Directed by Martin RosenCertificate PG92 minutesReleased 25 October Reviewed for Reform magazine. Now fully restored in a new 4K restoration, this 1978 tale of rabbits on the run proved that an animated film need be neither made by Disney nor sugar-coated for children. Watership Down, although a children’s film, came from the producer of the […]
Watership Down
(new 4K restoration)
- Post author By Jeremy Clarke
- Post date October 25 2024
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