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Watership Down

A faithful big-screen adaptation of Richard Adams's classic British dystopian novel about a community of rabbits seeking safety and happiness after their warren comes under terrible threat.

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Other Authors:	Rosen, Martin (Screenwriter, Film producer, Film director), Hurt, John, 1940-2017 (Voice actor), Briers, Richard (Voice actor), Cox, Michael Graham, 1938- (Voice actor), Bennett, John, 1928-2005 (Voice actor), Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983 (Voice actor), Cadell, Simon (Voice actor), Rigby, Terence (Voice actor), Kinnear, Roy, 1934-1988 (Voice actor), O'Callaghan, Richard (Voice actor), Elliott, Denholm (Voice actor), Farleigh, Lynn, 1942- (Voice actor), Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977 (Voice actor), Andrews, Harry, 1911-1989 (Voice actor), Gordon, Hannah (Voice actor), Hawthorne, Nigel (Voice actor), Hordern, Michael, 1911-1995 (Voice actor), Ackland, Joss, 1928- (Voice actor), Morley, Angela (composer (expression)), Dods, Marcus (Musical director), Williamson, Malcolm, 1931-2003 (composer (expression)), Batt, Mike (composer (expression)), Garfunkel, Art (Singer), Rawlings, Terry, 1933- (Film editor), Guy, Tony (Animator), Adams, Richard, 1920-2016, Toro, Guillermo del, 1964- (interviewee (expression)), Jones, Gerard, 1957- (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2015]
Edition:	DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 748.
Subjects:	Adams, Richard, > 1920- > Film adaptations. Rabbits > Drama. Feature films. Animated films. Action and adventure films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:	A faithful big-screen adaptation of Richard Adams's classic British dystopian novel about a community of rabbits seeking safety and happiness after their warren comes under terrible threat.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. Special features: New high-definition digital restoration; Passion project (new interview with writer, proudcer, and director Martin Rosen about bringing the novel to cinematic life); A movie miracle (new interview with director Guillermo del Toro about what makes the film a unique work of animation art); Defining a style (a 2005 featurette about the fllm's aesthetic); Storyboards; Trailer. Insert includes an essay by comic book writer Gerard Jones.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
Format:	DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (1.85:1) ; stereo.
Audience:	Rating: PG.
Production Credits:	Music composed and arranged by Angela Morley ; musical director, Marcus Dods ; incidental music by Malcolm Williamson ; "Bright eyes" composed by Mike Batt, sung by Art Garfunkel ; edited by Terry Rawlings ; animation supervisor, Philip Duncan ; animation director, Tony Guy.
ISBN:	9781604659566 1604659564