This animated movie is based on George Orwell's written book classic "Animal Farm".
A short synopsis of the story: A farm owned by an unfriendly and aggressive farmer Mr. Jones. The oldest farm animal, a boar named Major who's basically on his deathbed, initiates an animal revolution and takes over the farm. The reason why the revolution was made is to stop mass labor and production for humans and build a strong community accepting all kinds of animals making it a safe and peaceful circle. Throughout the story, it was revealed that not all animals on the farm had the same intentions of building a safe community; rather , it was something far more miscellaneous and destructive for their farm's future.
This movie was directed by Joy Batchelor and John Halas. It premiered in New York at the chic Paris theater, in December 1954.
This movie is one hour and twelve minutes long and covers pretty much everything that has happened in Orwell's novel. Though there were some changes made in the movie which are pretty noticeable if you have read the original workpiece. For example, there were a few characters missing from the movie. Mare named Clover who was Boxer's companion, Mollie a white mare who escaped the farm embracing life with humans, and Mr. Jones' wife Mrs. Jones who played a really minor role at the start of the novel. Even though these three characters weren't mentioned or shown throughout the movie it didn't change the actual pace of the story. Because of the three missing characters from the story the movie was shorter.
In my opinion, this movie is a pretty good adaptation of Orwell's novel if you're not way too keen on reading books.
Storyline-wise, it was almost the same though some parts were overly violent. Showing lots of alcohol abuse and aggressive behavior, as well as animal cruelty. Can't forget to mention how obnoxiously loud and scary it was sometimes. This could make this movie not suitable for kids under the age of ten or thirteen since it could lead to distress.
The quality of this movie is surprisingly good for being sixty-eight years old. The animation is smooth and well-made. The art style is really pleasant and the character design was very fitting to the actual character description in the novel. The voice actor for the movie narrator was Gordon Heath from the US. He did a very good job, his speech was clear and sound, and easily understandable. The music was written by Mátyás Seiber, a British composer born in
Hungary. The songs and sound effects were well-fitting for all of the scenes in the movie. The animal sound effects were especially great and sounded quite real.
Overall this movie was well made and done well as an adaptation using the actual lines from the novel as references. This could be a definite lifesaver for those who don't enjoy reading books or if you are having a hard time imagining what the characters and the scene look like. Anyhow it could be more suitable for adults or an older audience than the novel itself.
A short synopsis of the story: A farm owned by an unfriendly and aggressive farmer Mr. Jones. The oldest farm animal, a boar named Major who's basically on his deathbed, initiates an animal revolution and takes over the farm. The reason why the revolution was made is to stop mass labor and production for humans and build a strong community accepting all kinds of animals making it a safe and peaceful circle. Throughout the story, it was revealed that not all animals on the farm had the same intentions of building a safe community; rather , it was something far more miscellaneous and destructive for their farm's future.
This movie was directed by Joy Batchelor and John Halas. It premiered in New York at the chic Paris theater, in December 1954.
This movie is one hour and twelve minutes long and covers pretty much everything that has happened in Orwell's novel. Though there were some changes made in the movie which are pretty noticeable if you have read the original workpiece. For example, there were a few characters missing from the movie. Mare named Clover who was Boxer's companion, Mollie a white mare who escaped the farm embracing life with humans, and Mr. Jones' wife Mrs. Jones who played a really minor role at the start of the novel. Even though these three characters weren't mentioned or shown throughout the movie it didn't change the actual pace of the story. Because of the three missing characters from the story the movie was shorter.
In my opinion, this movie is a pretty good adaptation of Orwell's novel if you're not way too keen on reading books.
Storyline-wise, it was almost the same though some parts were overly violent. Showing lots of alcohol abuse and aggressive behavior, as well as animal cruelty. Can't forget to mention how obnoxiously loud and scary it was sometimes. This could make this movie not suitable for kids under the age of ten or thirteen since it could lead to distress.
The quality of this movie is surprisingly good for being sixty-eight years old. The animation is smooth and well-made. The art style is really pleasant and the character design was very fitting to the actual character description in the novel. The voice actor for the movie narrator was Gordon Heath from the US. He did a very good job, his speech was clear and sound, and easily understandable. The music was written by Mátyás Seiber, a British composer born in
Hungary. The songs and sound effects were well-fitting for all of the scenes in the movie. The animal sound effects were especially great and sounded quite real.
Overall this movie was well made and done well as an adaptation using the actual lines from the novel as references. This could be a definite lifesaver for those who don't enjoy reading books or if you are having a hard time imagining what the characters and the scene look like. Anyhow it could be more suitable for adults or an older audience than the novel itself.