Watership Down/Den långa flykten Limited Edition Blu-Ray

An apocalyptic vision drives a group of rabbits to abandon their hiding place in search of a new home in this groundbreaking British animation.

Richard Adams' timeless novel is brilliantly brought to life as Hazel, Fiver, and Bigwig confront the brutal reality of the countryside—and man's destructive impact on it—as they lead their colony to the utopian Watership Down. With an acclaimed voice cast (including John Hurt and Denholm Elliott), powerful music by composer Angela Morley, and the hit single "Bright Eyes" by Art Garfunkel, Watership Down is a thrilling tale of adventure, courage, and resilience that continues to captivate viewers young and old. Recently restored by the BFI and Silver Salt Restoration, using the original 35mm negative and stereo soundtrack, this landmark animation is now available as a limited edition Blu-ray.

Special Features

Newly restored and presented in High Definition

Newly recorded audio commentary by film and animation experts Catherine Lester and Sam Summers

Vintage audio commentary by director Martin Rosen and screenwriter and filmmaker Chris Gore (2003) Defining a Style (2005, 12 min): short featurette on the film's aesthetics A Conversation With the Filmmakers (2005, 17 min): archive featurette in which director Martin Rosen and editor Terry Rawlings discuss the film's production historyp>

Storyboard comparison (2024, 15 min): four scenes with accompanying original storyboards

Super 8 version (1978, 28 min): the original British Super 8 version of Watership Down

Nepenthe Super 8 footage (c1977, 3 min): filmed by Arthur Humberstone, one of the senior animators on Watership Down

Designing Watership Down (2024, 4 min): a gallery containing some of the material related to Watership Down, courtesy of the Arthur Humberstone Animation Archive

Trailers and TV commercials

Once We Were Four (1942, 9 min): a quartet of rabbits encounters an onslaught of badgers, bombs, and birds of prey in this black comedy masquerading as a nature film, directed by Mary Field

Rabbits or Profit? (1969, 15 min): an informational film providing a brief history of rabbits in Great Britain

Bolly in A Space Adventure (1968, 5 min): a short animated Halas & Batchelor film about Bolly and his friends' adventures on imaginary planets, with animation by Tony Guy, animation director for Watership Down. Anson Dyer narrates "The Tale of Ronnie Rabbit" in this documentary showing the various stages in the creation of an animated rabbit. Newly created optional English descriptive subtitles. Newly created audio description track for the blind and visually impaired.p>

Double-sided poster featuring the original UK square and the 2024 reissue

A set of four postcards featuring images and sketches from the film

Deluxe hardcover book with texts 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.