Animal Farm 1999  TV, 91 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: John Stephenson
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Stewart, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julia Ormond, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Scofield, Peter Ustinov, Alan Stanford, Caroline Gray, Gail Fitzpatrick, Jimmy Keogh, Jer O'Leary
George Orwell's allegory of Communist Russia is told in this film about the animals on Manor Farm. Led by the pig, Old Major (voice of Peter Ustinov), the animals stage a revolution only to find out that one very ambitious pig, Napoleon (voice of Patrick Stewart), deems himself "more equal than others" and turns their dreamed-of Utopia into a world they had not envisioned.
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The Field 1990  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Sheridan
Cast: Richard Harris, Sean Bean, Tom Berenger, Frances Tomelty, Brenda Fricker, John Hurt, Ruth McCabe, Joan Sheehy, Jer O'Leary, Noel O'Donovan
"Bull" McCabe's (Richard Harris) family has farmed a plot in a small Irish community for generations. When the owner decides to auction it off, Bull decides to buy it, and no one in the area would have it otherwise. However, a rich American, Peter (Tom Berenger), arrives in town to buy it for development. When Bull and his son (Sean Bean) decide to talk Peter out of competing for the land, the results are tragic. Harris received an Academy Award nomination.
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| 1. Animal Farm (1999)
2. The Field (1990)
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