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A little something to celebrate George Orwell's birthday today: You can now catch on YouTube the 1954 animated film, Animal Farm, based on Orwell's classic novella first published in 1945. The film, which runs 71 minutes, has actually had a controversial history. As outlined by The New York Times, the CIA bought the rights to the film and modified the screenplay to emphasize anti-communist themes. This all gets covered in detail by Daniel Leab's 2007 book Orwell, Subverted.