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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.
Theatrical
Oct 31, 1978
Box Office
$3.7M
Budget
$1.0M
Return
3.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 26, 2002
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producer
Music
Studio
Nepenthe Productions, Watership Productions
Quotes
See all →Discovery of a New Burrow
Dandelion
Come and look! You can see the whole world!
[looking at the countryside from Watership Down]
Blackberry
I found a burrow, Hazel. Under that beech hanger; with a great hall and no smell of death or disease.
Dandelion
O Frith on the hills! He made it all for us!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Debate Over New Warren Proposal
General Woundwort
Your name?
General Woundwort
Don't be frightened. You're safe here. Well, get on with it!
Hyzenthlay
Sir, several of us propose an expedition for...a new warren. Somewhere else.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →J
John Hurt
Hazel (voice)
R
Richard Briers
Fiver (voice)
M
Michael Graham Cox
Bigwig (voice)
J
John Bennett
Captain Holly (voice)
R
Ralph Richardson
Chief Rabbit (voice)
S
Simon Cadell
Blackberry (voice)
T
Terence Rigby
Silver (voice)
R
Roy Kinnear
Pipkin (voice)
R
Richard O'Callaghan
Dandelion (voice)
D
Denholm Elliott
Cowslip (voice)
L
Lynn Farleigh
Cat (voice)
M
Mary Maddox
Clover (voice)
Z
Zero Mostel
Kehaar (voice)
H
Harry Andrews
General Woundwort (voice)
H
Hannah Gordon
Hyzenthlay (voice)
N
Nigel Hawthorne
Captain Campion (voice)
C
Clifton Jones
Blackavar (voice)
D
Derek Griffiths
Vervain (voice)
M
Michael Hordern
Frith (voice)
J
Joss Ackland
Black Rabbit (voice)
