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Sourced from liner notes of America's "Highway" boxset (R2 79887, pages 45-46). Note: the Youtube link says it's an alternate mix but it isn't (the 'actual' alternate mix is missing the orchestra).
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** At one point, George Martin was approached to compose the film's score while America, who Martin was producing at the time, were to provide a theme song, but ultimately these plans fell through. By that point the proposed theme song by America had already been written, so rather than waste it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAKrcMX5JEo they just included it on their next album]].
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* PosthumousCredit: In Zero Mostel's final film role, he recorded his parts before passing away suddenly from what has been assumed to be an aneurism, and the film was released after his passing.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Richard Adams had very little creative input in the adaptation and, while he thinks the film is good on its own merits, dislikes how much is lost in adaptation and overall prefers that people who see the film at least seek out the books afterwards.
* FollowTheLeader: ''WesternAnimation/ThePlagueDogs'' was intended as this one's successor; also based on a Richard Adams book, directed by Martin Rosen and having plenty of FamilyUnfriendlyViolence.
* FollowTheLeader: ''WesternAnimation/ThePlagueDogs'' was intended as this one's successor; also based on a Richard Adams book, directed by Martin Rosen and having plenty of FamilyUnfriendlyViolence.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Over 40 years later, the animated film has aged surprisingly well. Because of the [[OutOfFocus lack of focus]] on humans and all the tech you see them using (shotguns, cars), this story could have been set in 2020 and it would still essentially look the same. For all you know the humans have smartphones and are on the Internet in the house.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Over 40 years later, the animated film has aged surprisingly well. Because of the [[OutOfFocus lack of focus]] on humans and all the tech you see them using (shotguns, cars), this story could have been set in 2020 the 2020s and it would still essentially look the same. For all you know the humans have smartphones and are on the Internet in the house.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
** Czech: ''Daleká cesta za domovem'' (''A Long Way Home'')
** Danish: ''Kaninbjerget'' (''Rabbit Mountain'')
** Finnish: ''Ruohometsän kansa'' (''Grassland People'')
** French: ''Les Garennes de Watership Down'' (''The Warrens of Watership Down'')
** German: ''Unten am Fluss'' (''Down by the River'')
** Hungarian: ''Gesztenye, a honalapító'' (''Chestnut,[[note]][[DubNameChange Hazel]][[/note]] the Founding Father'')
** Italian: ''La collina dei conigli'' (''Rabbit Hill'')
** Japanese: ''ウォーターシップ・ダウンのうさぎたち'' (''Watership Down no Usagi-Tachi''; ''The Rabbits at Watership Down'')
** Norwegian: ''Flukten til Watership'' (''The Escape to the Watership'')
** Polish: ''Wodnikowe Wzgórze'' (''Aquarius Hill'')
** Russian: ''Обитатели холмов'' (''Obitateli kholmov''; ''Hill Dwellers'')
** Swedish: ''Den långa flykten'' (''The Long Flight'')
** Thai: ''ยุทธการทุ่งวอเตอร์ชิป'' (''Yuthṭhkār thùng Watership''; ''Battle of Watership Down'')
** Ukrainian: ''Небезпечні мандри'' (''Nebezpechni mandry''; ''Dangerous Journeys'')
** Czech: ''Daleká cesta za domovem'' (''A Long Way Home'')
** Danish: ''Kaninbjerget'' (''Rabbit Mountain'')
** Finnish: ''Ruohometsän kansa'' (''Grassland People'')
** French: ''Les Garennes de Watership Down'' (''The Warrens of Watership Down'')
** German: ''Unten am Fluss'' (''Down by the River'')
** Hungarian: ''Gesztenye, a honalapító'' (''Chestnut,[[note]][[DubNameChange Hazel]][[/note]] the Founding Father'')
** Italian: ''La collina dei conigli'' (''Rabbit Hill'')
** Japanese: ''ウォーターシップ・ダウンのうさぎたち'' (''Watership Down no Usagi-Tachi''; ''The Rabbits at Watership Down'')
** Norwegian: ''Flukten til Watership'' (''The Escape to the Watership'')
** Polish: ''Wodnikowe Wzgórze'' (''Aquarius Hill'')
** Russian: ''Обитатели холмов'' (''Obitateli kholmov''; ''Hill Dwellers'')
** Swedish: ''Den långa flykten'' (''The Long Flight'')
** Thai: ''ยุทธการทุ่งวอเตอร์ชิป'' (''Yuthṭhkār thùng Watership''; ''Battle of Watership Down'')
** Ukrainian: ''Небезпечні мандри'' (''Nebezpechni mandry''; ''Dangerous Journeys'')
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** ''[[Franchise/GundamExpandedUniverse Advance of Zeta: Flag of the Titans]]'' has a massive number of references to the book. The book focuses on the Titans Test Team, whose various emblems are rabbits. Many of their Mobile Suits are named after the characters -- for instance, the initial Gundam that shows up, the RX-121 Gundam TR-1 is nicknamed "Hazel" while its final form, the RX-121-C3 is nicknamed "Haze'n-thley", named after Hyzenthlay. The spinoff books continue this trend.
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* ConceptAlbum: Metal band ''Trick or Treat'' recorded a double album retelling the story, titled ''Rabbit's Hill''.
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* CelebrityVoiceActor: The film has quite a handful of well-known actors, including Creator/JohnHurt, Creator/RichardBriers, Creator/ZeroMostel (who isn't so well known today but was quite prolific at the time), Creator/RalphRichardson, Creator/DenholmElliott, and Creator/NigelHawthorne.
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* CelebrityVoiceActor: The film has quite a handful of well-known actors, including Creator/JohnHurt, Creator/RichardBriers, Creator/ZeroMostel (who isn't so well known today but was quite prolific at the time), Creator/ZeroMostel, Creator/RalphRichardson, Creator/DenholmElliott, and Creator/NigelHawthorne.
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* CutSong: Apart from "Bright Eyes", Mike Batt wrote other songs for the film which were not used. The composer recorded three songs with vocals by Art Garfunkel, but only "Bright Eyes" made it to the film.
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* CutSong: Apart from "Bright Eyes", Mike Batt wrote other songs for the film which were not used. The composer and recorded three songs with vocals by Art Garfunkel, Garfunkel for the film, but only "Bright Eyes" made it to the film.was used.
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* DeletedScene: [[http://www.angelamorley.com/site/watercues.htm According to composer Angela Morley]], a scene where Dandelion tells the others the story of King Darzin was cut due to Martin Rosen feeling it slowed the film's pace down. [[http://www.angelamorley.com/site/wd-cue3.htm The film's music cue sheets]] show that the scene originally took place when the rabbits are at Cowslip's warren, and presumably would have followed straight on from when Hazel prompts Dandelion to tell them a story.
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* GenrePopularizer: There are a number of other "epic animal adventure" stories, but it is difficult to read them without comparing them to ''Watership''.
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* GenrePopularizer: There are a number of other "epic animal adventure" {{Xenofiction}} stories, but it is difficult to read them without comparing them to ''Watership''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Though successful in the UK, the film underperformed in the US, earning under budget ($3.7 million against $4.8 million). It was mainly because of being released the same month as ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}''.
* CelebrityVoiceActor: The film has quite a handful of well-known actors, including Creator/JohnHurt, Creator/RichardBriers, Creator/ZeroMostel (who isn't so well known today but was quite prolific at the time), Creator/RalphRichardson, Creator/DenholmElliott, and Creator/NigelHawthorne.
* CutSong: Apart from "Bright Eyes", Mike Batt wrote other songs for the film which were not used. The composer recorded three songs with vocals by Art Garfunkel, but only "Bright Eyes" made it to the film.
* DiedDuringProduction:
** TheFilmOfTheBook was to have been directed by John Hubley, but he died early in production and was replaced by Martin Rosen. Some of his work, such as the opening scene, remains in the finished film.
** Creator/ZeroMostel passed away before the film was released.
* CelebrityVoiceActor: The film has quite a handful of well-known actors, including Creator/JohnHurt, Creator/RichardBriers, Creator/ZeroMostel (who isn't so well known today but was quite prolific at the time), Creator/RalphRichardson, Creator/DenholmElliott, and Creator/NigelHawthorne.
* CutSong: Apart from "Bright Eyes", Mike Batt wrote other songs for the film which were not used. The composer recorded three songs with vocals by Art Garfunkel, but only "Bright Eyes" made it to the film.
* DiedDuringProduction:
** TheFilmOfTheBook was to have been directed by John Hubley, but he died early in production and was replaced by Martin Rosen. Some of his work, such as the opening scene, remains in the finished film.
** Creator/ZeroMostel passed away before the film was released.
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* CelebrityVoiceActor: The film has quite a handful of well-known actors, including Creator/JohnHurt, Creator/RichardBriers, Creator/ZeroMostel (who isn't so well known today but was quite prolific at the time), Creator/RalphRichardson, Creator/DenholmElliott, and Creator/NigelHawthorne.
* CutSong: Apart from "Bright Eyes", Mike Batt wrote other songs for the film which were not used. The composer recorded three songs with vocals by Art Garfunkel, but only "Bright Eyes" made it to the film.
* DiedDuringProduction:
** TheFilmOfTheBook was to have been directed by John Hubley, but he died early in production and was replaced by Martin Rosen. Some of his work, such as the opening scene, remains in the finished film.
** Creator/ZeroMostel passed away before the film was released.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The soundtrack's release was very limited, and only recently has a digital release come.
* PosthumousCredit: In Zero Mostel's final film role, he recorded his parts before passing away suddenly from what has been assumed to be an aneurism, and the film was released after his passing.
* PosthumousCredit: In Zero Mostel's final film role, he recorded his parts before passing away suddenly from what has been assumed to be an aneurism, and the film was released after his passing.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Over 40 years later, the animated film has aged surprisingly well. Because of the [[OutOfFocus lack of focus]] on humans and all the tech you see them using (shotguns, cars), this story could have been set in 2020 and it would still essentially look the same. For all you know the humans have smartphones and are on the Internet in the house.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were plans to adapt the book into an opera and a ballet before settling on an AnimatedAdaptation.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were plans to adapt the book into an opera and a ballet before settling on an AnimatedAdaptation.
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!! For the Film:
* BoxOfficeBomb: Though successful in the UK, the film underperformed in the US, earning under budget ($3.7 million against $4.8 million). It was mainly because of being released the same month as ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}''.
* CelebrityVoiceActor: The film has quite a handful of well-known actors, including Creator/JohnHurt, Creator/RichardBriers, Creator/ZeroMostel (who isn't so well known today but was quite prolific at the time), Creator/RalphRichardson, Creator/DenholmElliott, and Creator/NigelHawthorne.
* CutSong: Apart from "Bright Eyes", Mike Batt wrote other songs for the film which were not used. The composer recorded three songs with vocals by Art Garfunkel, but only "Bright Eyes" made it to the film.
* DiedDuringProduction:
** TheFilmOfTheBook was to have been directed by John Hubley, but he died early in production and was replaced by Martin Rosen. Some of his work, such as the opening scene, remains in the finished film.
** Creator/ZeroMostel passed away before the film was released.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The soundtrack's release was very limited, and only recently has a digital release come.
* PosthumousCredit: In Zero Mostel's final film role, he recorded his parts before passing away suddenly from what has been assumed to be an aneurism, and the film was released after his passing.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Over 40 years later, the animated film has aged surprisingly well. Because of the [[OutOfFocus lack of focus]] on humans and all the tech you see them using (shotguns, cars), this story could have been set in 2020 and it would still essentially look the same. For all you know the humans have smartphones and are on the Internet in the house.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were plans to adapt the book into an opera and a ballet before settling on an AnimatedAdaptation.
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** TheFilmOfTheBook was to have been directed by John Hubley, but he died early in production and was replaced by Martin Rosen. Some of his work, such as the opening scene, remains in the finishedfilm.film.
** Creator/ZeroMostel passed away before the film was released.
** TheFilmOfTheBook was to have been directed by John Hubley, but he died early in production and was replaced by Martin Rosen. Some of his work, such as the opening scene, remains in the finished
** Creator/ZeroMostel passed away before the film was released.
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* ReferencedBy: The Russian video game ''VideoGame/MetroExodus'' has a brief scene with two rabbits floating down a river on a raft. [[https://youtu.be/dZPrSIEosgs Video here]].
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* ReferencedBy: ReferencedBy:
** The Russian video game ''VideoGame/MetroExodus'' has a brief scene with two rabbits floating down a river on a raft. [[https://youtu.be/dZPrSIEosgs Videohere]]. here]].
** The band Music/FallOfEfrafa took their name from the totalitarian warren in ''Watership Down'' and references to the book are rife throughout their lyrics and artwork.
** The Russian video game ''VideoGame/MetroExodus'' has a brief scene with two rabbits floating down a river on a raft. [[https://youtu.be/dZPrSIEosgs Video
** The band Music/FallOfEfrafa took their name from the totalitarian warren in ''Watership Down'' and references to the book are rife throughout their lyrics and artwork.
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* GenrePopularizer: There are a number of other "epic animal adventure" stories, but it is difficult to read them without comparing them to ''Watership''.
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* SparedByTheCut: Bigwig was supposed to [[spoiler:die after he fought Woundwort]]. After the author's daughters begged him to [[spoiler:spare him]], he changed his mind.
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* SparedByTheCut: Bigwig was supposed to [[spoiler:die after he fought Woundwort]]. After the author's Creator/RichardAdams' daughters begged him to [[spoiler:spare him]], he changed his mind.
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* WrittenForMyKids: The book was first made up by Richard Adams as a story to tell his two daughters while he was driving them in his car. It was the daughters who persuaded him to later write the story down.
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* WrittenForMyKids: The book was first made up by Richard Adams Creator/RichardAdams as a story to tell his two daughters while he was driving them in his car. It was the daughters who persuaded him to later write the story down.
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* SparedByTheCut: Bigwig was supposed to [[spoiler:die after he fought Woundwort]]. After the author's daughters begged him to [[spoiler:spare him]], he changed his mind.
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** Bigwig was supposed to [[spoiler:die after he fought Woundwort]]. After the author's daughters begged him to [[spoiler:spare him]], he changed his mind.
** There were plans to adapt the book into an opera and a ballet before settling on an AnimatedAdaptation.
** Bigwig was supposed to [[spoiler:die after he fought Woundwort]]. After the author's daughters begged him to [[spoiler:spare him]], he changed his mind.
** There were plans to adapt the book into an opera and a ballet before settling on an AnimatedAdaptation.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Bigwig was supposed to [[spoiler:die after he fought Woundwort]]. After the author's daughters begged him to [[spoiler:spare him]], he changed his mind.
**WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were plans to adapt the book into an opera and a ballet before settling on an AnimatedAdaptation.
** Bigwig was supposed to [[spoiler:die after he fought Woundwort]]. After the author's daughters begged him to [[spoiler:spare him]], he changed his mind.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: TheFilmOfTheBook was to have been directed by John Hubley, but he died early in production and was replaced by Martin Rosen. Some of his work, such as the opening scene, remains in the finished film.
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* CelebrityVoiceActor: The film has quite a handful of well-known actors, including Creator/JohnHurt, Creator/RichardBriers, Zero Mostel (who isn't so well known today but was quite prolific at the time), Creator/RalphRichardson, Creator/DenholmElliott, and Creator/NigelHawthorne.
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It came out the same month, despite that film oddly having much less blood than this one.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Though successful in the UK, the film underperformed in the US, earning under budget ($3.7 million against $4.8 million).
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* WrittenForMyKids: The book was first made up by Richard Adams as a story to tell his two daughters while he was driving them in his car. It was the daughters who persuaded him to later write the story down.
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