Round 2: Tossup 13

In this film, a character who repeatedly says his home is “by big water” criticizes the protagonists for not having “mates” and tells them to “piss off.” The stress of writing a symphony for Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee led to Martin Williamson’s last-minute replacement as this film’s composer by the famously quick-working Angela Morley. In this film’s opening scene, shots of a star filled with spirals that emits arrowhead-like rays are accompanied by Michael Hordern’s narration of lines like “be cunning, full of tricks, and your (*) people will never be destroyed.” This film’s score was nearly discarded in favor of pop songs to complement Art Garfunkel’s theme “Bright Eyes.” The director of this 1978 film, Martin Rosen, later adapted its source author’s novel The Plague Dogs. This film provided Zero Mostel’s final film role, the cranky black-headed seagull Kehaar. For 10 points, name this notoriously bleak animated (10[1])adaptation of a Richard Adams novel about rabbits. ■END■

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