| Animal Farm | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by |
John Halas Joy Batchelor |
| Produced by |
John Halas Joy Batchelor |
| Written by |
Joy Batchelor John Halas Borden Mace Philip Stapp Lothar Wolff |
| Based on |
Animal Farm by George Orwell |
| Starring | Maurice Denham |
| Narrated by | Gordon Heath |
| Music by | Mátyás Seiber |
Production company |
Halas and Batchelor |
| Distributed by | Distributors Corporation of America (US) |
Release dates |
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Running time |
70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Animal Farm is a 1954 British-American adult animated film by Halas and Batchelor, based on the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. It was the first British animated feature to be released (Water for Firefighting and Handling Ships, two feature length wartime training films, were produced earlier, but did not receive a formal cinema release). The C.I.A. paid for the filming, part of the U.S. cultural offensive during the Cold War, and influenced how Orwell's ideas were to be presented. The CIA initially funded Louis de Rochemont to begin work on a film version of Orwell's work and he hired Halas & Batchelor, an animation firm in London that had made propaganda films for the British government.
Maurice Denham provided the voice talent for all the animals in the film.
Parodies[]
- Farm Animal (1954)/The Rescuers
- Farm Animal (1954)/Fantasia
- Farm Animal (1954)/Aladdin
- Farm Animal (1954)/Hercules
- Farm Animal (1954)/The Little Mermaid
- Farm Animal (1954)/Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
- Farm Animal (1954)/Pinocchio
- Farm Animal (1954)/Sleeping Beauty
- Farm Animal (1954)/The Pagemaster
- Farm Animal (1954)/The Fox and the Hound
- Farm Animal (1954)/Balto
- Farm Animal (1954)/Cinderella
- Farm Animal (1954)/Dumbo
- Farm Animal (1954)/Bambi
- Farm Animal (1954)/Peter Pan
- Farm Animal (1954)/Lady and the Tramp
- Farm Animal (1954)/101 Dalmatians
- Farm Animal (1954)/The Aristocats
- Farm Animal (1954)/Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- Farm Animal (1954)/The Jungle Book (1967)
- Farm Animal (1954)/The Sword in the Stone
- Farm Animal (1954)/Dinosaur
- Farm Animal (1954)/The Land Before Time
- Farm Animal (1954)/Star Wars
- Farm Animal (1954)/Indiana Jones
- Farm Animal (1954)/The Wizard of Oz
- Farm Animal (1954)/The Lion King
- Farm Animal (1954)/Pocahontas
- Farm Animal (1954)/The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Farm Animal (1954)/The Nightmare Before Christmas