Adventure ·Animation ·Drama · United Kingdom · 1978 · 1h 32m

Watership Down

Director

Cast

John Hurt as Hazel (voice) Richard Briers as Fiver (voice) Michael Graham Cox as Bigwig (voice) John Bennett as Captain Holly (voice) Ralph Richardson as Chief Rabbit (voice) Simon Cadell as Blackberry (voice)

Crew

Terry Rawlings — Editor Angela Morley — Original Music Composer Martin Rosen — Screenplay John Hubley — Writer Richard Adams — Novel Martin Rosen — Producer

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.

Synopsis

When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book gore trap anthropomorphism seagull based on children's book rabbit runt river crossing adult animation journey myth

Key Collaborators

Martin Rosen Director Terry Rawlings Editor Angela Morley Original Music Composer Martin Rosen Screenplay John Hubley Writer Richard Adams Novel Martin Rosen Producer

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