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* SchrodingersCast: In the book, Old Major dies peacefully a few days after the first animal meeting. In the film, he suffers a fatal heart attack mid-song during that same meeting.
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* MoodWhiplash: Occurs twice in one scene when Old Major suffers a fatal heart attack while leading the animals in song, [[EverybodyCries resulting in all the animals mourning his death]]. The mourning is short-lived when [[ShutUpGunshot Mr. Jones fires his shotgun in the air after being woken up by the animals' cries.]]
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** The cat is killed by the dogs as well, during the chicken revolt.
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Mr. Whymper overhears the farmers talking about how Animal Farm will eventually collapse due to lack of money to buy supplies -- so he is happy to offer Napoleon an arrangement -- things like milk and eggs in exchange for money to buy jams and jellies. The greedy boar happily accepts.
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Mr. Whymper overhears the farmers talking about how Animal Farm will eventually collapse due to lack of money to buy supplies -- so he supplies. He is happy quick to offer Napoleon an arrangement -- things like milk a trade deal - jams and eggs jellies in exchange for money to buy jams the farm's milk and jellies. The greedy boar happily accepts.eggs, which he sells at a tidy profit. Napoleon quickly accepts the terms.
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* TheVoiceless: Ironically, Mr. Jones never speaks on-screen while his pigs spend the whole film talking to each other.
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* TheVoiceless: Ironically, Mr. Jones never speaks on-screen doesn't say much more than a few incoherently mumbled words, while his pigs spend the whole film talking to each other.
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* AllwaysChaoticEvil: ''All'' of the pigs summed up in this line:
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* AllwaysChaoticEvil: AlwaysChaoticEvil: ''All'' of the pigs summed up in this line:
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* AllwaysChaoticEvil: ''All'' of the pigs summed up in this line:
--> "And that night the pigs drank to Boxer's memory, with the whiskey they had bought with Boxer's life."
--> "And that night the pigs drank to Boxer's memory, with the whiskey they had bought with Boxer's life."
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* {{Sociopath}}: ''All'' of the pigs summed up in this line:
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* BitterSweetEnding: Yes the animals eventually revolt against the pigs but it's unclear what will happen next nor does it change how many animals died before.
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* BitterSweetEnding: Yes BittersweetEnding: Yes, the animals eventually revolt against the pigs pigs, but it's unclear what will happen next next, nor does it change how many animals died before.
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The film's financing was done either in full or in part by the [=CIA=] -- and no, the filmmakers themselves were not aware of this fact. In addition to providing the money they also influenced the production: making Snowball less sympathetic and of course changing the ending to something more upbeat to inspire communist resistance.
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The film's financing was done either in full or in part by the [=CIA=] -- and no, the filmmakers themselves were not aware of this fact. In addition to providing the money they also influenced the production: making Snowball less sympathetic and of course changing the ending to something more upbeat to inspire communist anti-communist resistance.
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The film's financing was done either in full or in part by the [=CIA=] --- and no the filmmakers themselves were not aware of this fact. In addition to providing the money they also influenced the production: making Snowball less sympathetic and of course changing the ending to something more upbeat to inspire communist resistance.
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The film's financing was done either in full or in part by the [=CIA=] --- -- and no no, the filmmakers themselves were not aware of this fact. In addition to providing the money they also influenced the production: making Snowball less sympathetic and of course changing the ending to something more upbeat to inspire communist resistance.resistance.
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The first screen adaptation of Orwell's [[Literature/AnimalFarm classic satire]] released in 1954 and the first full-length animated film made by Great Britain to get a theatrical release (the actual first feature was a navy training film for sailors) by Halas and Batchelor. The film has only two credited voice actors Gordon Heath as the narrator and Maurice Denham who voiced all the animals!
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The first screen adaptation of Orwell's [[Literature/AnimalFarm classic satire]] released in 1954 and the first full-length animated film made by Great Britain to get a theatrical release (the actual first feature was a navy training film for sailors) by Halas and Batchelor. The film has only two credited voice actors actors: Gordon Heath as the narrator and Maurice Denham Denham, who voiced all the animals!
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** Mr. Jones never speaks he only grunts.
** The ''only'' animals who speak dialogue are the main pigs -- Old Major, Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer, and the sheep. Everyone else just make animal sounds.
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--> "In Mr. Jones' circle the subject of shortages at Animal Farm was a popular one. And a sharp trader named Whymper was just the sort to do something about it."
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* {{Greed}}: The catalysts for the second attempted invasion of Animal Farm -- the other farms are jealous of much money Whymper is making by trading with them.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Mr. Whymper overhears the farmers talking about how Animal Farm will eventually collapse due to lack of money to buy supplies -- so he is happy to offer Napoleon an arrangement -- things like milk and eggs in exchange for jams and jellies. The greedy boar happily accepts.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Mr. Whymper overhears the farmers talking about how Animal Farm will eventually collapse due to lack of money to buy supplies -- so he is happy to offer Napoleon an arrangement -- things like milk and eggs in exchange for jams and jellies. The greedy boar happily accepts.
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* {{Greed}}: The catalysts for the second attempted invasion of Animal Farm -- the other farms are jealous of how much money Whymper is making by trading with them.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Mr. Whymper overhears the farmers talking about how Animal Farm will eventually collapse due to lack of money to buy supplies -- so he is happy to offer Napoleon an arrangement -- things like milk and eggs in exchange for money to buy jams and jellies. The greedy boar happily accepts.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Mr. Whymper overhears the farmers talking about how Animal Farm will eventually collapse due to lack of money to buy supplies -- so he is happy to offer Napoleon an arrangement -- things like milk and eggs in exchange for money to buy jams and jellies. The greedy boar happily accepts.
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* ThisIsUnforgivable: When word gets out about the utter disaster Animal Farm has become, what the pigs are doing and their plan to spread their totalitarian ideology across the world, the animals of the other farms, regardless of their own welfare, '''are completely infuriated'''. They rise up, joining forces to become an army the world has never seen the like of, [[CurbStompBattle and completely crush them in the ending]].
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The first screen adaptation of Orwell's [[Literature/AnimalFarm classic satire]] released in 1954 and the first full-length animated film made by Great Britain to get a theatrical release (the actual first feature was a navy training film for sailors) by Halas and Batchelor. The film has only two credited voice actors Gordon Heath as the narrator and Maurice Denham who voiced all the animals!
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The main diversion from the book. In the film pig delegates from other films arrive to see Napoleon unveil the revised commandment: "all animals are equal but some animal are more equal then others". This is the final straw and that night while the pigs are toasting to their success Benjamin briefly hallucinates that the pigs have Jones' face (as opposed to becoming humans as in the book) then leads a revolt against them --- the dogs are too drunk to do their job and Napoleon is quickly stomped to death.
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The main diversion from the book. In the film pig delegates from other films farms arrive to see Napoleon unveil the revised commandment: "all animals are equal but some animal are more equal then others". This is the final straw and that night while the pigs are toasting to their success success, Benjamin briefly hallucinates that the pigs have Jones' face (as opposed to becoming humans as in the book) then leads a revolt against them with an army of animals from farms all over --- the dogs are too drunk to do their job and Napoleon is quickly stomped to death.
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* OhCrap: Napoleon when he realizes the dogs are too drunk to come to his aid at the end.
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* NotSoDifferent: Snowball and Napoleon. When the first winter after the rebellion comes there are shortages due to the pigs' inexperience. But both pigs only throw themselves into their own ambitions rather than work to solve the immediate hunger problem: Snowball and his windmill, Napoleon and his plans for a coup. This was done at the request of the [=CIA=] who were worried that Snowball would come off too sympathetically to audiences.
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* AdaptationDistillation: Very faithful with some changes to streamline the story .... until the ending.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the book the animals are too dumb to realize what's been happening until it's too late. Here they all realize what the pigs have become after Boxer is sent to the glue factory but the dogs prevent them from taking any action.
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* AdaptationDistillation: Very Moderately faithful with some changes to streamline the story .... until the ending.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the book the animals are too dumb to realize what's been happening until it's too late. Here they all realize what the pigs have become after Boxer is sent to the glue factory but the dogs prevent them from taking anyaction.action... at first.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the book, a small group of pigs protested Napoleon's coup but were quickly silenced and later killed by the dogs. Here none of the pigs make any objections and are happy to go along with Napoleon's coup.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the book the animals are too dumb to realize what's been happening until it's too late. Here they all realize what the pigs have become after Boxer is sent to the glue factory but the dogs prevent them from taking any
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the book, a small group of pigs protested Napoleon's coup but were quickly silenced and later killed by the dogs. Here none of the pigs make any objections and are happy to go along with Napoleon's coup.
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* DirtyCoward: Napoleon and the pigs act tough only when their dogs are around. Without them they're all whimpering cowards.
* {{Greed}}: The catalysts for the second attempted invasion of Animal Farm -- the other farms are jealous of much money Whymper is making by trading with them.
* {{Greed}}: The catalysts for the second attempted invasion of Animal Farm -- the other farms are jealous of much money Whymper is making by trading with them.
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The main diversion from the book. In the film pig delegates from other films arrive to see Napoleon unveil the revised commandment: "all animals are equal but some animal are more equal then others". This is the final straw and that night while the pigs are toasting to their success Benjamin briefly hallucinates that the pigs have Jones' face (as opposed to becoming humans as in the book) then leads a revolt against them --- the dogs are too drunk to do their job and Napoleon is quickly stomped to death.
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* {{Sociopath}}: ''All'' of the pigs summed up in this line:
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The first screen adaptation of Orwell's [[Literature/AnimalFarm classic satire]] and the first full-length animated film made by Great Britain to get a theatrical release (the actual first feature was a navy training film for sailors) by Halas and Batchelor. The film has only two credited voice actors Gordon Heath as the narrator and Maurice Denham who voiced all the animals!
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The first screen adaptation of Orwell's classic and the first full-length animated film made by Great Britain to get a theatrical release (the actual first feature was a navy trainingfilm) film for sailors) by Halas and Batchelor. The film has only two credited voice actors Gordon Heath as the narrator and Maurice Denham who voiced all the animals!
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Mr. Whymper overhears the farmers talking about how Animal Farm will eventually collapse due to lack of money to buy supplies -- so he is happy to offer Napoleon an arrangement -- things like milk and eggs in exchange for jams and jellies. The greedy boar happily accepts.
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The first screen adaptation of Orwell's classic and the first full-length animated film made by Great Britain to get a theatrical release (the actual first feature was a navy training film) by Halas and Batchelor. The film's financing was done either in full or in part by the [=CIA=] --- and no the filmmakers themselves were not aware of this fact. In addition to providing the money they also influenced the production: making Snowball less sympathetic and of course changing the ending to something more upbeat to inspire communist resistance.
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The first screen adaptation of Orwell's classic and the first full-length animated film made by Great Britain to get a theatrical release (the actual first feature was a navy training film) by Halas and Batchelor. The film has only two credited voice actors Gordon Heath as the narrator and Maurice Denham who voiced all the animals!
The film's financing was done either in full or in part by the [=CIA=] --- and no the filmmakers themselves were not aware of this fact. In addition to providing the money they also influenced the production: making Snowball less sympathetic and of course changing the ending to something more upbeat to inspire communist resistance.
The film's financing was done either in full or in part by the [=CIA=] --- and no the filmmakers themselves were not aware of this fact. In addition to providing the money they also influenced the production: making Snowball less sympathetic and of course changing the ending to something more upbeat to inspire communist resistance.
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* AscendedExtra: Benjamin the donkey is essentially the main character.
* DemotedToExtra: The majority of the animals outside the pigs, Benjamin, and Boxer. The other animals don't even get names!
* {{Greed}}: The catalysts for the second invasion of Animal Farm -- the other farms are jealous of much money Whymper is making by trading with them.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Mr. Whymper overhears the farmers talking about how Animal Farm will eventually collapse due to lack of money to buy supplies -- so he is happy to offer Napoleon an arrangement -- things like milk and eggs in exchange for jams jellies. The greedy boar happily accepts.
* TheNarrator: Gordon Heath who speaks more the animals themselves.
* TooDumbToLive: In the book, Jones dies in home for alcoholics. Here he fills the windmill with dynamite but is too busy drinking to leave before the fuse goes off.
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** The ''only'' animals who speak dialogue are the main pigs. Everyonedoesn't have dialogue and else just make animal sounds.
* AscendedExtra: Benjamin the donkey is essentially the main character.
* DemotedToExtra: The majority of the animals outside the pigs, Benjamin, and Boxer. The other animals don't even get names!
* {{Greed}}: The catalysts for the second invasion of Animal Farm -- the other farms are jealous of much money Whymper is making by trading with them.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Mr. Whymper overhears the farmers talking about how Animal Farm will eventually collapse due to lack of money to buy supplies -- so he is happy to offer Napoleon an arrangement -- things like milk and eggs in exchange for jams jellies. The greedy boar happily accepts.
* TheNarrator: Gordon Heath who speaks more the animals themselves.
* TooDumbToLive: In the book, Jones dies in home for alcoholics. Here he fills the windmill with dynamite but is too busy drinking to leave before the fuse goes off.
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** Mr. Jones never speaks he only grunts.
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