John Halas Movies

  • 1954
    Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

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    Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and...

    Animal Farm
  • 1981
    Heavy Metal

    Heavy Metal

    Heavy Metal

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    The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

    Heavy Metal
  • 1946
    A Modern Guide to Health

    A Modern Guide to Health

    A Modern Guide to Health

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    Modern advice and old-fashioned values combine in this postwar animated health guide from the makers of Animal Farm.

    A Modern Guide to Health
  • 2015
    John Halas Remembered: An Animator Ahead of His Time 1912-1995

    John Halas Remembered: An Animator Ahead of His Time 1912-1995

    John Halas Remembered: An Animator Ahead of His Time 1912-1995

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    A documentary about John Halas, the Hungarian-Jewish emigre who became the father of British Animation. John is a key figure in British cinema and...

    John Halas Remembered: An Animator Ahead of His Time 1912-1995
  • 1964
    Automania 2000

    Automania 2000

    Automania 2000

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    An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower...

    Automania 2000
  • 1974
    The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

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    D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades must thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.

    The Three Musketeers
  • 2012
    An Animated Utopia: The Life and Achievement of John Halas 1912-1995

    An Animated Utopia: The Life and Achievement of John Halas 1912-1995

    An Animated Utopia: The Life and Achievement of John Halas 1912-1995

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    A documentary essay about the unsung animation visionary, John Halas. An Animated Utopia explores his desire "to save the world using animation" and...

    An Animated Utopia: The Life and Achievement of John Halas 1912-1995
  • 1967
    Ruddigore

    Ruddigore

    Ruddigore

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    For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse — commit a crime every day, or die in agony....

    Ruddigore
  • 1943
    Abu and the Poisoned Well

    Abu and the Poisoned Well

    Abu and the Poisoned Well

    01943HD

    Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of...

    Abu and the Poisoned Well
  • 1979
    Dream Doll

    Dream Doll

    Dream Doll

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    A lonely man living in a large city buys a life-size sex doll. His relationship with his dream doll causes a certain reaction in the community. A...

    Dream Doll
  • 1942
    Fable of the Fabrics

    Fable of the Fabrics

    Fable of the Fabrics

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    A particularly vicious Father Time with a hit-list in his Book of Doom seeks to wipe out characters brought to life from fabric patterns. This neat...

    Fable of the Fabrics
  • 1950
    The Shoemaker and the Hatter

    The Shoemaker and the Hatter

    The Shoemaker and the Hatter

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    The cartoon is one of the Marshall Plan's most popular films. A clash between a shoemaker and a hat maker illustrates the contrasts between...

    The Shoemaker and the Hatter
  • 1964
    Midsummer Nightmare

    Midsummer Nightmare

    Midsummer Nightmare

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    Puck is introduced to the twentieth century and is as amused by the contemporary obsession with television as he was by the lovers' antics.

    Midsummer Nightmare
  • 1965
    The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra

    The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra

    The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra

    61965HD

    This a story of a violinist, pianist and cellist as they perform from place-to-place, under very unusual conditions. Every time they play, they...

    The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra
  • 1967
    Dying for a Smoke

    Dying for a Smoke

    Dying for a Smoke

    01967HD

    An animated cartoon on smoking and health. The villain, Old Nick O'Teen, disguises himself as an 18-year-old motorcyclist, the better to lure...

    Dying for a Smoke
  • 1961
    The Monster of Highgate Ponds

    The Monster of Highgate Ponds

    The Monster of Highgate Ponds

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    The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.

    The Monster of Highgate Ponds
  • 1956
    The History of the Cinema

    The History of the Cinema

    The History of the Cinema

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    A humorously semi-factual account of the history of cinema.

    The History of the Cinema
  • 1965
    Birds, Bees and Storks

    Birds, Bees and Storks

    Birds, Bees and Storks

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    A naïve father makes an embarrassing attempt to explain the facts of life to his son, but he becomes increasingly embarrassed to the point where...

    Birds, Bees and Storks
  • 1963
    The Axe and the Lamp

    The Axe and the Lamp

    The Axe and the Lamp

    01963HD

    Examines in detail Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting, 'Netherlandish Proverbs', which illustrates over 100 proverbs and allegorises a whole...

    The Axe and the Lamp
  • 1954
    Power to Fly

    Power to Fly

    Power to Fly

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    A BAFTA award nominated film made for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company charting the history of aviation from Daedalus to jets.

    Power to Fly