60: Watership Down (1978) Section 2: Opening Titles Scripted, narrated by Newell Fisher, with script assistance by John Ruths. This section covers from 3:40 to 5:40 As the image of Frith melts away, it is replaced by a hazy rising Sun. There is movement from out of focus grass in the foreground and we zoom out to see more grass waving in the breeze, as well as a passing butterfly. We get the first view of Watership Down on film: the single large tree standing on the high Down. This is the vision of WD that was emulated in the TV series in the 90’s, even though, both in the book and in reality, the site actually lies at the north end of a long narrow “beech-hanger”. The camera lingers on the lone tree for a few seconds as a beautiful clarinet based theme plays. And now we are taken on a journey as the credits begin. The words “Nepe ...