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 | Animal Farm (Animated) (Anniversary Edition) (1954)Featuring the voices of: Gordon Heath & Maurice Denham £5.99 Free DeliveryRRP: £15.99 | You save: £10.00 (62%) In stock | Usually dispatched within 24 hours |
- 'The Making of Animal Farm' (20 mins)
- 'Behind The Scenes' featurette
- Audio commentary with film critic and historian Brian Sibley
- 'The Story Behind The Story' featurette
- Storyboards, conceptual drawings and sketches
- Original posters
- Original newspaper and magazine articles
- Comic book strips
- Interactive menu
- Scene access
Made in 1955, 'Animal Farm' was the first full-length animated feature film to be made in Britain in colour. This timeless story tells the tale of the animals of Manor Farm who, fed up with Farmer Jones' abuse, revolt and take over the farm. Led by the two most intelligent pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, the animals work hard to make their farm a place of equality, honour and prosperity.
Ironically, Napoleon's greed for power and authority result in the injustice and cruelty they fought to abolish being inflicted on them once again. George Orwell's allegorical tale not only has a moral message but draws its parallels with political oppression and the rise of Communism.
Wonderful animation, superb characterisation and brilliant voices created by Maurice Denham all contribute to Orwell's celebrated masterpiece.
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Animal Farm (DVD Review)
Aceventura | 05/06/2007 | See all Aceventura's reviews (58) »
Britains first ever feature length cartoon was this enjoyable and still very watchable adaptation of George Orwell's classic Animal farm.
Made by directors John Halas and Joy Batchelor the film turns Orwells political satire in disguise into a fun, breezy but often quite dark piece of work.
The film has it's flaws, it hasn't aged particularly well and the choice to change Orwells ending in favour of a more disney styled finale has always meant this movie faced alot of critics.
Still for a Sunday afternoon family film, with a bit of extra depth you could do alot worse than this early cartoon. Still ensure you read the book to, it's simply a masterpiece.
Featuring the voices of: Gordon Heath & Maurice Denham | |
Universal Suitable for All | |
1954 | |
Fullscreen 4:3 | |
English - Dolby Digital (2.0) | |
1 hour and 10 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
