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I was mystified and entranced by this movie as a child. What a strange, incredible masterpiece.

@iceetmarne3571

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Hugely missing acknowledgment today. As you say, a masterpiece of film and music.

@ctakitimu

Жыл бұрын

I was traumatised as a child by this movie. I remember when my mother came back, I was in tears.

@bganonimouse2754

Жыл бұрын

Same, as was my sister who shares your first name. As for your surname, well lets just say pozdrav iz beograda. I just had to reply to your comment :)

@colindavid2078

11 ай бұрын

Amazing song! Whoever made this video however made a masterpiece! Play the video from the start with your eyes closed, facing your screen! Every time the word "Bright" or "light" is said in the song, you will see light with you eyes closed!!

@jezedwards190

10 ай бұрын

I was traumatised as a child 😭... Beautiful piece of music! 🌈

Anyone who dismisses this song as corny is truly dead inside, it always puts a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye. Beautiful song.

@jasonhancock9879

7 күн бұрын

❤❤❤that's rite

@lrodrigu1

4 күн бұрын

I cry when I hear it

I remember watching this when I was about 5 or 6 years old and I cried for about a day. I'm now 47 and this song still makes me cry.

@bargepoled

Жыл бұрын

Me too. I'm 44.

@minimaltrace

Жыл бұрын

Very much the same

@ha5864

Жыл бұрын

Same. Same age, and memory. My brother died recently and this sing hurts even more now.

@wurble

11 ай бұрын

I was around the same age when I first saw the film (I'm 45 now). Our family dog died around that time and as soon as I heard this song, along with the imagery in the film it had me sobbing thinking of our dog. 40 years later and I still can't hold back the tears whenever I hear this song.

@benlidster9925

9 ай бұрын

Same, same and you've guessed it, same!! ❤❤

I can’t help it, every time I hear Bright Eyes I‘m bawling my eyes out.

@jacobriggs7483

Ай бұрын

Think we all do. Us of this great generation anyway, lol

@wolfie_2nd

Ай бұрын

Same, always crying with this song and movie Grew up with it, 22 now btw

I'm 50 and saw this movie as a kid and was traumatised by it. Everytime I hear this song or see this video I cry like I did when I was a kid.

The scene where the rabbits are running away from the development sign is very telling even today.

Art Garfunkel's voice is so perfect for this song.

Watership Down still holds up as an all-time great animated film.

Watched this as a kid and made me cry

@pacnwguy9056

18 күн бұрын

Same, 55 now and still has the same effect.

This movie is a MASTERPIECE!

Jeez, for a cartoon this was bloody brutal. I’m still crying for Hazel

@billybarnett9518

Жыл бұрын

Cartoons can be like this, unfortunately animation has the stigma of being just for kids.

@Ruckduck72

Жыл бұрын

I absolutely bawled for hazel so sad

@sharlinew

Жыл бұрын

@@billybarnett9518 cartoons ain't just for kids

@waxkopp

Жыл бұрын

@@sharlinew Exactly, this cartoon is ment for adults.

@Chief_Brody

Жыл бұрын

Spoilers!!!

In a subtle way Watership Down kinda prepares children for Adulthood. *Remember watching this as a kid and being completely mesmerized*

@dkprophett9531

Жыл бұрын

Well said

@Hj4a

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Kids need to experience a wide range of feelings to develop emotionally.

@Altruismusic

Жыл бұрын

These were my first impressions of death and impermanence at about 5 years old

@tobiasgittner7979

Жыл бұрын

Bro I totally agree. Since ever my dreams are very intensive and as a kid it was hard to get the right feeling about my intensive dreams. When I was roundabout 7-8 years old my parents and myself were watching this movie, in Germany (where i come from) the movie was recommended for 6 years old, but they did not really verified it, so they terribly failed to get a real opinion about this story. I intensively watched it and it scared me to death, but otherwise it fascinated me aswell. But because i'm that intensive dreamer, i could not sleep anywhere else with this experience. Again and again I dreamed that I'm one of the Rabbits under the eath, who were just waiting for the attack of the efrafas, especially by my well known cousin, I had this dream over and over again..... So my parents had a lot of circumstances just in cause of my intensive dreams. To take me always back in my own bed because in my own bed It never been a real problem. And while i became an adult i learned so much more about myself and my dreams. I've learned some kind of lucid dreams and slightly and piece after piece i got the truth of my subconscious. I forget about that traumatised part of my life, and in the summer i suprisingly saw a trailer about exact the move "water chip down" I remembered all the substances who caught me when i was a kid. I decided to watch the film again with all my 27 years of live experience with an heart who had to gone through a lot. Since i was a bit shaking at the begining of the movie, i immeadietly got fascinated by the story and by the character desing. The movie who took my inner me to hell as a kid was just yet an fascinating story. After i finished the movie i immediatly watched again, after that i watched the netflix adapt, and in the end i read the book. And I fucking love everything, even that this story scared me to death when i was kid. Im feeling thankful to Richard Adams and everyone who worked on this, cause this movie, series and book teached me that much about life, love and myself and i never wanna lose this.

@nancybates6585

Жыл бұрын

Also teaches them about death...the Great Frith

Nope, still can't even think of this without bawling my eyes out.

I watch this video a few times a year and every time tears run down my face within a half minute. No other song has this kind of affect on me, amazing. Great movie and book too.🙂

This szene with the song for sure always makes me cry my eyes out. I watched this movie soo many times growing up, I'm an 'adult' now but watching Watership Down always makes me so emotional, more than everything else..

Lost my best friend yesterday, this hits hard, RIP Dexter

@lord123j

3 ай бұрын

Hope youre ok. Best of luck

One of the most influential films in my life. Taught me a great lesson about life and death. The music is haunting.

@ctakitimu

Жыл бұрын

And about how humans are dicks to animals

@bargepoled

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

@Makeitso2023

9 ай бұрын

Remember this film well but didn’t prepare me well for death though until I was 16 when a girl I was close to died of meningitis very suddenly,I’m still haunted to this day by it and it’s been nearly 30 years now 😢

@iceetmarne3571

9 ай бұрын

@@Makeitso2023 I don't know ownership what to say really. You are alive and obviously have a touch with what is important though. God bless 😃 😊

@chrisbyars4422

8 ай бұрын

This work of art, book or film, is absolutely on the list of ‘must see, must read’. It is a very important piece of work. I saw the movie in my childhood, I read the book as well. It has been over 40 years. I am 55 years old, and I will read it again.

Such an innocent pc of music...shared by the most innocent and softest person ive ever known

The Greatest Children animated film ever made. So incredibly moving

@ruthloa4074

Жыл бұрын

I own it.

Blood and guts bunny movie, extremely well done! Art Garfunkels song Bright Eyes is perfect for the death of Hazel. I read the book when I was young teenager. No adaptation is perfect, but this movie evokes all the feelings I had reading the book.

Can't listen to this Beautiful Song without crying a bit. ❤

@pablot-r9402

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Songs like these are necessary in the universe, as bittersweet & subtly painful as they are. Therein is their true beauty.

@mattandrews8740

Жыл бұрын

@@pablot-r9402 Absolutely Spot on Pal,I found a lot of the sons of Anarchy soundtrack tunes were tear jerkers. White Buffalo, Come join the murders,real bitter sweet

@donnabozkurt6904

11 ай бұрын

Me too 😢

At the end when hazel dies and goes with the black rabbit so peacefully makes me think how my gran went. Someone calling on her. “Cmon with us margaret your daughter and grandson will be just fine your days here are done come with us and be at peace” xxxx

My mum told me how brutal the film was as she had watched it when she was a child when it came out. I was adamant she was exaggerating and it couldn't be that bad. We ended up getting the VHS from the video shop and at the end, she said 'I told you so!' as I sat there bawling my eyes out. It's been over twenty years and she still reminds me whenever we hear this song.

@RachaelWallis

11 ай бұрын

My mum did too. To top it promised we could go & watch it. Last min before leaving to go. She cancelled it. I left with brutality & Q's of why. In my mind. Poor rabbits. 😢

@feverpitchtv

5 ай бұрын

Brutality and beauty in balance.

@stephennicholas1590

2 ай бұрын

My whole middle school went to see WD at a theatre and nobody seemed to be traumatized.

it left its mark on me. As a kid I knew who the bullies were and help me deal with a family member’s passing. I think every kid should watch this film. It’s a great preparation for what’s ahead in life. I showed this film to my boys when they were 6and 8 and when I played this tune they looked At what I was watching now at 23and 25 they remember it and we put it on the big screen to watch it. It’s also a lesson of life. I’m so proud of my boys today.

Beautiful song for a great movie. This song is about death and the acceptance of it.

This is my childhood

Still shocked that my mum let me watch this so many times as a young kid. What a film and soundtrack though.

@florianfriese8267

Жыл бұрын

She made you hard! ...god bless her. One of the best movies of all time!

@namenachname4758

Жыл бұрын

My mother had to do something in city, so she decided to put me in cinema. Choose that movie because it's a nice rabbit cartoon 😅 I couldn't sleep for some days. As adult I watched 2 times and it's genius movie. Questions about live and death... Dictatorship or freedom... But really not for children. Greets from Germany

@princessmarlena1359

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad my parents and older siblings had me and my fraternal twin brother watch this movie when we were kids. I also watched the Netflix series.

@ctakitimu

Жыл бұрын

@@namenachname4758 Thank you! I was the same as a child. I think I was about 7. Just watching this clip now and this 45 year old man found himself with tears running down his face while watching, and both immense sadness and empathy welling up.

@princessmarlena1359

Жыл бұрын

@@Jenny-uu8tf there was a Netflix series of this, not sure if it’s still up

I was listening to this song while holding my 14 year old blind Yorkshire Terrier, I was really messed up by the end of the song, I will never be able to see into his soul through his eyes ever again , bless him , anyone that owns an animal will know what I mean. ps Lovely song.

@lukieboysucks

3 ай бұрын

What a beautiful post. As a dog lover and owner myself your post moved me so much... Wish I could meet you mate... You've made me cry x

Today my beloved rabbit Honey died. She was 12 years old. I listen to this song on repeat. My heart is broken. 😔

@GlitchMcGuffin

3 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry, I hope your feeling better. I lost a bun a few years ago and just found out my 2 buns have myxomatosis and I'm going to lose them. I feel totally devastated. It's been a good 7 years. I hear this song in my head constantly and think of all the animals I've lost over the years. 😭😭😭

@sarahmason833

3 ай бұрын

@merijaan2006 I'm sorry for you loss

@Revelation21-4-

Ай бұрын

I am sorry for your loss, another innocent animal over the rainbow bridge

@MiningForPies

Ай бұрын

Grief is the price we pay for love. And the love of a bunny is so strong and innocent.

@jaxthewolf4572

Ай бұрын

Honey, such a perfect name for a bunny, sorry for your loss, may she rest in peace

I will never not hate how this movie is mostly known for it's violence,rather than it's story,characters,and soundtrack.It's soo much more than a gorefest with rabbits

"...all the world will be your enemy. Prince with a thousand enemies. And when they catch you they will kill you! But first they must catch you! Runner. Digger. Listener. Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, full of tricks...and your people will never be destroyed."

@hbrill3238

Жыл бұрын

A 1000 thumbs up to you, El-ahrairah

Nothing fucks you up more than looking into dead glassy eyes. Especially someone you care for. I cpr my own mother and watched her light fade. Ill never ever get over it. But such is life and you hang in there.

This film was made in 1978, I was born in 1986 and I love it. Life passes so fast. Enjoy it.

@rorycox7830

7 ай бұрын

1994, yes it does mate

@evamrazova8923

6 ай бұрын

Try to read the book written by Richard Adams ☺️🐇

@elfe6018

6 ай бұрын

@@evamrazova8923 It is great. Read the first and the second book when I was at university.

I was 4 years old when my mum taken me to the cinema to see this & the very first 7inch single she bought me I now have 2 daughters of my own & cannot watch this without tears and I'm nearly 50 years old In my opinion it's the finest piece of animation ever brought out.

@evamrazova8923

6 ай бұрын

Try to read the book written by Richard Adams. ☺️🐇

@JJJJJJJJJAAAAAA

23 күн бұрын

If you want to see some insane vintage animation, check out the Thief and the Cobbler

If this doesn't make you cry then nothing can.

I remember watching it at the cinema when it came out. Seemed like the whole cinema was crying. Beautiful film and music. Imagine it was a lot of kids first experience of lifes' hardships.

@YvonneSingsYT

4 ай бұрын

I was 7 watching this in the cinema and I never cried in front of my family I will never forget the lump in my throat. I should of just cried

Such a good film with so much sadness and darkness

This song had me in cries and I'm 53 Yr old

This was one of the first songs I remember from when I was very little, 40 odd years later it still brings a tear to my eye.

This song, is like a memory of a dream.

Black Mirror - Demon 79 brought me here, amazing!

@YvonneSingsYT

4 ай бұрын

Me too lol

@ninjaknightslive

3 ай бұрын

It just brought me here. I was half asleep and heard a familiar song. While the Black Mirror episode was playing in the background. My father just passed away last month. This movie truly prepares you as a child not to fear death but to embrace the beauty in it for one day we all shall pass to the other side.

@joancastillo3921

3 ай бұрын

⁠@@ninjaknightsliveI’m sorry about your dad, I send you a hug wherever you are.

The most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. ❤.

My eldest daughter once gave herself the name Bright Eyes for a Native American class project. I can’t hear this song play without thinking of her. My eyes fill with tears.

That watership down book was massive, not many read it from cover to cover, they watched this instead!

@cb4n409

Жыл бұрын

I picked up it at a local used book store a couple months ago, it's really just slightly above average for a novel and a pretty easy read overall. Worth a read if you ever have the time, great story

@chemistryguy

Жыл бұрын

There's just so much more in the book. As great as the movie is, the book is so much better at describing the motivations, especially Hazel.

@rmilton7196

Жыл бұрын

We get it.. You read the book 👍

@clarelabellerose

11 ай бұрын

The book is honestly lighter in tone than the movie.

@robertb67

9 ай бұрын

@@cb4n409 slightly above average? I guess everyone has an opinion. I thought it was one of the best books I ever read.

This song brings a lump to my throat 😮😊😊😂awesome great/thank you.

This is the most beautiful movie and song in the world. Sadly whenever we lose a pet this song gets put on a free times. It's just beautiful. RIP Stella Blue

One of the best movies of all time. Truly a masterpiece. I watched it with my girlfriend yesterday as I finally remembered it and told her how good it is. I remembered that it was tragic but I seriously couldn't remember that it was that bloody but still it is one of my favourite movies if not my favourite movie from my childhood. It didn't left me disturbed or traumatized. It teached a lot about life (and death). The soundtrack gives me the chills from nostalgia.

A sad song but testament to nature and wildlife. So much so that I want this to be my funeral song when I take the stairway to heaven. ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL I LOVE THEM ALL

Love this song came out when I was born I'm now 44 my mum n dad called me bright eyes xx

I'm so glad they made this a movie

@lukieboysucks

3 ай бұрын

Me too my friend.. 😢

Incredible lyrics and music. Brings me to tears every time I listen to it.. This is perfection personified ❤️

This and the last unicorn. Dark but beautiful

@anthonycole2205

3 ай бұрын

Wow you really took me back with the last unicorn I had it on VHS as a kid., back in the 80s.

This terrified me as a kid. But what a masterpiece . And soundtrack. I remember watching it as a young kid and crying at the sad bits and mum was right there to comfort me. Just hearing that song takes me right back to that moment . Miss you mum.❤️

I was desperately in love in 1979. I wanted to end it all, but this beautiful song kept me going.

Amazing video I love the countryside and nature/wildlife so much. It's paradise and always brings tears to my eyes.

This song never fails to bring tears to my eyes particularly for how it appears to be framed as an ode to the Black Rabbit of Inlay and how all of the rabbits walk with him in the story, and more specifically on Fiver's supernatural relationship with him in full acceptance of and in all spiritual oneness with the finality and fatalism of being equal to him in spirit in full accordance with the Lord Frith's will as a visionary who has walked with him in spirit since babyhood and will forever walk with him in spirit throughout all the remaining days of his life where Hazel gets to ally with him in Inlay and walk with him as a full spirit in death forever and ever. For even as this song asks how the light of the windows to a rabbit's soul could ever go pale and fade it could very well be the spirit of the Black Rabbit and thus death itself asking that exact same question of us while lingering on the beautiful brightness of the bodily life it lived that is gone even while the very soul is now and always and forever in its keeping while still retaining its beauty as a bright spark to have the honour of walking with him in a new cycle on the next plain of wild and free existence within the purely spiritual dimension of the lore that permeates the stunning entirety that is "Watership Down".

Remember when this used to come on as a series back in the day, you'd get home from school and watch the next episode of Watership Down. Man, my parents would have been shocked at what I was watching but damn, it was one of the most beautiful and devastating films I've ever watched! I'll never forget it! ❤️

From the time I was 10, one of my favorite books, favorite films, and favorite songs. Thanks!

Certvinly springs tears

Very touching

This strikes so deeply in so many ways…. Love life death faith doubt migration home defeat and victory. Everything!

@jasonhancock9879

7 күн бұрын

Definitely

Probably one of the most controversial movies of its time, for those who knew about it. Your first encounter with PTSD before you were even 5 years old.

@YvonneSingsYT

4 ай бұрын

😂❤

@iaincrawford8004

Ай бұрын

I loved this movie the first time I watched it, the same with Ralph Bakshi's 70s animated Lord of the Rings. It's why the 80s animated MLP and Care Bears movie annoyed me so much, cheap and shoddily animated compared to Watership Down and LotR

I've seen Watership Down as a film and read the book 📖. A journey to find a safer place to live.❤

I read the book as a ten year old. This was the inspiration for me to pick up one of the greatest stories I've ever read.

my beautiful little kitten Rani died here in India because of landgrab corruption. I lit her a candle that night she passed and saw her spirit leave her body. It reminded me of this song. So I watched it and saw it was also about the destruction of nature. THANK YOU for this beautiful song as a gift to my healing process me and my best friend we watched it together and he allowed himself to cry it was beautiful.

@Bushcamper4Sale

Жыл бұрын

Take comfort in that the actual Watership Down in England, UK is still untouched and beautiful.

@princessmarlena1359

11 ай бұрын

My condolences 💐

So beautiful decades later ❤

I saw this film 40 years ago and it still is one of my fave films of all time. Dark as hell yet so unique and heaet warming its a masterpiece like the song! General Woundwort gets overlooked too often in great villain countdowns and compilations!

@evamrazova8923

6 ай бұрын

Try to read the book written by Richard Adams. ☺️🐇

@iaincrawford8004

Ай бұрын

Woundwort is fantastic, Harry Andrews voice just captures the character perfectly

My dad sang this song to me when in was little all the time. I'm 44 now and I still remember that bond between us

Beautiful song, currently watching the movie ❤🐇🐰

Great film and great song

First time I was at the cinema for my communion and how did I try not cry. Still love to this day 41 years later

This is literally my "pet death" song. Since I heard it the first time as a child when I watched water ship down I resembled this song with death. Like it is portrayed in the movie, the black rabbit is the grim reaper coming to get the souls of death pets/animals and brings them to heaven

@dc79music98

Жыл бұрын

i feel that and relate

I saw this as a kid and I cried when fivo was killed and hearing the song by Art Garfunkel brought it all back to me

I remember watching this with my grandma may he RIP GOD bless you all through the years all ways truly 🙏💕

I remember this from when I was a kid. Very poignant song, I remember singing it with my friends at our mutual friend’s funeral.

Great track so emotional 😢

I heard this song for the first time during a Black Mirror episode and wanted to see what people thought of it. I had no idea it was so much more than being some other ending song. It's beautiful. Thanks guys.

@YvonneSingsYT

4 ай бұрын

Beautiful comment ❤

great song for christmas parties :)

I´m happy Black Mirror Season 6, Demon 79, decided on using this beautiful song. I didn´t know it before but I absolutely love it now. Goes on replay for me. Seeing this video and understanding the story behind it just makes the Black Mirror episode and the song again in general better for appreciation.

@Marzuwq

Жыл бұрын

Same came here thinking this was a random animated video attached to the song; now after reading the comments and the wikipedia page I have to watch Watership down

@dalmaximus

11 ай бұрын

That's how I saw it, on black mirror. This flipping song and cartoon should come with a warning label. It's flipping heartbreaking

@sgtbash5624

11 ай бұрын

@@dalmaximusit’s just this week been reclassified by the bbfc to a PG

@princessmarlena1359

11 ай бұрын

That brought me back here. 😊

@YvonneSingsYT

4 ай бұрын

It brought me here too but I know the song years and it still stops me in my tracks ❤

Kanns mir nicht erklären aber mir kommen jedes mal die Tränen,,so eine tolle Geschichte.. einfach ein Muss

@ma_jon_thebiker6788

Жыл бұрын

Kann ich nur unterschreiben.. Der Film ist für Kinder echt hart zu verdauen, aber der Song ist einfach unfassbar schön. Mit so viel Liebe gesungen

My childhood trauma of dying bunnies. Still can't listen to this song without getting teary.

If this isn't playing at my funeral I'm not dead

Not even a million quid would make me watch this heartbreaking movie

@Phoenix85006

Жыл бұрын

I can barely watch this video much less the movie. I don't need to cry like a baby again 😭

reminds me of my great grandmother, we’d watch this together when i was very young. I’m 25 now and this still makes me cry, rest in peace ❤️

RIP Max I love you so much.

Brilliant video

Never saw the entire movie, only this clip. Still brings tears to my eyes.

@MXB2001

Жыл бұрын

It's lately upped to YT. Look for it. Sadly not as clear as this vid was...

@josbruls

Жыл бұрын

@@MXB2001 Thanks, I will look for it.

@MsYukizomesorangejuice

11 ай бұрын

I also only saw clips of the movie and it scarred me for life as a 14 year old

@beaterbikechannel2538

10 ай бұрын

Me and my cousin watched it aged 8 and 7. Watch this nice cartoon about rabbits my aunt said!

@evamrazova8923

6 ай бұрын

Try to read the book written by Richard Adams. It is a very good book ☺️🐇

I read the book and am thrilled to hear this song again. It sounds wonderful and brought back great memories of being young. Thank you.

Omg! Love, love, love this film and the book!

We were shown this film as 8 year olds in school. It had to be abandoned after half an hour due to children crying. Traumatic stuff.

One of the best movies ever created on this earth!

So much emotion in just the song itself, and when you know the movie it just goes so much deeper. I don't think there will ever be a time i listen to this song and don't cry a bit, and for that i am thankful.

@scentlessapprentice88

Жыл бұрын

That's the beauty of the musical arts. The good ones make you feel a connection to them and some kind of special way just like apainter/artists rendition of a landscape.

@lornarettig3215

11 ай бұрын

I have no idea how Art Garfunkel made it through this without dissolving into a blubbering mess 🥺

How remember this beautiful number..it great to look back and smile

Remember watching this when I was like 6 absolutely broke me never watched it since 😢

Wednesday 6th March 2024. Watership Down for some reason reminds me of The Land Before Time. I don't know why. Anyway best of luck to all of you. From Virginia Clark.?! ;) :( :) 😢🐇🐳🦕🦖

@GlitchMcGuffin

3 ай бұрын

Land before time is also very sad

One of my favorites growing up. Was born in 89. Myself and many friends seemed to have much pain when we were young adults, which mostly lead to drug use which typically leads to prison or death. Movies like this among others seemed to affect people born in the 80s and eSrly 90s without even realizing it. These movies seemed to harden us thru our childhood, but once young adults, most of us could no longer stay numb

@evamrazova8923

6 ай бұрын

Try to read the book written by Richard Adams. ☺️🐇

Such a beautiful song, it makes me teary eyed everytine

In eine Zeit der kindlichen Unschuld zurückgesetzt .magic Moment danke

Gods, the animation is just incredible.