Animal Farm (1999) Movie Script
It was a storm of judgment.
For years we had been hiding
from repression.
But now, nature
was washing away the disease.
I always knew, as with
all things built
on the wrong foundations,
the farm would one day crumble.
At last the wait was over.
The poisonous cement
evil dream together
was being washed away.
I could taste it in the water.
I was old.
I was almost blind.
But I could still remember.
It started with the day
Old Major, the prize boar,
had had a dream and the other pigs
had called a meeting in the barn.
- Now boys. Not too much.
- Hush up, woman.
- They shouldn't do that.
- They're having fun, now hush up.
Yes, we're only playing, Ma.
And one day, the pigs might come
and play with you.
There you go again,
talking rubbish.
They're only dumb animals, God.
Boxer! Boxer!
Keep straight!
Look where you're going, Boxer!
Keep a line, keep a line.
Fool of a horse going
the wrong way.
Boxer! Boxer!
What the?
Whoa, Mollie, whoa there.
Whoa...
Whoa, whoa.
Jones, you old drunkard.
Mr. Pilkington.
Mrs... Nice hat.
We've brought your horse back.
Thanks.
All right, was she?
Mollie...
Yes, she did the job.
Where do you want her?
There's a meeting tonight
in the barn.
Okay, Jessie.
I'll be there.
- It's kind of you to invite us.
- It's nothing special.
Just a few neighbors over
for a drink.
Well, we wouldn't want to miss out
on this generosity,
would we?
- Look, Mr. P, about your money...
- My dear boy.
We'll speak tonight.
Hey, walk on.
Bye bye, Jessie.
- I hate him. He smells.
- Oh, do be quiet.
Come on, Mollie. Come on!
That man has loser written
all over his face.
I don't think
he can take much more.
- I thought he was your friend.
- My friend?
How very little you know
of the world.
Come on, Boxer.
Walk on and keep a line.
Keep a line, damn you.
Go on, step in, Boxer.
Boxer!
Boxer, look what
you've done to me field.
You stupid lump of dog flesh.
You're dog meat.
You're a dead horse, Boxer.
You're for the glue factory.
I'll strangle you
with my own hands.
What's going on?
Leave him be.
Leave him be.
Thou shalt not kill.
He was hurting Boxer.
No animal can ever
attack a human.
No human should ever
hurt an animal.
Jones!
Where are you?
Jessie, Jessie!
Go, quick.
I've got a train to catch.
Quick, she's coming, quick.
Wake up, you drunken pig.
We're now late and the car
Now please don't get drunk.
There's a clean tablecloth
in the cupboard.
Don't wear those boots. Don't call
me at my sisters, she hates you.
Hey, come on girls.
You're supposed to be
at the meeting.
Come on.
Follow me.
And the sink is blocked
and the butchery's full of flies.
Make sure you get Pilkington
to lend you more money.
Animals...
The wisest of us all has words
which must now be spoken.
These words came to Old Major
in a dream
and must now be heard.
My friends...
I do not think I will be with you
for many days more.
I have had a long life.
And now it is my duty
to pass on to you
such as I understand
of the nature of our lives.
Animalkind is born to a miserable,
laborious, and short existence.
We are given
only just enough food as will
sustain the breath in our bodies
for the work we do,
and when our usefulness
has come to an end,
we are slaughtered
with hideous cruelty.
- No!
- No!
Yes.
And who pray is responsible
for our suffering?
Man!
Man is our enemy.
Mr. P?
Oh, not too much now.
Must be trying
to sweeten me up, eh?
Mr. P, about the money l owe you...
My dear boy, we're just having
a friendly drink.
Don't want to spoil the occasion,
do we?
The bank is on me, Mr. P. I don't
know what to do. I'm desperate.
Well...
You can always just sign the farm
over to me and have done with it.
Mr. Frederick.
I'm sure Mr. P will work
something out for you.
Mrs. Jones not about this evening?
No, she's gone to her sister's
on the train.
Remove man,
and the root cause
of hunger and overwork
is abolished forever.
Remove man,
and the produce of our labor
will be our own.
Remove man, and overnight
we will become
free and equal.
Free and equal.
Free and equal.
- Free and equal.
- I thought I was free.
- Will it mean no harnesses?
- You believe that,
you'll believe anything.
We must never come to resemble man
in anyway.
If there are no humans,
who will brush my mane?
Oh, no.
And who will braid it
with ribbons?
Did I hear someone say ribbons?
I can get ribbons,
I can get anything.
What you got to trade?
You shouldn't care about
looking pretty for humans.
But I like looking pretty
for humans.
...or engage in trade!
What? No trade?
Amongst us animals there must be
unity and comradeship.
All animals are friends.
All humans are enemies.
We'll have to
stay over, Mr. J.
Help me up, then.
Oh, beg your pardon.
Second door on the left.
Pilkington, we've got to talk now.
Wake up.
I can't pay you.
You've got to give me more time.
In fact, if you could see your way
to lending me another hundred or so,
just for a month.
Pilkington.
I need your help.
Wake up,
you fat money-grabbing pig.
Oh, no.
Mrs. P, you've got the wrong room.
No I haven't, my dear.
Don't worry.
He'll be out for the night.
Now, my friends,
I will tell you about
the end of my dream
and the song that came to me.
It's a song you must learn.
It's a song of justice and freedom.
Beasts of the world,
we shall unite.
Rise up and ready for the fight.
Soon or late that day will be,
when man's defeated
and we are free.
Soon or late that day will be,
when man's defeated
and we are free.
Mr. J...
Our limbs be tired and worn,
our dreams will not be broken.
Our hearts will not be torn,
our dreams will not be broken.
Our hearts will not be torn...
Blasted coat.
Getting a man out of his sleep.
Damn foxes.
Old Major
had been hit.
Was our revolution over
before it had begun?
No!
No, Major. No.
There are no rewards after death.
There is only the here and now.
We must work to make
this life better.
Friends, we must always remember
that Old Major died
for every one of us.
And now we each have a duty to him.
Revolution!
Must need feeding again.
Jessie!
Jessie, come on girl!
Come on, girl.
Here.
Take it. Here.
Come on.
Hello?
You don't like it?
If you paid more attention to the farm,
we wouldn't have money troubles.
Where you going?
The animals need feeding.
Dennis...
- Eric... drink?
- Yeah, come on.
We haven't fed or milked
them yet, Mr. Jones.
We'll do it later.
I need a pint.
We need milking.
Stupid dog wants a pint, too.
Well, if she's got any money,
she can have one.
I'm very hungry.
At last.
Will he feed us now?
Mr. Jones...
What about the animals?
Ah, let them rot.
Come on, lads. Let's get
another drink.
I need food.
It's in the food store.
- Quiet.
- Boxer...
We can help ourselves.
Come on.
Come on, follow me.
Beast of the world
we shall unite
Rise up and ready
for the fight
Soon or late
the day will be
When men is defeated
and we are free
I see the victory.
Our limbs be tired and worn
Wait.
Do you mind?
I'm trying to have my dinner.
That's mine.
I was saving that.
Leave now.
Boxer.
Boxer, Boxer.
The humans are coming.
Come on, let's get them.
Don't give them time to regroup.
Seize the day.
Get in the car!
Wait for me.
Quick, come on. Get inside.
Move it, come on.
Victory is ours.
- What do we do now?
- Wait and see.
This is an outrage.
On my farm,
the animals know their place.
Know their place?
Of course they know their place.
- They're animals.
- What am I going to do?
My dear boy, you're homeless.
You've got no money.
The treatment of your animals
has led them to seizing power,
an uprising which could easily
spread to all our farms.
You've done enough.
Shut up!
I'm thinking.
- Oh, no.
- They've come to kill us.
Do something, Mr. P.
Shoo.
And so at last
the farm belonged to us,
and we were free.
We now knew we could live
without fear.
And Snowball would show us the way.
Can you read?
Not yet, but I will learn.
Snowball,
the cows are in great pain.
They need milking.
Well, I could try.
All right now, just hold still.
Oh, Lord. Oh, right.
I just need practice.
Can you see anything?
Of course I can't see.
I don't have the eyesight, do I?
Well, can you smell anything?
What? Other than you?
Hey, get off!
There's Snowball and Jessie.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Hello, Jessie.
Come here, come and look.
See, I have a glorious surprise.
What are you doing?
Well, what does it say?
And as the farm now belongs to us,
what words have I painted?
- Us farm?
- Animal Farm.
Animal Farm.
Well...
If you can write,
you must be able to read.
Yes, we pigs have taught ourselves
to read and write.
What is it?
I think it's my time.
You're dying?
No. Puppies.
Puppies...
- Puppies. Quick, what do we do?
- Steady now, Boxer.
Boxer!
Boxer, where are you?
Come on, we're waiting.
Are you sure you're okay?
Boxer, go with the others.
I'll be fine.
If you're sure...
I'm sure.
Here by the house.
It's a box where
humans watch humans.
Keeps them quiet.
Could be useful.
Animals,
I propose that the farmhouse
never be used,
but preserved as a museum.
All those in favor?
Carried.
They steeped themselves in luxury
while we lived in
squalor.
A horsehair chair.
Animals have to die
for humans to sit in comfort.
And this bed, filled with
feathers plucked from animals.
Oh, heaven's sake.
We must bury them all.
Compatriots.
Over here.
We must work quickly.
Tell Pincher to meet me
in the harness room.
This might be a problem.
These...
are Old Major's thoughts,
the principals
of Animalism. We must
always remember
what he taught us.
What is important...
is that we must never
come to resemble man in anyway.
One: Whatever goes upon two legs
is an enemy.
Two:
Whatever goes upon four legs
or has wings
is a friend.
After all, we are animals.
Three:
No animals shall wear clothes.
Four: No animals
shall sleep in abed.
We can no longer stoop
to his level.
Five: No animal
shall drink alcohol.
- Or engage in trade.
- Six:
No animal shall kill
any other animal.
Fighting each other
is the nature of man.
- Ah, Pincher. Sit down.
- And most importantly...
Seven:
Amongst us animals,
there must be unity
and comradeship.
All animals
are equal.
Hurrah!
I swear on the sacred memory
of Old Major
to serve Napolean
before all others.
To serve Napolean
before all others.
Rise up, Pincher,
and take your position as leader
of the Animal Guard.
Bring in the other dogs.
This is the doctrine
of Old Major.
And it is our duty to follow
each and every commandment.
Animals, animals.
We have work to do.
There's been enough discussion.
We have a harvest to bring in.
And let us make it a point of honor
to do it quicker than humankind.
Now, line up to receive
your instructions.
Left a bit. Straight
ahead now.
Right a bit.
This is harder than it looks.
I must use all my strength.
We all worked together
in the fields and we were happy.
The pigs stayed inside the barn
and counted the hay.
Only25bales
of hay today.
We need more effort.
I... I can...
work harder.
While Snowball worked towards
Old Major's ideals,
Napolean made different plans.
Are the puppies weaned yet?
- Nearly.
- Well, we have milk to feed them.
Take them away.
Give her some explanation.
Animals!
We are now ready to raise
our flag of freedom.
Well done, Boxer.
I give you...
the hoof and horn.
There now.
I told you we'd find him
with his neck in a bottle.
"All over in 2 weeks"
I think you said two months ago.
This is what happens when a weak
man is allowed to run a farm.
On my farm, there are no weak men.
Obviously the animals are
managing better than we expected.
- We'll have to do something.
- I'll do something.
I'll ring his drunken throat.
We need information
on what's going on.
Why don't you send a spy?
How can we send...
No.
But we could listen in.
Now, don't make any noise.
Come on...
So from the beginning?
A...
- G, B, C...
- No, no, no.
We'll leave that for now and go
back to our discussion on animalism.
I first started to suspect
that all was not right
when my puppies were
taken.
Do you understand
four legs good two legs bad?
- Yes!
Napolean,
I want to see my puppies.
No, Jessie.
You can't see your puppies.
- But they're my babies.
- If you were thinking
clearly then you would be pleased
at the special
education that
we're going to give them.
You surely don't want
to disadvantage your own puppies,
do you?
- No.
- Good.
- No, I don't.
- Well off you go then.
They still need their mother.
Her sadness will spread
to the other animals.
- Not if we distract them.
- Yeah.
Education is knowledge.
And knowledge is power.
Well, the knowledge I'd like is...
Who keeps stealing
the milk and apples?
Share and share alike,
isn't that animalism.
- Well, where's our share?
- Animals, please.
Who has the milk and apples?
Who has the milk and apples?
Who has the milk and apples?
Who has the milk and apples?
- Who has the milk and apples?
- We pigs have them.
We'll let them calm down.
Then Squealer can explain.
Thank you.
Back in the farm yard,
Chickens are also one of
God's wonders on the farm.
This mother hen is showing her
chicks how to look for grain.
God has given them a sharp
bill so they will have
no trouble
picking up the bits of food.
All of the farm animals
need lots of water.
Well, of course we do.
Animals.
Napolean has arranged for this
television to be here for
your enjoyment and relaxation.
This, my friends,
is animalism in practice.
But it is also animalism
for us pigs
to have the milk and apples.
That doesn't sound fair to me.
I love milk and apples.
We all do.
I'll talk to Jessie.
She'll explain.
...feed the brain,
and if your brains are not fed,
then Jones would come back.
Do any of you want
to see Jones back?
No, no!
Good.
Then for all our sakes,
we will continue to drink
the milk and eat the apples.
Yey!
You see no grease,
you smell no grease...
You feel no grease with Joy.
Where are they?
I don't know.
Boxer, the pigs
always tell us what to do...
what to think.
We must have leaders.
But what if they're wrong?
Dear Boxer...
He totally believed in Napolean.
He just wanted to do right.
- It's not rubbish.
I've heard my animals
sound like that.
There's a pattern to it.
Like, like they're singing.
- Listen!
- Yes.
I've heard that sound.
It's a signal. A code.
It's something,
Four legs good, two legs bad.
We invade.
This is a nightmare.
It will only be a matter of time
before the humans invade.
- You think so?
- Yes.
- What will we do?
- Defend ourselves, of course.
This is my plan.
It's as I thought. They're
approaching from the top field.
Send the signal.
What if they change directions?
Then we'll make another plan.
Are all the animals in place?
They're in place.
- This isn't going to work.
- Flying party has taken off.
Jessie's marshalling the sheep.
Good.
Give me that!
As long as we stay up here,
we're safe.
Let Snowball lead the charge.
Get them!
What was that?
Charge!
Shoot now! Shoot!
Come on!
Come on!
Move!
Let me through. Let me through.
Victory.
Glorious victory is ours!
Well.
We can't beat them.
We might have
to join them.
Is he breathing?
I've killed him.
This is war. The only good human
is a dead one.
I've no wish to take life,
not even human life.
No, he's all right.
He's moving.
Animals...
You were so brave today.
Yes, he was the bravest of us all.
- He's an animal hero first class.
- No.
There was no one braver
than Snowball.
Snowball. Snowball.
Snowball. Snowball.
My friends...
We are all heroes.
And we will celebrate
this decisive day every
October with a march past
our glorious flag
and the firing
of this gun.
Our farm is now truly
Animal Farm.
Napolean, Napolean, Napolean.
Napolean, Napolean, Napolean.
Snowball
continued to try
to improve our lives.
And soon came up with
anew scheme.
We were called to a meeting.
My friends,
surely you can see Snowball's idea
for a windmill is a waste of labor.
- Yeah.
- It's not a waste.
Once built,
it will ease our labors.
Yeah.
Our efforts must be directed
at feeding ourselves,
arming ourselves, barricading our
borders and defending animalism.
- Yeah.
- No, no, no.
For animalism to prosper
we must convert all the animals
on all the farms.
We must send our pigeons out to
spread the message of revolution.
Yeah.
We will vote on it.
Yeah.
All those in favor of Napolean.
Yeah.
And all those in favor
of Snowball.
Yeah.
Animals,
think of the benefits
of a windmill.
Yes, it will be
hard work to build.
save us so much labor
that we may have to work
only three days a week.
Now, all those in favor.
Yeah.
You pig.
Snowball...
Puppies?
Puppies, leave him,
Leave him! Puppies!
My puppies had become
Snowball was banished
and Napolean took control.
- Friends.
Snowball is a traitor
and a criminal.
But he was a brave fighter.
Bravery is not enough.
Loyalty is more important.
You see how clever Napolean
has been, my friends.
Of course, he's not against
the windmill.
In fact, it was his own idea.
He opposed it to flush out
Snowball for the traitor he is.
Tactics, friends.
There will be no more meetings.
No more endless debates.
From now on,
a special committee of pigs will
decide on all aspects of the farm.
No!
Now,
I will tell you of our plan
for the windmill.
So began our toil.
It was a slow,
laborious process
and we were watched at all times.
It was Boxer's great strength
that really made the difference.
But each and every one of us
played our part.
And slowly,
very slowly the windmill
began to take shape.
And at night we'd return home
weary
and hungry.
Nothing.
They must have found
the microphone. But wait. Listen.
...to build the windmill.
My friends...
They can talk.
Long live Animal Farm.
If they can talk,
they can trade.
You can't trade with animals.
- Why not?
- It's immoral.
It's business.
It's my farm.
That farm has been in his family
for generations.
Yes, and what's he done with it?
Ruined it, that's what.
Congratulations.
You've actually managed to turn
your father's prosperous farm
into a debt-ridden,
crumbling piece of rubbish.
Very clever.
You can't talk to me like that.
Yes I can.
I can say something else as well.
You're finished around here.
Both of you.
Washed up, dead in the water.
Are these words sinking in?
Yes, I think they are.
There's someone in the house.
This isn't right.
They're behaving like men.
Puppies, stop that.
I'm your mother. Stop it.
- Stop it!
- Puppies!
Off to bed with you.
What are you doing here?
This area is out of bounds.
Nothing. I was just walking
and the dogs came at me.
Have you seen anything of interest
in your walk?
Nothing.
Get back to the barn.
Things were changing fast
and at night we heard
strange noises
as Squealer altered
the commandments.
...with sheets.
Avery good day to you, Mister...
Napolean.
Pilkington.
Very pleased to meet you.
Splendid.
- Splendid.
- We will go into the house.
Absolutely, after you, dear boy.
Dear boy? Dear boy?
Wonderful.
A porker with a sense of humor.
Old Major's words no longer
made any sense.
The pigs were now living
in the house.
Napolean was rarely seen
but a statue had been made
in his honor and placed
near the barn.
Today marks the beginning of
anew direction for us.
Animal Farm cannot exist
in isolation.
To improve our quality of life,
to build the windmill,
to feed ourselves,
we need to trade.
Didn't Old Major say
we must never engage in trade?
It's always the same.
What goes around, comes around.
None of this need concern
any of you.
As your leader,
I will shoulder the burden
of trade myself.
The pigs dedicated
to his memory the place
where Old Major had fallen.
Our revolution continues,
and all our actions
will now be looked on
by the founder of our beliefs.
Pincher.
Only criminals
would fear Old Major's presence.
Long live Animal Farm.
Long live Animal Farm.
Mr. Napolean.
Dear boy.
You know,
this could prove to be
a very profitable arrangement
between ourselves, Mr. N.
You know you can trust me.
I mean, I never wanted to have
anything to do with that invasion.
That was all Frederick
- and Jones' idea.
- Jones is our enemy.
And I am your friend.
Got a bottle of whisky for you.
A token of my gratitude.
Just try this.
Dear boy.
Now to business.
There's a shortage of eggs
on the market.
They're fetching
a very good price.
Listen. There's something I have to
tell you all. It's about the pigs.
- They are living in the house.
- No.
Yes. And they're sleeping
in the beds.
No.
No animal shall sleep in abed.
My friends, let me
explain.
As you know, we pigs
are the brains of the farm,
and we must have a quiet place
to work in
for all your sakes.
Surely you don't want
your glorious leader
to live in a sty.
Of course not. And yes,
we do sleep
in beds, and why not?
There is no ruling against beds,
a pile of straw is abed.
Would you rob us of our sleep
so that we're too tired
to carry out our duties?
But there's the commandment.
What commandment?
There was never
a commandment against
beds, read it.
"No animal
shall sleep in abed
with sheets".
You see? It's a commandment
against sheets.
And we certainly don't sleep
in sheets.
Oh, no.
Napolean is always right.
Exactly.
I managed to convince
the animals
to buy those rusty old silos
I couldn't get rid of.
what to do with them.
Not only that,
they've built a windmill.
And I'll end up owning that
as well as Jones' farm.
What about the hunger,
Mr. Pilkington?
What hunger?
I've seen some of the animals.
Flesh and bones.
They look all right to me.
Yes, but you're not seeing straight
with all that trade you're doing.
My dear boy, if the pigs prefer
to deal with me, should I refuse?
The animals are starving,
Same again all around.
You're still here then?
Pilkington, I'll show him.
Let him try to get his hands
on this now.
Quick!
Our windmill was ruined.
Our spirits
were at their lowest.
But Napolean
seemed triumphant.
Do you know who is
responsible for this?
Do you know who has stolen the truck
and blown up our windmill?
Snowball!
The arch-criminal and traitor
has destroyed our work
of the last year.
Animals,
I pronounce the death sentence
on Snowball.
We will teach this traitor
that he cannot undo our work
so easily.
The windmill will be rebuilt.
Every day we will work,
rain or shine,
food or none.
Long live the windmill!
Boxer...
So early?
I must get on.
We've got to rebuild
the windmill.
Decree number six:
Our leader pronounces that
"Beasts of the World"
was the song of the revolution
through which we expressed
our longing for a better society.
But as that society
is now established,
that song no longer
has any meaning.
Boxer, come on, please.
You'll hurt yourself.
I have to do this.
We have a new song that
gives voice to our gratitude for
all we have.
Beloved leader Napolean,
fearless faithful guardian,
proud and strong, protect us from
the wrong. You will defend us
with your lofty trotter...
Pigs, our pigs,
there is no beast
ever waver, they face the fight
for right, with might...
Glorious great and triumphant,
gallant hero resilient,
proud and strong,
protect us from the wrong,
you will defend us
with your lofty trotter...
Pigs are pigs are pigs.
- Where is our food?
- I'm sorry, Boxer.
I don't think
we're going to get any.
We must have food.
I'm so hungry.
Make way for our leader.
Our valiant leader,
animal hero first class
and animal hero second class
will now speak.
My friends, I have found out
that the arch-criminal Snowball
is still visiting the farm.
Is he?
I haven't seen him.
He has even blocked drains.
Snowball's sabotage is the reason
for our shortage of food.
But he must have inside help.
Which of you
is in league with him?
I will find you out.
They guilty will have
nowhere to hide.
Because of this sabotage
the hens will have to surrender
their eggs for sale in the market.
- You hens should
welcome this sacrifice as your own
special contribution to animalism.
Never. Never.
You dare defy
our glorious leader?
We will smash our eggs
before giving them up.
Yeah, dead right.
All hens are criminals.
No hen will be fed.
Any animal seen giving food
to a hen will be punished
by death.
And so in the middle of the night
the hens sacrificed their eggs.
This is so wrong.
What have we done?
Now what?
Go back to sleep, my friend.
We're just moving some of Jones'
camera equipment.
You'll see the films later.
With efficiency and patriotism
the Animal Guard
roots out enemies of the farm.
Come with me.
There's no hiding place for
Snowball's cohorts.
Don't make a noise.
And there's no escape from
justice as they go on trial
for crimes against animalism
in front of our impartial leader.
Our commandments say
no animal shall kill
any other animal.
Guilty!
...without cause.
We have cause.
Guilty!
Guilty!
Guilty!
And now for other news.
Our leader, the glorious
and valiant Napolean,
was today awarded highest medal
of animalism,
the Leader's Star, first class.
But before we close
our transmission,
thanks for our glorious leader.
Thanks to our beloved Napolean,
I have laid six eggs in five days.
Thanks to the leadership
of our beloved Napolean,
this grass tastes
better than ever.
And until tomorrow,
Good night.
I like whisky.
The pigs were behaving
more and more
like farmer Jones.
What is it?
Glorious
leader Napolean,
glorious leader,
Napolean...
Shut up.
Squealer,
come quick.
Napolean says he's dying.
So am I.
Napolean didn't die,
and neither
did his taste for whisky.
Life was bleak.
But nothing prepared us
for what happened next.
We were on our way home when
a duck brought us the bad news.
Jessie!
Jessie!
Boxer has fallen by the windmill.
He's on his side.
Boxer?
Go! Go and tell Napolean.
Hurry.
Up there, just on the other side
of that cloud,
lies the kingdom in the sky.
Where no animal ever goes hungry.
Say after me.
"I believe in the
- sugar candy that grows on trees".
- Boxer!
- "I believe in the everlasting..."
- Get off of him, you... Boxer!
Boxer.
What happened?
I can't breathe very well.
Hush.
Lie still.
It will be all right.
You'll soon feel better.
You have enough stones here
to finish the windmill.
I think I may now be
allowed to stop.
Yes, of course, you must stop.
I will enjoy my retirement.
If any animal deserves to rest,
Here, try to drink some water.
Yes, yes, I will.
Any improvement?
Our leader is going
to make arrangements
to have his most loyal worker
treated in hospital.
Thank you.
Now back to work.
But I don't think
I should leave him.
Boxer, Boxer.
It's time to go.
- I'm very weak.
- Listen, Boxer.
You're going to be fine.
You're going to the hospital
and they'll make you better.
Come on, you must use
all your strength to get up.
Yes. It's difficult.
I know, my friend.
Please, do it for me.
Do it for all of us.
Yes, yes. I'll try.
Quick, they're taking Boxer away.
Come and say good bye.
Somehow Boxer managed to summon up
the last of his strength
and we watched
as he entered the van.
Something smelled wrong.
It made us nervous.
No!
- No!
The words on the van.
S, E, T...
Horse slaughterer.
They're taking him
to the glue factory.
No, Boxer, get out.
Boxer, come on, help me, Benny!
Boxer!
Boxer!
- Boxer, get out quick!
- Get out!
Kick your way out!
They're taking you to your death.
Boxer!
Boxer!
Boxer!
We called out
desperately.
But we heard him
give up the struggle.
A very profitable afternoon.
Your share.
Buy whisky with it.
It's expensive.
Use all the money.
- Certainly, my friend.
- I like whisky.
I could have saved him.
Nobody can save any of us.
I could have.
How?
I found a place
at the edge of the farm.
A good place to hide.
I should have taken him there.
But I did nothing.
I'll never forgive myself.
Well, you could put
the wrong right.
Yeah, yes, you're right.
Muriel will not last much longer.
And there are others.
Then we must save them.
We must leave this place
with as many animals as we can.
Forward,
forward in the name
of the revolution.
Long live Animal Farm.
Long live
our beloved Napolean.
Napolean is always right.
Those were his
last words.
Rumors.
Some of you are saying that
the van that took Boxer away
was from the horse slaughterer.
Surely you know our beloved
leader better than that.
The van was from the hospital
but had previously been
the property of
the slaughterer.
So no more rumors.
Mind your step.
Come on in now.
Delighted to join you for
a neighborly drink,
aren't we, Mrs. P?
- We certainly are.
- What are they doing here?
Come around here.
There. You sit here.
Okay, there we are.
Nice and friendly, eh?
I've heard such a lot
about you, Mr. N.
So...
All getting on splendidly.
May l?
- No, you can't.
- Quiet!
You're letting him drink
all our whisky.
on top of that flagpole forever.
A toast.
Allow me.
Absolutely, dear boy.
Allow me to congratulate you on
keeping your lower
animals in order.
- Thank you.
- An example to all
farmers.
No animal suffered from
working a little harder
or eating a little less,
did they?
Present company excluded,
of course.
Another toast to Animal Farm.
No, not Animal Farm.
I've decided we should revert
to our proper name of Manor Farm.
To Manor Farm then.
And our continued prosperity.
Absolutely, dear boy.
I can't tell the difference
between them.
Read it to me.
"All animals are equal, but
some animals are more equal
than others".
More equal than others.
Come on, we should leave
while we still can.
I'll get the others.
And now we go
to our leader's house
where earlier today a spontaneous
demonstration took place.
A grateful duck has written
a new song
for our beloved leader,
and she's here joined by
chorus of the Animal
Guard.
Praise to him,
the founder of all our wisdom...
Long to live the ruler
of our farm, Napolean...
Mighty leader, mighty leader,
watching over us...
Napolean, mighty leader...
Mighty leader watching over us.
Shout, shout, shout out loud,
snout, snout, pink and proud...
Friend on high
you guide us with your smile.
Teach us how to be as kind as you,
Napolean, mighty leader.
Mighty leader watching over us.
Napolean, mighty leader...
Mighty leader watching over us.
Shout, shout, shout out loud,
snout, snout, pink and proud...
Perfect pig you bless us
with your beauty.
Hallowed hog,
how wondrous is your glow...
Napolean, mighty leader...
Mighty leader watching over us.
Napolean, mighty leader...
Mighty leader watching over us.
Shout, shout, shout out loud,
snout, snout, pink and proud...
Shout, shout, shout out loud,
snout, snout, pink and proud...
Four legs good,
two legs better.
Four legs good,
two legs better.
Four legs good,
two legs better.
Four legs good,
two legs better.
Four legs good,
two legs better.
Animals! Never again will we be
threatened by our enemies.
I decree this farm will now devote
itself to the making of weapons,
to the building of walls,
to the protection of ourselves
and our way of life.
The revolution is over.
All animals are now free.
Free?
Life had been far from free
in our hideout.
Seasons came and went.
And we waited.
The years passed.
We grew old. But we still waited.
Waited for...
what surely must pass.
cruelty and greed
to bleed the farm to death.
And now with the coming
of the storm
came the first signs
that our wait was over.
It was time for us to return
to that place
that had once been
full of such hope.
I wondered if anything
was still alive.
I knew in my
heart that Napolean had fallen
victim of his own madness.
But what of
the others?
After all we had been through,
I needed to believe
that there was still hope.
Could this be the same place
where Old Major had spoken
of his dream?
Where we had worked so hard
for a better life?
All that was left was
the memory and the pain of the
poor creatures who had suffered.
My heart sank.
But there are always survivors.
The walls had now fallen.
The scars have healed.
And life goes on.
And what of the
future?
There are new owners.
We will not allow them
to make the same mistakes.
We will rebuild the farm.
And now at last we shall be free.
For years we had been hiding
from repression.
But now, nature
was washing away the disease.
I always knew, as with
all things built
on the wrong foundations,
the farm would one day crumble.
At last the wait was over.
The poisonous cement
evil dream together
was being washed away.
I could taste it in the water.
I was old.
I was almost blind.
But I could still remember.
It started with the day
Old Major, the prize boar,
had had a dream and the other pigs
had called a meeting in the barn.
- Now boys. Not too much.
- Hush up, woman.
- They shouldn't do that.
- They're having fun, now hush up.
Yes, we're only playing, Ma.
And one day, the pigs might come
and play with you.
There you go again,
talking rubbish.
They're only dumb animals, God.
Boxer! Boxer!
Keep straight!
Look where you're going, Boxer!
Keep a line, keep a line.
Fool of a horse going
the wrong way.
Boxer! Boxer!
What the?
Whoa, Mollie, whoa there.
Whoa...
Whoa, whoa.
Jones, you old drunkard.
Mr. Pilkington.
Mrs... Nice hat.
We've brought your horse back.
Thanks.
All right, was she?
Mollie...
Yes, she did the job.
Where do you want her?
There's a meeting tonight
in the barn.
Okay, Jessie.
I'll be there.
- It's kind of you to invite us.
- It's nothing special.
Just a few neighbors over
for a drink.
Well, we wouldn't want to miss out
on this generosity,
would we?
- Look, Mr. P, about your money...
- My dear boy.
We'll speak tonight.
Hey, walk on.
Bye bye, Jessie.
- I hate him. He smells.
- Oh, do be quiet.
Come on, Mollie. Come on!
That man has loser written
all over his face.
I don't think
he can take much more.
- I thought he was your friend.
- My friend?
How very little you know
of the world.
Come on, Boxer.
Walk on and keep a line.
Keep a line, damn you.
Go on, step in, Boxer.
Boxer!
Boxer, look what
you've done to me field.
You stupid lump of dog flesh.
You're dog meat.
You're a dead horse, Boxer.
You're for the glue factory.
I'll strangle you
with my own hands.
What's going on?
Leave him be.
Leave him be.
Thou shalt not kill.
He was hurting Boxer.
No animal can ever
attack a human.
No human should ever
hurt an animal.
Jones!
Where are you?
Jessie, Jessie!
Go, quick.
I've got a train to catch.
Quick, she's coming, quick.
Wake up, you drunken pig.
We're now late and the car
Now please don't get drunk.
There's a clean tablecloth
in the cupboard.
Don't wear those boots. Don't call
me at my sisters, she hates you.
Hey, come on girls.
You're supposed to be
at the meeting.
Come on.
Follow me.
And the sink is blocked
and the butchery's full of flies.
Make sure you get Pilkington
to lend you more money.
Animals...
The wisest of us all has words
which must now be spoken.
These words came to Old Major
in a dream
and must now be heard.
My friends...
I do not think I will be with you
for many days more.
I have had a long life.
And now it is my duty
to pass on to you
such as I understand
of the nature of our lives.
Animalkind is born to a miserable,
laborious, and short existence.
We are given
only just enough food as will
sustain the breath in our bodies
for the work we do,
and when our usefulness
has come to an end,
we are slaughtered
with hideous cruelty.
- No!
- No!
Yes.
And who pray is responsible
for our suffering?
Man!
Man is our enemy.
Mr. P?
Oh, not too much now.
Must be trying
to sweeten me up, eh?
Mr. P, about the money l owe you...
My dear boy, we're just having
a friendly drink.
Don't want to spoil the occasion,
do we?
The bank is on me, Mr. P. I don't
know what to do. I'm desperate.
Well...
You can always just sign the farm
over to me and have done with it.
Mr. Frederick.
I'm sure Mr. P will work
something out for you.
Mrs. Jones not about this evening?
No, she's gone to her sister's
on the train.
Remove man,
and the root cause
of hunger and overwork
is abolished forever.
Remove man,
and the produce of our labor
will be our own.
Remove man, and overnight
we will become
free and equal.
Free and equal.
Free and equal.
- Free and equal.
- I thought I was free.
- Will it mean no harnesses?
- You believe that,
you'll believe anything.
We must never come to resemble man
in anyway.
If there are no humans,
who will brush my mane?
Oh, no.
And who will braid it
with ribbons?
Did I hear someone say ribbons?
I can get ribbons,
I can get anything.
What you got to trade?
You shouldn't care about
looking pretty for humans.
But I like looking pretty
for humans.
...or engage in trade!
What? No trade?
Amongst us animals there must be
unity and comradeship.
All animals are friends.
All humans are enemies.
We'll have to
stay over, Mr. J.
Help me up, then.
Oh, beg your pardon.
Second door on the left.
Pilkington, we've got to talk now.
Wake up.
I can't pay you.
You've got to give me more time.
In fact, if you could see your way
to lending me another hundred or so,
just for a month.
Pilkington.
I need your help.
Wake up,
you fat money-grabbing pig.
Oh, no.
Mrs. P, you've got the wrong room.
No I haven't, my dear.
Don't worry.
He'll be out for the night.
Now, my friends,
I will tell you about
the end of my dream
and the song that came to me.
It's a song you must learn.
It's a song of justice and freedom.
Beasts of the world,
we shall unite.
Rise up and ready for the fight.
Soon or late that day will be,
when man's defeated
and we are free.
Soon or late that day will be,
when man's defeated
and we are free.
Mr. J...
Our limbs be tired and worn,
our dreams will not be broken.
Our hearts will not be torn,
our dreams will not be broken.
Our hearts will not be torn...
Blasted coat.
Getting a man out of his sleep.
Damn foxes.
Old Major
had been hit.
Was our revolution over
before it had begun?
No!
No, Major. No.
There are no rewards after death.
There is only the here and now.
We must work to make
this life better.
Friends, we must always remember
that Old Major died
for every one of us.
And now we each have a duty to him.
Revolution!
Must need feeding again.
Jessie!
Jessie, come on girl!
Come on, girl.
Here.
Take it. Here.
Come on.
Hello?
You don't like it?
If you paid more attention to the farm,
we wouldn't have money troubles.
Where you going?
The animals need feeding.
Dennis...
- Eric... drink?
- Yeah, come on.
We haven't fed or milked
them yet, Mr. Jones.
We'll do it later.
I need a pint.
We need milking.
Stupid dog wants a pint, too.
Well, if she's got any money,
she can have one.
I'm very hungry.
At last.
Will he feed us now?
Mr. Jones...
What about the animals?
Ah, let them rot.
Come on, lads. Let's get
another drink.
I need food.
It's in the food store.
- Quiet.
- Boxer...
We can help ourselves.
Come on.
Come on, follow me.
Beast of the world
we shall unite
Rise up and ready
for the fight
Soon or late
the day will be
When men is defeated
and we are free
I see the victory.
Our limbs be tired and worn
Wait.
Do you mind?
I'm trying to have my dinner.
That's mine.
I was saving that.
Leave now.
Boxer.
Boxer, Boxer.
The humans are coming.
Come on, let's get them.
Don't give them time to regroup.
Seize the day.
Get in the car!
Wait for me.
Quick, come on. Get inside.
Move it, come on.
Victory is ours.
- What do we do now?
- Wait and see.
This is an outrage.
On my farm,
the animals know their place.
Know their place?
Of course they know their place.
- They're animals.
- What am I going to do?
My dear boy, you're homeless.
You've got no money.
The treatment of your animals
has led them to seizing power,
an uprising which could easily
spread to all our farms.
You've done enough.
Shut up!
I'm thinking.
- Oh, no.
- They've come to kill us.
Do something, Mr. P.
Shoo.
And so at last
the farm belonged to us,
and we were free.
We now knew we could live
without fear.
And Snowball would show us the way.
Can you read?
Not yet, but I will learn.
Snowball,
the cows are in great pain.
They need milking.
Well, I could try.
All right now, just hold still.
Oh, Lord. Oh, right.
I just need practice.
Can you see anything?
Of course I can't see.
I don't have the eyesight, do I?
Well, can you smell anything?
What? Other than you?
Hey, get off!
There's Snowball and Jessie.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Hello, Jessie.
Come here, come and look.
See, I have a glorious surprise.
What are you doing?
Well, what does it say?
And as the farm now belongs to us,
what words have I painted?
- Us farm?
- Animal Farm.
Animal Farm.
Well...
If you can write,
you must be able to read.
Yes, we pigs have taught ourselves
to read and write.
What is it?
I think it's my time.
You're dying?
No. Puppies.
Puppies...
- Puppies. Quick, what do we do?
- Steady now, Boxer.
Boxer!
Boxer, where are you?
Come on, we're waiting.
Are you sure you're okay?
Boxer, go with the others.
I'll be fine.
If you're sure...
I'm sure.
Here by the house.
It's a box where
humans watch humans.
Keeps them quiet.
Could be useful.
Animals,
I propose that the farmhouse
never be used,
but preserved as a museum.
All those in favor?
Carried.
They steeped themselves in luxury
while we lived in
squalor.
A horsehair chair.
Animals have to die
for humans to sit in comfort.
And this bed, filled with
feathers plucked from animals.
Oh, heaven's sake.
We must bury them all.
Compatriots.
Over here.
We must work quickly.
Tell Pincher to meet me
in the harness room.
This might be a problem.
These...
are Old Major's thoughts,
the principals
of Animalism. We must
always remember
what he taught us.
What is important...
is that we must never
come to resemble man in anyway.
One: Whatever goes upon two legs
is an enemy.
Two:
Whatever goes upon four legs
or has wings
is a friend.
After all, we are animals.
Three:
No animals shall wear clothes.
Four: No animals
shall sleep in abed.
We can no longer stoop
to his level.
Five: No animal
shall drink alcohol.
- Or engage in trade.
- Six:
No animal shall kill
any other animal.
Fighting each other
is the nature of man.
- Ah, Pincher. Sit down.
- And most importantly...
Seven:
Amongst us animals,
there must be unity
and comradeship.
All animals
are equal.
Hurrah!
I swear on the sacred memory
of Old Major
to serve Napolean
before all others.
To serve Napolean
before all others.
Rise up, Pincher,
and take your position as leader
of the Animal Guard.
Bring in the other dogs.
This is the doctrine
of Old Major.
And it is our duty to follow
each and every commandment.
Animals, animals.
We have work to do.
There's been enough discussion.
We have a harvest to bring in.
And let us make it a point of honor
to do it quicker than humankind.
Now, line up to receive
your instructions.
Left a bit. Straight
ahead now.
Right a bit.
This is harder than it looks.
I must use all my strength.
We all worked together
in the fields and we were happy.
The pigs stayed inside the barn
and counted the hay.
Only25bales
of hay today.
We need more effort.
I... I can...
work harder.
While Snowball worked towards
Old Major's ideals,
Napolean made different plans.
Are the puppies weaned yet?
- Nearly.
- Well, we have milk to feed them.
Take them away.
Give her some explanation.
Animals!
We are now ready to raise
our flag of freedom.
Well done, Boxer.
I give you...
the hoof and horn.
There now.
I told you we'd find him
with his neck in a bottle.
"All over in 2 weeks"
I think you said two months ago.
This is what happens when a weak
man is allowed to run a farm.
On my farm, there are no weak men.
Obviously the animals are
managing better than we expected.
- We'll have to do something.
- I'll do something.
I'll ring his drunken throat.
We need information
on what's going on.
Why don't you send a spy?
How can we send...
No.
But we could listen in.
Now, don't make any noise.
Come on...
So from the beginning?
A...
- G, B, C...
- No, no, no.
We'll leave that for now and go
back to our discussion on animalism.
I first started to suspect
that all was not right
when my puppies were
taken.
Do you understand
four legs good two legs bad?
- Yes!
Napolean,
I want to see my puppies.
No, Jessie.
You can't see your puppies.
- But they're my babies.
- If you were thinking
clearly then you would be pleased
at the special
education that
we're going to give them.
You surely don't want
to disadvantage your own puppies,
do you?
- No.
- Good.
- No, I don't.
- Well off you go then.
They still need their mother.
Her sadness will spread
to the other animals.
- Not if we distract them.
- Yeah.
Education is knowledge.
And knowledge is power.
Well, the knowledge I'd like is...
Who keeps stealing
the milk and apples?
Share and share alike,
isn't that animalism.
- Well, where's our share?
- Animals, please.
Who has the milk and apples?
Who has the milk and apples?
Who has the milk and apples?
Who has the milk and apples?
- Who has the milk and apples?
- We pigs have them.
We'll let them calm down.
Then Squealer can explain.
Thank you.
Back in the farm yard,
Chickens are also one of
God's wonders on the farm.
This mother hen is showing her
chicks how to look for grain.
God has given them a sharp
bill so they will have
no trouble
picking up the bits of food.
All of the farm animals
need lots of water.
Well, of course we do.
Animals.
Napolean has arranged for this
television to be here for
your enjoyment and relaxation.
This, my friends,
is animalism in practice.
But it is also animalism
for us pigs
to have the milk and apples.
That doesn't sound fair to me.
I love milk and apples.
We all do.
I'll talk to Jessie.
She'll explain.
...feed the brain,
and if your brains are not fed,
then Jones would come back.
Do any of you want
to see Jones back?
No, no!
Good.
Then for all our sakes,
we will continue to drink
the milk and eat the apples.
Yey!
You see no grease,
you smell no grease...
You feel no grease with Joy.
Where are they?
I don't know.
Boxer, the pigs
always tell us what to do...
what to think.
We must have leaders.
But what if they're wrong?
Dear Boxer...
He totally believed in Napolean.
He just wanted to do right.
- It's not rubbish.
I've heard my animals
sound like that.
There's a pattern to it.
Like, like they're singing.
- Listen!
- Yes.
I've heard that sound.
It's a signal. A code.
It's something,
Four legs good, two legs bad.
We invade.
This is a nightmare.
It will only be a matter of time
before the humans invade.
- You think so?
- Yes.
- What will we do?
- Defend ourselves, of course.
This is my plan.
It's as I thought. They're
approaching from the top field.
Send the signal.
What if they change directions?
Then we'll make another plan.
Are all the animals in place?
They're in place.
- This isn't going to work.
- Flying party has taken off.
Jessie's marshalling the sheep.
Good.
Give me that!
As long as we stay up here,
we're safe.
Let Snowball lead the charge.
Get them!
What was that?
Charge!
Shoot now! Shoot!
Come on!
Come on!
Move!
Let me through. Let me through.
Victory.
Glorious victory is ours!
Well.
We can't beat them.
We might have
to join them.
Is he breathing?
I've killed him.
This is war. The only good human
is a dead one.
I've no wish to take life,
not even human life.
No, he's all right.
He's moving.
Animals...
You were so brave today.
Yes, he was the bravest of us all.
- He's an animal hero first class.
- No.
There was no one braver
than Snowball.
Snowball. Snowball.
Snowball. Snowball.
My friends...
We are all heroes.
And we will celebrate
this decisive day every
October with a march past
our glorious flag
and the firing
of this gun.
Our farm is now truly
Animal Farm.
Napolean, Napolean, Napolean.
Napolean, Napolean, Napolean.
Snowball
continued to try
to improve our lives.
And soon came up with
anew scheme.
We were called to a meeting.
My friends,
surely you can see Snowball's idea
for a windmill is a waste of labor.
- Yeah.
- It's not a waste.
Once built,
it will ease our labors.
Yeah.
Our efforts must be directed
at feeding ourselves,
arming ourselves, barricading our
borders and defending animalism.
- Yeah.
- No, no, no.
For animalism to prosper
we must convert all the animals
on all the farms.
We must send our pigeons out to
spread the message of revolution.
Yeah.
We will vote on it.
Yeah.
All those in favor of Napolean.
Yeah.
And all those in favor
of Snowball.
Yeah.
Animals,
think of the benefits
of a windmill.
Yes, it will be
hard work to build.
save us so much labor
that we may have to work
only three days a week.
Now, all those in favor.
Yeah.
You pig.
Snowball...
Puppies?
Puppies, leave him,
Leave him! Puppies!
My puppies had become
Snowball was banished
and Napolean took control.
- Friends.
Snowball is a traitor
and a criminal.
But he was a brave fighter.
Bravery is not enough.
Loyalty is more important.
You see how clever Napolean
has been, my friends.
Of course, he's not against
the windmill.
In fact, it was his own idea.
He opposed it to flush out
Snowball for the traitor he is.
Tactics, friends.
There will be no more meetings.
No more endless debates.
From now on,
a special committee of pigs will
decide on all aspects of the farm.
No!
Now,
I will tell you of our plan
for the windmill.
So began our toil.
It was a slow,
laborious process
and we were watched at all times.
It was Boxer's great strength
that really made the difference.
But each and every one of us
played our part.
And slowly,
very slowly the windmill
began to take shape.
And at night we'd return home
weary
and hungry.
Nothing.
They must have found
the microphone. But wait. Listen.
...to build the windmill.
My friends...
They can talk.
Long live Animal Farm.
If they can talk,
they can trade.
You can't trade with animals.
- Why not?
- It's immoral.
It's business.
It's my farm.
That farm has been in his family
for generations.
Yes, and what's he done with it?
Ruined it, that's what.
Congratulations.
You've actually managed to turn
your father's prosperous farm
into a debt-ridden,
crumbling piece of rubbish.
Very clever.
You can't talk to me like that.
Yes I can.
I can say something else as well.
You're finished around here.
Both of you.
Washed up, dead in the water.
Are these words sinking in?
Yes, I think they are.
There's someone in the house.
This isn't right.
They're behaving like men.
Puppies, stop that.
I'm your mother. Stop it.
- Stop it!
- Puppies!
Off to bed with you.
What are you doing here?
This area is out of bounds.
Nothing. I was just walking
and the dogs came at me.
Have you seen anything of interest
in your walk?
Nothing.
Get back to the barn.
Things were changing fast
and at night we heard
strange noises
as Squealer altered
the commandments.
...with sheets.
Avery good day to you, Mister...
Napolean.
Pilkington.
Very pleased to meet you.
Splendid.
- Splendid.
- We will go into the house.
Absolutely, after you, dear boy.
Dear boy? Dear boy?
Wonderful.
A porker with a sense of humor.
Old Major's words no longer
made any sense.
The pigs were now living
in the house.
Napolean was rarely seen
but a statue had been made
in his honor and placed
near the barn.
Today marks the beginning of
anew direction for us.
Animal Farm cannot exist
in isolation.
To improve our quality of life,
to build the windmill,
to feed ourselves,
we need to trade.
Didn't Old Major say
we must never engage in trade?
It's always the same.
What goes around, comes around.
None of this need concern
any of you.
As your leader,
I will shoulder the burden
of trade myself.
The pigs dedicated
to his memory the place
where Old Major had fallen.
Our revolution continues,
and all our actions
will now be looked on
by the founder of our beliefs.
Pincher.
Only criminals
would fear Old Major's presence.
Long live Animal Farm.
Long live Animal Farm.
Mr. Napolean.
Dear boy.
You know,
this could prove to be
a very profitable arrangement
between ourselves, Mr. N.
You know you can trust me.
I mean, I never wanted to have
anything to do with that invasion.
That was all Frederick
- and Jones' idea.
- Jones is our enemy.
And I am your friend.
Got a bottle of whisky for you.
A token of my gratitude.
Just try this.
Dear boy.
Now to business.
There's a shortage of eggs
on the market.
They're fetching
a very good price.
Listen. There's something I have to
tell you all. It's about the pigs.
- They are living in the house.
- No.
Yes. And they're sleeping
in the beds.
No.
No animal shall sleep in abed.
My friends, let me
explain.
As you know, we pigs
are the brains of the farm,
and we must have a quiet place
to work in
for all your sakes.
Surely you don't want
your glorious leader
to live in a sty.
Of course not. And yes,
we do sleep
in beds, and why not?
There is no ruling against beds,
a pile of straw is abed.
Would you rob us of our sleep
so that we're too tired
to carry out our duties?
But there's the commandment.
What commandment?
There was never
a commandment against
beds, read it.
"No animal
shall sleep in abed
with sheets".
You see? It's a commandment
against sheets.
And we certainly don't sleep
in sheets.
Oh, no.
Napolean is always right.
Exactly.
I managed to convince
the animals
to buy those rusty old silos
I couldn't get rid of.
what to do with them.
Not only that,
they've built a windmill.
And I'll end up owning that
as well as Jones' farm.
What about the hunger,
Mr. Pilkington?
What hunger?
I've seen some of the animals.
Flesh and bones.
They look all right to me.
Yes, but you're not seeing straight
with all that trade you're doing.
My dear boy, if the pigs prefer
to deal with me, should I refuse?
The animals are starving,
Same again all around.
You're still here then?
Pilkington, I'll show him.
Let him try to get his hands
on this now.
Quick!
Our windmill was ruined.
Our spirits
were at their lowest.
But Napolean
seemed triumphant.
Do you know who is
responsible for this?
Do you know who has stolen the truck
and blown up our windmill?
Snowball!
The arch-criminal and traitor
has destroyed our work
of the last year.
Animals,
I pronounce the death sentence
on Snowball.
We will teach this traitor
that he cannot undo our work
so easily.
The windmill will be rebuilt.
Every day we will work,
rain or shine,
food or none.
Long live the windmill!
Boxer...
So early?
I must get on.
We've got to rebuild
the windmill.
Decree number six:
Our leader pronounces that
"Beasts of the World"
was the song of the revolution
through which we expressed
our longing for a better society.
But as that society
is now established,
that song no longer
has any meaning.
Boxer, come on, please.
You'll hurt yourself.
I have to do this.
We have a new song that
gives voice to our gratitude for
all we have.
Beloved leader Napolean,
fearless faithful guardian,
proud and strong, protect us from
the wrong. You will defend us
with your lofty trotter...
Pigs, our pigs,
there is no beast
ever waver, they face the fight
for right, with might...
Glorious great and triumphant,
gallant hero resilient,
proud and strong,
protect us from the wrong,
you will defend us
with your lofty trotter...
Pigs are pigs are pigs.
- Where is our food?
- I'm sorry, Boxer.
I don't think
we're going to get any.
We must have food.
I'm so hungry.
Make way for our leader.
Our valiant leader,
animal hero first class
and animal hero second class
will now speak.
My friends, I have found out
that the arch-criminal Snowball
is still visiting the farm.
Is he?
I haven't seen him.
He has even blocked drains.
Snowball's sabotage is the reason
for our shortage of food.
But he must have inside help.
Which of you
is in league with him?
I will find you out.
They guilty will have
nowhere to hide.
Because of this sabotage
the hens will have to surrender
their eggs for sale in the market.
- You hens should
welcome this sacrifice as your own
special contribution to animalism.
Never. Never.
You dare defy
our glorious leader?
We will smash our eggs
before giving them up.
Yeah, dead right.
All hens are criminals.
No hen will be fed.
Any animal seen giving food
to a hen will be punished
by death.
And so in the middle of the night
the hens sacrificed their eggs.
This is so wrong.
What have we done?
Now what?
Go back to sleep, my friend.
We're just moving some of Jones'
camera equipment.
You'll see the films later.
With efficiency and patriotism
the Animal Guard
roots out enemies of the farm.
Come with me.
There's no hiding place for
Snowball's cohorts.
Don't make a noise.
And there's no escape from
justice as they go on trial
for crimes against animalism
in front of our impartial leader.
Our commandments say
no animal shall kill
any other animal.
Guilty!
...without cause.
We have cause.
Guilty!
Guilty!
Guilty!
And now for other news.
Our leader, the glorious
and valiant Napolean,
was today awarded highest medal
of animalism,
the Leader's Star, first class.
But before we close
our transmission,
thanks for our glorious leader.
Thanks to our beloved Napolean,
I have laid six eggs in five days.
Thanks to the leadership
of our beloved Napolean,
this grass tastes
better than ever.
And until tomorrow,
Good night.
I like whisky.
The pigs were behaving
more and more
like farmer Jones.
What is it?
Glorious
leader Napolean,
glorious leader,
Napolean...
Shut up.
Squealer,
come quick.
Napolean says he's dying.
So am I.
Napolean didn't die,
and neither
did his taste for whisky.
Life was bleak.
But nothing prepared us
for what happened next.
We were on our way home when
a duck brought us the bad news.
Jessie!
Jessie!
Boxer has fallen by the windmill.
He's on his side.
Boxer?
Go! Go and tell Napolean.
Hurry.
Up there, just on the other side
of that cloud,
lies the kingdom in the sky.
Where no animal ever goes hungry.
Say after me.
"I believe in the
- sugar candy that grows on trees".
- Boxer!
- "I believe in the everlasting..."
- Get off of him, you... Boxer!
Boxer.
What happened?
I can't breathe very well.
Hush.
Lie still.
It will be all right.
You'll soon feel better.
You have enough stones here
to finish the windmill.
I think I may now be
allowed to stop.
Yes, of course, you must stop.
I will enjoy my retirement.
If any animal deserves to rest,
Here, try to drink some water.
Yes, yes, I will.
Any improvement?
Our leader is going
to make arrangements
to have his most loyal worker
treated in hospital.
Thank you.
Now back to work.
But I don't think
I should leave him.
Boxer, Boxer.
It's time to go.
- I'm very weak.
- Listen, Boxer.
You're going to be fine.
You're going to the hospital
and they'll make you better.
Come on, you must use
all your strength to get up.
Yes. It's difficult.
I know, my friend.
Please, do it for me.
Do it for all of us.
Yes, yes. I'll try.
Quick, they're taking Boxer away.
Come and say good bye.
Somehow Boxer managed to summon up
the last of his strength
and we watched
as he entered the van.
Something smelled wrong.
It made us nervous.
No!
- No!
The words on the van.
S, E, T...
Horse slaughterer.
They're taking him
to the glue factory.
No, Boxer, get out.
Boxer, come on, help me, Benny!
Boxer!
Boxer!
- Boxer, get out quick!
- Get out!
Kick your way out!
They're taking you to your death.
Boxer!
Boxer!
Boxer!
We called out
desperately.
But we heard him
give up the struggle.
A very profitable afternoon.
Your share.
Buy whisky with it.
It's expensive.
Use all the money.
- Certainly, my friend.
- I like whisky.
I could have saved him.
Nobody can save any of us.
I could have.
How?
I found a place
at the edge of the farm.
A good place to hide.
I should have taken him there.
But I did nothing.
I'll never forgive myself.
Well, you could put
the wrong right.
Yeah, yes, you're right.
Muriel will not last much longer.
And there are others.
Then we must save them.
We must leave this place
with as many animals as we can.
Forward,
forward in the name
of the revolution.
Long live Animal Farm.
Long live
our beloved Napolean.
Napolean is always right.
Those were his
last words.
Rumors.
Some of you are saying that
the van that took Boxer away
was from the horse slaughterer.
Surely you know our beloved
leader better than that.
The van was from the hospital
but had previously been
the property of
the slaughterer.
So no more rumors.
Mind your step.
Come on in now.
Delighted to join you for
a neighborly drink,
aren't we, Mrs. P?
- We certainly are.
- What are they doing here?
Come around here.
There. You sit here.
Okay, there we are.
Nice and friendly, eh?
I've heard such a lot
about you, Mr. N.
So...
All getting on splendidly.
May l?
- No, you can't.
- Quiet!
You're letting him drink
all our whisky.
on top of that flagpole forever.
A toast.
Allow me.
Absolutely, dear boy.
Allow me to congratulate you on
keeping your lower
animals in order.
- Thank you.
- An example to all
farmers.
No animal suffered from
working a little harder
or eating a little less,
did they?
Present company excluded,
of course.
Another toast to Animal Farm.
No, not Animal Farm.
I've decided we should revert
to our proper name of Manor Farm.
To Manor Farm then.
And our continued prosperity.
Absolutely, dear boy.
I can't tell the difference
between them.
Read it to me.
"All animals are equal, but
some animals are more equal
than others".
More equal than others.
Come on, we should leave
while we still can.
I'll get the others.
And now we go
to our leader's house
where earlier today a spontaneous
demonstration took place.
A grateful duck has written
a new song
for our beloved leader,
and she's here joined by
chorus of the Animal
Guard.
Praise to him,
the founder of all our wisdom...
Long to live the ruler
of our farm, Napolean...
Mighty leader, mighty leader,
watching over us...
Napolean, mighty leader...
Mighty leader watching over us.
Shout, shout, shout out loud,
snout, snout, pink and proud...
Friend on high
you guide us with your smile.
Teach us how to be as kind as you,
Napolean, mighty leader.
Mighty leader watching over us.
Napolean, mighty leader...
Mighty leader watching over us.
Shout, shout, shout out loud,
snout, snout, pink and proud...
Perfect pig you bless us
with your beauty.
Hallowed hog,
how wondrous is your glow...
Napolean, mighty leader...
Mighty leader watching over us.
Napolean, mighty leader...
Mighty leader watching over us.
Shout, shout, shout out loud,
snout, snout, pink and proud...
Shout, shout, shout out loud,
snout, snout, pink and proud...
Four legs good,
two legs better.
Four legs good,
two legs better.
Four legs good,
two legs better.
Four legs good,
two legs better.
Four legs good,
two legs better.
Animals! Never again will we be
threatened by our enemies.
I decree this farm will now devote
itself to the making of weapons,
to the building of walls,
to the protection of ourselves
and our way of life.
The revolution is over.
All animals are now free.
Free?
Life had been far from free
in our hideout.
Seasons came and went.
And we waited.
The years passed.
We grew old. But we still waited.
Waited for...
what surely must pass.
cruelty and greed
to bleed the farm to death.
And now with the coming
of the storm
came the first signs
that our wait was over.
It was time for us to return
to that place
that had once been
full of such hope.
I wondered if anything
was still alive.
I knew in my
heart that Napolean had fallen
victim of his own madness.
But what of
the others?
After all we had been through,
I needed to believe
that there was still hope.
Could this be the same place
where Old Major had spoken
of his dream?
Where we had worked so hard
for a better life?
All that was left was
the memory and the pain of the
poor creatures who had suffered.
My heart sank.
But there are always survivors.
The walls had now fallen.
The scars have healed.
And life goes on.
And what of the
future?
There are new owners.
We will not allow them
to make the same mistakes.
We will rebuild the farm.
And now at last we shall be free.