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 theatrical British animated feature.
Release history[]
The film was released in the United Kingdom on VHS by BBC Video and Polygram Video in 1985 and 1999, respectively; Universal Pictures first released it on DVD, on August 18, 2003. A restored version of the film, which costed $25,000 to produce, was released on theaters in July 1998 by Blue Dolphin Films (which later licensed it to PolyGram and Universal). A 60th Anniversary Edition print was released on Blu-ray, DVD and iTunes by Network Distributing, on October 27, 2014.[1][2][3]
The first was released on VHS in the United States|link by Vintage Video in 1985. The film was first released on DVD in said country, by Home Vision Entertainment in November 2004, a year before Image Entertainment bought the company (thus obtaining the rights to its catalog).[4] Digiview Productions coincidentally released it on DVD on April 4, 2004; since the film had received Super 8 releases in the 1970s, it was assumed that the film had fallen in the public domain.[5] The estate of Halas & Batchelor, who kept the copyright to the movie, ended up filing a lawsuit against Digiview, and won, resulting in Digiview filing for bankruptcy; it was later revived as Digiview Entertainment.[unverified]
The PolyGram, Home Vision and Network Distributing releases are accompanied by a Stay Tooned special, presented by Tony Robinson, charting the history of the film and Halas and Batchelor in general.[1]
International versions[]
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Catalan | La revolta dels animals |
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Czech | Farma Zvířat |
| File:Animal Farm (1954) - logo (French).png | French | La Ferme des Animaux |
| File:Animal Farm (1954) - logo (German).png | German | Aufstand der Tiere |
| File:Animal Farm (1954) - logo (Greek).png | Greek | Η Φάρμα των Ζώων |
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Italian | La fattoria degli animali |
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Japanese (subtitled) |
動物農場 |
| File:Animal Farm (1954) - logo (Japanese).png | Japanese | 動物農場 |
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Persian | دانلود صوت دوبله فیلم[6] |
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Polish | Folwark zwierzęcy |
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Russian (ORT, voice-over) |
Скотный двор |
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Russian (DVD, voice-over) |
Звероферма |
| File:Animal Farm (1954) - logo (European Spanish).png | Spanish (Spain) | Rebelión en la Granja |
| File:Animal Farm (1954) - logo (Turkish).png | Turkish | HAYVAN ÇİFTLİĞİ |
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Henderson, Steve. Animal Farm – 60th Anniversary DVD review. Skwigly.
- ↑ Animal Farm. Network Distributing. Archived from the original on 2014-10-12.
- ↑ McLean, Tom (2014-10-27). Restoring ‘Animal Farm,’ Out Oct. 27 in the U.K.. Animation Magazine. Retrieved on 2020 November 1.
- ↑ Jacobs, Evan (2005-08-02). Image Entertainment Purchases Home Vision Entertainment. Movieweb. Watchr Media. Retrieved on 2020 October 30.
- ↑ AF Halas DVD. Orwell Today.
- ↑ https://irmo.bar/tt0047834/