Watership Down details
| Formats: | U DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Ralph Richardson, Denholm Elliott, Richard Briers, Roy Ki, Roy Kinnear, John Hurt, Zero Mostel |
| Director: | Martin Rosen |
| Genres: | Animated, Children - Animated/Cartoon, Drama - Weepies, Family |
| Studio: | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Name | Discs | |
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Watership Down |
U Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 28 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 25 Jun 2001 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Best film ever
By a customer from Bridgwater , 19 Jul 2010[Highly rated reviewer]
This has to be the best film ever. I remember going to watch it from the age of 11 and was spell bound. I have watched it many times over the years and it never fails to move me to tears and fill me with the excitement I felt the first time I saw it at the cinema. It is not designed to be cute, but thought provoking.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(58)such a classic
By cheesekake (1283 reviews) from uk , 01 Nov 2012this film is such a classic and can be watched by both children and adults alike. It is sad and scary at times but really moving, and such a very good film- Was this review helpful to you?
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hauntingly good
By a customer , 11 Sep 2012LOVE this film. Definitely should not be a U though, haunted me watching it as a child! One of my favourite films ever!!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Children's classic
By bolshie (10 reviews) , 06 May 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
The carping (Time Out) review entirely misses the heart of the film. This is a film for children which, unlike Disney, Pixar et al is prepared to portray the world as a savage, dark place. It is intensely moral, focussing on the temptations, and dangers, of surrendering judgement and conscience to expediency.
Having recently watched it again, this time as an adult, I can understand the comment above that the film has lost the book's gripping tension but it is perfectly pitched for robust pre-teens. I can personally attest to the tremendous impact that the film had on me - aged 8 - and a whole cinema of clearly affected children.
By today's standards the animation is amateur, and the cutting involved in the transfer to the screen renders some of plot hard to follow, but its message shines brightly through.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Great Family Film
By a customer , 16 Apr 2011This is a great family film my 11yo son and rwo daughters (7 &3) all loved this film. my self and my wife found our selves glued to the tele, so to speak.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Watership Down
By cleanyerlum (3 reviews) from Helensburgh , 09 Jan 2011Seems a bit odd that this gets a U when many others get a PG or 12 rating despite the violent scenes occuring right from the start.
I rented this through a noseyness due to the other reviews and they are all correct.
It is not for children as even the grown ups will be scared.- Was this review helpful to you?
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