Rent Watership Down (1978)
3.8 of 5 from 139 ratings
1h 28min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
One fine evening, in the beautiful heart of the English countryside, a group of rabbits emerge from their warren to feed. But as the sun sinks behind a hill, one of their number - Fiver - has a terrifying vision of the warren's destruction at the hands of man. Fiver (voice of Richard Briers), with his brother Hazel (voice of John Hurt), and a few of their friends flee the warren in search of a "high lonely place" where they will be safe. Enduring danger and adventure, they find the place of their dreams - until a new shadow falls upon them, a ruthless race of rabbits who will stop at nothing to defend their supremacy...In this magnificent animation of the classic animal saga by Richard Adams, young and old alike will find themselves transported into the beauty, darkness and adventure of the natural world. - Directors:
- Martin Rosen, John Hubley
- Producers:
- Martin Rosen
- Voiced By:
- John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson, Michael Graham Cox, John Bennett, Simon Cadell, Terence Rigby, Roy Kinnear, Richard O'Callaghan, Denholm Elliott, Lynn Farleigh, Mary Maddox, Zero Mostel, Harry Andrews, Hannah Gordon, Nigel Hawthorne, Clifton Jones, Derek Griffiths, Michael Hordern, Joss Ackland
- Writers:
- Richard Adams, Martin Rosen, John Hubley
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Anime & Animation, Children & Family, Kids’ TV
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch If You Like: Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 1, Films to Watch If You Like..., Hare We Go! - Bunny Movies For Easter: Part 1, Holidays Film Collection, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/10/2013
- Run Time:
- 92 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- A Conversation with the Film Makers
- "Defining a Style" Documentary
- Storyboard Comparisons
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/11/2024
- Run Time:
- 92 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Audio Description
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- New audio commentary by film and animation scholars Catherine Lester and Sam Summers (2024)
- Vintage audio commentary by director Martin Rosen and writer and filmmaker Chris Gore (2003)
- A Conversation with the Filmmakers (2005, 17 mins): director Martin Rosen and editor Terry Rawlings discuss the production history of the film
- Defining a Style (2005, 12 mins): key animators and background artists discuss their work
- Storyboard comparison (2024, 15 mins): four scenes with accompanying original storyboards
- Super 8 version (1978, 28 mins): original UK Super 8 digest release
- Nepenthe Super 8 footage (c1977, 3 mins): shot by Arthur Humberstone, a senior animator
- Designing Watership Down (2024, 4 mins): a film of materials related to 'Watership Down' courtesy of The Arthur Humberstone Animation Archive
- Treasures from the BFI National Archive (1942-1969, 48 mins): a selection of archive gems, including films by Mary Field and Halas and Batchelor, related to the themes or personnel of 'Watership Down'
- Trailers and TV spots
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Reviews (1) of Watership Down
Hop Along Quick to Rent This - Watership Down review by CP Customer
Sorry about the title!!
If you like liddle Bunnies, but something a bit more serious that Animals of Farthing Wood, then you must get this film. Its a must for adults and kids. It is not childish as some of these cartoons are. It has good bunnies and evil bunnies (and quite evil they are too) and a french seagull, hmm, it is also quite sad in some places. I am slighly biased as i like rabbits (but who doesn't)!
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