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Animal Farm

A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong as the victors create a new tyranny among themselves.

Director

Joy Batchelor, John Halas

Year

Genre

animation, drama

Box Office

N/A

Production

Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total

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All Animals

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GEORGE ORWELL's
Memorable Fable - Animal Farm

GEORGE ORWELL's Memorable Fable

On the evening
our story begins,
it was later than usual - Animal Farm

On the evening our story begins, it was later than usual

On this night,
all the animals
had agreed - Animal Farm

On this night, all the animals had agreed

The other pigs
started first
for the meeting, - Animal Farm

The other pigs started first for the meeting,

Old Major had been ailing
and now he had made known,
there were some things - Animal Farm

Old Major had been ailing and now he had made known, there w...

But remember: - Animal Farm

The very next morning,
sooner perhaps than
Old Major would have predicted, - Animal Farm

The very next morning, sooner perhaps than Old Major would h...

And so, almost before
they realised it, - Animal Farm

And so, almost before they realised it,

When it came to
Mr. Jones' house,
the animals hesitated. - Animal Farm

When it came to Mr. Jones' house, the animals hesitated...

The animals were all agreed,
that Jones' house
was no place for them. - Animal Farm

The animals were all agreed, that Jones' house was no p...

Meantime, Snowball
lead the other animals
in organizing a new society, - Animal Farm

Meantime, Snowball lead the other animals in organizing a ne...

Tending farm by themselves
posed problems for the animals, - Animal Farm

Tending farm by themselves posed problems for the animals,

Boxer was the
admiration of everybody. - Animal Farm

Boxer was the admiration of everybody.

But the pigs could figure a way round every difficulty - Animal Farm

But the pigs could figure a way round every difficulty

Instructed by Snowball,
other animals worked out
the rest for themselves. - Animal Farm

Instructed by Snowball, other animals worked out the rest fo...

The success
of their efforts
delighted everyone, - Animal Farm

The success of their efforts delighted everyone,

That summer the animals,
without any help
or any interference, - Animal Farm

That summer the animals, without any help or any interferenc...

The fields yielded richly
and they were cut and gleamed with
diligence and devotion. - Animal Farm

The fields yielded richly and they were cut and gleamed with...

Go!
Tell them on there's an Animal Farm
to the world! - Animal Farm

Go! Tell them on there's an Animal Farm to the world!

Some animals,
content with their luck, - Animal Farm

Some animals, content with their luck,

Others,
happy in their
own surroundings, - Animal Farm

Others, happy in their own surroundings,

But wherever they were having
a bad time, animals listened
with interest. - Animal Farm

But wherever they were having a bad time, animals listened w...

In certain quarters,
the rebellious behavior
of a lot of dumb animals - Animal Farm

In certain quarters, the rebellious behavior of a lot of dum...

Four legs good,
two legs bad. - Animal Farm

Four legs good, two legs bad.

In January
there came
bitterly hard weather. - Animal Farm

In January there came bitterly hard weather.

With Snowball disposed of, - Animal Farm

With Snowball disposed of,

Let me show you
my plan for
Animal Farm. - Animal Farm

Let me show you my plan for Animal Farm.

Nothing could have been
achieved without Boxer, - Animal Farm

Nothing could have been achieved without Boxer,

Superintended by the pigs,
all the animals
worked long shifts - Animal Farm

Superintended by the pigs, all the animals worked long shift...

Rations were shortened for the workers,
but the pigs - Animal Farm

Rations were shortened for the workers, but the pigs

One evening after working
long and late as usual, - Animal Farm

One evening after working long and late as usual,

Word of what now went on
at night in Jones' house - Animal Farm

Word of what now went on at night in Jones' house

And now, other changes
in the laws of Animal Farm
were in store. - Animal Farm

And now, other changes in the laws of Animal Farm were in st...

-Those ungrateful
beasts of yours. - Animal Farm

-Those ungrateful beasts of yours.

Comrades, our leader,
as wise as he is beloved, - Animal Farm

Comrades, our leader, as wise as he is beloved,

The chickens
seemed to remember
Old Major saying - Animal Farm

The chickens seemed to remember Old Major saying

The innocent suffered with the guilty
and the chicken's uprising
was short lived. - Animal Farm

The innocent suffered with the guilty and the chicken's...

Comrades,
I have made
a terrible discovery. - Animal Farm

Comrades, I have made a terrible discovery.

Who else is guilty? - Animal Farm

Who else is guilty?

NO ANIMAL SHALL KILL
ANOTHER ANIMAL
WITHOUT CAUSE - Animal Farm

NO ANIMAL SHALL KILL ANOTHER ANIMAL WITHOUT CAUSE

The revolution is now complete.
We have no more use
for that song. - Animal Farm

The revolution is now complete. We have no more use for that...

Trade between Animal Farm
and the outer world
now became quite brisk. - Animal Farm

Trade between Animal Farm and the outer world now became qui...

As might be expected,
Mr. Whymper's profits
inspired others - Animal Farm

As might be expected, Mr. Whymper's profits inspired ot...

-Who ever heard of
animals running a farm. - Animal Farm

-Who ever heard of animals running a farm.

The original owner
was not invited
to join this movement. - Animal Farm

The original owner was not invited to join this movement.

Comrades,
the enemy has mobilised
all his forces against us. - Animal Farm

Comrades, the enemy has mobilised all his forces against us.

Now is the time to fight,
to die for Animal Farm... - Animal Farm

Now is the time to fight, to die for Animal Farm...

Now began the
heartbreaking job
of rebuilding. - Animal Farm

Now began the heartbreaking job of rebuilding.

Long after
the other animals
left the job, - Animal Farm

Long after the other animals left the job,

A new generation of pigs
grew up, - Animal Farm

A new generation of pigs grew up,

But still
the windmill
was not finished - Animal Farm

But still the windmill was not finished

It looked as though
Boxer were dead
but he wasn't, not quite. - Animal Farm

It looked as though Boxer were dead but he wasn't, not ...

Next day
the windmill work
went on as usual, - Animal Farm

Next day the windmill work went on as usual,

The other animals
finally recognised
the death wagon - Animal Farm

The other animals finally recognised the death wagon

I was with him
right to the end, - Animal Farm

I was with him right to the end,

And for the wicked rumour that Boxer
was sold to a glue factory - Animal Farm

And for the wicked rumour that Boxer was sold to a glue fact...

This pig-run enterprise - Animal Farm

This pig-run enterprise

ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL - Animal Farm

ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL

When reports
of this great change
reached them, - Animal Farm

When reports of this great change reached them,

And that night the pigs drank to Boxer's memory in the whiskey they had bought with Boxer's life - Animal Farm

And that night the pigs drank to Boxer's memory in the...

To a greater Animal Farm. - Animal Farm

To a greater Animal Farm.

To the day when pigs
own and operate farms everywhere. - Animal Farm

To the day when pigs own and operate farms everywhere.

To the animals, it now seemed
that their world,
which may or may not - Animal Farm

To the animals, it now seemed that their world, which may or...

Loyal followers - Animal Farm

Loyal followers

Animal Farm poster

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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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Director: Joy Batchelor, John Halas

Writer: George Orwell, Lothar Wolff, Borden Mace

Production: Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films

Genre: animation, drama

Year: 1954

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 19 Jun 1959

Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total

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