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John Bennett, John Hurt, Michael Graham Cox, Ralph Richardson, Richard Briers
The home of a colony of rabbits is threatened with destruction by human developers. Hoping to escape and to save their community, the rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a...( read more
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A beautiful and brutal animation, Watership down is a classic tale for older kids. I just have to think about the song bright eyes and I?m soon welling up!
bunnies, blood and swearing from a nazi seagull. what more could you want from a childrens animation? at least the rabbits werent at it
Richard Adams' legendary novel is beautifully realised in this classic animation from 1978. Enthralling, thought provoking, violent and sometimes depressing in it's reality. While the animation is dated, the story is as applicable today as it was when I saw it as a lttle boy, esp...( read more)
Classic Animation coupled with a great story and cute bunnies...not to mention much throat ripping. It was sad to see my favorite parts of the book either skipped or gone through so fast that something that took 100 pages in the book last for 5 minutes at best. Still, you got t...( read more)
Dark and powerful animation that both scared and captivated me as a child. One of the best adventure animations ever, following the travels of a bunch of rabbits seeking out a utopia in the English countryside. A Christmas favourite with the classic Art Garfunkel theme "Bright Ey...( read more)
"All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenevet they catch you they will kill you. But first, they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, Prince with the Swift Warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed."
beautiful and dark animation.. great story which follows very true to the book to point of being letter on. highly recommended!
Unashamedly dark and brooding peppered with bits of clarity and kindness. It's almost impossible to balance the two but Watership Down does it effortlessly. This is a tale of the hero and his role in his society, as classic as The Illiad. There's a lot of themes present he...( read more)
After reading the book and seeing this as a young girl, I know it changed my views on anti vivisection and I made everyone get rid of anything made of fur. A great movie where you really want the rabbits to win against the humans and there so called progress.
what it lacks in sound overdubbing it makes up in pure bizarre storytelling. oh, great book too.
