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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. Cast Kelsey Grammer Snowball (voice) Patrick Stewart Napoleon (voice) Ian Holm Squealer (voice) Julia Louis-Dreyfus Mollie (voice) Julia Ormond Jessie (voice) Pete Postlethwaite Benjamin/Farmer Jones (voice) Paul Scofield Boxer (voice) Peter Ustinov Old Major (voice) Alan Stanford Farmer Pilkinton Caroline Gray Mrs. Jones Gail Fitzpatrick Mrs. Pilkington Jimmy Keogh Dennis Jer O'Leary Farmer