Watership Down
PG
A landmark in British animation, this adaptation of Richard Adams’ novel returns to cinemas with a new 4k restoration almost 50 years since its first release.
Animation • British • Cult
When an apocalyptic vision pushes a group of rabbits to abandon their warren, Hazel, Fiver and Bigwig must tackle the brutal realities of the rural world - and mankind’s devastating impact on it - as they lead their colony to the utopian Watership Down.
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Details
Duration
1hr 32mins
Director
Martin Rosen, John Hubley
Distributor
British Film Institute
Featuring
John Hurt • Richard Briers • Michael Graham-Cox
Year
1978
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Strobe lighting
Guidance unavailable
Content guidance
Animal cruelty/abuse • Violence
“Watership Down stands alone as a horizon never reached - a portal into what animation can be, could be: an art form. It fuels the hope for that future. A delicate, violent, savage confection - perfect and sharp, like a diamond knife.”
Guillermo del Toro (Pinocchio, The Shape of Water)
“An overwhelmingly emotional experience.”
Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers, 45 Years)
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