Watership Down
PG

Sat 20 Jun – Sun 21 Jun

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

Part of Hyde & Seek

Part of Bleak Week

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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Join us from 10.30am before our Saturday screening for a self-led, drop in activity.

Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair is presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque and Prince Charles Cinema.

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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