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	Watership Down (1978)
		Watership Down examines the lives of some rabbits who break off from their warren when one of them - an apparently psychic bunny named Fiver (voiced by Richard Briers) - foretells doom.
		Watership Down appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 on this single-sided, single-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		Still, that was fine for a movie from this era, and I thought the surrounds contributed a good sense of atmosphere.
	www.dvdmg.com /watershipdown.shtml (1469 words)

	www.popcornblog.com - Watership Down (1978)
		Watership Down remains one of the most disturbing elements of my childhood and was possibly the catalyst for my love of horror and violence.
		Watership Down is rated PG, much in the way that Jaws and Poltergeist are rated PG debatably.
		There was a newer adaptation produced in 1999 which tones down the violence and maturethemes, but at the same time, robs the film of its heart and depth.
	www.popcornblog.com /popcornblog/popcornblog.php/2006/11/01/p16110 (659 words)

	hares and hounds
		All told, the movie is an excellent and unsoftened take on the novel, though I regret the pacing that sometimes makes it feel like a TV movie; there are a few too many fades to fl where it seems a commercial should go.
		Watership Down has gotten a somewhat tarnished "too intense for younger children" rep, and it does have its moments of abrupt, unforgiving violence when some of the characters meet the Black Rabbit of Inlé a lot sooner than they ever wanted to.
		Watership Down can be viewed at an interpretive distance -- ah, it's a fable about society and the folly of systems built on force and hatred.
	www.angelfire.com /movies/oc/waterplague.html (1789 words)

	John Hurt: Watership Down - Movie
		Rarely do movies do complete justice to the books on which they are based, but usually one can appreciate the movie for what it did with the material and the difficult job of compression and abridgement that must take place.
		In this case, however, the movie is a poor representation of the book, lifting only major plot points and leaving behind the rich allegory and societal issues that are the heart of the story.
		For instance, in the movie, the viewer is often unaware of the rabbits motives.
	www.superiorpics.com /john_hurt/movie/1978_watership_down.html (1064 words)

	Watership Down - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Watership Down is the title of Richard Adams's first and most successful novel: since its initial publication, it has never been out of print.
		Watership Down tells the story of a group of rebellious rabbits who — against the wishes of their Chief Rabbit — escape from their threatened warren.
		Korean: 워터십 다운의 토끼 (Woteosip Daunui Tokki, "Rabbits of Watership Down") and 워터십 다운의 열한 마리 토끼 (Woteosip Daunui Yeolhan Mari Tokki, "Eleven Rabbits of Watership Down")
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Watership_Down (3082 words)

	Watership Down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		But, the ORIGINAL Watership Down fans were hoping last year - when the news of the TV series first came out - that the story would be an expansion on the story that they remember and cherish, and that would still be aimed at their sophistication level.
		Watership Down is a long book so unfortunately the film had to leave out some of the characters (including some good ones) and incidents, and the end was rather rushed.
		I was surprised at the contrast between the movie, book and show as well, but I doubt the show ever would have been aired if they kept it true to the book.
	www.jumptheshark.com /w/watershipdown.htm (965 words)

	Watership Down (1978)
		It's clear from the beginning that Watership Down is a tale about the dance with death — both avoiding and accepting it — as the film opens with an imaginatively rendered depiction of rabbitdom's blood-stained creation myth, the story of their ancestor, El-ahrairah.
		Watership Down lies somewhere between Animal Farm, The Seven Samurai, and the works of Sam Peckinpah in its mature themes and depiction of violence.
		Watership Down is shown in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1, and the picture is just beautiful to behold, both delicate and crisp.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=2298&PID=10097917&Tab=reviews&CID=18 (1153 words)

	Coyote Mercury » The Lost Book Club: Watership Down
		Watership Down was one of the first books to appear on Lost, and its story of survivors building a new life for themselves neatly parallels events during the show’s first season.
		Watership Down depicts aÂ more Lockian basisÂ for societyÂ where leaders such as the lame and inspirational Hazel are chosen for their wisdom and courage and their dedication to protecting the freedoms of their subjects.
		In this way we can see Watership Down providing a hopeful model for what life on the island could be like for the survivors which is why the book appears in the episode in which Jack begins the process of leading them to the caves to begin building what will hopefully be a temporary settlement.
	coyotemercury.com /blog1/2006/08/23/the-lost-book-club-watership-down (926 words)

	Watership Down - SCIFIPEDIA
		Originally published in 1972, Watership Down by Richard Adams went on to win the Library Association Carnegie Medal, and become one of the most beloved fantasy novels ever written.
		Watership Down can be found in Hampshire, and forms a part of the Berkshire Downs.
		In 1998, Adams followed up his masterpiece with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of related stories, some of which continue the chronicles of Hazel and his companions, and some that celebrate the deeds of the rabbit-hero El-ahrairah.
	scifipedia.scifi.com /index.php?title=Watership_Down&redirect=no (312 words)

	Watership Down (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Watership Down is an acclaimed animated film directed by Martin Rosen and based on the book Watership Down by Richard Adams.
		For example: in the novel, Captain Holly arrives at Watership Down and relates the tale of what happened to Sandleford Warren; later, he is dispatched by Watership as ambassador to Efrafa, after which he returns and relates what happened there.
		In the novel, Hazel and his companions dig Watership Down Warren themselves, under the direction of the character Strawberry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Watership_Down_(film) (913 words)

	Watership Down 25th Anniversary DVD Review - www.impulsegamer.com -
		Yes, it is a fabulous movie on a great DVD but some of the imagery might be a little disturbing for the tiny tots.
		Watership Down was released in 1978 and by today’s standards it does look rather dated.
		This movie has it all, drama, action, suspense, sorry, laughs, even a bit of gore, and is worth watching by people of almost any age.
	www.impulsegamer.com /igversion01/dvd/dvdwatershipdown.htm (522 words)

	Watership Down - The Movie
		Nevertheless, there is a certain joy to seeing the charcters come to life; to watch them act out the story and live through their adventure.
		While no substitute for reading the novel, the movie is enjoyable viewing for anyone who has either read the book or simply enjoys a great story.
		Following are some of the differences (some major, some minor) between the novel version of Watership Down and the animated version in no special order: The inclusion of a doe named Violet, who escapes from Sandleford with the other rabbits.
	members.tripod.com /~Ginger135/wd-movie.html (587 words)

	Amazon.com: Watership Down: DVD: John Hurt,Richard Briers,Michael Graham Cox,John Bennett,Ralph Richardson,Simon ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		I was prepared to watch a children's movie and was struck by the seriousness of the subject and the realistic scenes.
		Given that Watership Down is actually an adult and not a children's book, this movie does a reasonable job of transforming it to basically a slightly sophisticated children's...
		I sat down for the first time at 33 years old, to watch the movie Watership Down.
	www.amazon.com /Watership-Down-John-Hurt/dp/B00005UF84 (2005 words)

	Watership Down - Lostpedia
		Watership Down is a novel by Richard Adams and first published in 1972.
		Watership Down originally belonged to Boone as he was reading that novel on Flight 815.
		In the 1978 animated movie of Watership Down, the opening scene focuses on a close-up of the lead character's eye, just as in the TV series.
	lostpedia.com /wiki/Watership_Down (471 words)

	Review of Watership Down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Although the cover of Watership Down has Warner Brothers on the top, this fine movie was really produced by a British company.
		Watership Down, however, is much different from even the good Warner Brothers movies.
		Even for the older kids, this movie is still disturbingly violent, but the violence isn't mindless, as it represents the hardships of the world the rabbits have to endure.
	www.worldkids.net /entertainment/movies/reviews/260.html (206 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, WATERSHIP DOWN (1978)
		Adams original story had a fair amount of violence and when making the movie, the decision was made not to sugarcoat that aspect of the story; the movie is a much better film for that decision.
		The movie handles that challenge very well and it's very clear when a word like "Owsla" is used, for example, both what it means as a word and what place the "Owsla" has in rabbit culture.
		The "plot device" is a concept almost as old as movies themselves, where a seemingly innocent and innocuous occurrence early in the movie will have a deep and resonating impact at the film's climax.
	www.scifilm.org /reviews3/watershipdown.html (2341 words)

	Mike Batt - The Official Website
		Although Mike's second ever film project (excluding the Wombles movie) - in 1979 - involved him writing three songs -(and NOT the symphonic score he so much wanted to write) - the one song which remained in the movie at the final edit was "Bright Eyes".
		More than twenty years later, when Rosen and others were putting together the TV series of Watership Down they hired Mike to score it - and the recently released Polydor album is testimonial to the score Batt would have delivered for the movie.
		David Tomlinson tries hard to lift the movie into Disney/family teritory but misconcieved story and unimaginative direction of musical segments -(which were poor copies of Batt's own brilliant Womble pop group pastiches -on which they were based) did nothing to help.
	www.mikebatt.com /filmandtvscores.html (719 words)

	Movie Info for Watership Down on MSN Movies
		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.
		However, these flaws are redeemed by some unforgettable sequences, including a chilling segment detailing the destruction of the rabbits' warren and a devastatingly sad end sequence in which the Black Rabbit of Death gently takes one of the heroes away with it.
		Voiced by a fine cast, with stellar work from John Hurt and Richard Briers, Watership Down is an imperfect film with some of the most powerful moments ever created for the genre.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=154123 (277 words)

	Watership Down (1978) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The backgrounds and locations - especially Efrafa and the nearby railway - are near-perfect matches to the diagrams and maps in Richard Adams's book.
		While not as good as the book itself, the movie was well done indeed.
		This was one of those books I lived in when I first read it, never has Richard Adams come close to what he achieved here, able to pull you the reader right down into the grass roots along with Hazel, Fiver and BigWig.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0078480 (425 words)

	Steve Sailer: iSteve.com Blog Archives: Watership Down author fought in "A Bridge Too Far" battle of WWII
		Watership Down author fought in "A Bridge Too Far" battle of WWII
		The talking rabbit epic Watership Down by Richard Adams is one of the biggest bestseller novels of all time.
		(By the way, although Watership Down is often praised for the natural history accuracy of its portrayal of rabbits, in my limited experience the male-male cooperation shown by Hazel's band is wildly anomalous.
	isteve.blogspot.com /2006/04/watership-down-author-fought-in-bridge.html (441 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Watership Down [1978]: DVD: John Hurt,Richard Briers,Michael Graham Cox,John Bennett,Ralph ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In search of a place safe from humans and predators, they face all kinds of dangers, including a warren that has made a sick bargain with humankind, and a warren that is basically a fascist state.
		Allegories aside, Down is engaging and satisfying, and pulls off the same amazing trick that the novel did--you'll forget that this is a story about rabbits.
		I remember watching this film again and again ad a kid, loving the story of rabbits looking for a new, safe home...but now the story has turn for a childrens movie in a really quite serious slice of social commentary for all the family.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Watership-Down-John-Hurt/dp/B00005IBCP (1020 words)

	Watership Down - CanMag Boards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Ahhhhh, Wateship Down had a deep story that just happened to use rabbits as the central characters.
		What follows is a perilous journey in which the band faces dangers of all varieties like predators, humans and even their own kind.
		While they eventually find a peaceful new home at Watership Down, they have new problems that will lead to a deadly conflict with the neighbouring Warren called Efrafa, which is a police state by the powerful and insane General Woundwart.
	www.canmag.com /forums/general-movies/477-watership-down.html (292 words)

	Watership Down - Moviefone
		Synopsis: A British-Canadian coproduction (seen on ITV in Britain), Watership Down was a serialized TV cartoon version of Richard Adams' classic allegorical...
		Watership Down (1978) Watership Down - Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments,...
		Watership Down - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /movie/watership-down/1225368/main (143 words)

	Watership Down Study Guide by Richard Adams: Ideas for Reports and Papers
		Watership Down Study Guide by Richard Adams: Ideas for Reports and Papers
		Watch the movie Watership Down and compare it to the novel.
		Trust and survival are two primary themes in Watership Down.
	www.bookrags.com /studyguide-watershipdown/ideas.html (147 words)

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		Those of you who have never seen the movie Watership Down are prolly thinking "Wtf.
		Watership Down is, yes, an animated movie, but it is also not suitable for little kids.
		This movie is wonderful for those who have read the book, or just ANYONE else over the age of 10.
	www.angelfire.com /biz3/TorturedParadox/watership.html (98 words)

	Blueberry's Watership Down Site - The Movie
		The animated movie is different from the book, there are a few characters that didn't make it, such as Hawkbit for one.
		But regardless of those small details the movie did pull in US$30 million so it wasn't anything to be sniffed at the box office.
		The second one is during Holly's flashback of Efrafa before Watership Down rabbits even heard of thw warren.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /lutra/movie/index.html (239 words)

	Amazon.ca: Watership Down: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Owning a copy of this movie, which is to me uniquely special, indicated the central role DVD technology has assumed in preserving people's favourite movies for home viewing in a more lasting form than ever before.
		This movie is most suited to older children (8-9+)and adults, and will continue to be enjoyed for generations to come.
		This movie mirrors life as it is and I believe this is a good movie for children of 9 and up depending on the child.
	www.amazon.ca /Watership-Down/dp/B00005UF9N (1595 words)

	Watership Down (1978) \| Retro Junk
		Movie Plot:"The home of a colony of rabbits is threatened with destruction by human developers.
		This movie freaked me out when I was a kid, and I'm not really sure why.
		Perhaps because it was the first cartoon that I ever saw with blood and death.
	www.retrojunk.com /details_movies/2146-watership-down-1978 (137 words)

	Watership Down by Richard Adams, a fantasy bestseller
		Watership Down is set in Berkshire, in southern England.
		Hazel leads the rabbits to safety high on Watership Down.
		The brave Watership Down rabbits risk their lives breaking out does and bringing them to freedom.
	members.aol.com /misuly/adamsr.htm (602 words)

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