Animal Farm (1999) (TV)

Director:

John Stephenson

Writers (WGA):

George Orwell (novel)
Alan Janes (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

3 October 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family

Tagline:

There's a new day dawning on the farm.

Plot:

The animals of a farm successfully revolt against its human owner, only to slide into a more brutal tyranny among themselves.

Plot Keywords:

Farm | Pig | Communism | Tyranny | Satire

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Kelsey Grammer	...	Snowball (voice)
Ian Holm	...	Squealer (voice)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Mollie (voice)
Julia Ormond	...	Jessie (voice)
Pete Postlethwaite	...	Benjamin / Farmer Jones (voice)
Paul Scofield	...	Boxer (voice)
Patrick Stewart	...	Napoleon (voice)
Peter Ustinov	...	Old Major (voice)
Alan Stanford	...	Farmer Pilkington
Caroline Gray	...	Mrs. Jones
Gail Fitzpatrick	...	Mrs. Pilkington
Jimmy Keogh	...	Dennis
Noel O'Donovan	...	Eric
Gerard Walsh	...	Farmer
Jer O'Leary	...	Farmer

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:All | Australia:G (original rating) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Germany:12 | Iceland:L | Norway:7 | Spain:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Ireland

Company:

Animal Farm Productions Ltd.

Trivia:

Paul Scofield's final film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the laws painted on the side of the barn are read for the first time, in the close-up shots some of them are already in the altered forms they take later in the movie.

Quotes:

Boxer: [In response to every problem or setback] I will work harder.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002) (VG)

I have a dream that I'd like to tell you about.....

This film, is just like the book, that I studied at my school, with a group of us. I feel for the animals, yes we do take all their food and milk. and I liked all the voices provided by top actors and actresses. this is what happens when companies take over small businesses, they become like Napolean and the other pigs. in the book, the animals sing beasts of England and beasts of Ireland in the oh my darling Clementine tune, the film version was different. I felt for Jessie the dog when they took away her pups. This I Thought wears unfair. If I'd been an animal on this film, I would of been the farmer's cat and I would of said to the pigs, "How dare you take away those little pups" just you try and take away my kittens, I'll scratch your eyes out" I would give those pigs what for! this DVD lasts 90 minutes, and contains no extras or subtitles, but is not bad for £1 at my local supermarket. I'm going to giver this adaption 10/10 but it fails on the fact that the DVD contains no extras. this does not alter my ratings, as I enjoyed the story. yes the film did follow the book, but the song was changed slightly. How do businesses become like the pigs? the answer is, they make all the decisions for the companies, leaving the small company bosses powerless to control the company. in other words they become greedy! hence the phrase fat cats or in this case fat pigs!