George orwell's classic political allegory is brought to the screen with the help of state of the art puppetry and digital animation'. '.strtoupper('m')anor farm sees a revolt by its livestock over their human master farmer jones pete postlethwaite'. '.strtoupper('h')owever, a power struggle between the pigs who have led the uprising results in a swift curtailing of the animals' new found freedom'. '.strtoupper('f')rom 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'. '.strtoupper('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'. '.strtoupper('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'. '.strtoupper('t')his 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'. '.strtoupper('p')articularly 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'. '.strtoupper('a')nimal 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'. '.strtoupper('n')ot the masterpiece it might've been, this is nevertheless a worthy representation of orwell's novel'. '.strtoupper('j')eff shannon this text refers to an alternate dvd edition'. '.strtoupper('r')unning time 90 minutes region region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe'. '.strtoupper('r')ead more about dvd formats'. '.strtoupper('r')elease date 25 sept'. '.strtoupper('2')017