73: Watership Down (1978) Section 14: Watership Down Scripted by Newell Fisher, with script assistance by John Ruths This section covers from 40 minutes 30 to 42 minutes 20 and the equivalent chapter from the book is Chapter 18 This section of the film is, surely, its optimistic heart. After all the horror of the last few minutes, as Holly recalled his terrible journey to WD, we are, at last, going to arrive at the rabbits' destination. Somewhat dissonantly, our first shot from close to the foot of WD features the electricity pylons at its base, as the camera zooms out and left to reveal their line. Hazel, Bigwig and Fiver arrive at the foot of a pylon and Fiver says that is where they need to be as the camera cuts to a shot of the lone tree on the Down. And now, seemingly, we are at the foot of a pylon nearer to the Down and  ...