This is my Grandas favorite film, I remember being so young and we watched this together. And I cried and he gave me a Jammy Dodger (biscuit) and a cuddle :)
I like to think that this is what happens as you die, you get met by a strange powerful figure inviting you to heaven and then your soul leaves the body and you follow the figure to heaven :)
@MisterSmiley91 Hahaha, not a single Disney film could even hold a candle to this master-piece. After watching this, every other animated movie is shit in comparison. Dark, deep and meaningful, the animation is so pure. No computerized BS. Pristine beautiful gorgeous TRUE animation. I'm very upset that films like this don't exist anymore and all this generation has is Miley Cyrus or Kung-Fu Panda.. a major down-grade. I feel like it's a continuous downward spiral. Watership down is superior.
I think at some point we will ALL reach this point in our lives. Once our journey is complete--whatever that might be--it's time to go. Perfect ending.
:'( When he looks back and the black rabbit of inle (dunno how to spell it!) says 'they'll be alright' :'( that's the point I started sobbing... it's so beautiful! :')
I ball my eyes out every time I see this. I have several rabbits and one almost passed away last year. Having lost dogs and closer family members, this scene is the archetypal portrayal of a leader having saved his people and seen them prosper, take his leave, quietly and away from his clan to move on to the spiritual plane of existence.
Still breaks my heart every time I see it as you know you won't see your loved ones until your time comes...
I remember liking this ending as a kid. It was honest - not a Disney '...and they lived happily ever after' cop out - because this is how all stories end, sooner or later. In Hazel's case, it was later. And that honesty made it sort of comforting.
@singthat4you You think this is dark? You obviously haven't seen 'The Plague Dogs'. Made by the same studio, much more darker. It's up here on youtube, but I wouldn't watch it with young kids around. It was only PG rated O_o
Just out of curiosity, I take it the Black Rabbit was like a rabbit version of the Grim Reaper / Death and basically took Hazel's Spirit / Lifeforce to 'Heaven' and the Sun was basically 'God' to a rabbit's point of view? Is this correct?
@yethboth I've always thought thought that he was El-ahrairah. The rabbits perceive the Black Rabbit of Inle as a reaper figure and I like it that he's perceived as a negative thing to be feared throughout the film, but when Hazel's time comes, the veil is drawn away and he's not just something that represents death but the hope and realisation of life beyond the mortal realm. :)
"Go...now...or we'll kill you. It's you who'll be killed, GROWL!" I remember at the beginning it says, "be cunning, full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed but at the end it misses out the "full of tricks" part. Is there a poignancy to that or did they just forget?! I seem to remember them talking about whether rabbits should need tricks so it's probably deliberate.
@RageOfTheTiger The name of the downs in England where the story takes place.
The meaning of 'downs' is: –noun 1. Downs. (used especially in southern England) open, rolling, upland country with fairly smooth slopes usually covered with grass.
@Montork Yes, of course. England is full of places that green, especially southern England. For an example of real downs, try googling the South Downs, which were recently made a national park,
This is probably the most powerful scene in any film I have ever seen. Watership Down means so much to me and a thousand others, pure genius. Wonderful in every single way. I have so much love for Richard Adams, for the story, and for every single person involved in making this into such a beautiful picture.
I remember watching this when it first came out on HBO. I think I was about 7 or 8 at the time (1978). I don't recall being frightened or troubled by this scene and I feel that it is a good way to introduce the topic of death to children. This story puts forth not just the concept of death, but also the theme that life has it struggles; sometimes dark struggles that need to be faced, if one is to survive in this world. Excellent film; I highly recommend it, even for adults!
This scene breaks my heart every time! It's a sad but happy ending at the same time. They all live happily ever after and Hazel even reaches old age :) It's a lovely film but I think it isn't something that children should watch. I remember being terrified at certain scenes and crying my heart out at others :( Great film though <3
I thought hazel was the prince rabbit at the beginning, but I guess I was wrong. Good for Hazel, you deserve to be chosen. Especially since even as chief you're not fat and cooped up in a hole
Given the creation of rabbits, there can be no greater honor than to be personally chosen by El-ahrairah. The Black Rabbit of Inlé arrived to accompany him, in that Hazel was to be so honored! =)
Pikeybot... Thank you for keeping this clip going... I cherish it as it brings back precious childhood memories ... & have not found a film that can trigger my emotions to such an extent!!! ( + have shown it to my African friends visiting the Uk... and they loved it)!
At first I thought it was Frith, but now I think its the Prince of Rabbits. Or both it that makes sense, the Black Rabbit is also Frith effectivly. What do you all think?
Ummm I read on the internet (yeah right reliable as) that there was a sequel called Tales from Watership Down and wouldn't you know it Hazel has come back in rabbit for. So much for bawling your eyes out. Yeah I know I could look up Richard's work but is this true as one site says Hazel in the sequel. Having said that I stand by my comment - this is beautiful and depressing at the same time.
This is such a beautiful scene - yes it is very upsetting and sad and at the same time wonderful and happy - it suggests death is easy as. Maybe he never really left and just went to another place in another form.
This is one of the most profoundly beautiful artistic creations that I have ever seen. Everything about it is just painfully perfect: The music, the images, the dialogue.....Thanks for posting! :)
One of the most moving depictions of death in film. You know this is just a film, you know these are just drawings, but as Hazel's rib cage rises and falls, and then fall, and doesn't rise.. its just so real to you.
we waste too much time with things that don´t pay anything were blinded from the media and the fake system,i don´t want to disturb nobody but too much of that things implimentate
fake feelings in us and make us live an lie ALLAHU AKBAR one day we all stay in front of our creator, and nothing of this can help us to find the way..we must realize it....search the truth... search islam
this is a very sad vidio i looked it up because my mother sad she saw the movie and im still only reading the book. also its sad that hazle had to leave all his friends and more importintly fiver:(
so smart and brave that hazel...this made me cry too... watching him lie on his side, taking those last breaths and his ear flops down , then out of his body he whisks away... he will be hated and killed but only if they can catch him haha!
i cry everytime...then find out today the neighboors tiny dog chased a baby and now the baby is no longer here...this video has touched me recently and now hearing this...i am saddened.
hazel's limp makes my eyes tear up. because he got it risking his life to free other rabbits from the tyranny of man years before. but he's so elderly now nobody remembers that, and the young rabbits probably see him as a decrepit and senile old fool.
people can learn a lot from this story about spirituality, empathy and perseverance.
The Black Rabbit of Death is the personage with which the rabbits are most familiar. It is also this incarnation which appears to Hazel's brother Fiver in various visions.
The Black Rabbit is not the God figure, but the Death figure. The God figure is Frith (The Sun), and in the book, the Black Rabbit of Inle is his servant, chief of his Owsla.
Don't cry for Hazel, he's happy where he is now. I think this was a beautiful way for him to go, there was no pain, just peaceful completion. I can't imagine a better conclusion for Hazel's life.
Every few years a i get a look at this scene and I think to myself, I loved this movie as a kid, and it made me really sad, but I'm grown up now and past that... ya right...
I usually don't cry to films, but this one gets me every time. Though it only has that effect if I watch it all the way through and not just the ending.
I would like to see a new animated film 100% after the novel though.
I'm a 35 year old man and i JUST BAWLED MY BRAINS OUT!! I cry at this and THE PLAGUE DOGS!!! the only two films i cry at ever...even in life nothing has made me cry as much..well, mock all you like if thats what gets you off..but for some reason animals dying is just the saddest thing to watch..because they are innocent generally tormented by our species!
OMG ... i'm a 37 year old man and i can remember crying my eyes out all those years ago when Hazel died, this is the 1st time i've seen a clip of the film since then and the tears are running down my face again, although i know now in essence this is not meant to be a sad scene, but the beginning for Hazel, well thats the way i see it. Still brought tears to my eyes.... A true classic
And i think the hospital should apologise to your mum for giving her a twat who has nothing better to do than try and take the piss out of other peoples comments, whats wrong couldn't you think of something to say, well i'm betting thats not a first, easy to throw insults at someone, when your sat at the computer, bit different in real life. But i'm guessing you've had a few smacks in the face in your time.
I love Watership Down, and I particularly love that speach at the end. It sounds so grand and magnificent, and it's just breathtaking. It's always stuck ith me, though the movie was a little before me and I grew up with the tv series, then went back and watched it, so my perception of the whole thing is a bit screwy, but it's still amazing. Just so proud and epic and sad all at the same time.
I first watched this when I was 5. It made me cry then and it still does now. Its about the harsh reality of life and death, Courage, strength, honour and leadership to name a few. Most people
who are moved by this film are portraying the rabbits to be real, and thats what the film does well. Excellent Film
"My heart has joined the thousand, For my friend stopped running today" I remember they all said that when they thought bigwig had died....
kurlobe 3 weeks ago
Funny that this is a universal rating. I watched it when i was 5 years old, and it had a deep and lasting effect.
BVargas78 4 weeks ago
Doesn't this just ruin it for everybody? Perhaps a different name would be better...
Magna1I7 1 month ago
@Magna1I7 it doesnt ruin it. Everyone dies. This was set after the main adventure of the story, and Hazels was a good death.
BVargas78 4 weeks ago 2
Hazel-rah!
331RBD 1 month ago
This is my Grandas favorite film, I remember being so young and we watched this together. And I cried and he gave me a Jammy Dodger (biscuit) and a cuddle :)
kawaiikateee 1 month ago
Just laid down and died o_0. What a boss.
GuitarM0use 1 month ago
i cry every time, why do i keep watching this.
8019THEDUDE 1 month ago
:'( I nearly cried when I saw this. It's so devastating. I don't know how I would bear it if my own rabbit died ...
TheTammi99 2 months ago
I like to think that this is what happens as you die, you get met by a strange powerful figure inviting you to heaven and then your soul leaves the body and you follow the figure to heaven :)
reduolf 2 months ago
@ 1:10 - It's a good thing it's not that easy to do sometimes. :)
Akabackalooka 2 months ago
Such a sad scene and yet inspiring. There is life after death xxxx Have a GREAT day everyone!
HighPriestess10 3 months ago
"It seemed to Hazel that he wouldn't be needing his body any more, so he left it lying on the edge of the ditch"
Favourite Book and I love the film :)
Blackbooks78 5 months ago
this movie has alot blood i still love this movie its the best rabbit movie evar (that's om opinion ok)
bunnybonsaza 5 months ago
Is that what happens when you die? Terry Wogan asks you if you know him.
piprod01 5 months ago
I know I'll be hated if I say this, but, to me, this film is alot better than all, expect for 1, Disney/Pixar films that we have in America.
MisterSmiley91 5 months ago
@MisterSmiley91 Hahaha, not a single Disney film could even hold a candle to this master-piece. After watching this, every other animated movie is shit in comparison. Dark, deep and meaningful, the animation is so pure. No computerized BS. Pristine beautiful gorgeous TRUE animation. I'm very upset that films like this don't exist anymore and all this generation has is Miley Cyrus or Kung-Fu Panda.. a major down-grade. I feel like it's a continuous downward spiral. Watership down is superior.
dubstepwolf 3 months ago
I'm crying right now that Hazel's time is over. :'(
Dragonroar 6 months ago
A beautiful ending of life..
TeapotSpot 6 months ago
"Do not worry about them...they will be allright..." my eyes blurr...
vriend1 7 months ago 3
I think at some point we will ALL reach this point in our lives. Once our journey is complete--whatever that might be--it's time to go. Perfect ending.
JRFrancisco20088 7 months ago
God..after watching this...I'm in tears ...This movie and book...it's AMAZING....
ItsCarmenJones 7 months ago
Hazel is my faourite character in this movie. He's bold, he's a good leader, an he's voiced by JOHN HURT!!!! What's not to love??!!
FlamingMeatballProd 7 months ago 5
:'( When he looks back and the black rabbit of inle (dunno how to spell it!) says 'they'll be alright' :'( that's the point I started sobbing... it's so beautiful! :')
sarzahk 8 months ago
@sarzahk agreed :-)
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I saw this a long time ago--a great movie everyone should see.
radioclash81 8 months ago
I ball my eyes out every time I see this. I have several rabbits and one almost passed away last year. Having lost dogs and closer family members, this scene is the archetypal portrayal of a leader having saved his people and seen them prosper, take his leave, quietly and away from his clan to move on to the spiritual plane of existence.
Still breaks my heart every time I see it as you know you won't see your loved ones until your time comes...
darwinwasright1 8 months ago
I don't give a damn what anyone says. Watership Down is an awesome book and movie even for how old it is.
Smokie420ish 8 months ago
I remember liking this ending as a kid. It was honest - not a Disney '...and they lived happily ever after' cop out - because this is how all stories end, sooner or later. In Hazel's case, it was later. And that honesty made it sort of comforting.
jimbopumbapigsticks 8 months ago
poor Hazel
big wig was there
and his friend
she Okay
she did Not die
i like big wig
FlippyTheSoldierBear 9 months ago 2
most dark kid film ever
singthat4you 9 months ago
@singthat4you You think this is dark? You obviously haven't seen 'The Plague Dogs'. Made by the same studio, much more darker. It's up here on youtube, but I wouldn't watch it with young kids around. It was only PG rated O_o
Tozzywozzy01 9 months ago
im getting this is the British charlots web
Montork 10 months ago
Just out of curiosity, I take it the Black Rabbit was like a rabbit version of the Grim Reaper / Death and basically took Hazel's Spirit / Lifeforce to 'Heaven' and the Sun was basically 'God' to a rabbit's point of view? Is this correct?
yethboth 10 months ago
@yethboth I've always thought thought that he was El-ahrairah. The rabbits perceive the Black Rabbit of Inle as a reaper figure and I like it that he's perceived as a negative thing to be feared throughout the film, but when Hazel's time comes, the veil is drawn away and he's not just something that represents death but the hope and realisation of life beyond the mortal realm. :)
sword4thelord 6 days ago
"Go...now...or we'll kill you. It's you who'll be killed, GROWL!" I remember at the beginning it says, "be cunning, full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed but at the end it misses out the "full of tricks" part. Is there a poignancy to that or did they just forget?! I seem to remember them talking about whether rabbits should need tricks so it's probably deliberate.
milleroooooo 10 months ago
Who was the idiot who pressed the dislike button?
Thingy0000 10 months ago 2
@Thingy0000
must have been an accident i guess
SeeUFall 9 months ago
There was something so, unbelievably, emotive about the animation in this film.
HalSamuel 10 months ago
Spoilers
Raptor8415 11 months ago
Watership Down is the name of the setting - part of England's South Downs...
bissguy 11 months ago 2
This is probably the saddest ending to a movie I have ever seen.
RYANL22 11 months ago 2
why is it called Watership down?
RageOfTheTiger 11 months ago
@RageOfTheTiger
Watership Down is the name of the place where it's set; probably part of the 'South Downs'
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@RageOfTheTiger
Watership Down is the name of the place where it is set - part of the 'South Downs' in England.
bissguy 11 months ago
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@RageOfTheTiger
Watership Down is the name of the place where it is set - part of the 'South Downs' in England.
bissguy 11 months ago
@RageOfTheTiger The name of the downs in England where the story takes place.
The meaning of 'downs' is: –noun 1. Downs. (used especially in southern England) open, rolling, upland country with fairly smooth slopes usually covered with grass.
redrosestoo 10 months ago
@redrosestoo is there really a place that looks like this? even now? a place this green?
Montork 10 months ago
@Montork Yes, of course. England is full of places that green, especially southern England. For an example of real downs, try googling the South Downs, which were recently made a national park,
silverbiscuit 8 months ago
*Cry time* A briliant masterpiece.
gotinogaden 11 months ago
This is probably the most powerful scene in any film I have ever seen. Watership Down means so much to me and a thousand others, pure genius. Wonderful in every single way. I have so much love for Richard Adams, for the story, and for every single person involved in making this into such a beautiful picture.
xBarnwellx 11 months ago 2
i have this on DVD i love it such a powerful story
thuggie1 11 months ago
Brilliant!
redcardinalist 1 year ago
I cryed when i finished the book. Not just out of how bitter-sweet the ending was but simply because such a great read was over.
thing2liv 1 year ago 2
I think "All the world will be your enemy, prince of the thousand enemies etc. " is the best text of the whole film.
Thingy0000 1 year ago 2
@Thingy0000 It really makes you look at rabbits differently.
TearsofWolves 11 months ago
I remember watching this when it first came out on HBO. I think I was about 7 or 8 at the time (1978). I don't recall being frightened or troubled by this scene and I feel that it is a good way to introduce the topic of death to children. This story puts forth not just the concept of death, but also the theme that life has it struggles; sometimes dark struggles that need to be faced, if one is to survive in this world. Excellent film; I highly recommend it, even for adults!
Panticus 1 year ago 16
i thought he just fell asleep??
pivotmanify 1 year ago
This scene breaks my heart every time! It's a sad but happy ending at the same time. They all live happily ever after and Hazel even reaches old age :) It's a lovely film but I think it isn't something that children should watch. I remember being terrified at certain scenes and crying my heart out at others :( Great film though <3
DaisyChains1987 1 year ago 4
If there is a way to explain death to a child then this clip would be the thing to show them.
schizoidboy 1 year ago 6
i cried
kanwulfNL 1 year ago
I would be so fucking scared to see that bunny XD
nehawe 1 year ago
Naww thats so sad but touching =)
susancarlisle 1 year ago
I'll never be able to look at a rabbit the same way. Is that a good thing?
VitalSignWWWWWWWWWWW 1 year ago 2
Thank You for putting this scene up, it is a very touching scene, thanks
paulburns30 1 year ago 2
I thought hazel was the prince rabbit at the beginning, but I guess I was wrong. Good for Hazel, you deserve to be chosen. Especially since even as chief you're not fat and cooped up in a hole
Inuyashagirl234 1 year ago
Please pass on this clip to your friends and ask them to make a comment about it,
pikeybot 1 year ago 8
this is up there with bambi's mother dying. :,(
StarfishRogers 1 year ago 3
I think this is actually meant to be inspiring, but it just makes me cry like a lunatic
hilarywardle 1 year ago 3
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I am a deer hunter..but I do believe that animals do have a soul... Simpler then ours..but they do have one. It's the spark between life and death.
Truly if there is a heaven for us...there must be one for them (all).
equarg 1 year ago
Given the creation of rabbits, there can be no greater honor than to be personally chosen by El-ahrairah. The Black Rabbit of Inlé arrived to accompany him, in that Hazel was to be so honored! =)
Tarwater03 1 year ago 14
rlly sad :'(
Mrb1b2b3b4 1 year ago
So bunnies can just decide to die if they feel like it?
PMeursault 1 year ago
very sad ending :'(
cloud7wk 1 year ago 3
I love this movie! and all time, when I watch this part, I love it much, and much ;)
[sorry, my english is terrible !]
DarkHorse003 1 year ago
Pikeybot... Thank you for keeping this clip going... I cherish it as it brings back precious childhood memories ... & have not found a film that can trigger my emotions to such an extent!!! ( + have shown it to my African friends visiting the Uk... and they loved it)!
lettuce102 1 year ago
At first I thought it was Frith, but now I think its the Prince of Rabbits. Or both it that makes sense, the Black Rabbit is also Frith effectivly. What do you all think?
Nic01224 1 year ago
That's not the Black Rabbit of Inle. Elahrairah himself came to take Hazel.
WolfPawDragonClaw 1 year ago 2
Bobby, my beloved rabbit died last week...this scene here calmed me a bit.
Hartbeat4us 1 year ago
It's a beautiful ending. Thank you for reminding me.
grommet101 1 year ago
this is so unbelievably sad...and also just wonderfull...i´ve always tears in my eyes when i watch this video....also the soundtrack is awesome..
Avarurien 1 year ago
Ummm I read on the internet (yeah right reliable as) that there was a sequel called Tales from Watership Down and wouldn't you know it Hazel has come back in rabbit for. So much for bawling your eyes out. Yeah I know I could look up Richard's work but is this true as one site says Hazel in the sequel. Having said that I stand by my comment - this is beautiful and depressing at the same time.
brismike65 1 year ago
@brismike65
Yes the sequel is called Tales From Watership Down and it's set after the main story but before Hazel dies. Hazel doesn't come back from the dead.
dryadStone 1 year ago
@dryadStone Thanks good to hear
brismike65 1 year ago
"My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today" :'-(
loneshewolf74 1 year ago 46
@loneshewolf74 You HAD to say that phrase. Now I'm crying. Fucker.
thespiswolf 4 months ago
@thespiswolf Yh I love it I say it to all baby animals i see (especially rabbits) I think when I say it it like blesses them or something?! x
JMemski 4 months ago
This is such a beautiful scene - yes it is very upsetting and sad and at the same time wonderful and happy - it suggests death is easy as. Maybe he never really left and just went to another place in another form.
brismike65 1 year ago
This is one of the most profoundly beautiful artistic creations that I have ever seen. Everything about it is just painfully perfect: The music, the images, the dialogue.....Thanks for posting! :)
nanoshed 1 year ago 6
*nomnomnom*
"Hey kid, ready to die now?"
"Eh, sure, sounds good."
*plopthud*
OrcishSlacker 1 year ago
this is how i want to go.
grtyuj 1 year ago 5
makes you wonder where life goes from here
500AndiE 1 year ago
I liked the general rabbit
tom11zz884 1 year ago
out of every sad film i have seen, this bit had my bottom lip going, absolutely gutting when he just lays down and dies :-(
redimps84 1 year ago
Would that ALL of us could die so peacefully...
SCE2AUX 1 year ago
I read this section of the book at my Father-in-Law's funeral yesterday.
OskMinionOfCthulhu 1 year ago 4
Whenever they catch you, they will kill you... But first, they have to catch you - Beautiful poetry.
I used to watch this as a little kid.
Gerbals444 1 year ago 3
@Gerbals444 I use those words for everything I use online, as in foru signatures and such, I will never grow tired of them.
xBarnwellx 11 months ago
thsi scene is the only one in the movie that somewhat matches the book, nice scene too
fr3dr1k1 1 year ago
Do you know me Hazel....
Yes lord.....I know you.
That is beautiful.
Pheonixfromtheshale 1 year ago 3
One of the most moving depictions of death in film. You know this is just a film, you know these are just drawings, but as Hazel's rib cage rises and falls, and then fall, and doesn't rise.. its just so real to you.
mickstery6 1 year ago 8
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we waste too much time with things that don´t pay anything were blinded from the media and the fake system,i don´t want to disturb nobody but too much of that things implimentate
fake feelings in us and make us live an lie ALLAHU AKBAR one day we all stay in front of our creator, and nothing of this can help us to find the way..we must realize it....search the truth... search islam
onemuslim1 2 years ago
the coolest movie EVER!
vealshanker 2 years ago 2
this is the only thing that makes me cry.
zannlord 2 years ago 4
my rabbit didnt die like that it was horible.
tjmac7 2 years ago
Yeah ditto, just like when u read the last chapter of the house at pooh corner
st574635 2 years ago
I know this is not depressingly sad, but I weep like a willow every time I see this scene.
Logitah 2 years ago 84
ive watched around 3 videos of hazels death leadin up to this one
now im gonna atch the movie
Brambleshadow11 2 years ago
@Brambleshadow11 That kind of ruins the whole movie.
mouse264 1 year ago 2
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WAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPEND?!?!?!?!?!
SOADfan4ever1 2 years ago
its not sad in a depressing kind of way
its like a fact of life - hazels done his wack and now he can go to a better place'sob sob'
kickback4me 2 years ago 2
*tears
ScaryCreepyMonster87 2 years ago 3
hazel's death makes me soo freaking sad i get ears in my eyes
Suck a brave rabbit
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wtf he just lies down and stops breathing what sort of idiot would do that
Taojac 2 years ago
this is a very sad vidio i looked it up because my mother sad she saw the movie and im still only reading the book. also its sad that hazle had to leave all his friends and more importintly fiver:(
TheKittenlover93 2 years ago 3
i have the book too.
ofcourse the book is more difrent then the movie but they are both beautyfull and fascinating.
The87CheshireCat 2 years ago
Try Plague Dogs, another fantastic adaptation of Richard Adam's work.
Fragile0Still 2 years ago 3
El-ahrairah, oh El-ahrairah. Takes us to Paradise,Lord of Trickers!
SardaukarPrime 2 years ago 2
so smart and brave that hazel...this made me cry too... watching him lie on his side, taking those last breaths and his ear flops down , then out of his body he whisks away... he will be hated and killed but only if they can catch him haha!
jayel71 2 years ago
Hazel, what a tough cookie!!
danpanb05 2 years ago
i find this movie really sad so i dont ever watch it but i want to but i havent got it on dvid
rupertmyprince 2 years ago
I love the voice actors in this film. I just damn love them.
lilo19951995 2 years ago
I just saw this for the first time. Sad, but nicely done death scene.
The narrator at the end sounds like the narrator of the Paddington stop-motion cartoons. Am I right?
83phatman 2 years ago
Yes, its Michael Bond....
This film deeply affected me throughout my life. I cant even watch clips now without feeling deep sadness...
TillyWolves 2 years ago
the narrator of paddington was michael horden, michael bond wrote them.
robinoi 2 years ago
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robinoi 2 years ago
Wow I never saw this in the movie. Poor Hazel.
bingoismypup 2 years ago
No blessed, lucky, touched, privilaged Hazel :P
celadius 2 years ago
i cry everytime...then find out today the neighboors tiny dog chased a baby and now the baby is no longer here...this video has touched me recently and now hearing this...i am saddened.
ToddS15 2 years ago
"An old man dies, but a yound girl lives!"
KrautGoesWild 2 years ago
Sin City ???
cr1msonking93 2 years ago
fair trade xD (sin city)
willshrieve 2 years ago
yes my lord.... i know you... beautiful film
74kennymac 2 years ago 5
hazel's limp makes my eyes tear up. because he got it risking his life to free other rabbits from the tyranny of man years before. but he's so elderly now nobody remembers that, and the young rabbits probably see him as a decrepit and senile old fool.
people can learn a lot from this story about spirituality, empathy and perseverance.
humblevirgin 2 years ago 7
very astute BV
~digger listener, runner~
celadius 2 years ago
This is the saddest ever bit...makes me cry every time...
TillyWolves 2 years ago 2
Why does God make a dark face and red eyes to have Hazel recognize him? I do'nt get that.
donkeylongears 2 years ago 2
The Black Rabbit of Death is the personage with which the rabbits are most familiar. It is also this incarnation which appears to Hazel's brother Fiver in various visions.
humblevirgin 2 years ago 2
Thank you, I haven't seen the movie before so I thought I'd ask. Looks like it's a good movie though
donkeylongears 2 years ago
that what the black rabbit looks like in their legends. Watch the movie:P
celadius 2 years ago
The Black Rabbit is not the God figure, but the Death figure. The God figure is Frith (The Sun), and in the book, the Black Rabbit of Inle is his servant, chief of his Owsla.
ShadowMage3D 2 years ago 4
I see
donkeylongears 2 years ago
This always makes me cry not only for Hazel but it also makes me think of my own rabbit who passed away last October.
kensei108 2 years ago 5
he lived a long good life and his children and his childrens, children will live on so i think he was happy when he left
Blakefe 2 years ago 3
This is one of the saddest endings to a movie ever but he does become a member of El-ahrairah Owsla Which Hazel would be happy and proud about.
tadpole2122 2 years ago 3
Yes...........you have to have iced water running through your veins not to cry during this scene...........still gets me after 30 years!
stegaflaps 2 years ago 4
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Well, looks like I'm gonna change my name to Mr. Freeze then...
DSX147 2 years ago
'Yes, my Lord. I know you.'
SO beautiful. It's even sadder in the book.
winternightfox 2 years ago 14
woah, what a choker, still sets me off after all these years
2pzgren142 2 years ago 8
one of my favorite scenes love it soo much xxx
charlottee9412 2 years ago 7
so sad
tinkerbellchick332 2 years ago 5
Don't cry for Hazel, he's happy where he is now. I think this was a beautiful way for him to go, there was no pain, just peaceful completion. I can't imagine a better conclusion for Hazel's life.
IComeAnon4 2 years ago 63
yeah, that's true
but it doesnt make sumone cry more ore less [well me atleast [however i didnt cry about it anymore]
Keoh11 2 years ago
i mean 'dont cry anymore' [bad grammar i know my english is bad:P^^]
Keoh11 2 years ago
@IComeAnon4 I think the beauty and perfection is the reason people just weep at this scene. It's poignant.
syzygywell 1 year ago 4
A very moving and powerful tale, I remember crying my eyes out to this as a kid and it still brings a lump to throat now.
Thank you for posting this.
bustmebollocks 2 years ago 6
OMFG I cried at this when I was a teenager...
A glass or two of wine tonight and Im back there....so sad and brings you to tears...
I couldnt listen to "Bright Eyes" on top of the pops then without blubbering....
TillyWolves 2 years ago 2
Every few years a i get a look at this scene and I think to myself, I loved this movie as a kid, and it made me really sad, but I'm grown up now and past that... ya right...
Well there's always 2017 i guess... :' |
Nustradam 2 years ago 2
Neiiiiiiiin!!!!!!!!!!! hazel
bongsmoker93 2 years ago 2
nooooooooo! hazel!
GingaWolfUmbreon 2 years ago 2
I'm crying!
nmatysiakj 2 years ago 3
I usually don't cry to films, but this one gets me every time. Though it only has that effect if I watch it all the way through and not just the ending.
I would like to see a new animated film 100% after the novel though.
moofloops 2 years ago 4
greate ending Very moving brings tears to my eyes each time
foxcell 2 years ago 3
I'm a 35 year old man and i JUST BAWLED MY BRAINS OUT!! I cry at this and THE PLAGUE DOGS!!! the only two films i cry at ever...even in life nothing has made me cry as much..well, mock all you like if thats what gets you off..but for some reason animals dying is just the saddest thing to watch..because they are innocent generally tormented by our species!
angelovemoth 2 years ago 7
i dont get it hazel just lies down and die?
pinkpurr98 2 years ago
please all less of the sarky comments or this clip going to get pulled.
ok
pikeybot 2 years ago
I too have tears streaming down my face as I write this. A truly beautiful film.
mooseblastermovies 2 years ago
OMG ... i'm a 37 year old man and i can remember crying my eyes out all those years ago when Hazel died, this is the 1st time i've seen a clip of the film since then and the tears are running down my face again, although i know now in essence this is not meant to be a sad scene, but the beginning for Hazel, well thats the way i see it. Still brought tears to my eyes.... A true classic
Staffyno1 2 years ago 2
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JohnPinks 2 years ago
And i think the hospital should apologise to your mum for giving her a twat who has nothing better to do than try and take the piss out of other peoples comments, whats wrong couldn't you think of something to say, well i'm betting thats not a first, easy to throw insults at someone, when your sat at the computer, bit different in real life. But i'm guessing you've had a few smacks in the face in your time.
Staffyno1 2 years ago
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JohnPinks 2 years ago
31 here and completely get you, can't hear that song on the radio without feeling my throat tighten up.
And John, that's an amazing skill man, never saw someone TYPE out there ass, if you ever get some friends, you HAVE to show that to them!
Nustradam 2 years ago
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JohnPinks 2 years ago
I love Watership Down, and I particularly love that speach at the end. It sounds so grand and magnificent, and it's just breathtaking. It's always stuck ith me, though the movie was a little before me and I grew up with the tv series, then went back and watched it, so my perception of the whole thing is a bit screwy, but it's still amazing. Just so proud and epic and sad all at the same time.
frangipanii 2 years ago 2
I first watched this when I was 5. It made me cry then and it still does now. Its about the harsh reality of life and death, Courage, strength, honour and leadership to name a few. Most people
who are moved by this film are portraying the rabbits to be real, and thats what the film does well. Excellent Film
CL0NE7 3 years ago 2
Thank you for cloning my thoughts, CL
BourgeoisBuffoon 3 years ago 3
such a good ending, sad yet courageous as it goes back to the opening.
beautiful !