; Cedric the Entertainer; Kathy Bates; Reba McEntire; Robert Redford; Thomas Haden Church; André Benjamin;
Cinematography	Seamus McGarvey
Edited by	Susan Littenberg; Sabrina Plisco;
Music by	Danny Elfman
Production; companies	Nickelodeon Movies; Walden Media; The K Entertainment Company;
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 15, 2006
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$85 million
Box office	$150 million

Charlotte's Web is a 2006 live-action/animated movie based on author E. B. White's book with the same name, released by Paramount Pictures with Walden Media, Kerner Entertainment Company, and Nickelodeon Movies on December 15, 2006. It stars Dakota Fanning as Fern and the voice of Julia Roberts as Charlotte and comes after an animated version from 1973.

The story[change | change source]

Wilbur is the pet piglet of a young girl named Fern Arable. Unfortunately, when he grows into an adult pig, Fern is forced to take him to the Zuckerman farm, where he will be made into food after a short time.

Charlotte A. Cavatica, a spider, lives in the space above Wilbur's sty in the Zuckermans' barn, she makes friends with Wilbur and chooses to help stop him being eaten. With the help of the other barn animals, including a rat named Templeton, she convinces the Zuckerman family that Wilbur is special by spelling out such descriptions as "Some Pig" in her web.