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Watership Down ()

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Hoping to escape destruction by human developers and save their community, a colony of rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a new warren.
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Hazel (voice)
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Fiver (voice)
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Bigwig (voice) (as Michael Graham-Cox)
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Capt. Holly (voice)
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Chief Rabbit (voice)
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Blackberry (voice)
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Silver (voice)
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Pipkin (voice)
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Dandelion (voice)
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Cowslip (voice)
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Cat (voice) (as Lyn Farleigh)
Mary Maddox ...
Clover (voice)
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Kehaar (voice)
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Gen. Woundwort (voice)
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Hyzenthlay (voice)
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Capt. Campion (voice) (as Nigel Hawthorn)
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Blackavar (voice)
Derek Griffiths ...
Vervain / Chervil (voice)
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Frith (voice)
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Black Rabbit (voice)
Michelle Price ...
Lucy (voice)

Directed by

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Martin Rosen
John Hubley ... (uncredited) (opening sequence)

Written by

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Richard Adams ... (novel)
 
Martin Rosen ... (written by)
 
John Hubley ... (written by) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Jake Eberts ... executive producer (uncredited)
Martin Rosen ... producer

Music by

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Angela Morley

Editing by

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Terry Rawlings

Editorial Department

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Les Healey ... assistant editor
Roy Piper ... assembly editor
William Webb ... assistant editor

Production Management

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Dennis Gardiner ... production manager

Art Department

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Roger Allers ... storyboard artist

Sound Department

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John Batchelor ... sound designer
Craig Mantel ... sound designer
Ray Merrin ... sound effects mixer
Bill Rowe ... dubbing mixer

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Philip Campbell ... optical editor
Martyn Hall ... Rostrum Cameraman: Filmfex Animation Services (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Moses Agyemang ... camera operator
Ron Boston ... camera operator
Alan Buchan ... camera operator
Les Green ... camera operator
Tony Haines ... camera operator
Denis Hall ... camera operator
Julian Holdaway ... camera operator
Bob Mintern ... camera operator
Christopher Morgan ... camera operator
Barry Orsborn ... camera operator
David Smith ... camera operator
Chris Williams ... camera operator

Animation Department

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Margot Allen ... trace and paint artist
Jose Amoros-Sanz ... trace and paint artist (as Jose Sanz)
Lynne Anderson ... trace and paint artist (as Lynn Anderson)
Alan Andrews ... trace and paint artist
Luciana Arrighi ... special sequence designer
Ralph Ayres ... animator
Rodolfo Azaro ... background artist
Donna K. Baker ... trace and paint supervisor (as Donna Baker)
Richard Bell ... assistant background artist
Malcolm Bourne ... assistant animator
Joan Bradshaw ... trace and paint artist
Sue Branch ... senior background artist
Maggie Brown ... trace and paint artist
Errol Bryant ... background artist
Alistair Byrt ... assistant animator
Briony Catling ... trace and paint artist
Chris Caunter ... assistant animator
Vanessa Clegg ... assistant background artist
Bobby Clennell ... assistant animator
Steve Colwell ... checking
Phil Duncan ... animation supervisor (as Philip Duncan) / senior animator (as Philip Duncan)
Helga Egilson ... trace and paint artist
Wendi Ellis ... trace and paint artist
Chris Evans ... animator
Bryan Foster ... animator (as Brian Foster)
Miles Foster ... checking
Bill Geach ... animator
Tony Guy ... animation director / senior animator
Robyn Hamilton-Garrett ... trace and paint artist
Gordon Harrison ... layout artist
Maria Hemmleb ... trace and paint artist
Ian Henderson ... senior background artist
Sandy Houston ... trace and paint artist
Spud Houston ... animator
Arthur Humberstone ... senior animator
George Jackson ... senior animator
Doug Jensen ... animator
Ray Kelly ... assistant animator
Ann Kennedy ... trace and paint artist
Ruth Kissane ... animator
Bill Littlejohn ... animator
Gaston Marzio ... assistant animator
Dave McFall ... trace and paint artist (as David McFall)
Brian Melling ... background artist
Elaine Mills ... trace and paint artist
Rosemary Morgan ... trace and paint artist
Dot Morse ... trace and paint artist
Barrie Nelson ... animator
John Perkins ... animator
Ted Pettengell ... layout artist
Josephine Poole ... trace and paint artist
Edric Radage ... animator (as Edric Raddage)
Priscilla Rhodes ... trace and paint artist
Denis Ryan ... background artist (as Dennis Ryan)
Alma Sachs ... color coordinator
Olive Scott ... trace and paint artist
Peter See ... layout artist
Paul Shardlow ... background artist
Alan Simpson ... animator
Carol Slade ... assistant animator
April Spencer ... assistant animator
Dennis Sutton ... trace and paint artist
Gary Sycamore ... senior background artist
Marie Szmichowska ... animator
Sheila Thompson ... trace and paint artist
Barbara Todeschini ... trace and paint artist
Marie Turner ... checking
Peter Turner ... trace and paint supervisor
Sarah Vincent ... assistant animator
Roger Way ... trace and paint artist
Karen Webb ... trace and paint artist
Rosemary Welch ... assistant animator
Colin White ... animator
Steve Woods ... assistant animator
Charles Bonifacio ... animator (uncredited)
Bob Carlson ... animator (uncredited)
George Dunning ... animator (uncredited)
Don Patterson ... animator (uncredited)

Music Department

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Marcus Dods ... musical director
Brian Lintern ... music editor
Angela Morley ... music arranger
John Richards ... music mixer
Malcolm Williamson ... composer: incidental music
Lawrence Ashmore ... orchestrator: prologue sequence (uncredited)
Mike Batt ... music arranger (uncredited) / musician: guitar (uncredited) / musician: keyboards (uncredited) / musician: piano (uncredited)
Ray Cooper ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Angela Morley ... conductor (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)
Chris Spedding ... musician: guitars (uncredited)
Henry Spinetti ... musician: drums (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Philip Alton ... production coordinator
Marilyn Barham ... production secretary
Ron Garrett ... production accountant
Jo Gregory ... production accountant
Linda Gregory ... production accountant
Masanori Hata ... subtitles: japanese
Judy Hayward ... production secretary

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Based upon Richard Adam's novel of the same title, this animated feature delves into the surprisingly violent world of a warren of rabbits as they seek to establish a new colony free of tyranny and human intervention. Written by Keith Loh

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Taglines From the novel that enthralled the world, comes an animation classic. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Richard Adams's Watership Down (United Kingdom)
  • La folle escapade (France)
  • Unten am Fluss (Germany)
  • Watership Down - Unten am Fluß (Germany)
  • Orejas largas (Spain)
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Runtime
  • 92 min
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Trivia The British Board of Film Classification had received complaints about this movie for over four decades after its release, due to the board's decision to classify it U (suitable for all). The BBFC admitted in 2012 that it had "received complaints about the suitability of Watership Down at U almost every year since its classification". On August 4, 2022, the film was re-rated PG after 44 years. See more »
Goofs In Holly's flashback of his time in Efrafa - which occurs long before the other rabbits have even heard of Efrafa - Bigwig can be clearly seen talking with the Efrafan rabbits (this was taken from a scene later in the movie). See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Paradise Alley, Magic, Midnight Express, Watership Down, Comes a Horseman (1978). See more »
Soundtracks Bright Eyes See more »
Quotes [last lines]
Narrator: All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when 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 will never be destroyed.
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