Watership Down (1999 TV Series)

Watership Down is a 1999 television series remake of the 1978 movie version of the same name. It was produced by Justin Bodle, Neil Court, Steven DeNure, Martin Rosen, Beth Stevenson, Simon Vaughan, Curtis Crawford, & Denyse Oueellette, directed by Troy Sullivan, written by Mary Crawford, Alan Templeton, (GET THIS!) Richard Adams, Roger Stennett, Martin Riley, Anna Bourque, & David Finley, & stars the voices of Ian Shaw (Hazel), Andrew Falvey (Fiver), Stephen Mangan (Bigwig), Sue Elliot-Nichols (Blackberry), (GET THIS!) John Hurt (General Woundwort), & Rik Mayall (Kehaar). This TV series is probably rated TV-G. I would give this series 076% of a star.

 TRAILER(S):

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EPISODE LIST:

SEASON 1:

# in series | # in season

                               01. | 01. The Promised Land

02. | 02. Home on the Down

03. | 03. The Easy Life

04. | 04. Strawberry Fayre

05. | 05. The Shadow of Efrafa

06. | 06. The Raid

07. | 07. Challenge to Efrafa

08. | 08. Escape from Efrafa

09. | 09. The Vision

10. | 10. A Tale of a Mouse

11. | 11. Lost

12. | 12. Friend and Enemy

13. | 13. Kidnapped

SEASON 2:

14. | 01. Prisoner of Efrafa

15. | 02. The Roundabout

16. | 03. The Market

17. | 04. The Great Water

18. | 05. The Stand

19. | 06. The Orchard

20. | 07. The Great Game

21. | 08. Christmas on Watership Down: Part 1

22. | 09. Christmas on Watership Down: Part 2

23. | 10. The Mysterious Visitors

24. | 11. The Invasion

25. | 12. Bigwig's Way

26. | 13. The Homecoming

SEASON 3:

27. | 01. Champion Lives

28. | 02. Woundwort Never Gives Up

29. | 03. The Wanderer

30. | 04. The Challenge

31. | 05. Woundwort in the Trap

32. | 06. Kehaar's Departure

33. | 07. Redstone Falls

34. | 08. Magic

35. | 09. An Unfair Due

36. | 10. The Spy

37. | 11. Champion's Betrayal

38. | 12. Hannah's Big Achievement

39. | 13. The Last Battle

Unproduced: Dandelion's Big Story

SERIES INFO:

Alltime Entertainment. September 28, 1999-December 04, 2001. Adventure-Fantasy. 3 seasons/39 episodes/each 30 min./Color. DVD; 2-D

THOUGHTS:

I think this is a good show to watch because it's more light-hearted than the movie is.

Watership Down Reboot

Watership Down is a rumored upcoming live-action/CGI reboot of the 1978 traditionally-animated film of the same name. An estimated release date is sometime between 2012-2015. The screenplay, with an all-star cast, is rumored to be in the works and will be completed by the end of 2010. If the screenplay is put into production, it will join the 1978 film & the 1999-2001 TV series of the same name. Possible rumored cast members include Huge Jackman, Clive Owen, Alan Rickman, & Ray Winstone.

Oh, I'm terribly sorry, people! I just found out that all this is false! Well, maybe, just maybe, someday this will become a great film. I hope.

I know, I know, I'm going back and forth on this subject here. But I just found out that they're bringing back the idea & turning it into reality (HOPEFULLY!).

Richard Adams's Watership Down (1978)

Richard Adams's Watership Down is a 1978 traditionally-animated film that's based on Richard Adams's novel of the same name. It was written, produced, & directed by Martin Rosen (with John Hubley being the 2nd director). It stars the voices of John Hurt (Hazel), Richard Briers (Fiver), Michael Graham Cox (Bigwig), Simon Cadell (Blackberry), Harry Andrews (General Woundwort), & Zero Mostel (Kehaar).This film has been rated PG for depictions of animal violence and gore (MPAA/USA), PG (Canadian English), G (Canadian French). I would give this movie 077% of a star.

TAGLINE:

All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and when they catch you, they will kill you... but first they must catch you.

TRAILER(S):

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PLOT:

!!!SPOILERS!!!

A society of rabbits flee their endangered home & set out to start a new one in the "promised land" Fiver talks about. They face peril along the way-hawks, dogs, cats-but finally reach Watership Down. Hazel then says that they need some does, so they go to Efrafa, where an evil group of fellow rabbits are led by General Woundwort. The WD society successfully lead the does to Watership Down, & Woundwort is presumed dead.

MOVIE INFO:

Warner Bros' Pictures. October 14, 1978. Adventure-Drama. 101 min./Color. VHS, DVD; 2-D

THOUGHTS:

I think this is a good movie to watch, because it really grips the plot of the book like a pro.

WARNING!:

This film is EXTREMELY violent & has a LOT of blood & gore in it, so if you have children under the age of 9 or 10, be ready to cover their eyes during the scary parts, & I mean it!!! Because nowadays, it's rating would be PG-13 (for sequences of animal violence including bloody images and disturbing content).