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Richard Adams's Watership down / Janus Films ; Nepenthe Productions Limited presents ; written for the screen, produced and directed by Martin Rosen.
LIBRA DVD 026 106 disc + fold-out insert
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 748.
- Criterion collection ; 748
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adams, Richard, 1920-2016--Film adaptations.
- Adams, Richard.
- Adams, Richard, 1920-2016.
- Rabbits.
- Rabbits--Drama.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Animated films.
- Action and adventure films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert.
- DVD video 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- DVD special edition.
- Distribution:
- [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection.
- Other Title:
- Watership down
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2015]
- Language Note:
- Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- System Details:
- DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (1.85:1) ; stereo.
- digital optical stereo Dolby Digital 2.0
- laser optical NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- A faithful big-screen adaptation of Richard Adams's classic British dystopian novel about a community of rabbits seeking safety and happiness after their warren comes under terrible threat.
- Participant:
- John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham-Cox, John Bennett, Ralph Richardson, Simon Cadell, Terence Rigby, Roy Kinnear, Richard O'Callaghan, Denholm Elliott, Lyn Farleigh, Mary Maddox, Zero Mostel, Harry Andrews, Hannah Gordon, Nigel Hawthorn, Clifton Jones, Derek Griffiths, Michael Hordern, Joss Ackland, Michelle Price.
- Credits:
- Music composed and arranged by Angela Morley ; musical director, Marcus Dods ; incidental music by Malcolm Williamson ; "Bright eyes" composed by Mike Batt, sung by Art Garfunkel ; edited by Terry Rawlings ; animation supervisor, Philip Duncan ; animation director, Tony Guy.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1978.
- Special features: New high-definition digital restoration; Passion project (new interview with writer, proudcer, and director Martin Rosen about bringing the novel to cinematic life); A movie miracle (new interview with director Guillermo del Toro about what makes the film a unique work of animation art); Defining a style (a 2005 featurette about the fllm's aesthetic); Storyboards; Trailer. Insert includes an essay by comic book writer Gerard Jones.
- ISBN:
- 9781604659566
- 1604659564
- OCLC:
- 900016502
- Publisher Number:
- 715515137218
- CC2448D The Criterion Collection
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