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Language. English. Budget. $350,000 [6] Animal Farm is a 1954 animated drama film directed by documentarians John Halas and Joy Batchelor. It was produced by Halas and Batchelor and funded in part by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who also made changes to the original script.
- $350,000
- Mátyás Seiber
- John Halas, Joy Batchelor
- Maurice Denham
Animal Farm: Directed by Joy Batchelor, John Halas. With Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham. A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when the victors create a new tyranny among themselves.
- (18K)
- Animation, Drama
- Joy Batchelor, John Halas
- 1959-06-19
Aug 9, 2019 · Animal Farm is a 1954 British-American animated comedy-drama film produced by Halas and Batchelor, based on the novel of the same name by George Orwell. It was the first British animated feature (Water for Firefighting and Handling Ships, two feature length wartime training films, were produced earlier, but did not receive a formal cinema release).
- 72 min
- 30.2K
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- Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
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