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The Best John Halas Directed Movies

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7.2

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71

/812/

70

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3.4

/32809/

67

/12/

66

/343/

age 12+

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 they cannot avoid corruption.

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6.6

/41074/

69

/1989/

65

/757/

3.3

/42296/

66

/35/

67

/1548/

51

/13/

age 18+

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

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67

11

6.6

/256/

66

/11/

68

/11/

3.5

/319/

An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower satisfying the public's ever-increasing demands for novelty and status consciousness, with predictable environmental consequences.

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7.0

/9/

50

/1/

The first British animated Technicolor film.

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46

/3/

Cartoon set to songs from The Moody Blues' titular album.

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10

/1/

Examines in detail Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting, 'Netherlandish Proverbs', which illustrates over 100 proverbs and allegorises a whole world of sin and folly as relevant today as in the 16th century.

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80

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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 concept for a cartoon washing powder commercial can be credited to Alexander Mackendrick, who worked at the J Walter Thompson advertising agency before making films at Ealing and then Hollywood.

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4.3

/6/

40

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A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short.

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50

/2/

70

/1/

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

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10

/1/

Hamilton the elephant loves playing music with his trunk. When he is fired from the circus he does odd jobs till he gets his big break.

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6.1

/17/

45

/2/

70

/1/

This satirical animated short by the renowned Halas & Batchelor Studio asks the big Question. Can the meaning of life be found in religion or science? Patriotism or war? Money or self-discovery? Or none of the above?

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6.2

/46/

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/1/

57

/3/

A fully digitized computer-animated film which shows the question whether man will use his inventive abilities for destruction or as the key to progressive creation.

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10

/1/

A young girl rescues a wild bird. She takes it back to the forest, then finds crystals in the mountain...

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6.8

/6/

10

/1/

Cartoon of chicken's adventures while being chased by woodland animal.

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10

/1/

Documents the life and influence of the Bahaus artist, László Moholy-Nagy.

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6.7

/41/

45

/2/

63

/3/

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

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6.5

/11/

56

/3/

Cartoon tennis match, with players based on Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe.

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5.3

/10/

This cartoon propaganda short by Halas & Batchelor sweetens the pill of post-war coal prices by promising jam tomorrow.

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6.2

/33/

Meet Charley, your jovial cartoon guide to Britain’s changing towns and cities.

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60

/2/

50

/1/

Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.

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5.7

/12/

This World War II propaganda short encourages British people to "dig for victory," by planting vegetable gardens.

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3

/3/

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 protectionism and free trade. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2003.

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6.8

/36/

46

/3/

50

/1/

A short animation based on the Edward Lear poem

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5.5

/10/

No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.

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48

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6.0

/167/

55

/7/

30

/1/

A candlemaker entrusts his young son with the task of making candles for their church on Christmas Eve.

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6.2

/156/

63

/8/

58

/6/

3.3

/213/

T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

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60

/1/

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

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6.5

/31/

50

/1/

The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.

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6.7

/23/

10

/1/

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 children into the cigarette habit. Fourteen-year-old Sam falls into the trap, but after awesome visions of his future, expert advice from a doctor, and straight talk from a friendly lorry-driver renounces the habit.

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5.8

/34/

60

/1/

60

/1/

In this film Charley demystifies the new state-funded National Health Service, detailing the benefits a free-at-point-of-delivery health service will offer to everyone in England.

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10

/1/

An updated version of Halas and Batchelor's short film, 'The Magic Canvas', with a new electronic score.

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72

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7.0

/122/

75

/4/

73

/6/

3.5

/263/

An animated visual interpretation of the song "Autobahn," by German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk. A fast-paced experimental film which proved to be a groundbreaking combination of electronic and manual animation. One of the first films produced specifically for video disk.

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6.9

/36/

70

/2/

70

/2/

3.5

/229/

A powerfully graphic piece of animation that best expresses John Halas' own feelings about mans universal quest for freedom.

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25

/2/

An animated film about the history and use of hot water.

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6.1

/19/

30

/1/

30

/1/

A soon-to-be born baby learns about the kinds of schools he will attending in the years following his birth.

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6.4

/46/

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/3/

60

/1/

A short animated War Office commissioned health education film, showing the fate of each of the 6 jungle soldiers.

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7.0

/89/

22

/4/

60

/1/

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

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6.1

/28/

70

/1/

60

/1/

Popular animated character Charley explains the National Insurance Act, which was legislation that made health insurance available to all British citizens.

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5.8

/20/

10

/1/

100

/1/

Hamilton the elephant is being trained for the circus when he discovers his amazing musical ability; the ringmaster decides to exploit his new-found talent for jazz.

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4.7

/13/

55

/2/

60

/1/

An animated short based on the cartoons of Gerard Hoffnung.

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Animated satire of business practices

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3.8

/11/

A political satire, the first film made by Halas and Batchelor.

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Cartoon on the fly nuisance, showing the dangers of food contamination and how the dangers can be minimised by food-protection and cleanliness that was produced in the UK for the Ministry of Health.

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Married to your television? This cartoon gives you an opportunity to re-evaluate your relationship with the gogglebox.

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Charley, a mechanic, inherits a half-share in a farm run by his cousin and he soon has his dream of an idyllic country life rudely shattered by hard realities.

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Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.

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3.4

/11/

Feature-length instructional cartoon made for the Home Office and the Fire Brigade.

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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 the conflict Halas & Batchelor were commissioned by the British Government to make four cartoons featuring a young boy Abu and his mule. They were intended to demonstrate in simple visual terms that Britain was a stout friend and the Axis powers a pernicious evil.

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