Watership Down (1999)
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A British-Canadian coproduction (seen on ITV in Britain), Watership Down was a serialized TV cartoon version of Richard Adams' classic allegorical novel (previously filmed as an animated feature in 1978). The story concerned a group of rabbits who, after experiencing a vision of their warren's destruction, set out in search of a new home. Led by Hazel and Fever, the not-so-timid woodland creatures ended up in Watership Down, where a Hitler-like rabbit dictator named Gen. Woundwort held the populace in thrall. John Hurt, who provided the voice of Hazel in the 1978 feature, is heard as the villain in this TV version. Watership Down first aired in 1999. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Kate Ashfield - Primrose
- Sue Elliott-Nichols - Blackberry
- Dawn French - Buttercup
- Stephen Gately - Blackavar
- Jane Horrocks - Hannah
- Phill Jupitus - Dandelion
- Rik Mayall - Kehaar
- Ian Shaw - Hazel
- Richard Briers - Capt. Broom
- Andrew Falvey - Fiver
- Stephen Fry - Cowslip
- Elliot Henderson-Boyle - Pipkin
- John Hurt - Gen. Woundwort
- Stephen Mangan - Bigwig
- Lee Ross - Hawkbit
- Director(s):
- Troy Sullivan
- Producer(s):
- Simon Vaughad, Martin Rosen, Beth Stevenson
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