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1 November 1978 (USA) moreTagline:
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 synopsisAwards:
1 win & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(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 beautiful look at animation for a well done novel moreCast
(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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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
101 min | Brazil:92 minCountry:
UKLanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
DolbyCertification:
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:ALFun Stuff
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The backgrounds and locations - especially Efrafa and the nearby railway - are near-perfect matches to the diagrams and maps in Richard Adams's book. moreGoofs:
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. moreQuotes:
[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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Done primarily in water color, Richard Adams' best selling story tells the tale of a warren of rabbits who venture away from the evils of man in search for a new and better place to live. Film portrays a whole new world with simplicity and calm but also dangers and obstacles that mimic the way human beings live. An excellent story and can only be done in an animated movie with a serious manner for a full effect. If one wants the full effect then read the book and you will be glued to it, captivated deep within another world.