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The Borrowers(2011)
Status: Released
Date: 2011-12-25
58%
58 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
Family adventure based on Mary Norton's classic children's books about a race of tiny people who live under the floorboards, resourcefully surviving by borrowing bits and pieces from the large residents who dwell above. After being discovered by 'human beans', borrower Arrietty and her parents are forced to leave their home while attempting to evade the clutches of obsessive scientist Professor Mildeye.
Languages: English, Portuguese, Russian.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Moonlighting Films
Movie: The Borrowers
Top 10 Billed Cast
Christopher Eccleston
Pod Clock
Stephen Fry
Professor Mildeye
Sharon Horgan
Homily Clock
Aisling Loftus
Arrietty Clock
Robert Sheehan
Spiller
Victoria Wood
Granny Driver
Shaun Dooley
Josh Charles
Charlie Hiscock
James
Warona Seane
Dean Karen Richards
Video Trailer The Borrowers
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Pod's Adventure - The Borrowers - BBC One - Trailer
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