Animal Farm

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Comedy adaptation of George Orwell's novel, directed by John Stephenson and featuring the voice talents of Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm and Patrick Stewart. In a satirical take on Stalinist Russia, the animals of Manor Farm revolt against their human overlords under the leadership of the pigs Snowball (Grammer) and Napoleon (Stewart). The animals throw off their shackles and are ready to pursue their dreams of a free, utopian society but Napoleon is corrupted by his new-found power and disposes of Snowball, establishing for himself a new dictatorship.

AMAZON REVIEW
After the technical achievement of Babe, it was almost inevitable that "talking animal" effects would be applied to the serious themes of George Orwell's Animal Farm. A bitterly satirical indictment of Stalinist Russia and the failure of Communism, Orwell's 1945 novel is a time-honoured classic, so it's only fitting that this TNT production remains largely faithful to Orwell's potent narrative. A showcase for the impressive creations of Jim Henson's Creature Shop (where director John Stephenson was a veteran supervisor), the film employs animatronic creatures and computer animation to tell the story of uprising, unity, and tragic rebellion among the farm animals.

The politics of "Animalism" are initially effective, ousting enemy humans according to rules ordained by Old Major, the barnyard pig whose death sets the stage for the corruptive influence of the pig Napoleon, who cites superior intelligence as his right to dominance. This tyrannical reign destroys the farm's stability, and the film--decidedly not for young children--preserves Orwell's dark, cynical view of absolute power corrupting absolutely. Particularly effective is a propaganda film shown to the barnyard collective, and certain scenes--while not as impressive as the Babe films--powerfully convey the force of Orwell's story through animal "performance". Animal Farm occasionally falters in its emotional impact (the fate of the horse Boxer should be heart-rending, and it isn't), but it's certainly blessed with an elite voice cast, including Peter Ustinov, Patrick Stewart, Pete Postlethwaite, Julia Ormond, Kelsey Grammer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Paul Scofield, and Ian Holm. Not the masterpiece it might've been, this is nevertheless a worthy representation of Orwell's novel. --Jeff Shannon

Actors: Peter Postlethwaite, John Stephenson, Peter Postlethwaite, John Stephenson

Audio Languages: English

Duration: 87 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

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