Watership Down (1978)

PG10/14/1978Adventure, Animation, Drama1h 32m
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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.

Overview

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.

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    John Hurt

    Hazel (voice)

  2. Cast 1

    Richard Briers

    Fiver (voice)

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    Michael Graham Cox

    Bigwig (voice)

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    John Bennett

    Captain Holly (voice)

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    Ralph Richardson

    Chief Rabbit (voice)

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    Simon Cadell

    Blackberry (voice)

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    Terence Rigby

    Silver (voice)

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    Roy Kinnear

    Pipkin (voice)

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    Richard O'Callaghan

    Dandelion (voice)

It sure lives up to its reputation! The sole thing I knew about <em>'Watership Down'</em> pre-watch was that it's relatively graphic and had an impact on children at the time of its release. Well, I can certainly see why! Heck, even by today's standards it's still pretty out there in terms of how it portrays the violence. The animation, for its time, is absolutely splendid - super effective! The music is also noteworthy. I will say that I don't think the characters are anything above solid, like post-watch I can't really remember any of them individually; visually at least, because the v...