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With john hurt, richard briers, ralph richardson, michael graham cox. Apr 27, 2016 a new bbc adaptation of watership down will feature john boyega, the actor who sprang to fame in the new star wars film, in an allstar cast including james mcavoy, ben kingsley and gemma arterton. Unique among animated films of any time period, watership down is a classic that has improved with age, especially when compared to todays computer enabled mediocrity. Watership down 1978 official trailer john hurt movie. Watership down with john boyega, james mcavoy gets first trailer. Watership down 1978 cast and crew 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.
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The bbc broadcast comprised two backtoback episodes per day. Originally written by richard adams back in 1972, the awardwinning novel was adapted into a fantastic animated. It is the third adaption of the 1972 novel by the same name, written by richard adams. This adaptation of watership down is very different from the tv show or the film. Watership down is one of my favourite books, and i loved this film when it first came out. Watership down 1978 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. Originally written by richard adams back in 1972, the awardwinning novel. The original books author richard adams came up with the story to keep his daughters happy on a long car journey. It was financed by a consortium of british financial institutions and was distributed by cinema international corporation in the united kingdom.
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Parents need to know that watership down is the 1978 animated adaptation of the classic richard adams novel. To be fair, this is a damn good animated movie, but its renowned for its unflinching brutality and depiction of a totalitarian state through fluffy bunny rabbits. It was released on 22 december 2018 in the united kingdom and internationally on netflix the next day. Watership down is a beloved book and is mostly remembered for its frightening animated adaptation. Watership down is a 1978 british animated adventuredrama film, written, produced and directed by martin rosen and based on the 1972 novel by richard adams. Watership down yify torrent hd download free movie yify. In july 2014, it was announced that bbc would be airing a new animated miniseries of. Watership down, the 1972 richard adams novel, is one of the bestselling books in history, a beloved story of rabbits forced to flee their warren as a planned british subdivision digs into the. On the unsettling allure of watership down the new york times.
It uses a new art form, a new style, and a completely different cast in a different decade. The 1978 film version of watership down, as rabbits are culled the cast, announced today, is completed by freddie fox, who plays captain holly, and miles jupp as blackberry. The first trailer for watership down, a new fourpart animated series from netflix and bbc, makes a misstep by going for cg animation and delivers a nightmare. James mcavoy, john boyega join netflixbbc miniseries. Fleeing their doomed warren, a colony of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home.
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