Animal Farm (1999 film)

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Animal Farm
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Based on	Animal Farm by George Orwell
Teleplay by	Alan Janes Martyn Burke
Directed by	John Stephenson
Starring	Kelsey Grammer Ian Holm Julia Louis-Dreyfus Patrick Stewart Julia Ormond Paul Scofield Pete Postlethwaite Peter Ustinov
Theme music composer	Richard Harvey
Country of origin	United States United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Greg Smith Robert Halmi
Cinematography	Mike Brewster
Editor	Colin Green
Running time	91 minutes
Production company	Hallmark Entertainment
Budget	$23 million
Original release
Network	TNT
Release	3 October 1999 (1999-10-03)
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Animal Farm is a 1999 political comedy-drama television film directed by John Stephenson and written by Alan Janes. Based on the 1945 novel of the same name by George Orwell and serving as an allegory of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath, the film features an ensemble cast including Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Patrick Stewart, Julia Ormond, Paul Scofield, Charles Dale, Pete Postlethwaite, Alan Stanford and Peter Ustinov. In the film, a group of anthropomorphic animals revolt successfully against their human owner, only to slide into a more brutal tyranny among themselves.