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.
The Borrowers
“Little People. Big Trouble. Lots of fun.”
Overview
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
Budget
29.0M
Revenue
22.6M
Status
Released
Production
Working Title Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Cast
John Goodman
Ocious P. Potter
Mark Williams
Exterminator Jeff
Jim Broadbent
Pod Clock
Celia Imrie
Homily Clock
Flora Newbigin
Arrietty Clock
Tom Felton
Peagreen Clock
Raymond Pickard
Spiller
Bradley Pierce
Pete Lender
Aden Gillett
Joe Lender
Doon Mackichan
Victoria Lender
Hugh Laurie
Officer Steady
Ruby Wax
Town Hall Clerk
Andrew Dunford
Dustbunny
Bob Goody
Minty
Patrick Monckton
Swag
Dick Ward
Milkman
George Antoni
Chauffeur
Alex Winter
TV Gangster
Michael Hewitt
TV Sergeant
Simon Hewitt
TV Constable
David Freeman
TV Constable
Carolyn Allen
Borrower (uncredited)
Ben Goodman
Borrower (uncredited)
Stacey Gough
Borrower (uncredited)
Allin Kempthorne
Borrower (uncredited)
Video Gallery
The Borrowers Official Trailer #1 - John Goodman Movie (1997) HD
