Movie: Charlottes Web (1973)

• Release Date: 1 March 1973 (USA)
• Writers: E.B. White (book) Earl Hamner Jr. (story)
• Run Time: 94 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Animation , Family , Musical  

Tagline: That humble radiant terrific book is now a humble radiant terrific movie.

Trivia: E.B. White’s “Charlotte’s Web” children’s novel has the title as a phrase just 10 times. Their locations and chapters titles are; A: chapter 5, “Charlotte”, page 37, line 24. 2nd, 3rd and 4th are in chapter 11, “The Miracle” page 77, line 5. C: page 77, line 19. D: page 83, lines 9 & 10. E: chapter 12, “A Meeting”, page 86 line 2. 6th and 7th are in chapter 15, “The Crickets” F: page 114, line 19. G: page 114 lines 20 and 21 8th and 9th are in chapter 19, “The Egg Sac” H: page 147 line 1 I: page 149, line 15. J: 10th and final is Chapter 22, “A Warm Wind”, page 180, line 25. (“Charlotte’s old web” is on page 176, line 25, almost making it 11 times.) 

Goofs: Continuity: The number of spokes of Charlotte’s original web changes between scenes. 

“Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>”