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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   8,418 votes
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Director:
Martin Rosen
Writers:
Richard Adams (novel)
Martin Rosen (written by)
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Release Date:
1 November 1978 (USA) more
Tagline:
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and when they catch you, they will kill you... but first they must catch you.
Plot:
A group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face many dangers to find and protect their new home. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
'Watership Down' writer orders bunny cull
 (From digitalspy. 17 April 2009, 8:08 PM, PDT)

[TV] Offensive? Subtitled "Cat Sh-t One" Trailer Arrives
 (From JustPressPlay. 26 March 2009, 10:23 PM, PDT)

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A wonderful film for all ages more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Hurt ... Hazel (voice)

Richard Briers ... Fiver (voice)
Michael Graham Cox ... Bigwig (voice) (as Michael Graham-Cox)
John Bennett ... Captain Holly (voice)
Ralph Richardson ... Chief Rabbit (voice)
Simon Cadell ... Blackberry (voice)
Terence Rigby ... Silver (voice)
Roy Kinnear ... Pipkin (voice)
Richard O'Callaghan ... Dandelion (voice)
Denholm Elliott ... Cowslip (voice)
Lynn Farleigh ... Cat (voice) (as Lyn Farleigh)
Mary Maddox ... Clover (voice)
Zero Mostel ... Kehaar (voice)
Harry Andrews ... General Woundwort (voice)
Hannah Gordon ... Hyzenthlay (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Richard Adams's Watership Down (UK) (complete title)
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Runtime:
101 min | Brazil:92 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Finland:K-8 (video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-10 | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:PG | West Germany:6 | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Netherlands:AL

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Trivia:
Most of the locations in this movie either exist or were based on real spots in Hampshire, England and surrounding areas. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Cowslip tells the poem about the stream and the camera tilts up toward the ceiling, his head disappears before it has a chance to completely go off screen. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Narrator: Long ago, the great Frith made the world. He made all the stars and the world lived among the stars. Frith made all the animals and birds and, at first, made them all the same. Now, among the animals was El-Ahrairah, the Prince of Rabbits. He had many friends and they all ate grass together...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "I'm Alan Partridge: Watership Alan (#1.3)" (1997) more
Soundtrack:
Bright Eyes more

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59 out of 68 people found the following comment useful:-
A wonderful film for all ages, 24 February 2005
9/10
Author: Jevilian Snort from London, England

I saw this film initially when I was about six or seven years old and have seen it several times since. Of all the films I saw during my early childhood, none captivated me as much as Watership Down. I am now twenty eight years old and, despite the violence and sadness of the film, I have somehow turned out to be a fairly normal bloke rather than a murderer or manic depressive. Funny that.

It is a complete fallacy to suggest that we must shield our children from anything that hints of the injustices that may exist in the real world. In fact, seeing a film such as this may help them in dealing with issues in their own lives or perhaps teach them lessons in understanding and appreciation of the world around them. Watership Down had that effect on me.

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