Animal Farm (1954)

The Halas & Batchelor Collection
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Copyright: RD-DR 1954, Renewed 1982: Exclusive distribution the Halas & Batchelor collection Limited

[@mattprssmn4]

"Pig Brother Is Watching You." How to combine Animal Farm and 1984 in just a few words.

[@nadien659]

Boston Fan For Life I was just going to say that!😂

[@dragonbeast8132]

I'm big sister Pute "citation Kaaris"

[@imaredhead420]

The fucked up thing 1984 was a warning

[@daydreaming92]

The trailer doesn't really get across the horror of this film. The trailer makes it look a happy-go-lucky film.

[@metaldreams3595]

OMG....10 years ago. Are you there? Daydreaming? You there?

[@reptilerandykrusha6426]

_"Squeeler...of the sly eye and lying tongue."_ Well, I guess squeeler isn't the only one with a lying tongue.

[@onlinesafety3635]

I like to think its intentional!!

[@RealPersistences]

“That every child could enjoy” i dont think so 💀

[@ChrisNeufeldMusic]

“It’s a film that every child can enjoy.” I don’t know; I have doubts about that statement.

[@guywholikesbreathing1263]

The thing about animal farm is that on the surface it can be enjoyed by children as a relatively simple story about some farm animals. And by adults and teens it can be read as a story about revolution and dictatorships by drawing parallels to actual events in history.

[@RX-12]

The kids will be laughing when Boxer gets sent to the glue factory.

[@matthewsoucy9073]

Those kids must’ve been in reading class

[@zirconviper]

Talk about false advertising.

[@matthewsoucy9073]

Interesting choice of words

[@electroid4]

"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others"

[@candlestixsmixedwithtrixs]

"It's a film that every child can enjoy" Watched this when I was a kid, bro when Snowball died I was screaming and crying like-

[@GM-yc9yq]

Is he dead? There are several theatrical adaptations, and it's never truly revealed what happened to Snowball in the end. Guess only Orwell knows by now.

[@ernovincze2900]

@@GM-yc9yq The film makes it more explicit that Snowball died compared to the book. The death is not shown on screen, but we hear him squeal in the distance as the dogs chase him, then suddenly go quiet as Moses the raven slowly flies toward him.

[@GM-yc9yq]

@@ernovincze2900 True thing, after watching the scene again I do indeed see signs pointing at his death.

[@lazerfrogstudios]

@@GM-yc9yqhe is based on a real life person I think named Trotsky who was exiled from the Soviet Union and was later killed so it’s safe to say snowball likely died off screen

[@currywurst2434]

Imo every kid should watch this. Shows the dangers of communism/socialism.

[@PianoDisneygal10]

Someone definitely let their kids watch this thinking it was Charlotte’s Web or something lol

[@currywurst2434]

Probably. but imo all kids should watch this anti communism/socialism movie in school.

[@Cheesybeansman]

Me and my sister at 6 and 8ish were very suprised when we started watching a film about animals, little did we know we were heading to starlingrad farm

[@samyx8620]

I was 3 when my parents took me to watch this movie in a cinema which where replaying old movies. I started screaming and crying and my parents had to take me out of the cinema half way through the movie

[@sarahwillingham7969]

My friend got it and watched it when she was 5 while her sis got charlotte’s web

[@invisible.fatman]

The lessons in here are a heckuva lot more useful.

[@crimsonfeathers8225]

Poor snowball ;^; He only wanted to carry out Old Major's speech but then ol' NAPOLEON HAS TO COME ALONG AND CHASE HIM AWAY.

[@dovydastubelis8297]

That's life for ya :/

[@jogingeorge4885]

That's Stalin and Trotsky for ya

[@imthebear14]

Snowball wanted the utopia that Old Major described. He wanted an animalistic society, but ol’NAPOLEON had to go and get power hungry.

[@user-se7dj6he3e]

if either old major or snowball could see what napoleon has done to the farm and see that napoleon and the other pigs have started wearing clothes and walking on two legs then they would rolling in their graves

[@labelledamedumanor4876]

Also poor Snowball gets killed off-screen. I know, I saw the movie myself.

[@thebcplayer]

All these people thinking this isn't a family film. The U rating for "very mild violence and intense moments" would like a word... Although saying that, we only moved Watership Down from U to PG this year!

[@SeasonalGFilms]

This film recently got a G rating..

[@thebcplayer]

Always has been a U (UK's equivalent of a G rating), even since its release in 1954.

[@johnylitalo4163]

Not all humans are bad and not all animals are good.

[@currywurst2434]

In the movie i wouldn't make a difference as its not about animals or humans, it's just about communism and revolution and how communism starts as freeing and empowering the slaves/workers and giving them power and try to make them equal just to become the new almighty and gruesome dictators. Power corrupts and the most well ment ideologies can become the most evil.

[@therealsirdj5934]

Jus tfinnished reading the book. Very good story

[@vanesaperez6218]

Remember, kids, this ain’t Old McDonald.

[@user-se7dj6he3e]

yeah because in this film old mcdonald has drunk way to much schnapps😂

[@arober9758]

Very good job fellows!!

[@Maybethistime15]

when I was 12 we watched this in english class and it made me cry child friendly my ASS

[@currywurst2434]

Well it's a political movie and shows the dangers of communism/socialism, it wasn't ment to be just entertaining. Imo every kid should watch the movie or read the book.

[@LonerBoi88883]

just read this last night...what a sad story

[@GrandMasterDuck]

I think the snowball scene would be enough to send a child to the mental institution let alone the CAT SCENE

[@mekonnen_melon]

I love how instead of "big brother is watching you" from 1984, its "pig brother is watching you"

[@soulhunter59]

Yeah poor Boxer got sent to the knackers.

[@remocleo]

we were just reading this book for our literary class it scared me out of my wits

[@currywurst2434]

Communism is scary.

[@aWERFRGT6545BGFG]

The fact that Mollie is the dumbest character yet got off scot free says a lot

[@12inter88]

She represented the bourgeoisie - upper-middle class to upper class people who had zero stakes in the revolution and had the means to leave their countries. She was a show horse and decided to go elsewhere (in the book). In the films I believes she stays and fights but is seen as a “dumb blonde” character, or is a very minor character

[@Pawz06212]

I remember watching this as a kid. Tbh I didn’t have any nightmares or anything since for me as my love for animals I was glad those human bastards are gone later on. But yea sad to see some of the animals go ;-; but I still liked the movie and I have the dvd

[@joanhill230]

This is one punny trailer for such a serious cartoon.

[@starinvader5969]

1:11 😂 that part got me

[@sabodager3599]

Thank you for the follow

[@ismailal-abdallah]

No problem.

[@Cag1234321]

Did he just say that Pig Brother was watching? :I

[@StarWritterSW]

Yup. He did

[@currywurst2434]

Big brother is watching you, as the pigs are the leaders of this communism it fits.

[@user-se7dj6he3e]

it's big brother but in pig form👀😨

[@dougbollacker5444]

I watched this with my 4th grade class.

[@currywurst2434]

Good.

[@systemshocker2875]

Snowball who is hounded out of his animal kingdom....and outright slaughtered offscreen

[@eques101]

@mdude009 that's one of my favorite movies now, but when i was a kid it scared the crap out of me. The black rabbit was always really scary.

[@Sumautisticguy]

Rabbit? He’s a pig

[@cocobeeni]

Better than the other one

[@MajorWinxFanatic]

Psh! They make it seem like a great child's movie :?

[@hardymustafa8529]

it's animation what did you expect?

[@callumlyall4931]

If all animals were equal they wouldn't eat eachother

[@user-td3ke9st9m]

You that's because they didnt

[@user-se7dj6he3e]

that's circle of life for ya

[@nightmuffin937]

This ending is way better than the book

[@hardymustafa8529]

no the ending was childish a happy ending doesn't mean solved everything,this animation made for children it's obvious that most of the animations had a happy ending.. (srry for my english)

[@ToonReel001]

@@hardymustafa8529 There was at least a bit of real life context. Stalin was dead by the time the film was made. Similarly the Soviet Union collapsed by the time of the live action film.

[@oliviathehuman3163]

Cool 🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸

[@robertheins1749]

Yep

[@singulartrout]

Thank you Mr Narrator, but I am decidedly not visiting -animal- Manor Farm

[@harlanmiller]

they took one of the most controversial books of all time...they took the story of greed, insanity & dictatorship...& MARKETED IT AS A CHILDREN'S MOVIE?!?!?!?! WHAT THE HELL WERE THOSE PEOPLE THINKING?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[@stevencochran5301]

I never used this manual.

[@papasmurf7847]

I am watching this to study for a test

[@Flowerbarrel]

Ok, everyone. Animal communist and dictator names. Meow Tse-Tung, Karl Barx, Vladimir Lemming, Kim Jong-Unicorn, and Awolf Hitler.

[@FGA39]

...did you even read the book itself?

[@Flowerbarrel]

Yes, I did. I was just making a joke.

[@FGA39]

Serasia Oh okay.

[@charlotteanderson5835]

U forgot Stalin

[@KnightLightXL]

did they ever say the goats name once in the movie? LOL were they that pressed for characters? this trailer really doesn't sell what a good film it is

[@LegitMan335]

That any child would enjoy?! Um yeah right!

[@gfsmgoldenfidgetspinnermin185]

Is it supposed to be a kids movie???

[@Dimples718]

GFSM GoldenFidgetSpinnerMinecart absolutely not for children!

[@EpicDragonBro]

Of course not. But, they apparently tried to market it that way. 0:35

[@ieatatsonic]

Man, this has a TON of scenes not in the book. 0:45 for instance.

[@funkaplastic]

Stewie speaking?

[@MichaelSHartman]

I doubt children, and too many adults properly realize the allegory, and fewer the message.

[@SergejKlerks]

Animals of Pink Floyd is a musical version of this story.

[@catstevensfake]

I prefer the book

[@carolyna.ruckman9343]

Required reading, English High School , FL 1966

[@Fe0lig]

damn, you understood communism at 5? u must have been a frickn genius.

[@ILikeFreedomYo]

5 year olds have a better moral compass about Communism then most adults. They seem to understand that property and ownership are real and that involuntary resignation of ownership is tragic and typically an injustice.

[@chrisrj9871]

very hard to call this a 'child's film', to be honest. I wouldn't let any kids watch it unless they're older or teenagers.

[@amyreese7868]

This is not a kid-friendly cartoon

[@ridinginthemoonlight]

am i the only one who laughed at the beginning????

[@currywurst2434]

Good anti socialism/communism movie/tale. As important now as it was in the last century. Same goes for Brave New World and 1984. Everyone should see this movies or read the books, especially kids these days.

[@RX-12]

It's more about political corruption in general. It's not anti-socialist since the initial rebellion is portrayed in a heroic light and it's only after Napoleon's power grab that things get worse.

[@TheDauphine1]

George Orwell, the author of the novel, was a socialist. The point of the story is how any political ideology can be corrupted, even if you would otherwise agree with it.

[@WomenCallYouMoid]

So no one falls for incorrect info: "In a letter to Yvonne Davet, Orwell described Animal Farm as a satirical tale against Stalin ("un conte satirique contre Staline"),[7] and in his essay "Why I Write" (1946), wrote that Animal Farm was the first book in which he tried, with full consciousness of what he was doing, "to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole". Trotsky supported Permanent Revolution (just as Snowball advocated overthrowing other farm owners), while Stalin supported socialism in one country (similar to Napoleon's idea of teaching the animals to use firearms, instead). When it seems Snowball will win the election for his plans, Napoleon calls in the dogs he has raised to chase Snowball from the farm. This is the first time the dogs have been seen since Napoleon took them in and raised them to act as his secret police, something irl Napoleon didn't do. Napoleon could be ruthless & an egomaniac, but he wasn't cruel sadistic secret police Stalin & he did bring positivities. Orwell's animal farm, the basis of the movie, has a pig called Napoleon, believed to be more as a comparision/allegory of Stalin as a fat pig "indistinguishable to a man" at the end & similair to Napoleon in tyranny. This ain't theory, we know it's about the Russian revolution, & from that we can tell the pig is a mockery of Stalin. Orwell was, unfortunately, a social democrat, & a harsh anti-communist & anti-stalinist. Now for those who don't get it, communism = violent, r@pey revolution by usually an egomaniac minority & social democrat = crazy socialism, but atleast democratic & voluntary.

[@walnnnuTs]

Narathor:For any child film:Dogs kill cat, chickens, gooses, pig, and also someone wrote cause with blood

[@goosebumpsgirlgirly4]

...I was five I thought it was a cartoon. No need to be so rude about it.

[@MurderingTyme]

I'm hoping your talking about the animated like version of the movie. Far creepier than this. .n.

[@ehbiteme11]

i watched this today and holy hell it has some grphic scenes children should not watch even i shudnt watch lol was kinda horrified

[@goosebumpsgirlgirly4]

... I was little & he was disturbing soo yeah he wasn't my favorite lol

[@blaster3134]

It was a mistake doing it Disney style

[@blaster3134]

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[@tricegeline2370]

Fable

[@fadikhoory5350]

The film was rated X in the 1950s, yet the trailer said, children can watch. Perhaps, it wasn't to promote communism or socialism to the capitalist west.

[@MartinGonzalez-rt5dd]

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whomsoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

[@nuraiya3516]

Studying the book for English class at school :p

[@deanasaurs]

Welcome to Illinois

[@tigger2581]

Do you think this is worth watching if your gay?

[@cattothecar]

i'm still not going vegan

[@user-se7dj6he3e]

i may eat hamburgers🍔, cheeseburgers🍔, chicken nuggets🐔, chicken tenders🐔, chicken strips🐔, popcorn chicken🐔, chicken patties🐔, hot dogs🌭and sausage on my pizza 🍕but i would never eat any other animal

[@WilliamSmith-mx6ze]

Well, the author of this did say vegetarians were a load of cranks, so good idea.

[@mosheridan7016]

How communism fails

[@userWCFL]

I'm going to show this movie to my little brother and teach him that communism is wrong

[@HammAlexander]

Life isnt suitable for every child. End it before its begun .

[@goosebumpsgirlgirly4]

Yeah whatever that big fat ugly striped pig's name is.

[@dragonbeast8132]

Gros porcinet

[@dragonbeast8132]

mdr t tro maran

[@dragonbeast8132]

ouai je c

[@dragonbeast8132]

vasy chut la

[@dragonbeast8132]

miroir

[@dragonbeast8132]

g'enten pa le rageur

[@eleonoralouise]

GO VEGAN

[@SpellFire]

communism lmao

[@SAGRADA150]

👍👍👍

[@SAGRADA150]

🐷 napoleon 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hdofu]

"Yet assuredly its a film that every child can enjoy" yeah I'm sure this announcer also thought watership down and plague dogs were family fun too along with wizards

[@AnteBoss]

Kids were much smarter and not insensitive like todays offended cunts

[@mementomori1639]

Ante Boss Exactly. I watched The Thing when i was 11, well i was fucking terrified for 2 weeks, but that was part of it. My parents didn't like it, but they knew that i did kinda same that they did back in the day. So yes, west is pussified.

[@glich86]

Lol, you people are idiots. Kids are kids. They do what their told and learn what they're taught. It's parents who have brought up this generation with the "No one's a loser" mentality, not the kids

[@JustCallMeHeavy]

Nice to see someone who knows Wizards is a family film.

[@zoecraig4854]

This is like one of those movies If you watch at 5 years old , you will still be having nightmares at 50

[@lunaprincess7702]

Jordan Douglas tf fuck is wrong with u ?

[@amanogirl1]

I watched this at the age of 6 and it didn’t give me nightmares and I’m 30 now and this still doesn’t give me nightmares unlike the Plague Dogs

[@yestherealbizerg1863]

@@IonKnow23 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-se7dj6he3e]

if you're 50 and still having nightmares about this movie just be careful you don't have a heart attack 💓💔that would be bad😥

[@mimmy113095]

The book is so worth reading,because that way you can "experience" the very last and best sentence. :)

[@jorgefigueroa2231]

This trailer is spoiling important plot points lol!

[@jackhazardous4008]

read the fokin book first, m8

[@czarii2422]

It doesn’t matter, trailers shouldn’t spoil the plot.

[@ykwia1]

Ikr? What a horrible trailer. I’ve read the book of course but a trailer should not give that much away...

[@1.4142]

everyone knows the plot.

[@debbiephaneuf2238]

I watched this as a kid never was the same, please don't believe its child friendly its not.

[@THEJAXEL]

Debbie Phaneuf yes it is. When I was a kid seen it. As I was learning history and this is a good way to understand it.

[@strawberrypancake2866]

@@THEJAXEL i've always seen the book (and maybe the movie) as a easy way for kids to understand the Soviet Union.

[@THEJAXEL]

@@strawberrypancake2866 more like all the communist countries that came to life... Also, with the kids of today, the film would be easier for them, as it is now, as most are not like us, who are willing to read...

[@strawberrypancake2866]

@@THEJAXEL i guess that's fair.

[@THEJAXEL]

@@strawberrypancake2866 don't get me wrong, some kids will still pick up a book. But to many lazy parents around today...

[@DragonMasterThlayli]

I loved this film when I was younger. Watched it on video tape so much it got mangled! (in the late 90s, I'm not old)

[@thomascallihan132]

You are now 😂

[@DragonMasterThlayli]

@@thomascallihan132 I like how you waited 9 years just to make this comment 😂

[@JasmineLovesKpop]

I read the book and the trailer makes it seem much better than the actual story

[@ChiaraMarandellas]

I first watched this movie at eight or nine... now I'm 29 and I'm still traumatised when I think about the memories watching this movie

[@SP3CTR0L1T3]

"Pig Brother is watching you." That is just the best.

[@Daipeter]

This is amazing and deserves a wider audience.

[@pistolshrimp7775]

Children can enjoy! I mean theres no blood and gore, execution scene? neh what do you mean, when Napoleon ordered the dogs too rip out The animals throat? Who cares as long as its animated children will enjoy.

[@Kidicaruslover]

Yeah back then they didn't really know the difference between animated films for children (such as Disney) and Adult cartoons much like this one

[@NekoEspada]

+Pistolshrimp 777 back then kids weren't pussies.

[@pistolshrimp7775]

+Deepinside its like how evangelion aired as a kid show back in japan

[@NekoEspada]

Pistolshrimp 777 yes, we should be honest to children from the very start and then they can choose which path they want to take, not this brainwashing crap nowadays.

[@pistolshrimp7775]

+Deepinside yeah true, its not good to traumatise kids, but they could watch some serious things here and then. like evangelion was a bang for me, I was so shocked by ep 18 and still I went going. It showed me something that all these other kids shows and movies didn't.

All Animals are equal - but some animals are more equal than others

[@SpiderkillersInc]

no question in my mind about how commercialised this film is.

[@koalarsky7829]

this is a realy good film

[@kyonkochan]

Yet it's a film assuredly every CHILD can enjoy.

[@cidny5904]

Ive read the book not exactly appropiate alot of gore but the book is awesome and a real good life lesson behind it

[@roblewis3147]

I read the book in junior high, and it still gives me chills on how accurate it was as to what's happening in today's world.

[@caprisonne6943]

My mum bought me that movie when i was 6 years old because she thought it was a kids movie... I have still nightmares today :D

[@Dimples718]

Wow, classic case of art imitating life. Especially with all that's going on Capital Hill right now.

[@33MNA]

Awesome!

[@Tuck213]

This trailer totally ignores the message/moral of the movie; The reason why the animals stood up against their usurper and why their own system failed. It doesn't even come close to a family-film.

[@mrredblob]

But at least it has a happy ending. :)

[@GMCartoons]

OK, THAT IS NOT FRICKIN KIDS MOVIE!!

[@TheTjomegasparks]

i read the book which made me want to whatch the movie

[@TechnologyMAN1245]

I'm reading the book right now, is this film as serious and satirical as the source? I would like to know, please.

[@hardymustafa8529]

after 3 years i will tell you,it's not serious like the narrator said children will enjoy it,cuz it's childish

[@Sumautisticguy]

I’m late but it was made as propaganda

[@E_The_Animator]

Old trailers spoiled the crap out of their films

[@GenXMetal_Head]

Why hasn't Family Guy done a parody of this movie/story !