Hoping to escape destruction by human developers and save their community, a colony of rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a new warren.Hoping to escape destruction by human developers and save their community, a colony of rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a new warren.Hoping to escape destruction by human developers and save their community, a colony of rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a new warren.
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- 1 win & 4 nominations
Richard Briers
- Fiver
- (voice)
Ralph Richardson
- Chief Rabbit
- (voice)
Michael Graham Cox
- Bigwig
- (voice)
- (as Michael Graham-Cox)
John Bennett
- Capt. Holly
- (voice)
Simon Cadell
- Blackberry
- (voice)
Terence Rigby
- Silver
- (voice)
Roy Kinnear
- Pipkin
- (voice)
Richard O'Callaghan
- Dandelion
- (voice)
Denholm Elliott
- Cowslip
- (voice)
Lynn Farleigh
- Cat
- (voice)
- (as Lyn Farleigh)
Mary Maddox
- Clover
- (voice)
Zero Mostel
- Kehaar
- (voice)
Harry Andrews
- Gen. Woundwort
- (voice)
Hannah Gordon
- Hyzenthlay
- (voice)
Nigel Hawthorne
- Capt. Campion
- (voice)
- (as Nigel Hawthorn)
Clifton Jones
- Blackavar
- (voice)
Derek Griffiths
- Vervain
- (voice)
- …
- Directors
- Martin Rosen
- John Hubley(opening sequence) (uncredited)
- Writers
- Richard Adams
- Martin Rosen
- John Hubley(uncredited)
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- TriviaThe British Board of Film Classification had received complaints about this movie for over four decades after its release, due to the board's decision to classify it U (suitable for all). The BBFC admitted in 2012 that it had "received complaints about the suitability of Watership Down at U almost every year since its classification". On August 4, 2022, the film was re-rated PG after 44 years.
- GoofsIn Holly's flashback of his time in Efrafa - which occurs long before the other rabbits have even heard of Efrafa - Bigwig can be clearly seen talking with the Efrafan rabbits (this was taken from a scene later in the movie).
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A wonderful film for all ages
I saw this film initially when I was about six or seven years old and have seen it several times since. Of all the films I saw during my early childhood, none captivated me as much as Watership Down. I am now twenty eight years old and, despite the violence and sadness of the film, I have somehow turned out to be a fairly normal bloke rather than a murderer or manic depressive. Funny that.
It is a complete fallacy to suggest that we must shield our children from anything that hints of the injustices that may exist in the real world. In fact, seeing a film such as this may help them in dealing with issues in their own lives or perhaps teach them lessons in understanding and appreciation of the world around them. Watership Down had that effect on me.
It is a complete fallacy to suggest that we must shield our children from anything that hints of the injustices that may exist in the real world. In fact, seeing a film such as this may help them in dealing with issues in their own lives or perhaps teach them lessons in understanding and appreciation of the world around them. Watership Down had that effect on me.
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- nicka-11
- Feb 23, 2005
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