The author richard adams took his title from an actual nearby hill in the south of england, but he could hardly have chosen a more evocative one than watership down for his epic 1972 tale of. Fiver is the deuteragonist in richard adams book watership down. The cast of the bbc and netflix series and their characters. Richard adams wonderful book, watership down receives the same treatment. Gemma arterton in watership down 2018 nicholas hoult in watership down 2018 john. John hurt, the voice of hazel in the film, was reprised. The voice cast included john hurt, richard briers, harry andrews, simon. John boyega is the voice of bigwig in watership down 2018. Watership down isnt kingsleys first voice role in a remade. Every book on your english syllabus summed up in a quote from the office. Watership down tv miniseries 2018 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In the sandleford warren, fiver, a young runt rabbit who is a seer, receives a.
Heres our handy guide to the voice cast of the bbcs new adaptation of watership down. Fiver provides a calm, confident voice of assurance, and he shows that he can lead the. Best watership down adaptation to date this audio adaptation of watership down is by far the finest adaptation of any kind to date for this book. Watership down, the 1972 richard adams novel, is one of the. As watership down is burrowed into, bigwig voices his frustration at their progress as well. Originally written by richard adams back in 1972, the awardwinning novel. A warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of the classic novel by richard adams. The character of fiver in watership down from litcharts. I have written of the spiritual dimensions of the characters in earlier postings, e. A summary of chapters 3335 in richard adamss watership down.
Both an exciting adventure story and an involving allegory about freedom, ethics, and human nature. If you havent read the book, i am sure you saw the 1978 film. John is the star of the new disney star wars franchise. Or at least you have heard about the traumatising as heck scenes. Concerned by troubling visions his brother has about an encroaching threat, hazel and several other rabbits set out in search of a new safe haven. He is part of the sandleford warren, and is the younger and smaller brother of hazel. She is a skilled fighter and digger, and although written as a male rabbit in the novel. If you watch a lot of heist movies, you may recognize bigwig s type. But if the netflix watership down fails its potential, it benefits from strong voice performances boyega is expressive as the bluff but loyal bigwig and a solid central story. The watership down voice cast is so much more alist. The watership down voice cast is so much more alist than you. The classic childrens novel by richard adams, about a band of rabbits trying to establish a safe home in the english countryside, is a little too subtle. Netflixs watership down is not really for kidsand that. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by richard adams.
Fiver and hazel are the two heroes who are brilliantly voiced by richard briers and john hurt. It is based on the 1972 novel of the same name by richard adams and. His lapine name, little thousand hrairoo comes from the fact that he was the smallest rabbit of at least five in his litter, since rabbits cannot count above four. Watership down is a survival and adventure novel by english author richard adams. Watership down by richard adams you know how you let yourself think that everything will be all right if you can only get to a certain place or do a certain thing. An allstar voice cast from britain brings the classic richard adams novel to life in a less scary but entertaining way for netflix. Well need to get the mark out immediately if theyre to feed before the storm breaks. Watership down was voiced by many familiar faces in british film and television. In the watership down tv series, the black rabbit is voiced by stephen mangan and is portrayed as more magical while having a warren called darkhaven. On the unsettling allure of watership down the new.
Watership down 1978 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Watership down is an odd book and i can see why publishers were so hesitant to touch it. Fivers vision finally leads them to watership down, an upland meadow. Watership down is an adventure fantasy miniseries directed by noam murro. Although the rabbit characters have a language and a culture, and they converse and interact just as humans do, these are not capandwaistcoat picture book bunnies, but fully realized characters whose conflicts and triumphs keep readers engrossed. Go down and get blackavar and the escort up, and be quick, too. Watership down is one of the greatest stories of the last 50 years, if not all time. Although they live in their natural wild environment, with burrows, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry, and mythology. This featurelength theatrical release based on richard adamss book watership down follows a group of rabbits, led by hazel voiced by john hurt, bigwig, and the hypersensitive fiver. Set in rural england, watership down tells the story of a group of rabbits who flee their warren after fiver, one of the rabbits, sees a vision of man destroying their habitat.
All of a sudden the book watership down was absolutely everywhere and people were reading it on buses, trains, park benches all over the place. A stirring epic of courage and survival against the odds, watership down has become a beloved classic for all ages. On one level it is quite a long book, written in fairly adult language which deals with serious issues like life and death, making it seem unsuitable for children. It was a novel by an unknown english author, richard adams. They leave their endangered warren earmarked for real estate development in search of a new home and female rabbits with whom to mate. Bbc1 watership down voice cast james mcavoy, nicholas. He was part of the sandleford owsla with silver and captain holly. Based on the 1972 classic novel by richard adams, watership down is adapted by tom bidwell and directed by noam murro. His 1972 book watership down is an epic, on rabbit scale in search of a new warren, a band of rabbits covers eight miles, and most of the action takes place in less than six months. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Woundwort presumes this trope is in effect at watership down as well, and is shocked into something close to fear when at a climactic moment he learns bigwig isnt their chief. In the watership down animated film, the black rabbit is voiced by joss ackland and is the same as the book.
But here they face their most difficult challenges of all. I remember when watership down was first published in 1972. Whether its literature, music, cinema, or anything creative, i view the work and critique it through a theological lens. Watership down 2018 bigwig turns against captain holly. Watership down is a survival and adventure novel by english author richard adams, published by rex collings ltd of london in 1972. Although hazel does his best to avoid confrontations, there are still many instances when the group would be lost if not for bigwig. They are brave, endearing, loyal and strong and this is all cleverly downplayed.
The watership down quotes below are all either spoken by fiver or refer to fiver. A summary of chapters 1820 in richard adamss watership down. The bbcs new adaptation of watership down features the voices of. But notice that this peaceful natural scene isnt completely naturaltherere little reminders that humans are around, like the fence and the ditch. Based once again on the 1972 book, the new version of course deploys all the uptodate wizardry of modern. Although watership down is a peaceful habitat, hazel realises there are no does, making the future. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the united kingdom and decode entertainment of canada, and produced by martin rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation. Dec 23, heres our handy guide to the voice cast of the bbcs new adaptation of watership down. So if we were looking for a moment in the book where bigwig learns his lesson. Watership down might actually be the exception to this rule. Watership down audiobooks listen to the full series.
He has the courage to stand up to any enemy, but also the good sense to run when necessary. Watership down opens with an exciting landscape, full of flowers and plants. The watership down book ending is actually way more. You might be tempted to yawn or swoon, if youre the outdoorsy type. Hyzenthlay and bigwig coordinate the escape of the rabbits of efrafa. Bigwig is the strongest and toughest of hazels rabbits, and he does most of their fighting. Watership down was written for adults, but adolescents often find it more irresistible than their elders do. Set in southern england, around hampshire, the story features a small group of rabbits. Peter capaldi does an excellent job narrating the story, as well as creating individual voices and personalities for each character. In the beginning, says a dreamreverberant voice in the first seconds of netflixs watership down, frith made the world.