Watership Down 4K (1978)
de Martin Rosen
BFI Video - 27 novembre 2024
Titre Original :
Audio : English
Sous-titres : English SDH
Durée : 1h42
Format : Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD / Import UK
Zone : Region Free
Genre : Animation, Aventure
Synopsis
When a young rabbit named Fiver has a prophetic vision that the end of his warren is near, he persuades seven other rabbits to leave with him in search of a new home.
Contenu et Bonus
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Newly recorded audio commentary by film and animation experts Catherine Lester and Sam Summers
- Vintage audio commentary by director Martin Rosen and writer and filmmaker Chris Gore (2003)
- Defining a Style (2005, 12 mins): short featurette about the film’s aesthetic
- A Conversation With the Filmmakers (2005, 17 mins): archive featurette in which director Martin Rosen and editor Terry Rawlings discuss the production history of the film
- Storyboard comparison (2024, 15 mins): four scenes with accompanying original storyboards
- Super 8 version (1978, 28 mins): original UK Super 8 digest release of Watership Down
- Nepenthe Super 8 footage (c1977, 3 mins): footage shot by Arthur Humberstone, one of the senior animators on Watership Down
- Designing Watership Down (2024, 4 mins): a gallery containing some of the materials related to Watership Down courtesy of The Arthur Humberstone Animation Archive
- Trailers and TV spots
- Once We Were Four (1942, 9 mins): a bunny quartet face an onslaught of badgers, bombs and birds of prey in this black comedy masquerading as a nature film, directed by Mary Field
- Rabbits or Profits? (1969, 15 mins): public information film providing a potted history of rabbits in the UK
- Bolly in A Space Adventure (1968, 5 mins): a short Halas & Batchelor animation about the adventures of Bolly and his friends on imaginary planets, featuring animation by Tony Guy, animation director on Watership Down
- Make Believe (1948, 17 mins): Anson Dyer tells 'The Tale of Ronnie Rabbit' in this documentary showing the various stages of making a cartoon bunny
- Newly created optional English descriptive subtitles
- Newly created audio description track for the blind and visually impaired
- Double-sided poster featuring the original UK quad and the 2024 rerelease artwork
- A set of four postcards featuring images and sketches from the film
- Perfect-bound book featuring writing by Jez Stewart, Catherine Lester, Nigel and Klive Humberstone, Angela Morley, Charlie Brigden, Lillian Crawford, Vic Pratt, Tim Coleman, Caroline Millar Tony Dykes and Michael Brooke