3. Alice in Wonderland (1951) – Now we return to another Disney classic dominated by a loveable, if slightly grumpy, bunny. Who can forget the white rabbit sporting his waistcoast and clutching his stop-clock singing “I'm late! I'm late! For a very important date! No time to say hello, goodbye! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!" Before you know it, Alice is following him down his rabbit hole, opening up a Pandora’s box of adventures. A remake of the classic story will be released next year starring Mia Wasikowska as Alice, Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, and Michael Sheen as the beloved white rabbit.
2. Watership Down (1978) – Known as the film which featured the Art Garfunkel hit, Bright Eyes, Watership Down isn’t the heart-warming and cute cartoon it might appear at first glance. In fact, the story, based on the novel by Richard Adam’s, centres on a warren of rabbits that flee the tyranny and cruelty of their violent world, and end up in battle with a big bunch of evil rabbits from Efrafa, including General Woundwort. Still, this film instantly springs to mind which is why it claims second place.
1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit – (1988) Any list based on rabbits in film has got to include this eighties fantasy comedy which is why it takes poll position. Who Framed Roger Rabbit, starring Bob Hoskins and Kathleen Turner, is set in 1947 Hollywood where cartoon characters or ‘toons’ as they are known as, are part of the real world. Roger Rabbit is being framed for murder but it is up to private investigator Eddie Valiant (Hoskins) to find out who is behind it all. Starring alongside the plucky Roger is his sexy wife Jessica Rabbit (voiced by Kathleen Turner).
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