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Tales from Watership Down. Watership Down is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in Hampshire in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits.
- 413 (first edition) plus maps
- Richard Adams
- November 1972
- Rex Collings
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. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Noam Murro
- December 23, 2018
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A classic British dystopian novel about a community of rabbits under threat from modern forces, adapted by Martin Rosen with hand-drawn animation and voice work by John Hurt and others. The Criterion Blu-ray edition features a new restoration, interviews, storyboards, and an essay by Gerard Jones.
- Hazel
An animated adaptation of Richard Adams' novel about a colony of rabbits seeking a new home in the English countryside. The film follows their perilous journey, their encounters with predators and humans, and their conflict with a tyrannical warren.
Watership Down is a 1978 British animated adventure-drama film, written, produced and directed by Martin Rosen and based on the 1972 novel by Richard Adams. It was financed by a consortium of British financial institutions and was distributed by Cinema International Corporation in the United Kingdom.
- $2.4 million
- Martin Rosen
When a young rabbit named Fiver (Richard Briers) has a prophetic vision that the end of his warren is near, he persuades seven other rabbits to leave with him in search of a new home. Several ...
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- Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
- PG
Nov 1, 1972 · 482,237 ratings17,598 reviews. Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN13 9780380395866 here. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home.
