• Director(s)

    Martin Rosen

  • Production Year

    1978

  • Genre(s)

    Adventure, Animation, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    92m

  • Cast

    John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham-cox

Film

Watership Down

mild violence, threat, brief bloody images, language

WATERSHIP DOWN is an animated adventure, from 1978, in which a group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face dangers in their search for a new home.…

WATERSHIP DOWN is an animated adventure, from 1978, in which a group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face dangers in their search for a new home.

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violence
A rabbit is caught in a snare and begins to choke, with sight of blood foaming from its mouth. Rabbits are seen being scratched and torn at with teeth and claws, and there is a scene in which a dog attacks a warren of rabbits resulting in brief sight of blood and injury detail. After being shot, a rabbit is seen with a wound on its leg and another rabbit is seen with a bloody gash following an animal attack.
threat and horror
There are scary scenes and moments of threat, including rabbits being chased by predators. A rabbit has a distressing vision of fields running with blood, and a sequence depicting the destruction of a warren by human construction workers implies multiple rabbits become trapped in tunnels and die.
language
Mild bad language includes a use of the phrase 'piss off'. The word 'damn' is also used.

  • Director(s)

    Martin Rosen

  • Production Year

    1978

  • Genre(s)

    Adventure, Animation, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    92m

  • Cast

    John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham-cox

mild violence, threat, brief bloody images, language
Classified Date:
04/08/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
violence
A rabbit is caught in a snare and begins to choke, with sight of blood foaming from its mouth. Rabbits are seen being scratched and torn at with teeth and claws, and there is a scene in which a dog attacks a warren of rabbits resulting in brief sight of blood and injury detail. After being shot, a rabbit is seen with a wound on its leg and another rabbit is seen with a bloody gash following an animal attack.
threat and horror
There are scary scenes and moments of threat, including rabbits being chased by predators. A rabbit has a distressing vision of fields running with blood, and a sequence depicting the destruction of a warren by human construction workers implies multiple rabbits become trapped in tunnels and die.
language
Mild bad language includes a use of the phrase 'piss off'. The word 'damn' is also used.
Classified Date:
21/02/1978
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Nepenthe Films Ltd
violence
Occasionally rabbits are attacked and shot at, or fight. One rabbit is caught in a snare, a dog picks up several rabbits and tosses them about, and there are scenes in which rabbits fight each other using their teeth and claws. Some of these moments result in bloody injuries.
threat and horror
The rabbits are chased by cats, dogs, and foxes. A rabbit describes how human construction workers destroyed his warren, causing some rabbits to panic and die. A larger, tougher rabbit threatens to hurt those who disobey him.
language
There is a single use of 'piss off' squawked by a loud-mouthed seagull, as well as use of 'damn'.
mild violence, threat, brief bloody images, language
Classified Date:
17/08/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
violence
A rabbit is caught in a snare and begins to choke, with sight of blood foaming from its mouth. Rabbits are seen being scratched and torn at with teeth and claws, and there is a scene in which a dog attacks a warren of rabbits resulting in brief sight of blood and injury detail. After being shot, a rabbit is seen with a wound on its leg and another rabbit is seen with a bloody gash following an animal attack.
threat and horror
There are scary scenes and moments of threat, including rabbits being chased by predators. A rabbit has a distressing vision of fields running with blood, and a sequence depicting the destruction of a warren by human construction workers implies multiple rabbits become trapped in tunnels and die.
language
Mild bad language includes a use of the phrase 'piss off'. The word 'damn' is also used.
Contains very mild language, mild violence and threat
Classified Date:
23/09/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
violence
A rabbit is caught in a snare and begins to choke, with sight of blood foaming from its mouth. Rabbits are seen being scratched and torn at with teeth and claws, and there is a scene in which a dog attacks a warren of rabbits with brief sight of blood and injury detail. After being shot, a rabbit is seen with a wound on its leg and another a rabbit is seen with a bloody gash following an animal attack.
threat and horror
There are moments of mild threat when the rabbits are chased by predators. There are references to upsetting events such as the destruction of a warren by human construction workers.
language
Mild bad language includes a use of the phrase "piss off".
Classified Date:
15/06/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
08/02/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified Date:
21/08/1987
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Guild Home Video
Classified Date:
24/09/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
British Film Institute
Classified Date:
01/03/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD additional material

  • Classified date

    17/08/2022

  • Language

    English