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Animal Farm

  • 1954
  • Approved
  • 1h 12m
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7.2/10
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Animal Farm (1954)
A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong as the victors create a new tyranny among themselves.
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A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when the victors create a new tyranny among themselves.A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when the victors create a new tyranny among themselves.A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when the victors create a new tyranny among themselves.

  • Directors
    • Joy Batchelor
    • John Halas
  • Writers
    • George Orwell
    • Lothar Wolff
    • Borden Mace
  • Stars
    • Gordon Heath
    • Maurice Denham
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    20K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Joy Batchelor
      • John Halas
    • Writers
      • George Orwell
      • Lothar Wolff
      • Borden Mace
    • Stars
      • Gordon Heath
      • Maurice Denham
    • 112User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 nomination total

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    Gordon Heath
    • Narrator
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    Maurice Denham
    Maurice Denham
    • All Animals
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Joy Batchelor
      • John Halas
    • Writers
      • George Orwell
      • Lothar Wolff
      • Borden Mace
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    • Trivia
      Many parents were alarmed at the bleakness of the film, having taken their children thinking it was a film along the lines of a Walt Disney cartoon.
    • Goofs
      At one point the phrase "with sheets" is hastily added to the first rule, but in subsequent shots of the rules it is no longer there.
    • Quotes

      [The laws of Animal Farm are being read]

      Snowball: No animal shall drink alcohol. No animal shall sleep in a bed. Four legs good, two legs bad.

      [The chickens are very annoyed at this rule]

      Squealer: Wings count as legs.

      [The chickens realize that Squealer is right]

      Group of sheep: Four legs good, two legs bad. Four legs good, two legs bad.

      Snowball: [continuing the reading of the laws] No animal shall kill another animal. All animals are equal.

    • Alternate versions
      In the Extended Edition (in the USA coming in October 2024), the only scene (after Squealer says "Long live Napoleon!" two times) shows all the animals and new animals cheering (cows, sheep, horses, pink pigs, llamas, chickens, peacocks, and goats) for Squealer before Benjamin runs away from Squealer and the barking dogs.
    • Connections
      Featured in Pieces of Silver (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Snowball Banished
      Written by Leopold Stokowski

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    a warning

    for a viewer from East Europe, it is not exactly only a good adaptation. it is not just a cartoon. but support for memories. and a warning. the book of George Orwell is always a must re-read. but the movie - piece from the Cold War is little more important than only animation film. convincing, in clothes of children movie, it represents in large measure a bitter parable who has new nuances, special force, more perspectives about the dark frame of dictatorship. in its case, the message is more important than artistic virtues. because it remains a powerful warning. not a decent/admirable adaptation, not an old film. but an useful tool for discover and understand the past and, maybe, for transform the future as better script.
    • Vincentiu
    • Dec 14, 2014
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    • Release date
      • June 19, 1959 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • arabuloku.com
      • Official Site (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Aufstand der Tiere
    • Production companies
      • Halas & Batchelor
      • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 12 minutes

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