Warner Home Video will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the classic animated fantasy film Watership Down with a deluxe edition DVD set to hit retail on Oct. 7. Based on British author Richard Adam’s bestselling novel of the same name, the film will be accompanied by all-new extra features including a conversation with producer/director Martin Rosen and editor Terry Rawlings.
Watership Down revolves around a community of rabbits nestled among the rolling hills and peaceful meadows of England. When their warren is threatened, a small group of brave bunnies illegally escapes into the unknown countryside in search of a safer home. Led by the visionary Fiver, the courageous Bigwig, the clever Blackberry and the honorable Hazel, they embark on a dangerous journey that will require all of their strength and cunning. The voice cast includes such celebrated British actors as John Hurt, Richard Briers, Harry Andrews, Simon Cadell, Nigel Hawthorne and Roy Kinnear.
The novel is based on stories Adam would tell his children to pass the time on family trips. It went on to win the U.K.’s Carnegie Medal for outstanding children’s literature, as was declared in 1985 to be Penguin Books’second bestselling novel of all time behind George Orwell’s Animal Farm.
Listing at $19.97, the DVD will include the bonus making-of featurettes Watership Down: A Conversation with the Filmmakers and Defining a Style, as well as a storyboard-to-animation comparison.
