Top 5 most depressing animated films my favorite waste of time. Watership down is a novel written by richard adams. Set in the hampshire downs in southern england, an idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of suspense, hot pursuit, and derringdo chicago tribune follows a band of rabbits in flight from the incursion of man and the destruction of their home. The best movies starring ralph richardson flickchart. Heres roger ebert singing the movies praises for eight straight minutes. It was released on 22 december 2018 in the united kingdom and internationally on netflix the next day. Video quality i watch my blurays on a 40 lg lcd tv which is probably about seven years old by now. It tells the story of rabbits and their adventures concerning their warren at a hill in the north of hampshire, england known as watership down in this fantasy book, rabbits with human intelligence are shown in their natural environment. Watership down original cover uk imagine this book hot off the presses as you check out the cover for the uk first edition. For instance, they could build an awesome palace of a rabbit hole like cowslips. Movies that are made for forever roger ebert roger ebert. Watership down was made into a movie and a tv show. I wrote about this film in context of the recent netflix miniseries version. 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.
Eberts ten greatest films of all time and my top why evolution. The watership down film picture book by richard adams. Search, discover and share your favorite watership down gifs. The watership down rabbits make friends with a badger named bark as well as some bats and rats new characters include. The bbc broadcast comprised two backtoback episodes per day. Rent watership down 1978 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Set in southern england, around hampshire, the story features a small group of rabbits.
Although this is an animated film featuring cute rabbits as the main characters, this is far from a childrens movie, and considering the. I read it in elementary school shortly before the movie came out, and the film was shown in the school auditorium the following spring, when my english teacher was having his kids read richard adams novel. Dec 20, 2018 watership down, debuting sunday on netflix, is a new fourpart adaptation of the beloved richard adams novel. That rabbit that gets snatched by a hawk in watership down 3. With john hurt, richard briers, ralph richardson, michael graham cox. I read it in elementary school shortly before the movie came out, and the film was shown in the school auditorium the following spring, when my english. Aug 27, 2009 rosen made only three films one feature, stacking 1987, and prior to that, two extraordinary animations, both based on books of serious animal advocacy by richard adams. But the fact so little sticks about watership down other a vague reminiscence of an unstoppable flood of rabbitgeddon into my inner self. Richard adamss watership down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. There is no such thing as the best year or the worst year. Below, roger ebert does a better job explaining the beauty of this film than i can. 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. Seemingly everyone whos seen the animated 1978 adaptation of watership. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of watership down.
Rent watership down 1978 starring john hurt and richard briers on dvd and bluray. You may want to ask in ask the tropers about whether its safe to recreate. Watership down in 1978 and the plague dogs in 1982, a disturbing duet that is even less for children than miyazakis works. Remember when your dad brought home the watership down vhs. Watership down is a world of rabbits in darkness popmatters. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Definitely not for young children, this is an adult animation adult as in mature themes and not pornographic. A group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face many dangers to find and protect their new home.
Top 10 creepy movie bunnies, in case you want to ruin easter. My young mind knew i was experiencing something on a whole new level as i watched hazel lead his often doubting followers. My thoughts on the book, movie and tv series lapine language the rabbits in watership down speak in a language called lapine,but mostly speak fluent english,here are some of the words that the rabbits say in lapine and the translation in english. In addition to culturally relevant films such as alien, blade runner, and chariots of fire, rawlings is known for an extensive list of films including watership down 1978, yentl 1983, legend 1985, fx 1986, not without my daughter 1991, alien 3 1992, goldeneye 1995, the saint 1997, entrapment 1999 and the phantom of the opera. 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. Watership down, debuting sunday on netflix, is a new fourpart adaptation of the beloved richard adams novel. Paradise alley, magic, midnight express, watership down, comes a horseman, 1978.
Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. To be fair, this is a damn good animated movie, but its renowned for its unflinching brutality and depiction of a totalitarian state through fluffy bunny rabbits. Watership down is an adventure fantasy miniseries directed by noam murro. In an early scene, hurts eyes light up as he sees a pretty girl walking down the street, and. Oct 18, 2017 okay, weve not covered watership down on this site before but, for many adults all grown up, its one of those movies which scarred you as a kid. With its naturalistic handdrawn animation, dreamily expressionistic touches, gorgeously bucolic. The movie exists of about 96 minutes of images, music and sound. Watership down original cover us of course if you lived in america at the time, this is the version you would have had. Claiming spine number 748, martin rosens 1978 british film adapted from richard adams 1972 novel joins the ranks of esteemed works of art from the likes of fellini, renoir, kurosawa, and hitchcock. With this passion project, screenwriterproducerdirector martin rosen brilliantly achieved what had been thought nearly impossible. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Captain broom,primrose,granite,hickory,marigold,moss,spartina,gluk,skree,heather,bark,bats,rats, weasel,hannah,yonain the book yona is male,doesnt appear in the movie and is female in the tv. Watership down i saw this movie, like many kids, when adults rented it without.
With my initial viewing around age 10, watership down was the first film to show me that animation can be more than just slapstick cartoons or disney fare not that theres anything wrong with either of those things. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel. If you want to start a filmwatershipdown page, just click the edit button above. But lapine literature aint the only thing this guy had up his sleeve.
Watership down movie poster imagine this hanging out the wall of your local theater. Paradise alley, magic, midnight express, watership down. A video about watership down by richard adams 5942 views people liked it. My late stepfather, bill seitz, made the family watch this movie every. Watership down is one of my favourite books, and i loved this film when it first came out.
Watership down has done that with its admission today into the criterion collection. And since this is a new place, they have the chance to come up with some new ideas and start over. Watership down is an animated film from 1978, based on richard adamss book of the same name, featuring the voices of several wellknown british actors. The movie stars john hurt in one of the best performances of his career. John hurt, richard briers, michael graham cox adventure drama animal picture animation. 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. Released on 19 october 1978, the film was an immediate success and it became the sixthmost. Concerned by troubling visions his brother has about an encroaching threat, hazel and several other rabbits set out in search of a new safe haven. All of the segments pertaining to the movie have been included. Captain broom,primrose,granite,hickory,marigold,moss,spartina,gluk,skree,heather,bark,bats,rats, weasel,hannah,yonain the book yona is male,doesnt appear in the movie and is female in the tv series,hazel and primroses. Watership down is a survival and adventure novel by english author richard adams, published by rex collings ltd of london in 1972.
Rabbits are snatched by birds of prey, caught in snares, buried alive, engage in bloody fights. Finally, the watership down script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the bunny rabbits movie based on the richard adams novel. Watership down tells the tale of a very dark journey. Watership down is a 1978 britishamerican animated adventuredrama thriller childrens film written, produced and. Dont be fooled watership down is not for young children. My 11th annual film festival has just wrapped at the virginia theater in my home town, and what i can say is, it worked. Watership down original soundtrack original soundtrack. It was financed by a consortium of british financial institutions and was distributed by cinema international corporation in the united kingdom. But its also known for the very creepy fact that roger eberts. When i heard criterion was going to release watership down on bluray in the states, i was very excited as this company takes film transfers seriously and i knew they would do the job right.
Watership down was first released to the uk on 19 october 1978, and was later released in the united states on 1 november 1978, for the latter, the movie was distributed by avco embassy pictures. It baffles me that, after more than 30 years, stores and libraries still file watership down in their childrens or family section simply because it features animated bunnies. Besides his rabbit stories, richard adams wrote several other books, most of which have to do. It is based on the 1972 novel of the same name by richard adams and adapted by tom bidwell. They have their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry and mythology. Waltz with bashir is an autobiographical animated movie of the. The animated movie itself follows the book very closely all the way down to the rabbit language which the book provides a glossary for, yet this movie directs it in the way where not knowing rabbit language doesnt take away from it. Watership down 1978 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The watership down film picture book is my new favorite ebay find. A warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of the classic novel by. Although they live in their natural wild environment, with burrows, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry, and mythology. Watership down 1978 movie clip the great frith made. Rosen made only three films one feature, stacking 1987, and prior to that, two extraordinary animations, both based on books of serious animal advocacy by richard adams. But there is such a thing as a festival where every single film seemed to connect strongly with the audience.