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 hopeful ending, and debuted on TNT.

Animals that were built by the Creature Shop included four pigs (Old Major, Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer), a shire horse (Boxer), two mares (Mollie and an unnamed black horse), a Border collie (Jessie), a rottweiler (Pincher), a donkey (Benjamin), a raven (Moses), a goat (Muriel), a flock of sheep, cows, a rat, chickens, ducks and pigeons.

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

Crew[]

• Producers: Robert Halmi Sr., Paul Lowin, Morgan O'Sullivan, and Greg Smith
• Principal Puppeteers: Phil Eason and John Wheatley with Frank Smith and Noel Lambert
• Creative Project Supervisor/Model Maker: Verner Gresty
• Sculpt Supervisor: Graham High
• Fabrication Supervisor: Nicola Tedman
• Animatronics Model Designers: Chris Clarke, Chris Coxon, Simon Hewitt
• Mechanical Department Supervisor: Geoff Paige