| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 94.4

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Book Review

Orwell Subverted: The CIA and the Filming of Animal Farm. By Daniel J. Leab. (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. xxiv, 195 pp. $55.00, ISBN 987-0-271-02978-6.)
Daniel J. Leab's sensationalist title belies the thoughtful nature of his book. Seeking to dispel mythologies and inaccuracies surrounding the role of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in producing a milestone in animation history and political cinematography, Leab ingeniously pieces together the complex tension between artistic license and political prerogatives that gave birth to the John Halas and Joy Batcheloranimated version of Animal Farm (1954).	1
Leab begins with an amusing account of his request for CIA documentation on their interest in George Orwell. The agency informed Leab that "the CIA can neither confirm nor deny the existence or non existence of any CIA records" and that "the existence or non-existence of records containing such information—unless it has been officially acknowledged—would be classified for reasons of national security" (p. xiv).	. . .

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