Animal Farm

Released	October 3, 1999
Duration	91 minutes
Director	John Stephenson
Written by	Alan Janes & Martyn Burke
Music	Richard Harvey
Studio	Hallmark Entertainment

Animal Farm was a made-for-television movie produced by Hallmark and using Jim Henson's Creature Shop effects. This adaptation of George Orwell's political satire on Communism featured a more upbeat ending, and debuted on TNT.

Cast

• Pete Postlethwaite as Jones
• Alan Stanford as Mr. Pilkington
• Caroline Grey as Mrs. Jones
• Gail Fitzpatrick as Mrs. Pilkington
• Joe Taylor as Mr. Frederick

Voices

• Kelsey Grammer as Snowball
• Ian Holm as Squealer
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Mollie
• Julia Ormond as Jessie
• Pete Postlethwaite as Benjamin
• Paul Scofield as Boxer
• Patrick Stewart as Napoleon
• Peter Ustinov as Old Major
• Charlie Dale as Pincher and Moses
• Louise Gold as Mabel
• Jean Beith as Muriel

• Additional Voices: Paul Mark Elliott, Brian Gulland, Hannah King, Charlotte Merton-Laight, Tim Merton-Laight, Amanda Symonds, Nicole Tibbels, Tim Whitnall

Crew

• Producers: Robert Halmi Sr., Paul Lowin, Morgan O'Sullivan, and Greg Smith
• Animatronics Designer and Model Maker: Chris Howes