Watership Down(1978) (4K UHD Blu-ray) Limited edition

Release date: November 25, 2024

Audio:
English LPCM 2.0

Subtitles:
English

Runtime: 102 min.

Media: BD-66

Region: A, B, C

Director: Martin Rosen, John Hubley

Cast: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham Cox, John Bennett, Ralph Richardson, Simon Cadell, Terence Rigby, Roy Kinnear, Richard O'Callaghan, Denholm Elliott

Extras:
• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Newly recorded audio commentary by film and animation experts Catherine Lester and Sam Summers
• Defining a Style (2005): short featurette about the film's aesthetic
• A Conversation with the Filmmakers (2005, 17 mins): Archive featurette in which director Martin Rosen and editor Terry Rawlings discuss the production history of the film
• Storyboard comparison (2005, 15 mins): a look at four sequences from the film
• Super 8 version of the film (20 mins)
• Humberstone Super 8 footage (3 mins): Footage shot by Arthur Humberstone, one of the senior animators on Watership Down
• Designing Watership Down (2024, 5 mins): a gallery containing some of the materials related to Watership Down courtesy of The Arthur Humberstone Animation Archive
Trailers, teasers & TV Spots
• Once We Were Four (1942, 9 mins): a bunny quartet face an onslaught of badgers, bombs and birds of prey in this black comedy masquerading as a nature film, directed by Mary Field
• Rabbits or Profits? (1969, 15 mins): public information film providing a potted history of rabbits in the UK
• Bolly in A Space Adventure (1968, 5 mins): a short Halas & Batchelor animation about the adventures of Bolly and his friends on imaginary planets, featuring animation by Tony Guy, animation director on Watership Down
• Make Believe (1948, 17 mins): Anson Dyer tells 'The Tale of Ronnie Rabbit' in this documentary showing the various stages of making a cartoon bunny
• Newly created optional English descriptive subtitles
• Newly created audio description track for the blind and visually impaired
• Double-sided poster featuring the original UK quad and the 2024 rerelease artwork
• A set of four postcards featuring iconic scenes from the film
• Perfect-bound book featuring writing by Jez Stewart, Catherine Lester, Nigel and Clive Humberstone, Angela Morley, Charlie Brigden, Lillian Crawford, Vic Pratt, Tony Dykes and Michael Brooke