Charlotte's Web: Book vs. Movie
Charles A. Nichols and Iwao Takamoto's 1973 animated film Charlotte's Web adapts E. B. White's book as a musical. Debbie Reynolds voices Charlotte, Henry Gibson plays Wilbur and Paul Lynde lends his voice to Templeton the rat.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- E. B. White
- Year
- 1952
- Pages
- 184Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 4 hr 2 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Meryl Streep, January LaVoy, Kirby Heyborne, MacLeod Andrews, Emily Rankin, Kimberly Farr, Mark Deakins, Lincoln Hoppe, Tavia Gilbert, Robin Miles, Cassandra Campbell, Danny Campbell, Full Cast
Fern saves the smallest pig in a litter and names him Wilbur, but growing up means moving to her uncle's barn. There he befriends Charlotte, a spider who learns that he is being raised for slaughter. With few ways to influence the humans outside the pen, she sets about making them see Wilbur differently.
- Director
- Charles A. Nichols, Iwao Takamoto
- Writer
- Earl Hamner Jr.
- Year
- 1973
- Runtime
- 1 hr 34 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson, Rex Allen
- Genre
- animated, childrens
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
On the Zuckermans' farm, Wilbur learns that being well fed is no guarantee of a long life. His friend Charlotte promises to help, using words woven into her web to change the farmer's plans. Barnyard songs, an unwilling rat's errands and preparations for the county fair accompany the animals' effort to make an ordinary pig seem extraordinary.
Other adaptations of this book
Charlotte's WebMovie · 2006Details
- Director
- Gary Winick
- Writer
- Susannah Grant, Karey Kirkpatrick
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 1 hr 37 min
- Cast
- Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese
Wilbur arrives in the Zuckermans' barn after Fern persuades her father to spare his life. He is eager to make friends, but the other animals know what usually happens to a spring pig when winter comes. Charlotte, a spider living above his pen, recruits help for a plan that turns the farm into a local attraction and may give Wilbur a future.
Charlotte's WebE.B. White's Charlotte's Web · Series · 2025 · HBO MaxDetails
- Year
- 2025
- Episode
- 45 min
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
- Network
- HBO Max
- Cast
- Amy Adams, Elijah Wood, Griffin Robert Faulkner, Jean Smart
A young pig named Wilbur finds companionship in Charlotte, a spider whose quiet corner of the barn becomes a refuge from loneliness. When his future on the farm is threatened, she uses her web to persuade the humans to value him. Across this three-part animated story, their friendship draws the other animals into an effort to keep a promise.
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