Watership Down

[eddievalient]

Please, Once, don't give them any ideas.

[loeper]

Thank you Ben!!!!!!!!!

Yes it was Watership Down. Amazing you were able to name the movie. I remember watching it when I was young in the 80s on TV. Can't wait to watch it again. Thank you again!!!!!!!!!!

[Whippet Angel]

Please, Once, don't give them any ideas.

I regret to say that it's true, as they've already got a line of Thumper-themed books...

[eddievalient]

*facepalm* Good grief, what next?

[Once Upon A Dream]

*facepalm* Good grief, what next?

Disney Hags? XD.
(Thought,seriously,I heard they"re planning Disney Dwarfs and Disney Dragons lines ).

[Ben]

You're very welcome, loeper.

Here's hoping you stick around these here forums. Perhaps you'd care to discuss the film once you have seen it again?

[Vernadyn]

Man, I was just devestated by the uncut Plague Dogs. A great film, but not anything I'd want to watch just any old time. I don't know why, but having that "ambiguous" ending was much, much more powerful and sad to me than if it had just ended with everyone dead.

[Whippet Angel]

I once tried to get my boyfriend to watch Plague Dogs with me, and he asked me to turn it off about halfway through, saying it was too depressing. And this was the CUT version!

It's not exactly a "feel good" film, but it's still a great one nonetheless.

[Daniel]

Getting the 4K treatment from BFI: (UK release, but if you're set up the 4K is region free)

Newly restored in 4K by the BFI and Silver Salt Restoration, using the original 35mm negative and stereo audio tracks, this landmark animation is presented in Ultra High Definition for the very first time.

Disc 1: 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Disc 2: High Definition presentation of the feature (+ extras)
Defining a Style (2005): short featurette about the film’s aesthetic
A Conversation with the filmmakers (2005)
Storyboard comparison
Super 8 version of the film
Trailer
TV Spots
Newly created optional English subtitles for the Deaf and partial hearing
Newly created audio description track
Double-sided poster featuring the original UK quad and the 2022 re-release artwork
A set of four postcards featuring iconic scenes from the film
Perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the film by Jez Stewart and Catherine Lester
Newly commissioned sleeve art by Andrew Bannister

[Ben]

I wrote to Rand this week about this and said that it was such a shame Terry Rawlings didn’t see this edition come along as he could have given them so much never before seen or heard material over the same old extras we've had since the 25th anniversary DVD. That said, I’m naturally eager for this, though I just don’t get the barbed wire motif…this is like a scant non-existent thing in the film itself and is made way too much of a big, and actually quite ugly, thing on this new poster.

The film is said to come from the same source as the Criterion restoration, and why they didn’t save it a few months and brand it a 45th Anniversary Edition is also strange. But of course I’ll get it, and make it possibly the film I have most copies of across multiple formats…!

[Daniel]

Beating Snow White!?

[Ben]

A quick look shows, if combining formats, books and soundtracks, etc, then they come out just about equal. Tron is also up there, I think!

[ShyViolet]

I know I first mentioned the Donnie Darko connection about sixteen years ago (!) but just thought it would be cool to finally post the actual scene.


https://youtu.be/KNmX8B1vBhs


*spoiler for WD*

[Ben]

Spoiler: the rabbits aren’t real.

[Dacey]

4K restoration trailer: