Watership Down (1978)
Tagline:
« From the novel that enthralled the world, comes an animation classic. »
Actors:
Hazel
Fiver
Bigwig
Capt. Holly
Chief Rabbit
Rating:
(43’665 votes)
(43’665 votes)
Quotes:
[last lines]
« Narrator: All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.
»
« Black Rabbit: Hazel? You know me, don't you?
»
« Hazel: I don't.
»
[the visitor reveals himself as The Black Rabbit]
« Hazel: Oh, yes, my Lord… I know you.
»
« Black Rabbit: I've come to ask if you would like to join my Owsla. We shall be glad to have you, and I know you'd like it. You've been feeling tired, haven't you? If you're ready, we might go along now.
»
[Hazel pauses to look back at his rabbits]
« Black Rabbit: You needn't worry about them. They'll be alright, and thousands like them. If you'll come along, I'll show you what I mean.
»
[Hazel lies down and dies]
« Hazel: [mourning the supposedly-dead Bigwig] My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today.
»
Trailer:
Official Trailer
Runtime:92 minutes
Plots:
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.
Based upon Richard Adam’s novel of the same title, this animated feature delves into the surprisingly violent world of a warren of rabbits as they seek to establish a new colony free of tyranny and human intervention.
Underneath a small patch of land cloaked in tall grass somewhere in a dark warren of the lush English countryside, Fiver, a skittish prescient rabbit, having shared his hauntingly vivid nightmares of destruction with his brother, Hazel, instigates a mass exodus in search of a safe new home. However, the journey to greener pastures is as long as it is precarious, entangling the audacious furry settlers in an endless string of shockingly unknown and devastating perils, which include not only voracious predators, but also betrayal and the mighty weapons of men. Is this the future the Lapine pilgrims have been dreaming of at the promised Watership Down Hill, especially when the ghastly warren chief, General Woundwort, awaits at the end of the line?
Official website:
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