{"product_id":"orwell-subverted-the-cia-and-the-filming-of-animal-farm-paperback","title":"Orwell Subverted: The CIA and the Filming of Animal Farm - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel J. Leab\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its release in 1954, scholars have been aware of the Central Intelligence Agency's involvement in the making of the controversial animated motion picture adaptation of George Orwell's\u003ci\u003e Animal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eOrwell Subverted, \u003c\/i\u003e Daniel Leab gives an authoritative and well-documented account of the CIA's powerful influence on the film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecently, a number of works have been written--notably, those by Frances Stoner Saunders and Tony Shaw--that make reference to the underlying governmental control surrounding \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet there is still much speculation and confusion as to the depth of the CIA's interference. Leab continues where these authors left off, exploring the CIA's dominant hand through extensive research and by giving fascinating details of the agency's overt and subtle influences on the making of the film. Leab's thorough investigating makes use of sources that have been excluded in past accounts, such as CIA papers retrieved through the Freedom of Information Act and material from the Orwell Archive. He also incorporates the testimonials of animators John Halas and Joy Batchelor and, most significantly, the previously unexplored archive documents of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm \u003c\/i\u003eproducer Louis de Rochemont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel J. Leab is Professor of History at Seton Hall University. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eI Was a Communist for the FBI: The Unhappy Life and Times of Matt Cvetic\u003c\/i\u003e (Penn State, 2000).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47475455688882,"sku":"9780271029795","price":52.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/5a1cb2c2cd14ab8634caa801e1d8632d.webp?v=1779168095","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/orwell-subverted-the-cia-and-the-filming-of-animal-farm-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}