Animal Farm with Pete Postlethwaite: DVD Cover

    Animal Farm Director: John Stephenson Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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    • DVD Release Date: 01/18/2000
    • Original Release: 1999
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 14,042

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    Full-screen version; 5.1 Dolby Digital; Interview with Kelsey Grammer; Interview with Robert Halmi Sr.; Storyboard comparisons; Trailer; The Animal rules; Historical background; Cast and crew information; Production notes; Digitally mastered; Scene access; Interactive menus

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    Scene Index

    Scene Index
    0. Scene Index
    1. Animal Farm [2:11]
    2. Cruelty to Animals [2:23]
    3. Protecting Their Own [1:44]
    4. Laborers' Meeting [2:53]
    5. Humans Are the Enemy [2:23]
    6. Wrong Room [1:53]
    7. Commotion in the Barn [2:50]
    8. Neglected Farm Workers [3:23]
    9. The Revolution Has Begun [6:05]
    10. A New Beginning [2:18]
    11. Touring the Human Home [3:08]
    12. The Rules of the Farm [2:23]
    13. Working Together [2:14]
    14. Information Gathering [3:03]
    15. Milk and Apples [2:53]
    16. Human Invasion [2:40]
    17. Defending the Farm [2:56]
    18. Napoleon Against Snowball [4:31]
    19. Building the Windmill [2:16]
    20. Changing the Rules [4:04]
    21. Breaking the Commandments [2:22]
    22. Sabotage [3:06]
    23. A New Song of Revolution [2:02]
    24. The Hen's Sacrifice [2:26]
    25. Propaganda Films [3:07]
    26. The Most Loyal Worker [3:44]
    27. The Glue Factory [2:32]
    28. Alcoholic Leader [3:48]
    29. Napoleon Becomes Human [2:53]
    30. Animal Farm Has Fallen [2:23]
    31. The New Owners [:52]
    32. End Credits [3:42]

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    Editorial Reviews

    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 a remarkable dream, in which the animals throw off their tyrannical human masters and learn to reap the fruits of their own labors. After Old Major's death, two other pigs, Snowball (voice of Kelsey Grammer) and Napoleon (voice of Patrick Stewart) lead a revolution that drives Jones from his land and leaves the animals in charge of their own destiny. After their revolt, Snowball and Napoleon rule side by side, but Napoleon soon becomes drunk with power and squeezes Snowball out of authority, eventually turning the other animals against him. With Boxer (voice of Paul Scofield), a simple-minded but loyal and physically powerful horse, as a role model, Napoleon leads the animals on a campaign of self-denial and hard work that will bring them security and freedom; however, it soon becomes obvious that Napoleon is growing fat while the other animals are starving, and he is quickly becoming the sort of creature he once waged war against. Animal Farm received its American premiere on the TNT cable TV network in October 1999; it opened as a theatrical release in several other countries shortly afterward. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    Animal Farm: The Rebellion Reviewby drumgrl1

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    October 23, 2009: Have you ever wondered what it would be like if animals took control? Well in the book Animal Farm, the prize winning boar Old Major tells the animals on the farm about a dream he has where animals will rule England. Three days later when he dies, three pigs: Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball, take Old Major's dream into action and start the rebellion by kicking Mr. Jones and his wife out. While the animals start their Animal Farm, Mr. Jones is plotting against them and it seems like the farm is doing pretty well.

    This is a very well written story full of animal fable and conflicts between many different groups in society. One conflict that was interesting to me was the pigs verses the other farm animals. It seemed like the pigs knew what they were doing, knew what the animals would believe it, and led them into the pigs rule blindly. They forgot the main purpose of the rebellion, though, and that was for ALL animals to rule not just the pigs. Although the book clearly stated that Mr. Jones gave them the bare minimum to just survive, having the pigs leading made everything worse than it already was. After a while, all the animals forgot what it was like to have Mr. Jones there, so they assumed that where they were at was better than the past. They didn't know that what the animals were getting into was something they couldn't get out of. As soon as the rebellion started Napoleon and the other pigs kept on pushing them to work harder for the farm. From building the windmill, to rebuilding the windmill after it was too weak and even winning the Battle of the Cowshed and the Battle of the Windmill. The farm was becoming a horrible place for animals, because it was like work, work, and work, eat a little, work, sleep a little, and work. They had no play time, not a lot of food, and had to work all the time.

    In this book, the rebellion starts off as going amazing and spectacular. The animals are doing good working without the help of Mr. Jones and they are even doing things that he used to do, better. Then when the pigs start going a little power crazy it grows into a dictatorship. Napoleon kills anyone that gets in his way; even if they lie or take too much food. Another thing horrible about the pigs ruling is that all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. The pigs never have to work, they just sit and eat and come up with more ways to make the Animal Farm prosper. The book ended on a very sad note where the animals couldn't tell the pigs apart from the humans, because they were acting the same and talking as if they were friends.

    Overall, I would have to say Animal Farm is a five star book because of its excellent storyline, characters, and details of the farm. I would certainly recommend this book to any age whether a beginner or very advanced in reading.

    Aniaml Farmby Charlene92

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    October 12, 2009: When i first started reading this book i thought the book was about a simple rebellion. But it is not that simple. I thought after being abused for a long while with hard labor that they would just snap. I know i would. There is a lot of comparisons of this novel and the real world. For example, when canada seperated to make its own country and be free from england we were free but then we got a government who made laws to keep us out of chaos and prisons and such to keep the people who did break the law contained. Just like the pigs started to make commandments to make sure everything runs smoothly. Now the difference between the book and our situation is that the pigs got greedy and didnt think about the rest of the animals in the end. They became what they despised in the first place. In this real life situation our country thrived. We had some bumps in the road but we made it and our gov't didn't turn out like the pigs.

    The characters in the story had a type of anarchy system from the beginning. Mr.jones, (the farmer) then pigs, they held meetings every night because they were the smartest animals on the farm and then the hard laborers. Now before the rebelllion it was very easy going because none of them had power,Mr. Jones had it all, but once they got rid of the lazy farmer the pigs rose in power. In the very beginning of the rebellion, after they ran Mr.Jones off the farm, the pigs wanted all animals to be equal to each other and they humans to be lower than them. Like the commandment said "Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy" and "whatever goes upon four legs, or wings, is a friend". But eventually the commandments started to change to suit the pigs rather than any of the other animals. For example, after the pigs drank Mr.Jones's liquor, they had a terrible gut rot and there was a new commandment put after that. it said no drinking alcohol. After they got over the terrible pain, they changed it to you can drink it but not excessively.

    The plot of the book is a rebellion gone wrong. The animals were doing everything on the farm and not getting one cent for what they were doing, there owner Mr.Jones, he was lazy and took everything from the animals and didnt give anything back. So they started the rebellion. The pigs organized it because they could read and find strategies to beat Mr.Jones in the rebellion. They other animals were used for what they could do, but none of them could do what the pigs did after the rebellion they started having more success with the farm than Mr.Jones ever did. But with all that came more power and more responsibility for the new leaders, the pigs. Just like Jones, they became lazy, selfish, and greedy. In the end the pigs started acting like Mr. Jones. What i think the author was trying to tell us is that power can corrupt even the most well-meaning people. That if you take power away from someone and think you can use it better than them fine. But if you start acting like the previous person/animal in power all you are is a hypocrite because your doing the same thing they did.

    In conclusion, I think this book can show you how power can corrupt if you don't use it responsibly. This book is very good at showing the circle of life and power because in the end of the book it still came down to who had more power, which were the pigs.


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