Animal Farm (1954)
- Directed by
- Joy Batchelor, John Halas
- Genre
- satire, drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 554 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Farm animals rebel against their human owner and take over the farm. They start with ideals of equality but the pigs gradually become corrupt and oppressive.
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What happens
Animal Farm is a 1954 animated film directed and produced by John Halas and Joy Batchelor, funded in part by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who also revised the original script. Based on the 1945 novella Animal Farm by George Orwell, the film is narrated by Gordon Heath, with the voices of animals provided by Maurice Denham. The rights for a film adaptation were purchased from Orwell's widow, Sonia, after she was approached by agents working for the Office of Policy Coordination, a branch of the CIA that used culture to combat communism. Despite being a box office failure, taking fifteen years to generate a profit, the film became a staple in classrooms. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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