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The Magic Roundabout; French: Pollux – Le manège enchanté) is a 2005 animated adventure fantasy comedy film based on the television series of the same name. [3] Unlike the show, which was presented with stop-motion animation, the film utilizes computer-generated animation. The story sees a group of unlikely heroes who go on a quest to stop ...
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- Cast
- Production
- Critical Reception
- Doogal
- Box Office
- List of Countries That Released The Original Version
- List of Countries That Released The Edited American Version
- Trivia
The film begins as the wizard Zebedee, is chased by the evil ice wizard Zeebadand sent plummeting off the ledge of his ice lair into the cloudy abyss below. He woke up only to have a bad dream before checking up on the magic garden to see if everything is still going fine. The film then starts when Dougal sneaks around the titular Magic Roundabout ...
United Kingdom
1. Robbie Williams - Dougal 2. Kylie Minogue - Florence 3. Jim Broadbent - Brian 4. Joanna Lumley - Ermintrude 5. Bill Nighy - Dylan 6. Lee Evans - Train 7. Ian McKellen - Zebedee 8. Tom Baker - Zeebad 9. Ray Winstone - Soldier Sam 10. Ediz Mahmut - Basil 11. Daniella Loftus - Coral 12. Jimmy Hibbert - Mr Rusty / Mr Grimsdale/ Additional Voices
United States
1. Daniel Tay - Doogal 2. Kylie Minogue - Florence(Re-voiced in an American accent, with some of her lines changed) 3. William H. Macy - Brian 4. Whoopi Goldberg - Ermintrude 5. Jimmy Fallon - Dylan 6. Chevy Chase - Train 7. Ian McKellen - Zebedee(Retained from the UK version) 8. Jon Stewart - Zeebad 9. Bill Hader - Soldier Sam 10. Kevin Smith - Moose(completely silent in the French and British versions) 11. Judi Dench- Narrator 12. Eric Robinson - Basil 13. Heidi Brook Myers - Coral 14. Cory...
France
1. Henri Salvador - Pollux 2. Vanessa Paradis - Margote 3. Dany Boon - Ambroise 4. Valérie Lemercier - Azalée 5. Eddy Mitchell - Flappy 6. Élie Semoun - Zébulon 7. Michel Galabru - Zabadie 8. Gérard Jugnot - Soldier Sam
In 2000, Andy Leighton had begun his career by working as a managing director at bolexbrothers where he watched their commercials and decides to build a feature film slate after learning the studio's financial income was decreasing. Bruce Higham, who is the associate producer, had a connection with Kodak and was friends with Nick Collinson, who wor...
Upon its release in Europe, the original UK and French dub of the film received mixed reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 50% based on six critical reviews (three positive and three negative) with an average score of 5.2/10. Joe Utichi of FilmFocus wrote: "For all its undeniable promise, this take on The Magic Roundaboutis just pla...
According to William H. Macy, the voice of Brian in the US dub, Harvey Weinstein saw the film and decided to do an American version. In 2004 as the animated film was completing production, Miramax acquired the North and South American film rights to the animated film where this was announced by Francois Ivernel, the managing director of Pathé UK.Un...
Despite receiving positive reviews within the mixed reception upon release, the original version (both French and UK) underperformed as it received $19.3m in Europe against the budget of $20m. On the opening weekend in the UK, it grossed £1,252,322 ($2.9m), ranking third in between Ocean's Twelve and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, while overtakin...
United Kingdom (The Magic Roundabout)Ireland (The Magic Roundabout)France (Pollux - Le manège enchanté)Netherlands (De magische draaimolen)United States (Doogal)Canada (Doogal)Mexico (and Latin America) (Doogal - Aventuras peludas)Brazil (Dogão - Amigo pra Cachorro)This film marks the first for several things:This film marks the only of a few things:This film marks the last of a few things:The Magic Roundabout (released in France as Pollux, le manège enchanté and in North America with a shortened form, Doogal) is an British-French animated movie based on the television series of the same name.
The Magic Roundabout (released in France as Pollux, le manège enchanté and in North America with a shortened form, Doogal) is an British-French animated movie based on the television series of the same name.
The Magic Roundabout is an English-language children's television programme that ran from 1965 to 1977. It used the footage of the French stop motion animation show Le Manège enchanté but with completely different scripts and characters.
It was released in France with a French dub on 2 February 2005, and an English-language version was released two weeks later in the United Kingdom on 11 February. In the United States, the film was released as Doogal on 24 February 2006 with a new English cast, dub, and script.
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