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Watership Down AKA Richard Adams' Watership Down (Blu-ray) (1978)
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and when they catch you, they will kill you.Director: Martin Rosen
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:"Passion Project: Martin Rosen on Watership Down" 2015 interview (16:21)
"A Movie Miracle: Guillermo del Toro on Watership Down" 2015 interview (12:23)
Picture-in-picture storyboards for the entire film
"Defining a Style" 2005 featurette (12:34)
Theatrical Trailer (3:43) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with an essay by comic book writer Gerard Jones.
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Extras:"Passion Project: Martin Rosen on Watership Down" 2015 interview (16:21)
"A Movie Miracle: Guillermo del Toro on Watership Down" 2015 interview (12:23)
Picture-in-picture storyboards for the entire film
"Defining a Style" 2005 featurette (12:34)
Theatrical Trailer (3:43) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with an essay by comic book writer Gerard Jones.
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Package mistakenly states region B only.
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Extras:"Watership Down: A Conversation with the Filmmakers" 2005 featurette (17:11)
"Defining a Style" 2005 featurette (12:03) -
Subtitles:English, German (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 VC-1
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo
German Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The back cover incorrectly lists the aspect ratio to be 2.40:1.
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Extras:"A Conversation with the Filmmakers" 2005 featurette (17:10)
"Defining a Style" 2005 featurette (12:03)
Storyboard Comparison (14:06)
"Passion Project: Martin Rosen on Watership Down" 2015 interview (16:21)
"A Movie Miracle: Guillermo del Toro on Watership Down" 2015 interview (12:23)
German Trailer (1:09)
English Trailer (3:33)
Bonus Trailers
- The Last Unicorn (1:40)
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1:02)
- Lilly the Witch (1:00) -
Subtitles:German HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo
German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:4010324040633
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Notes:Includes a 4 page booklet.
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Commentaries:(1) Audio commentary with director Martin Rosen and writer/filmmaker Chris Gore (2003)
(2) Audio commentary with animation scholars Catherine Lester and Sam Summers (2024) -
Extras:"A Conversation with the Filmmakers" 2005 featurette (17:14)
"Defining a Style" 2005 featurette (12:06)
Storyboard Comparison (with Play All) (14:06)
- Opening Sequence (3:47)
- Nuthanger Farm (4:33)
- Hazel Is Injured (2:39)
- Efrafa Chase (3:04)
Super 8 Version (28:14)
Nepenthe Super 8 Footage (2:54)
"Designing Watership Down" gallery (4:17)
Treasures from the BFI National Archive (with Play All) (47:35)
- "Once We Were Four" (1942) (8:59)
- "Rabbits or Profits?" (1969) (15:45)
- "Bolly in a Space Adventure" (1968) (5:10)
- "Cartoonland: Make Believe" (1948) (17:40)
Trailers and TV Spots (with Play All) (6:14)
- Original Theatrical Trailer (3:42)
- Restoration Trailer (1:29)
- TV Spot 1 (1:29)
- TV Spot 2 (0:30) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 2.0 stereo
English Audio Descriptive Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:5035673014738
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Notes:Transfer from a 4K restoration.
First pressing includes a double-sided poster featuring the original UK quad and the 2024 rerelease artwork
A set of four postcards featuring images and sketches from the film, ap perfect-bound book featuring writing by Jez Stewart, Catherine Lester, Nigel and Klive Humberstone, Angela Morley, Charlie Brigden, Lillian Crawford, Vic Pratt, Tim Coleman, Caroline Millar Tony Dykes and Michael Brooke. -
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Extras:"Watership Down: A Conversation with the Filmmakers" 2005 featurette (17:12)
Storyboard Comparisons (40:43)
"Defining a Style" 2005 featurette (12:05) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Special thanks to Rewind user Markus_Lang for providing these specifications.
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OVERALL: Draw
The UK BFI release has the most extras.
The US/Canadian and German Concorde releases have two interviews that are not on the BFI release.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (92:15).
- Blu-ray A Canada- Criterion Collection - No cuts (92:15).
- Blu-ray ALL Australia- Umbrella Entertainment - No cuts (91:52).
- Blu-ray ALL Germany- Warner Home Video - No cuts (91:54).
- Blu-ray B Germany- Concorde - No cuts (92:17).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (91:46)
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Universal Pictures - No cuts (91:53).
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Comparison added by Anthony_DiPaola on 17/01/15
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 05/11/24UPDATE LOG:
17/01/15: Initial Entry.
Please ensure you read our disclaimer.
18/01/15: Additions of the German and UK editions.
11/02/15: Added DVDBeaver link.
24/02/15: caps-a-holic link.
25/07/17: Updated UK, updated capsaholic link.
28/04/19: Added Australia.
05/11/24: Added UK BFI, Germany Concorde.
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