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Watership Down

"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."

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PG 1978 · 1h 32m
Adventure, Animation, Drama
Starring John Hurt · Richard Briers · Michael Graham Cox
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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
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 26, 2002
Box Office
$3.7M
Budget
$1.0M
Return
3.7x
Director
Martin Rosen
Writer
Martin Rosen
Producer
Martin Rosen
Music
Angela Morley
Studio
Nepenthe Productions, Watership Productions
Keywords
based on novel or book gore seagull trap anthropomorphism based on children's book rabbit runt river crossing adult animation journey myth berkshire bitter
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Cast

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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)
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First 'Watership Down' Trailer Promises a Harrrowing Rabbit Adventure

First 'Watership Down' Trailer Promises a Harrrowing Rabbit Adventure

When they catch you, they will kill you ... but first, they must catch you.

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Quotes

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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.

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