Note. A version of this article appeared on the Guardian Online weekly Clip Joint series in December 2012. You can read it here.
When it comes to animals on the big screen, people always rave about the cute, funny ones, like the puppies and kittens, or the wild, exotic ones, like the elephants and komodo dragons. However, these species tend to be typecast in movies and few display the versatility exhibited by the humble rabbit. There is no film genre the rabbit is not comfortable in, and this willingness to push new acting boundaries has resulted in a long and distinguished track record in cinema. To illustrate their range, this clip joint intends to give selected rabbits their moment in the headlights. So, be vewwy, vewwy quiet as we hunt down a few of my favourite bunny moments on film.
When it comes to animals on the big screen, people always rave about the cute, funny ones, like the puppies and kittens, or the wild, exotic ones, like the elephants and komodo dragons. However, these species tend to be typecast in movies and few display the versatility exhibited by the humble rabbit. There is no film genre the rabbit is not comfortable in, and this willingness to push new acting boundaries has resulted in a long and distinguished track record in cinema. To illustrate their range, this clip joint intends to give selected rabbits their moment in the headlights. So, be vewwy, vewwy quiet as we hunt down a few of my favourite bunny moments on film.
1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Featuring a special appearance by a cartoon bunny!
2. Fatal Attraction
Featuring a special appearance by a boiled bunny!
3. Watership Down
Featuring a special appearance by bunnies with bright eyes, burning like fire!
4. Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Featuring a special appearance by a killer bunny!
5. Night of the Lepus
Featuring a special appearance by giant, flesh-eating, mutant bunnies!
6. Repulsion
Featuring a special appearance by a rotting bunny!
7. Harvey
Featuring a special appearance by a 6-foot invisible bunny!
8. Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
Featuring a special appearance by a load of bunnies in a car boot!
9. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were Rabbit
Featuring a special appearance by a plasticine bunny!
10. Donnie Darko
Featuring a special appearance by a creepy man-bunny!
That's all folks!
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