Napoleon, Mighty Leader

Praise to him, the font of all our wisdom.
Long to live, the ruler of our farm.

[@alansunter2383]

This should have been the ending of the film.

[@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676]

Agreed

[@darthplagueis3488]

Imagine if they showed them trying to wage war on the humans, and then shows a montage of animals being slain by the human soldiers all while Napoleon laughs in an evil tone in the background.

[@3dumdogs]

He's wearing a suit to show that he pretty much became a human. He became what they where supposed to protect the animals from.

[@doriedellquillopo8017]

He's also represented as Joseph stalin

[@juliuscaesar8152]

And they're now saying, "four legs good, two legs better"

[@orcaman1353]

He has become the very thing they swore to destroy

[@AaronMeade-gj9pl]

@@orcaman1353 true the beauty bieng it's not Jones cloths he's wearing its pilkertons showing in this version while Jones was a bastard hes taking his anger out on the animals because pilkerton abuses him and it shows how napoleon and pilkertons are two in the same

[@Kildiazar]

This is easily the best scene in the movie!

[@mattgieslerrocks]

I don’t remember Babe ending like this.

[@Salamon2]

I get a chill down my spine and I've never lived in a country from the Communist bloc. It's how the music swells and slowly pans up to reveal Napoleon clothed that the dread and the spine tingling horror really comes in. Then to ease the pressure, the camera cuts away to show us that no one is watching this film, and then it returns us to viewing the film in a different manner than we had a few seconds prior. Heavy-handed, but intriguing editing.

[@Zenigotcha]

This is actually a pretty good song and sounds exactly like Soviet music. Its kinda catchy. FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BETTER!! Napoleon kinda looks like a mix between Stalin and Kim Jong Un.

[@cr4yv3n]

+Ethan Alphonse That's the idea :)

[@WillieManga]

The source material was made before Kim Jong Un was even a thing, but in hindsight it is nearly impossible to tell the two apart.

[@bugloverspiderlover8490]

Looks like Trump to me!

[@j-play4325]

@@bugloverspiderlover8490 Trump wasn't a dictator! s don't mix polotics next time

[@Davi237f]

​@@bugloverspiderlover8490 There's always one idiot to make that comparison

[@ilikethecokev2]

Man, such an evil message, but to a really catchy beat, I gotta admit.

[@aaroncraven5043]

If the movie ended with this scene, it still would reassuring that Jessie and some of the farm animals escaped while they could. Also, despite what anyone says about this movie, it's an awesome watch. RIP Pete Postlethwaite (Mr. Jones, Benjamin)

[@cstarsfly]

A powerful book. America needs to get off the road we are currently on. I fear for the future of this country.

[@samanthareed5803]

So do I!

[@bugloverspiderlover8490]

@@samanthareed5803 Thank God we got Trump out or this is what would’ve happened! Idiots singing and praising a dictator!

[@soramembrino82]

Me three.

[@Sumautisticguy]

I agree history is repeating itself

[@Admin-qy4zi]

Absolutely

[@109324g]

I had this song stuck in my head all day today

[@TorPedoCXC]

This movie was not as bad as everyone said. Good adaption of the original story, even if the end may have been a bit weak. I seriously think they added some nice new ideas (like this song for example, which was at least also translated to German and Spanish).

[@Eric_1991]

I agree. I prefer this to the 50’s animated film

[@josephkarlis9862]

Where can I find the translated versions?

[@TorPedoCXC]

@@josephkarlis9862 The DVD has multiple languages.

[@dinovinetasjascelspinosaurusma]

En castellano más bien La versión latina (Lost media que por suerte la tengo en mis manos) pone las canciones en inglés y ya

[@thebluegoblin8939]

Animal farm isn't just about the soviet union. It's about every major government and how propaganda can manipulate the population.

[@bronysimpson3250]

I saw this as a kid and I was creeped out by the song and seeing Old Major's Skull. but when I first saw Napoleon standing in clothes, I was so terrified half to death I almost screamed like fucking hell.

[@soramembrino82]

I was horrified on what nepoleon did.

[@lingaustin2854]

I didn’t see this until college and it still creeped me the fuck out even though I knew it was coming. I grew up on stuff like Winnie the Pooh and various Disney films so I’m used to the idea of fictional animals standing on their back legs but by God this film put the fear in me.

[@jrssm]

Really catchy.

[@trionabyrne72]

Yeah, so operatic and dramatic.

[@dukeofwelly1815]

"Four legs good! Two legs better! Four legs good! Two legs better!" D:

[@georgeman27]

As someone from the communist block, I can tell you this song sends shivers down my spine every time I see it, and the ending of the film brings tears to my eyes. I am not sure about Russia, but Slovakia did really end just like this film. We have managed to break free... and we have new government.

[@tysiosawostry5668]

Russia too. Putin made this country the best of the world.

[@violatormelms]

he kinda reminds of Scar from the movie the lion king. Napoleon = Scar Snowball = Mufasa/Simba Napoleons dogs = the hyenas the animals = the lionesses. Annimal farm= proud lands

[@tusezrus7731]

This was so disturbing the first time I watched this

[@scorpioengine4797]

Why so?

[@dordonake]

It's so disturbing the 1000 and first time i watch it.

[@lingaustin2854]

I read the book so I knew it was coming but the execution is absolutely perfect the way it’s timed with the climax of the song. Still gave me a good scare.

[@MrArrogant95]

FUN FACT: A duck was used due to a duck's quack having no substance to it, just empty noise which was meant to represent their empty calls of praise to Napoleon. Also you gotta love how choreographed this is for a "spontaneous" demonstration. the film should've just ended here, there's no hope at all left after watching this scene.

[@soramembrino82]

So they used real creatures in the movie?

[@Sumautisticguy]

@@soramembrino82 yep all but snowball,squealer and napoleon

[@soramembrino82]

Cool.

[@Sumautisticguy]

@@soramembrino82 yeah they’re animatronics as can be seen by the arm movement on napoleon being robotic

[@Eric_1991]

Interesting. I got the symbolism of the sheep, but not the duck

[@flobadob222]

Reminds me of the military demonstrations you see in dictatorships like China and North Korea

[@wrestlefanable]

This part of the movie was and is terrifying to me. The whole idea behind "Animalism" was based off the exact opposite of what is going on in this scene. I do know that George Orwell believed that socialism had a chance in the hands of the right people or in the actual socieity itself. I myself find that Orwell did an amazing job of expressing that in the book and the scene came out frighteningly well in the movie.

[@BungieStudios]

The ending with Napoleon standing freaked me the hell out! The pigs' over wet noses didn't help either...

[@1987AnimeBoy]

I never understood why the pigs' snouts have to be so wet.

[@thesecretgarden390]

I agree every time i listen to this I get major chills!

[@SpiderandMosquito]

it is worth mentioning that this movie was made after soviet russia fell so its a completly justified change.

[@Kev95682]

Shout! Shout! Shout out loud! Snout! Snout! Pink and proud!

[@SonicGurl82]

This scene always gives me a sense of dread because it always reflects on how realistic it can me. I still wonder what happened to the farm once the Animals left. Perhaps its better left unsaid.

[@mooniethecat]

In case you're still interested, it is based on some Russian tune called 'Soldaty V Pohod' which I believe translates to "Off we go." If you do a search on KZbin of it there are some videos of the Red Army singing it.

[@guyonacomputer1261]

I loved this movie, thought it was a great adaptation. Yes, some liberties were taken but it accomplishes the goal of the book (showing the dark side of the soviets), effectively reflects the fall of communism (and the corruption thereof) and has epic music (like this (this was the best part of the movie))

[@HisHolyMajesty]

This actually sounds like Soviet music...

[@Metalhead15712]

this is a very underated movie and it should be shown in schools. *Knock knock* oh boy my triple bacon sauge sandwich is here

[@FellowManofAggieland]

That sounds like something I can eat all day.

[@Sumautisticguy]

Well there goes napoleon

[@1GookSTAH]

The book was awesome. Movie helped me better understand what happened in the book, although it's not like I needed a picture, the book described it well itself. :)

[@Victim5and5Villain]

I watched this when it first aired on tv. But watching it again now, it is quite horrifying. This scene gave me chills.

[@MervueMeringue]

I'm afraid I disagree. While he was giving a rough history of the Soviet Union, I believe that his purpose was to show how revolutions can be hijacked, and that the Communists were just as bad as the Tsars, rather than a history book with added animals. It just messes up the whole narrative, for me.

[@Sumautisticguy]

Sorry for being 10 years late but that is what it’s ment to represent in the original book as it was published while Stalin was leader of the Soviet Union

[@MrAssassinkid17]

It's about the dangers of unchecked power

[@BoozJames]

I like the birds..... acting as a Fighter.....LOL

[@PCCphoenix]

0:45--The animals start to leave just as the duck is about to sing!

[@Kev95682]

SHOUT, SHOUT, SHOUT OUT LOUD SNOUT, SNOUT, PINK AND PROUD

[@ELFilms12]

Four legs but two legs better shout shout pink and proud!!!!

[@agenttheater5]

No it hasn't gone away. At the end of the song I still feel the urge to stick my fingers in my ears, and I still feel a mix of heart-break and terror.

[@SpiderandMosquito]

I cannot even begin to imagine what it must have been like.

[@culveyhouse]

And this is easily the most delicious segment of this movie adaption. Four legs good, two legs better (panning out with Captain Picard's echo in the background, lol)

[@GhostPlanetFilms]

The Song of the Grateful Duck. Best track on the soundtrack, and best scene in the film (IMO).

[@Lasgun91]

I remember watching this movie in my economics class back in High School.

[@marzkell]

when we watched this in class it was the creepiest thing,, its so good tho

[@GlitchmasterStudios]

I was the only one in my class who was astounded and shocked at the end of the movie. None of them got the moral here.

[@GhostPlanetFilms]

I just remembered something funny! Patrick Stewart does Napoleon's voice. Napoleon is an allegory of Joseph Stalin. In the series "Fall of Eagles," he played Vladimir Lenin.

[@orangegatorade3]

this song scared me when i was little

[@user-wy4fc6pn6e]

It scares me now, when I big

[@TaraWhetstone-dh2us]

I was only a preteen when I saw this film, and this scene filled me with shock, horror, and disgust. I had no idea that it was all about Communism until I've read it in an encyclopedia about a year later or so.

[@DarkPerezIndustries]

Napoleon is Ganon on steroids...or is it the other way around?

[@WillieManga]

Frankatron Perezicon The latter. The book was made early 20th century, targeting Stalin. Nintendo was in the 80s

[@dordonake]

Ganon is based on Stalin? That's new.

[@mrsponkman]

Very underrated movie

[@cityman2312]

"Teach us to be as kind as you...!?" They really don't want him to do that...

[@gnk-seriespowerdroid4405]

If Napoleon says it, it must be true

[@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676]

@@gnk-seriespowerdroid4405 Well said komrad

[@sneople]

Something about this scares me...in a good way

[@emcor-one]

Napoleon talking about the importance of weapons production reminds me of the importance the West places on sending weapons to Ukraine to "end the war". Because nothing can bring more peace than sending more weapons.

[@user-wy4fc6pn6e]

Lol, Napoleon - Putin

[@youkonbaloobuckweat]

I love this part of the movie! Great job!

[@violatormelms]

first i hated Napoleon, Now I love him! He is cool! mighty and cruel, but cool!

[@kieferharmon8094]

I know!! There's something about him that's just super fascinating!!!

[@edeliteedelite1961]

@@kieferharmon8094 lmao you don't even notice it, sheep

[@TheDylanJoyce]

i can't get over the way that duck marches in place...it's kinda freaky in a way to watch his feet...

[@quadb15]

Napolean may have been a powerful leader, but in my opinion, Snowball was the Chuck Norris of the whole farm.

[@juliuscaesar8152]

In the 1954 film, when the donkey, Benjamin looked at Napoleon, he saw Farmer Jones

[@rockerchick1378]

XD lmao when i first saw this song in the movie, i gotta admit i laughed really hard. it was a bit freaky seeing Napoleon in clothes and on two feet

[@zimstinka]

Napoleon says so, and Napoleon is always right.

[@KCandFriendsUSA]

2:45 All animals are now FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@RutichkaM]

Yes the film isn't great...but because of that it's more powerful...this scene is the most strikingly bonechilling of them all.

[@HisHolyMajesty]

George Orwell has some scary Idea's. All of them correct...

[@gavinlaird3193]

That one pig that helps out Napoleon creeps me out more then him

[@lingaustin2854]

Agreed. He’s much more effective and terrifying as a propagandist when he speaks in a more calm and controlled (and vaguely threatening) voice rather than constantly shrieking “SURELY you don’t want JONES to come BACK?!” at the top of his voice.

[@AaronMeade-gj9pl]

True the fact is it's not the puppet you should be scared by but the puppeter

[@Jeff-gj7ko]

The height of Napoleon's power and yet the beginning of the end for him.

[@AaronMeade-gj9pl]

True what's brillant when old major was shown on the podium he was wise and graceful napoleon on the other hand is monstrous, eviel and the image of tyrants

[@violatormelms]

Praise to him the font of all our wisdom Long to live, the ruler of our Nation. Obama, mighty leader Mighty leader watching over us. Friend on high, you guide us with your smile Teach us to how to be as kind as you Obama, mighty leader Mighty leader watching over us. (cont)

[@user-nu5or1qy2q]

Perfect man you bless us with your beauty hallowed guy how wondrous is glow Obama mighty leader watching over us Obama mighty leader watching over us

[@kubu79]

It is the story of us humans, in a metaphorical sense.

[@SpiderandMosquito]

I salute to you my friend.... I hope for the best.

[@DreameverCompany]

All glory to our great and glorious leader comrade Napoleon!!!

[@shootthekitty]

amen to that. this part rocks!

[@flobadob222]

God it's like they don't even know what they're saying. Just brainwashed..

[@harrietamidala1691]

@777greggy1777 The end was done to reflect real-world history, as it was made after the Soviet Union collapsed. It makes sense, and the part were the pigs are indistinguishable from the humans is kept in from the original book--it's just expanded on for the real world.

[@ioandes]

@17Ararat , I totally agree with you.I haven't read the book but only from watching the movie I got the same feeling.Orwell is not doing a promotion of his own political thesis, neither does he photograph a specific regime.I think it is much more than this.Mostly it is about the mechanism and tactics used by leaders throughout history in order to use people's thirst for justice for their own purposes.Dictatorship-especially now-has many faces

[@daliborjovanovic510]

This song is somehow both hysterical and deeply unnerving.

[@hydras2danewbunch]

@AnaShadowWolf Singing ducks and a dictator pig? Yeah, I'll have nightmares tonight.

[@evanayala8028]

or with "Stalin" and you get the Soviet national athem

[@kieferharmon8094]

The fear these animals must have felt... Is so bonechilling

[@TheVaporeonrules234]

Building of Walls huh? Sound Familiar?

[@177SCmaro]

Rachel The difference being capitalist nations build walls to keep people out. Communist nations build walls to keep people in.

[@eellliioottt123]

I really didn't like this film adaptation overall, but this song was awesome

[@johnverrastro2323]

Yeah I prefer the animated version

[@morwenmur]

i hate it when you can hear them chanting "Four legs good, two legs BETTER" Great film, and brilliant book!

[@GhostPlanetFilms]

"Four legs GOOD, Two legs BETTER!" "Four legs GOOD! Two legs BETTER!"

[@jacobwiles547]

In a different context, this would've been hilarious!

[@austinjacob6007]

2:45

[@Ringlord3434]

i like the sound of the plane engines in the background as the geese are flying over

[@MagicMan1_1_1]

I just LOVE this propaganda song. But what does the duck sing 1:38 - 1:45 ?

[@Bartmanisnumber1]

"Perfect pig, you grace us with your beauty!/Hallowed Hog, how wondrous is your glow!"

[@Crusader-Ramos45]

Reminds me of Narnia’s greedy ape Shift.

[@ohno465]

Weirdly enough, the 1954 film wasn't as good of an adaption as the 1999 film. How did Hallmark make a better Animal Farm!?

[@dinovinetasjascelspinosaurusma]

Está versión presenta cosas que no se muestran en la animada pero siento que va muy rápido la animada se toma más su tiempo pero igual ambas son muy buenas

[@violatormelms]

haha! actually my friend thought it was great. as I said he dint undestood the book, so He thought it was great that I could write almost everything to him, I could keep on with my writing but we had other plans...:P and if you ask me...this book means alot fore me (ore atleast the movie) its beautiful, touching, horrible, scary and it will make you act like the animals, in this movie, when they saw the TV fore the first time :P

[@MagicMan1_1_1]

The only thing I liked about the movie, apart from Kelsey Grammer and SIR Patrick Stewart.

[@Tabbimura]

I've read the animal farm today. The book didn't have a good ending...

[@ArcherBro]

Yeah, the good ending was added here because the USSR fell.

[@cgt3704]

@@ArcherBro it was added in the 1954 animated film as well but it was because the animation was used for propaganda purposes

[@ArcherBro]

@@cgt3704 Yeah, in that version Benjamin lead a revolt to overthrow the pigs because we wanted the people in the USSR to rise up on overthrow Stalin. Here though, like its real-life counterpart, Animal Farm went out with a whimper.

[@Disneyfan82]

@@ArcherBro I bet that is what happened in the book off screen and should have happened as it shows that even in the darkest hours, there comes a time when we must stand up for what is right to end the madness and corruption once and for all.

[@marzkell]

what do all the different chants say?

[@agenttheater5]

I got "Shout! Shout! Shout Out Loud! Snout! Snout!" and then I think they said "Pig and Trout" but I'm not sure, but at the end they started chanting "Four Legs Good! Two Legs Better!" The sheep couldn't remember anything for a long time but "Four Legs Good! Two Legs Bad!" but now all they can say is "Four Legs Good! Two Legs Better!"

[@canuckleful]

The most important thing to remember, is that this movie, and of course the novella, are not about animals at all.

[@user-nu5or1qy2q]

It's about slaves stand up to their tyrants but it also shows what animals think about

[@Admin-qy4zi]

This is extremely disturbing, considering how accurate it is.

[@d0narroyo]

Praise to him, the font of all our wisdom Long to live, the ruler of our land Donald Trump, mighty leader! Mighty leader, watching over us! Donald Trump, mighty leader! Mighty leader, watching over us! Shout! Shout! Shout out loud! Shout! Shout! American proud! Friend on high Who guides us with your smile Teach us how to be as kind as you Donald Trump, mighty leader! Mighty leader, watching over us! Donald Trump, mighty leader! Mighty leader, watching over us! Shout! Shout! Shout out loud! Shout! Shout! American proud!

[@KCandFriendsUSA]

Praise to him, the font of all our wisdom Long to live, the ruler of our land Joe Biden, mighty leader! Mighty leader, watching over us! Kamala Harris, mighty leader! Mighty leader, watching over us! Socialism good! Socialism good! Friend on high Who guides us with your smile Teach us how to be as kind as you Kim Jong Un, mighty leader! Mighty leader, watching over us! Vladimir Putin, mighty leader! Mighty leader, watching over us! Socialism good! Socialism good! Communists, you bless us with your beauty. Democrats, how wondrous is your glow. Xin Jinping, mighty leader! Mighty leader, watching over us! Vladimir Putin, mighty leader! Mighty leader, watching over us! Four legs good two legs better x16 (Spoken by Tom from Vyond: President Biden died painfully at the White House. Dictator Harris and Heir Pelosi will return to Washington DC Tomorrow, the US has fallen.)

[@Disneyfan82]

@@KCandFriendsUSA Bull, that song suits Trump and other corrupted scum like him, even those that defend his worthless ass.

[@KCandFriendsUSA]

@@Disneyfan82 That song actually suits both Political Parties. I'm one of those 'they're equally horrible' people

[@Disneyfan82]

@@KCandFriendsUSA Hitler and Stalin is what suits the song more. And for Kim Jong I'll.

[@black_teratorn4163]

@@KCandFriendsUSA it's really Putin song

[@jaguarhero]

I think we might have found a sheep. TWO LEGS BAD FOUR LEGS GOOD

[@Crusader-Ramos45]

A perfect song for a tyrant forcing the people of his country to worship and obey him.

[@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676]

🍻

[@Ringlord3434]

@Lisbon1906 Trotsky, Lenin and Marx had the same ideals. Orwell was a Marx/Lenin/Trotskyist. All three leaders belived in a semi authoritian/ totaltarian state... temporarily. Stalin just never gave up his power. that is where communism took a nose dive

[@RapidCityJM]

@RapidCityJM Under communism, you would go to your job, earn money, buy things, and pay the price that the govn't decided you would pay for those things. Anybody see the problem with this? The system almost begs to be abused by the govn't, and if the govn't decides what you buy, because they control how much things are, how long before they're deciding other things for you?

[@tiairisper]

Vive l'empereur !

[@Tabbimura]

Even the most noble Utopia and sacred commandments can be turned into a disgusting propaganda.

[@Reddebrek46]

@Lisbon1906 Haha no, Orwell was not a Communist of any kind he was a Democratic Socialist, he was actually very critical of Trotsky throughout his life.