Distributor: Pathe, Universal, RKO

Sophie Lidyard
18th January 2017
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Animal Farm. Dir. John Halas, Joy Batchelor. Pathe, Universal, RKO . 1954.

Animal Farm. Dir. John Halas, Joy Batchelor. Pathe, Universal, RKO . 1954. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Sophie Lidyard Sophie Lidyard https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ae8bf1ffeb5187976220e36732bf372d?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2017 25th May 2021

Halas and Batchelor’s 1954 Animal Farm holds a firm place in cinematic history as Britain’s second animated feature. The film is based on the 1945 novella by George Orwell and is often…

Isaac Whiting
24th January 2016
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Chicken Run. Dir. Peter Lord and Nick Park. Pathe Distribution Ltd.. 2000.

Chicken Run. Dir. Peter Lord and Nick Park. Pathe Distribution Ltd.. 2000. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Isaac Whiting Isaac Whiting https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7b38ef6e86c2fb7a220e46e7a34d4abc?s=96&d=mm&r=g 24th January 2016 25th May 2021

I must have first seen Aardman Animation’s Chicken Run (2000) around the age of seven, not long after its initial release, and I remember frequently quoting it after that. But…