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Animal Farm

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Animal Farm
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1hr 29min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1999
Directors:
John Stephenson, John Stephenson
Distributor:
Live/Artisan
Starring:
Pete Postlethwaite, Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm  ...more
Synopsis: George Orwell's political fable about corruption and betrayal in post-revolutionary Russia gets a new look in this version that employs a cast of real animals alongside digitally manipulated critters and lifelike beasts crafted by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. At the Manor Farm, the alcoholic master Mr. Jones (Pete Postlethwaite) is cruel to his animals and has horribly mismanaged the property. One night, the wise but elderly pig Old Major (voice of Peter Ustinov) gathers the animals and speaks of ... Full Synopsis
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Mike Cummings, AMG Review
In this 1999 adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm, special effects coax farm animals to speak out against tyranny and reenact the 1917 Russian Revolution. Studio wizardry turns real and almost-real pigs, ducks, chickens, and sheep into lip-synching actors portraying political heroes, villains, and the easily led hoi polloi. However, the dramatis personae lack the sassy vibrancy of cartoon characters. ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Pete Postlethwaite
Farmer Jones, Benjamin
Kelsey Grammer
Snowball
Ian Holm
Squealer
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Mollie
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