Watership down is a 1978 british animated adventuredrama film, written, produced and directed by martin rosen and based on the 1972 novel by richard adams. The deaths of the rabbits in watership down get an honorable mention. Watership down is quite simply my favourite animated film of all time. Winter on watership down part 2 by sexdrugsandviolence. John hurt, richard briers and ralph richardson watership down 1978 official trailer john hurt movie a group of rabbits flee their. Watership down the 1978 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. The majority also appear in the 1978 feature film adaptation, the 1999 television series adaptation andor 1996 followup collection of short stories notably, most though not all male rabbits in the story are named after plants, whereas female rabbits tend to have names in lapine, the fictional language adams. Seasons 1, 2 and 3 of the tv series watership down watership down is a. You dont come across many films based on childrens novels that feature. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the united kingdom and decode entertainment of canada, 1 and produced by martin rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation.
Watership down is a weird anomaly in the animated film world. Watership down is one of my favourite books, and i loved this film when it first came out. Efrafa was a large warren founded by the powerhungry and aggressive general woundwort. After the tyrants death, he became the new efrafan chief rabbit. Watership down 1978 pg 10 311978 us adventure, animation, drama 1h 28m user score. Dec 23, 2018 for a generation of adults, watership down is probably synonymous with childhood trauma, thanks to richard adams beloved but occasionally brutal 1972 novel, and the downright barbaric 1978 film. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by richard adams. It was built around the crossing point of two green bridle paths, one of which was tunnellike, bordered on both sides by brush. Watership down 1978 movie clip the man thing killed it. Bigwig and hazel worry about watership down being wiped out and that they have no idea of woundworts plans. Woundwort used his tireless zeal and fear to win the loyalty and control of his followers.
Before the death of general woundwort, campion loyally served the tyrant, stopping blackavars escape attempt. Fiver is the deuteragonist in richard adams book watership down. Sir john hurt and richard briers who played hazel and fiver, respectively, in this movie returned to voice general woundwort and the new character, captain broom, respectively in watership down 1999, a television series adaptation of the book. It is the third adaption of the 1972 novel by the same name, written by richard adams. May 18, 2012 watership down the television show lasted for 39 episodes from 1999 to 2001. Watch all season of watership down tv show online in high quality and small size with english subtitles directly.
Any ed material included on this site serves entertainment purposes, and is used with utmost respect for the original creators. Of necessity it has had to lose a lot of the original story in order to fit into the time constraints of the visual format, and on the whole it follows the essential narrative fairly well. Download watership down tv series with direct download links for free on grabthebeast. This is a list of characters in watership down, a 1972 novel by richard adams. Harry andrews and michael graham cox in watership down 1978.
This is the page where youll find a lot of watership down screenshots in best quality. This unofficial fansite is managed exclusively by watership down fans. Watership down original cover uk imagine this book hot off the presses as you check out the cover for the uk first edition. While hazel attempts to find new does for watership down, another group investigates another warren and find themselves prisoners of the horrific tyranny of efrafa. Watership down has a creative ending, and intense climax, but is just so utterly confusing for a film with such a simple overall story. All the world will be your enemy, prince with a thousand enemies, and when they catch you, they will kill you. The novel takes place close to where richard adams grew up in berkshire. Watership down is a 1978 british animated adventuredrama film, written. Fiver has horrific and, as later events prove, accurate visions of the destruction of their home warren at sandleford, but hazel cant convince their chief ralph richardson to pay. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted.
Movie has detailed fightingwounds and this site is aimed for a mature audience. In the 1972 novel written by richard adams the threat of death looms large for the. With its naturalistic handdrawn animation, dreamily. Watership down aired for 39 episodes and three seasons from 1999 to 2001, on both. Frank welker did return in the tv series from the film providing the animal vocals. Unique in the annals of animated films, watership down is a serious, even grim tale that many will find relentless and depressing and others will find poetic and moving. Watership down 2018 tvpg 1 season tv shows based on books a warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of. Lord frith, as the creator of all rabbit mythology, is what the rabbits based much of their creation tales and tricks on. With john hurt, richard briers, ralph richardson, michael graham cox. Jul 18, 2017 watership down is a weird anomaly in the animated film world. His lapine name, little thousand hrairoo comes from the fact that he was the smallest rabbit of at least five in his litter, since rabbits cannot count above four. Watership down is a 1978 british animated film directed by martin ros rand based on the novel watership down by richard adams. The vocal talent, animation style both in the main story and in the mythical opening, soundtrack and script all work wonderfully, shortening the material of the book but not losing all of its themes. Under him, the warren lost some of its tyrannical attributes and made a close alliance with watership down.
Though its animation leaves something to be desired, watership down is a faithful adaptation that will resonate with viewers of any age. Watership down 1978 official trailer john hurt movie youtube. Unique among animated films of any time period, watership down is a classic that has improved with age, especially when compared to todays computer enabled mediocrity. The source is dedicated for the movie and tv series adaptation of richard adams book named watership down warning. Unique in the annals of animated films, watership down is a serious, even. Journey to watership down escape to watership down 4. The majority also appear in the 1978 feature film adaptation, the 1999 television series adaptation andor 1996 followup collection of short stories. Watership down is a 2018 britishamerican animated television miniseries directed by noam murro. It retold much of the classic story with modifications and included other characters and adventures. So, of course, many heads turned when netflix decided to make their own series of this rabbit refugee adventure. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel watership down by richard adams. In the tv series, strawberry is a lazy rabbit after leaving with hazel and the others from the warren of the shining wires, since he likes to sleep in the burrow a lot.
Watership down season 1 episode 12 friends and enemy. Watership down is a real place that you can actually visit. It was financed by a consortium of british financial institutions and was distributed by cinema international corporation in the united kingdom. Netflixs watership down proves it was a horror story all. Set in southern england, around hampshire, the story features a small group of rabbits. Watership down source, the 1978 british animated film. Watership down is an imperfect film with some of the most powerful moments. With its naturalistic handdrawn animation, dreamily expressionistic touches, gorgeously bucolic background design, and elegant voice work from such superb english actors as john hurt, ralph richardson, richard briers, and denholm elliott, watership down is an emotionally arresting, darktoned allegory about freedom amid political turmoil. Search, discover and share your favorite watership down gifs. Apr 01, 2016 watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel watership down by richard adams. The watership down film picture book by richard adams. A 1978 animated film directed by martin rosen, adapted from the 1972 novel of the same name by richard adams hazel voiced by john hurt, our protagonist, has a little brother named fiver richard briers. Eyes and the voice talents of john hurt and richard briers from the classic 1978 feature film.
I hadnt seen it since i was a wee little kid, and i recalled it being weird and dark and very unusual for an animated film. Watch watership down online full episodes of season 1. The miniseries will be adapted by tom bidwell and directed by noam murro. Captain campion was a high ranking efrafan officer, an expert tracker, and a wide patrol leader. Watership down movie poster imagine this hanging out the wall of your local theater. Although they live in their natural wild environment, with burrows, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry, and mythology.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Characters from the books, the film and the tv series. Originally released on 19 october 1978, the film was an immediate success and it became the sixth most popular film of 1979 at the british box office. Watership down 2018 tvpg 1 season british tv shows a warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of the classic novel by richard adams. Told in four ferocious parts, netflixs magnificent watership down adaptation only suffers from shoddy animation. The original watership down movie is most known as the one that scarred many childhoods due to its major violence. Dec 22, 2018 watership down aired on bbc one this evening, and it was the first in a twopart series the series is based on the famous book of the same name by richard adams. Sep 06, 20 why not watch watership down, i thought. Download watership down tv show all season directly. The books popularity always puts watership down on the list of films for a remake. Watership down is a survival and adventure novel by english author richard adams, published by rex collings ltd of london in 1972. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the united kingdom and decode entertainment of canada, and produced by martin rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation.
It was produced with the participation of the canadian television fund. Viewers blast show for its awful cgi as they joke that bbc ones. Allowing no rabbit to leave, woundwort had to form a strict system as the warren grew. Dec 10, 2018 many readers will have been scared silly by the 1978 film adaptation of richard adams famous novel watership down. A canadianbritish tv series ran from 19992001 and a new. Watership down season 1 episode 10 a tale of a mouse file. Episodes with the band of rabbits who have fled the warren because of the premonitions of fiver voice by richard briers, john hurt as leader hazel, michael graham cox as bigwig, simon cadell as bigwig, from the animated adaptation of the celebrated novel, watership down, 1978. Aug 08, 2017 watership down e 1 izleyin ya uqhsd dailymotionda. Watership down 1978 pg 10 31 1978 us adventure, animation, drama 1h 28m user score. A warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of the classic novel by richard adams. Directed by 2 writing credits 3 cast 21 produced by 2 music by 1 film editing by 1 production management 1 sound department 2 visual effects by 2 camera and electrical department 12 animation department 77 editorial department 3. It was made in 78, a great era for dark, powerful, sometimes criminally overlooked movies. As you can imagine, netflixs watership down was very different from the 1978 british movie that gave kids nightmares. Westworld season 3 behind the scenes creating westworlds reality.
The 1978 animated version of watership down holds a particular place in the cultural psyche of an entire generation. Watership down original cover us of course if you lived in america at the time, this is the version you would have had. It was financed by a consortium of british financial institutions. Watership down criterion collection dvd 1978 best buy. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the. Watership down a puffin book by david parkins 3jul2014 paperback. Directed by martin rosen 1978 united kingdom with this passion project, screenwriterproducerdirector martin rosen brilliantly achieved what had been thought nearly impossible. The watership down film picture book is my new favorite ebay find. Like the book, it is a story that should be for kids, but adults will enjoy it far more than children who could be traumatized by it. Watership down 1978 movie clip the great frith made. Released on 19 october 1978, the film was an immediate success and it became the sixthmost. Watership down official trailer hd netflix youtube. All the world will be your enemy, prince with a thousand enemies. As the bbc develops a watership down reboot we remember a film that traumatised a generation.
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