Summaries

A secret family of four-inch people living inside the walls of a house must save their home from an evil real estate developer.

The Borrowers are four-inch high "little people" who live under the floorboards. When the owner of the house they live in dies and her evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter wants to destroy the house to build luxury apartments in its place, they start to fight him with the help of the son of house owner, Pete.—Anonymous

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.—David Mullich <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • villain
  • rescue
  • house
  • booby trap
  • relocation
Genres
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Family
Release date Dec 4, 1997
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG
Countries of origin United States United Kingdom
Language English
Filming locations Ealing Town Hall, Ealing, London, England, UK
Production companies Polygram Filmed Entertainment Working Title Films

Box office

Budget $29000000
Gross US & Canada $22619589
Opening weekend US & Canada $4470111
Gross worldwide $22619589

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 29m
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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