Snowball (Animal Farm) were initially greatly concerned that Snowball was presented too sympathetically in early script treatments and that Batchelor's script implied Snowball was "intelligent, dynamic, courageous". A memo declared that Snowball must be presented as a "fanatic intellectual whose plans if carried through would have led to disaster no less complete than under Napoleon." De Rochemont subsequently implemented these changes. Snowball also represents Boxer, both loyal and hard workers. Snowball (Animal Farm) Snowball is a character in George Orwell's "Animal Farm". He is largely based on Leon Trotsky and describes how he led the opposition against Joseph Stalin (Napoleon), though he also
Animal Farm (1954 film) was released in 2004. Animal Farm (1954 film) Animal Farm is a 1954 British-American animated comedy-drama film produced by Halas and Batchelor, based on the book "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. It was the first British animated feature ("Water for Firefighting" and "Handling Ships", two feature length wartime training films, were produced earlier, but did not receive a formal cinema release). The US CIA paid for the filming, part of the American cultural offensive during the Cold War, and influenced how Orwell's ideas were to be presented. The CIA initially funded Louis de Rochemont to begin work on a film