Watership Down (Criterion Collection)

Voices of John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson. In this faithful big-screen adaptation of Richard Adams’s classic British dystopian novel, a family of rabbits faces danger and life-determining challenges, as they search for political freedom and a new home. Includes digital restoration, new interview with the director, interview with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro about the film’s importance in animation history, 2005 featurette about the film’s visual style, trailer and essay by comic book writer Gerard Jones. Includes storyboards for the entire films. Directed by Martin Rosen. 1978/color/92 min/PG/widescreen.