As the bbc develops a watership down reboot we remember a film that traumatised a generation. Viewers blast show for its awful cgi as they joke that bbc ones. A canadianbritish tv series ran from 19992001 and a new. Watership down is a 1978 british animated film directed by martin ros rand based on the novel watership down by richard adams. 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 movie poster imagine this hanging out the wall of your local theater. 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. 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. 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. Watership down 1978 movie clip the man thing killed it.
Watership down 1978 movie clip the great frith made. The novel takes place close to where richard adams grew up in berkshire. 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. 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. Characters from the books, the film and the tv series. Unique in the annals of animated films, watership down is a serious, even. Search, discover and share your favorite watership down gifs. Watership down 1978 pg 10 31 1978 us adventure, animation, drama 1h 28m user score. Before the death of general woundwort, campion loyally served the tyrant, stopping blackavars escape attempt. Watch all season of watership down tv show online in high quality and small size with english subtitles directly. Efrafa was a large warren founded by the powerhungry and aggressive general woundwort. Directed by martin rosen 1978 united kingdom with this passion project, screenwriterproducerdirector martin rosen brilliantly achieved what had been thought nearly impossible. Watership down is a real place that you can actually visit. Watch watership down online full episodes of season 1.
Released on 19 october 1978, the film was an immediate success and it became the sixthmost. 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. Captain campion was a high ranking efrafan officer, an expert tracker, and a wide patrol leader. 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. Woundwort used his tireless zeal and fear to win the loyalty and control of his followers. May 18, 2012 watership down the television show lasted for 39 episodes from 1999 to 2001.
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. 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. Dec 10, 2018 many readers will have been scared silly by the 1978 film adaptation of richard adams famous novel watership down. It was produced with the participation of the canadian television fund. 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. Harry andrews and michael graham cox in watership down 1978. Watership down original cover us of course if you lived in america at the time, this is the version you would have had. So, of course, many heads turned when netflix decided to make their own series of this rabbit refugee adventure. Though its animation leaves something to be desired, watership down is a faithful adaptation that will resonate with viewers of any age. This unofficial fansite is managed exclusively by watership down fans. Watership down is quite simply my favourite animated film of all time. The books popularity always puts watership down on the list of films for a remake. Seasons 1, 2 and 3 of the tv series watership down watership down is a.
Watership down tv series full episodes in order youtube. It retold much of the classic story with modifications and included other characters and adventures. Told in four ferocious parts, netflixs magnificent watership down adaptation only suffers from shoddy animation. 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. Lord frith, as the creator of all rabbit mythology, is what the rabbits based much of their creation tales and tricks on. Watership down has a creative ending, and intense climax, but is just so utterly confusing for a film with such a simple overall story.
Westworld season 3 behind the scenes creating westworlds reality. Although they live in their natural wild environment, with burrows, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry, and mythology. Netflixs new watership down proves the beloved childrens classic was a horror story all along. It was made in 78, a great era for dark, powerful, sometimes criminally overlooked movies. Watership down is a weird anomaly in the animated film world. It is the third adaption of the 1972 novel by the same name, written by richard adams. But later he becomes dependable after realizing that he wasnt being very helpful towards the watership down rabbits.
Watership down is a survival and adventure novel by english author richard adams, published by rex collings ltd of london in 1972. The majority also appear in the 1978 feature film adaptation, the 1999 television series adaptation andor 1996 followup collection of short stories. The film has its moments of beauty and is refreshingly dark. The artwork is captivating, the characters compelling. 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. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the. Eyes and the voice talents of john hurt and richard briers from the classic 1978 feature film. Under him, the warren lost some of its tyrannical attributes and made a close alliance with watership down. Movie has detailed fightingwounds and this site is aimed for a mature audience. Watership down the 1978 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Watership down is a 1978 british animated adventuredrama film, written.
A group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face many dangers to find and protect their new home. Watership down source, the 1978 british animated film. Watership down criterion collection dvd 1978 best buy. He is part of the sandleford warren, and is the younger and smaller brother of hazel. Journey to watership down escape to watership down 4. Frank welker did return in the tv series from the film providing the animal vocals.
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. 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. The 1978 animated version of watership down holds a particular place in the cultural psyche of an entire generation. 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. 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. This is a list of characters in watership down, a 1972 novel by richard adams. Watership down is an imperfect film with some of the most powerful moments. Apr 01, 2016 watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel watership down by richard adams. Watership down season 1 episode 12 friends and enemy. It was financed by a consortium of british financial institutions.
All the world will be your enemy, prince with a thousand enemies. The original watership down movie is most known as the one that scarred many childhoods due to its major violence. Watership down official trailer hd netflix youtube. It was financed by a consortium of british financial institutions and was distributed by cinema international corporation in the united kingdom. All the world will be your enemy, prince with a thousand enemies, and when they catch you, they will kill you. Watership down is one of my favourite books, and i loved this film when it first came out. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by richard adams. As you can imagine, netflixs watership down was very different from the 1978 british movie that gave kids nightmares. Watership down 1978 pg 10 311978 us adventure, animation, drama 1h 28m user score. You dont come across many films based on childrens novels that feature. 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. 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. 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 official trailer john hurt movie youtube.
The watership down film picture book by richard adams. Watership down is a 2018 britishamerican animated television miniseries directed by noam murro. Netflixs watership down proves it was a horror story all. The miniseries will be adapted by tom bidwell and directed by noam murro. Bigwig and hazel worry about watership down being wiped out and that they have no idea of woundworts plans. The deaths of the rabbits in watership down get an honorable mention.
Part two of bbc one adaptation, which aired on sunday, left viewers divided as many praise the emotional story while others say its not as great as 1978 film. Sep 06, 20 why not watch watership down, i thought. Any ed material included on this site serves entertainment purposes, and is used with utmost respect for the original creators. Download watership down tv series with direct download links for free on grabthebeast. Allowing no rabbit to leave, woundwort had to form a strict system as the warren grew. Set in southern england, around hampshire, the story features a small group of rabbits. Download watership down tv show all season directly. The watership down film picture book is my new favorite ebay find. John hurt, richard briers and ralph richardson watership down 1978 official trailer john hurt movie a group of rabbits flee their. With its naturalistic handdrawn animation, dreamily. After the tyrants death, he became the new efrafan chief rabbit. Watership down a puffin book by david parkins 3jul2014 paperback.
With john hurt, richard briers, ralph richardson, michael graham cox. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel watership down by richard adams. 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. Jul 18, 2017 watership down is a weird anomaly in the animated film world. 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. 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. 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. Aug 08, 2017 watership down e 1 izleyin ya uqhsd dailymotionda. This is the page where youll find a lot of watership down screenshots in best quality.
In the 1972 novel written by richard adams the threat of death looms large for the. 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. Watership down season 1 episode 10 a tale of a mouse file. Winter on watership down part 2 by sexdrugsandviolence. 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.
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