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Synopsis: Britain's second animated feature, which, despite the title and Disney-esque animal animation, is in fact a no-holds-barred adaptation of George Orwell's classic satire on Stalinism, with the animals taking over their farm by means of a revolutionary coup, but then discovering that although all animals are supposed to be equal, some are more equal than others...
Genre: Animation, Drama
Production: deRochemont Films
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
APPROVED
Year:
1954
72 min
4,808 Views


for the drunken Mr. Jones

and his cronies

did not know what to do.

Snowball felt that

education was

the animals' next necessity.

Some of the animals

were brighter than others,

of course.

Four legs good,

two legs bad.

Snowball set himself

to solve the problem

of power on the farm.

And so did Napoleon.

In January

there came

bitterly hard weather.

Inexperienced management

brought shortages

to Animal Farm,

but Snowball continued

his thinking

for the future.

And in such thoughts,

he was not alone.

Comrades,

I have prepared

a new plan for

Animal Farm.

Here it is.

All it needs is your votes.

At first,

we will have to

work more and eat less,

but my plan

will bring us

electricity.

It will mean

a warm pound in winter,

a light in every stall,

sty and roost.

Luxury for all!

Comrades, in one short year,

Animal Farm will be

the finest in the world.

Dreams, dreams.

A vote for my plan

is a vote for

a live beautiful.

It's a lie.

I promise you a 4 day week.

Gush!

-Perhaps a 3 day week.

-Nonsense!

A one day week.

With Snowball disposed of,

Napoleon

stepped up confidently

to take charge of Animal Farm,

and fat pig Squealer

became his obedient

follower and assistant.

Comrades,

Snowball is a traitor.

What was he really planning?

To bring back Jones.

Now let's have

no more of these

useless meetings.

From now on,

I'll protect

your interests!

And I'll make

your decisions!

Let me show you

my plan for

Animal Farm.

For legs good,

two legs bad.

And so the windmill

was started after all.

Nothing could have been

achieved without Boxer,

whose strength was greater

than that of all the other

animals put together.

Superintended by the pigs,

all the animals

worked long shifts

which lasted

from dawn till dusk.

Rations were shortened for the workers,

but the pigs

by virtue of

their brainwork

were plentifully provided for.

But the greatest inspiration

came from Boxer,

who with his friend Benjamin,

worked early and late,

in season and out.

One evening after working

long and late as usual,

Boxer and Benjamin

made a curious discovery.

Word of what now went on

at night in Jones' house

spread quickly to Animal Farm.

Some of the animals thought

they remembered

the law against beds,

but obviously

they where mistaken.

And now, other changes

in the laws of Animal Farm

were in store.

-Those ungrateful

beasts of yours.

-Cheer up!

They won't last...

Another winter

will bring them

to their knees.

-Anyway where are they going to buy

the things they need?

In Mr. Jones' circle

the subject of shortages

at Animal Farm

was a popular one.

And the sharp trader named Whymper

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George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic whose work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism and outspoken support of democratic socialism.Orwell wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working class life in the north of England; and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, are widely acclaimed as are his essays on politics, literature, language and culture. In 2008, The Times ranked him second on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".Orwell's work continues to influence popular and political culture and the term "Orwellian"—descriptive of totalitarian or authoritarian social practices—has entered the language together with many of his neologisms, including "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Room 101", "memory hole", "newspeak", "doublethink", "proles", "unperson" and "thoughtcrime". more…

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