animated film "Watership Down"

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The animated film "Watership Down" is a 1978 British adaptation of Richard Adams's novel, depicting a group of rabbits fleeing their warren in search of a new home in a dark, allegorical adventure.

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instanceOf animated film
feature film
animationTechnique traditional cel animation
antagonistCharacter General Woundwort
authorOfSourceWork Richard Adams
basedOn Watership Down (novel)
linked to: Watership Down
BBFCClassificationUK U (originally)
cinematography Tony Guy
coDirector John Hubley
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Martin Rosen
distributor CIC (Cinema International Corporation)
editor Terry Rawlings
genre allegorical film
animated adventure film
animated drama film
dark fantasy film
language English
mainCharacter Bigwig
Fiver
Hazel
MPAARatingUS PG
musicBy Angela Morley
narrator Michael Hordern
notableFor graphic depictions of violence for an animated film
plotSummary A group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and search for a new home at Watership Down
producer Martin Rosen
productionCompany Nepenthe Productions
releaseDateUnitedKingdom 19 October 1978
releaseYear 1978
runtimeMinutes 91
screenwriter Martin Rosen
setting Hampshire Downs
rural southern England
targetAudience general audience
themeSongPerformer Art Garfunkel
themeSongTitle Bright Eyes
voiceCastMember Denholm Elliott
Hannah Gordon
Harry Andrews
John Hurt
Joss Ackland
Nigel Hawthorne
Ralph Richardson
Richard Briers
Roy Kinnear
Simon Cadell
Zero Mostel

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Watership Down hasAdaptation animated film "Watership Down"
subject linked to: Richard Adams
Richard Briers notableWork Watership Down (1978 film)
linked to: animated film "Watership Down"
Zero Mostel notableWork Watership Down (voice of Kehaar in 1978 film, completed posthumously)
linked to: animated film "Watership Down"
Watership Down adaptedAs 1978 animated film "Watership Down"
linked to: animated film "Watership Down"
writing the novel "Watership Down" hasAdaptationOfResult 1978 animated film "Watership Down"
linked to: animated film "Watership Down"
writing the novel "Watership Down" hasAdaptationOfResult 2018 animated miniseries "Watership Down"
linked to: animated film "Watership Down"
Michael Hordern notableWork Watership Down (1978 film)
subject linked to: Hordern
linked to: animated film "Watership Down"
Christopher Guard notableWork Watership Down (1978 film)
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Michael Graham Cox notableWork Watership Down (1978 film)
linked to: animated film "Watership Down"