| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([6] pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 18 cm.) |
| Series |
The Halas & Batchelor collection |
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Halas & Batchelor collection
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| Summary |
"In 1954, a revolutionary animated feature hit screens across the world. George Orwell's Animal farm told the story of animals staging a coup, taking over the land from their tyrannical master Farmer Jones and discovering the pitfalls of social order. Led by Snowball and Napoleon, the two most intelligent pigs on Manor Farm; the animals set out to create a life of equality, harmony and prosperity. Life runs smoothly at first but gradually Napoleon sees the chance to seize power above and beyond the others. He orchestrates the removal of the altruistic Snowball and assumes control of the farm. "Pig rule" is established with the animals finding themselves exploited once again. They dimly remember under the revolution that "all animals are equal"...though some obviously more so than others..."--Container |
| Notes |
"SVE0753" |
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Catalogued from container |
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Based on the novel by George Orwell |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1954 |
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Booklet contains an excerpt from "Halas & Batchelor cartoons: an animated history" by Vivien Halas and Paul Wells ([London, U.K.] : Southbank Pub., 2006) |
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Special features: Down on animal farm - BBC TV's Tony Robinson (Blackadder) tells the story of Halas & Batchelor and how Animal Farm was made, image gallery, original animation storyboard including conceptual character and preliminary sketches, commentary by writer, broadcaster and film historian Brian Sibley, critical reviews, newspaper articles, booklet with liner notes |
| Credits |
Directed by John Halas and Joy Batchelor |
| Performer |
Narrated by Gordon Heath ; animal voices by Maurice Denham |
| Audience |
Censorship classification: G |
| Notes |
Originally released 1954 |
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PAL ; Region 4 |
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In English |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Animal farm -- Film and video adaptations
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Domestic animals -- Drama.
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Insurgency -- Drama.
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Totalitarianism -- Drama.
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Political satire, English -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Animated films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Orwell, George, 1903-1950.
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Halas, John.
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Batchelor, Joy, 1914-1991.
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Halas, Vivien.
Halas & Batchelor cartoons: an animated history,
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Wells, Paul, 1961-
Halas & Batchelor cartoons: an animated history,
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Denham, Maurice, 1909-2002.
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Robinson, Tony, 1946-
Down on animal farm,
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