65: Watership Down (1978) Section 7: The Road and the Beanfield Scripted by Newell Fisher, with script assistance by John Ruths This section covers from 18 minutes 30 to 21 minutes 20 and the equivalent Chapters from the book are Chapters 10. The Road and the Common, 9. The Crow and the Beanfield and 11. Hard Going And so, having crossed the Enborne, the 8 rabbits head south. In the book this is where they find the beanfield and rest, after a frightening encounter with a crow. However the filmmakers decided that they should encounter the road first. As the theme plays, we see the rabbits heading towards a hedgerow, followed by a shot of them running among cows, almost playfully. They run through a gate and across a field towards the road. The camera zooms in on Fiver's troubled face for a moment. What is he sensing? And now w ...