The Borrowers
“Little People. Big Trouble. Lots of fun.”
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.
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Cast
25 people
John Goodman
Ocious P. Potter
Known for
Monsters, Inc.
10 Cloverfield Lane
Mark Williams
Exterminator Jeff
Known for
101 Dalmatians
Father Brown
Jim Broadbent
Pod Clock
Known for
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Hot Fuzz
Celia Imrie
Homily Clock
Known for
A Cure for Wellness
The Diplomat
Flora Newbigin
Arrietty Clock
Also in
Walking on the Moon
Peep Show
Tom Felton
Peagreen Clock
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Raymond Pickard
Spiller
Known for
The Canterville Ghost
Bradley Pierce
Pete Lender
Known for
Jumanji
The Little Mermaid
Aden Gillett
Joe Lender
Known for
Shadow of the Vampire
The 10th Kingdom
Doon Mackichan
Victoria Lender
Known for
Good Omens
Toast of London
Hugh Laurie
Officer Steady
Known for
House
The Night Manager
Ruby Wax
Town Hall Clerk
Known for
Ron's Gone Wrong
Shock Treatment
Peter Hewitt Director · John Kamps Screenplay Gavin Scott Screenplay
Worldwide gross $23M · Budget $29M · United States release February 13, 1998
Box office
Budget
$29,000,000
Worldwide gross
$22,619,699
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Working Title
Production
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Production
Working Title Films
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 5, 1997
Theatrical
United States · February 13, 1998
Theatrical
Australia
April 9, 1998 · Theatrical
Czechia
September 10, 1998 · Theatrical
France
October 7, 1998 · Theatrical
Germany
December 11, 1997 · Theatrical
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