Product: Animal Farm
Rating: 5.0
ANIMAL FARM BASED ON GEORGE ORWELL'S BEST SELLER
ENGLISHFULLFRAME73 MINUTESCOLORINTERACTIVE MENUSSCENE SELECTIONPREVIEWS.ANIMAL FARM, BRITAIN'S FIRST ANIMATED FEATURE, IS BASED ON GEORGE ORWELL'S CLASSIC NOVEL, WHICH HAS BEEN ON SCHOOL READING LISTS SINCE ITS CREATION. IT IS SET ON A FARM IN ENGLAND AND DEPICTS A REVOLUTION BY THE RESIDENT ANIMALS VS. FARMER JONES. THE USE OF THE ANIMALS TO REPRESENT THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL CLASSES IS MASTERFUL.THIS PICTURESQUE ANIMATION FEATURE IS A SATIRE BASED ON THE SOVIET UNION OF OLD, OFFERING HUMOR AND IRONY MEANT FOR BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS. IT WAS PROPHETIC IN DETAILING THE EVENTS THAT WOULD OCCUR IN EASTERN EUROPE STARTING IN 1989.DIRECTED BY JAY BATCHELOR AND JOHN HALAS.RAVE REVIEWS FOR GORDON HEATH (NARRATOR) AND MAURICE DENHAM (VOICE OF ALL THE ANIMALS) FOR A FINE JOB BRINGING THIS CLASSIC TO THE WORLD OF ANIMATION.