The film was also adapted into a computer game released by Sierra On-Line in 1986 (yes, the same folks who produced Space Quest and King's Quest).. Based on the The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron is easily one of Disney's darkest animated features. Jukka Rasila. For uncounted centuries The Black Cauldron lay hidden, while evil men searched for it. Hector Lee. I mean, it had a big hit every once in a while, but, for the most part, it never quite hit the Snow White standards. TIL that the voice actor for Gollum, Andy Serkis, used as his inspiration the voice of Gurgi from Disney's "the Black Cauldron" movie, listening to him talk is really eerie! In the film, as Taran, Eilonwy and Fflewddur go looking for the Black Cauldron, they eventually find it in the three witches' possession. If the "Español" audio option is chosen on Disney+, normally it would play the European Spanish dubbing. The Black Cauldron is a 1985 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation in association with Silver Screen Partners II and released by Walt Disney Pictures. My most favorite is when The Horn King said "But you let th. Carlos Freixo. The movie offers positive messages about working together and believing in yourself and your friends. The Black Cauldron. That credit goes to comic sidekick Gurgi, who almost certainly influenced the voice of Gollum in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. In Spain, the film was titled Taron y el caldero mágico. DVD Cover ©Disney. Through the Mist, into a dark castle, above the trees of Dead, under the wood, Whoever finds it will revive the Horned King, or, KILL all else! John Byner» The Black Cauldron. The bargian is granted, and Eilonwy and Taran end up kissing each other. She does too; Black Cauldron is unusually equal, and while Taran becomes the notable hero, rarely is he in charge. Disney Remakes. Baloo The bearFan360 Style Spoof movie of Whalt Disney The Black Cauldron Taran-Timmy Brisby (The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy To Rescue) Princess Eilonwy- Jenny Mcbride (The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy To Rescue) Dallben-Papa Mousekewitz (An American Tail) Fflewdurr Fflam-Baloo (The Jungle Book) The Horned King-Jenner (The Secret of NIMH) King Eidilleg-Mufasa (The Lion King) Gurgi-Cecil (The Secret of . The Black Cauldron. As stated in the prologue: "Legend has it, in . John Byner. There's clear delineation between good and evil characters. John Byner is the voice of Gurgi in The Black Cauldron, and Tadashi Yamazaki is the Japanese voice. It is based on 1985's The Black Cauldron and the books The Chronicles Of Prydian. 1.2 Special Guests from The Black Cauldron. In The Black Cauldron (Duchess Animal Style) he is played by Kimba. Fflewddur Fflam. Marco Bresciani. Gurgi. Take a visual walk through their career and see 22 images of the characters they've voiced. Knowing . Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. Grant Bardsley as Taran (Voice) Susan Sheridan as Eilonwy (Voice) Freddie Jones as Dallben (Voice) Nigel Hawthorne as Fflewddur Fflam (Voice) Arthur Malet as King Eidilleg (Voice) John Byner as Gurgi (Voice) John Byner as Doli (Voice) Lindsay Rich as Fairfolk (Voice) Synopsis. John's TV career break happened in New York City on Merv Griffin's "Talent Scouts Show" in 1964. voiced by Arthur Malet and 15 others. It doesn't look like Andy Serkis has ever admitted that Gurgi was a major influence in the voice. (made by Emilythecutiepie) 1.4.1 Voice Cast. "The Black Cauldron" is a rip-roaring tale of swords and sorcery, evil and revenge, magic and pluck and luck. John Byner. 1.1 Version 1 (made by JosephcCL93) (If you edit, delete, or change the cast, I'm dead as a doornail) Coming soon in July 14, 2011. 1Disneyfan100's version of the Black Cauldron Leo San Juan (Legend Quest) as Taran Marcella (Legend Quest) as Princess Eilonwy Blackwolf (Wizards) as the Horned King Brother Aiden (The Secret of Kells) as Dallben Wander (Wander Over Yonder) as Gurgi Professor Emilius Browne (Bedknobs and Broomsticks) as Fflewddur Fflam Duck (Princess Tutu) as HenWen Rat (The Modifyers) as Creeper The . John Byner is a voice actor known for voicing Blue Aardvark, Gurgi, and Aardvark. John's work extends beyond the television in a range of roles from his uncredited role in What's Up, Doc? Princess Eilonwy of Llyr is one of the main characters and the deuteragonist in The Chronicles of Prydain and the 1985 Disney film The Black Cauldron, an adaptation of the first and second book of the series. This is followed up by various scenes of The Black Cauldron) Doug (vo): After Disney's death, the studio didn't have the stream of big hits that it used to. In The Black Cauldron (Duchess. (The Disneycember logo is shown, followed by a picture of Walt Disney and images of films released after his death. Meet Disney's Redheaded Stepchild and the 25th entry in the Disney Animated Canon, 1985's The Black Cauldron. Appearances The Black Cauldron. He is portrayed as a gopher wood troll creature, whose speech distortions somewhat resemble those of Donald Duck. Set in the . That's right, a Disney character outright commits suicide because the world is a better place without him. (Fade to a small, peaceful farm of Caer Dallben, home of Dallben the Enchanter) NC (vo): Nope, never mentioned again. And here we have one of the most infuriatingly overused Disney tropes ever: the character who appears dead, is mourned by the main characters, and then suddenly wakes up to live happily ever after. Date Of Birth: Jun 28. Editorial Reviews. John's work extends beyond the television in a range of roles from his uncredited role in What's Up, Doc? Still in College, but was able to make a comparison video. He is portrayed as a gopher wood troll creature, whose speech distortions somewhat resemble those of Donald Duck. 90 mins. Gurgi is a supporting character in Disney's 1985 feature film The Black Cauldron. For Disney, he voiced Gurgi and Doli in The Black Cauldron and hosted the Mouse Factory episode "Man at Work". The film is a mish-mash of Prydain . Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA. The Black Cauldron Rescues is an animated series based on the 1985 The Black Cauldron, film and the 2015 The Black Cauldron II. Title: The Black Cauldron Release date: Canada - 24 July 1985 USA - 24 July 1985 (New York City, New York) USA - 26 July 1985 UK - 11 October 1985 Ireland & New Zealand - 20 June 1986 USA - 21 March 1990 (Bend, Oregon) (re-release) USA - 4 August 1998 (video premiere) USA - 3 October 2000 (DVD. The Black Cauldron is a live action, dark-fantasy and drama movie. So obviously, this evil king is the bad guy, right-. A departure from the company's usual tendency to cheer up mythical stories, The Black Cauldron is an appropriately dark adventure-fantasy that benefits from the . He is portrayed as an eldery, small badger-like creature whose speech distortions somewhat resemble those of Donald Duck. voiced by Freddie Jones and 15 others. Title: The Black Cauldron Release date: Canada - 24 July 1985 USA - 24 July 1985 (New York City, New York) USA - 26 July 1985 UK - 11 October 1985 Ireland & New Zealand - 20 June 1986 USA - 21 March 1990 (Bend, Oregon) (re-release) USA - 4 August 1998 (video premiere) USA - 3 October 2000 (DVD. There used to be a restaurant in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom named after Gurgi, Gurgi's Munchies and Crunchies, which closed in 1993. The King tries to get Hen Wen to lead him to the mysterious Black Cauldron. Description The Black Cauldron Creeper, Taran, and Gurgi Storyboard Drawings plus Publicity Photos and Film Credits Folder Group (Walt Disney, 1985). to his role as the Judge in Robodoc.His best known roles include Radu from Transylvania 6-5000, the voice of Gurgi and Doli from Disney's The Black Cauldron, and Doc Seegle in Stroker Ace.John's work spans comedy, horror, drama, and voiceover. Roger Carel. And with that uplifting message, Gurgi kills himself. Long ago in a faraway land, there lived an evil king, a despot . During the prologue, the narrator talks about the history of the Black Cauldron and how the overlord came to become it. 3. After Gurgi sacrifices himself into the Cauldron, the friends trade the Cauldron back to the Witches of Morva in exchange for Gurgi back. Disney's "The Black Cauldron" (1985) voice actors cast and characters. [Prologue:] Legend has it, in the mystic land of Prydain. The Black Cauldron is an animated film released by Walt Disney Productions in 1985. The 25th Disney animated feature film , it is loosely based on the first two books in The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander , a series of five novels . One day, he and Dallben discover that Hen Wen has visions to find . And here we have one of the most infuriatingly overused Disney tropes ever: the character who appears dead, is mourned by the main characters, and then suddenly wakes up to live happily ever after. After they receive the Cauldron by trading away Dyrnwyn, they are captured again by the Horned King who then unleases the Cauldron Born. Look behind the voices of the classic fantasy adventure film "The Black Cauldron" and . Taran und der Zauberkessel (1985) The Black Cauldron. Movie: The Black Cauldron. Gurgi VOICE . Black Cauldron, The (film) Story of young Taran, a pig keeper, who attempts to rescue his clairvoyant pig, Hen Wen, from the Horned King's castle. There is a Catalan dubbing from 2006, but it is lost. The film "The Black Cauldron" may be obscure, but the score of "The Black Cauldron" has had a life of its own and is a journey into a fantasy world full of ominous melodies and bleak passages. So it only makes sense that The Lord of the Rings wouldn't feel bad about ripping off Gurgi from The Black Cauldron. Since Gurgi has no friends, he should die instead. He helps him find the titular Black Cauldron, but the . It is loosely based on the first two books, The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron, in Lloyd Alexander's fantasy series The Chronicles of Prydain and clocks in at eighty minutes. Trending: 3,317th This Week. The Black Cauldron is an unusual film from Disney that was supposed to mark a new era for its animation division. Gurgi remained loyal to Taran throughout the entire series . The 25th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the movie is loosely based on The Chronicles of Prydain series. Taran-Fievel (An American Tail) Princess Eilonwy-Olivia (The Great Mouse Detective) Gurgi-Oliver (Oliver and Company) Dallben-Owl (Pooh) Fflewddur Fflam-Conker the Squirrel (Conker's Bad Fur Day/Conker: Live and Reloaded) The Horned King-Cat R. Waul (An American Tail: Fievel Goes West) King Eiddlieg . Along the way, Taran is joined by a petulant-but-pretty princess, Eilonwy (voice of Susan Sheridan); a cute, cuddly creature named Gurgi (voice of John Byner); and Fflewddur Fflam (voice of Nigel Hawthorne), a bard with a penchant for telling tall tales. The Black Cauldron is a 1985 American animated adventure fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation in association with Silver Screen Partners II and released by Walt Disney Pictures. He possessed great agility and while often fearful, could be fierce in the defense of those he loved. Tadashi Yamazaki. The Black Cauldron was released as the twenty-fifth full-length animated feature in Disney history on July 24, 1985. It was also the studio's biggest Box Office Bomb and remains something of an Old Shame that the studio has largely . There was once a king so cruel, and so evil, that even the gods feared him. To this date it has been one of only two vendor/attraction with a Black Cauldron theme at any Disney theme park. voiced by Nigel Hawthorne and 16 others. It is about a pig keeper named Taran who dreams to become a warrior and to stop the black cauldron from the evil horned king. Frank Schaff-Langhans (October 18, 1965 - )October 18, 1965 - ) He is charged with hiding Hen Wen, an innocent-looking pig -who is actually an oracle. This clip sounds exactly like Gollum! With Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne. When The Horned King is re-released from the Black Cauldron and brought to Prydain, Taran, Eilonwy, Fflewddur and Gurgi must reunite to stop him from trying to destroy Prydain again. The title of that dub is Taran i la caldera màgica. Cast. This is just my random video of my favorite moment from Creeper from Disney's The Black Cauldron. Gurgi loves Taran, but is not loved much in return. "TIL that the voice actor for Gollum, Andy Serkis, used as his inspiration the voice of Gurgi from Disney's "the Black Cauldron" movie, listening to him talk is really eerie! The voice is provided by actor/impressionist John Byner. voiced by Phil Fondacaro and 15 others. King Eidilleg. . The voice was provided by actor/impressionist John Byner. The Black Cauldron is not populated with a gallery of interesting characters. It is about a pig keeper named Taran who dreams to become a warrior and to stop the black cauldron from the evil horned king. film. That said, characters do rely on weapons to solve problems. Taran, the pig keeper who dreams to become a warrior. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant . Film . I mean, you could make the claim that Gurgi in The Chronicles of Prydain is a rip-off of Gollum. Fueled by the spirit of the dark lord Arawn, who was once an evil overlord who ruled over the land of Prydain, the cauldron has the ability to raise the dead. It tells the story of a search for a magic cauldron that can, if it falls into the hands of the evil Horned King, be used as a bottomless source of evil. It was also the studio's biggest Box Office Bomb and remains something of an Old Shame that the studio has largely . A diminutive, furry badger-like creature of unknown kind and origin, Gurgi lived in the Forbidden Forest of Prydain during the Dark Ages. to his role as the Judge in Robodoc.His best known roles include Radu from Transylvania 6-5000, the voice of Gurgi and Doli from Disney's The Black Cauldron, and Doc Seegle in Stroker Ace.John's work spans comedy, horror, drama, and voiceover. When the witches reappear to reclaim the Black Cauldron, Fflewddur and Taran agree to trade the cauldron for Gurgi. 1.4 Version 2 (DO NOT DELETE THIS!) When Taran got lost in the Forest looking for Hen Wen, he met Gurgi, who quickly became his . Taran escapes with a young princess and a minstrel, and with the help of mischievous Gurgi, finds the Cauldron. He's not even the first to sacrifice himself. Gurgi is a . Originally disdained by Taran of Caer Dallben as a coward and a nuisance, the two became close friends, and Gurgi came to live with him at Caer Dallben. Taran is a brave (albeit initially reluctant) hero. The Black Cauldron is a live action, dark-fantasy and drama movie. And on . Nikkdisneylover8390's movie spoof of The Black Cauldron It Appeared on YouTube October 1, 2015. Enjoy! Gurgi manages to free the captives and Taran decides to cast himself into the cauldron, but Gurgi stops him and jumps into the cauldron himself. Gurgi was a humanoid furry creature of unknown species. For obvious reasons, The Black Cauldron was a box office bomb. Disney's animated film based on the Lloyd Alexander book featuring Taran in his rise to King. Sonic as Taran Princess Sally Acorn as Princess Eilonwy (Princess Sally Acorn and Princess Eilonwy are both Beautiful and Friendly) (Princess Eilonwy's Voice Suits Princess Sally Acorn) Knuckles as Dallben Uncle Chuck as Fflewddur Fflam Tails as Gurgi Espio as King Eidilleg Antoine as Doli Cream as Hen-Wen Shadow, Rotor, Charmy and Amy Rose as The Fairfolk Dulcy, Bunnie Rabbot and Breezie as . Gurgi is a character from Disney's 1985 animated feature film, The Black Cauldron. A young boy and a group of misfit friends embark on a quest to find a dark magic item of ultimate power before a diabolical tyrant can. The 25th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the first two books in The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, a series of five novels that are, in turn, based on Welsh mythology. It is based on 1985's The Black Cauldron and the books The Chronicles Of Prydian. 1.3 Voice Cast. Positive Role Models. Taran is . Funny and clever to a fault, Gurgi is portrayed to be very cowardly throughout most of the film but surprises viewers by rescuing his friends and sacrificing himself into the Cauldron to stop its . Film . Gurgi is the deuteragonist in Disney's horror adventure thriller fantasy-comedy film The Black Cauldron. Talk (0) List of Walt Disney Pictures films The Black Cauldron is a live action, dark-fantasy and drama movie. (Television Series) It was a sunny morning in Prydain, Taran was going outside to feed Hen Wen, but as usual, Gurgi was in . The Big Bad, the Horned King, wants the pig because she can uncover the location of the Black . Taran - Ash Ketchum (Pokemon) Eilonwy - May (Pokemon) Gurgi - Piglet (Winnie the Pooh) Dallben - The Sultan (Aladdin) Fflewddur Fflam - Alan A Dale (Robin Hood) The Horned King - Shere Khan (The Jungle Book) Creeper - Kaa (The Jungle Book) Hen Wen - Scheherezade (Sabrina: The Animated Series) and more; Voice Cast (English) The undead army collapses. Since no prison could hold him, he was thrown alive into a crucible of molting iron. Clever and witty, but also fearful and even cowardly on occasions, Gurgi loved eating apples most of all. It combines scenes from the first two books and posits the Horned King as the chief antagonist, while Arawn is a spirit trapped in the Cauldron. John performs the parts of Gurgi and Doli. The Horned King's rather gruesome-looking goblin henchman Creeper and the little forest creature Gurgi who befriends Taran are featured in a set of six original storyboard drawings from the hand of David Jonas (1926 - 2014). This clip sounds exactly like Gollum!". Adaptation Displacement: There's a book.That's right, there is a book called The Black Cauldron.And its author actually enjoyed the movie, albeit in a So Bad, It's Good sort of way. NC (vo): A black cauldron was made to conceal the king's evil, and whoever possessed it could raise an army of the dead. Reddit, r/lotr, accessed 28 August 2019. The Black Cauldron Rescues. The Black Cauldron (1985, animated) Directed by Ted Berman & Richard Rich John Byner [Gurgi/Doli] Roger Carel [Gurgi/Doli (french voice)] John Hurt [The Horned King] None. Princess Eilonwy of Llyr is one of the main characters and the deuteragonist in The Chronicles of Prydain and the 1985 Disney film The Black Cauldron, an adaptation of the first and second book of the series. Mario Jorge Andrade. Gurgi was a creature of an unknown kind, not quite animal and not quite human. When the Horned King spots Taran at large, he inters the turn of events, says that Taran has interfered for the last time, and throws the youth toward the cauldron; however . The Black Cauldron: Directed by Ted Berman, Richard Rich. ; Anticlimax Boss: Despite all the build up the character had, the Horned King doesn't put up much of a fight before he is sucked into the cauldron: he lunges unarmed at Taran and grabs him, showing no display of . Eric Metayer. Zdeněk Hess Jindřich Hinke Julie Alexandridisová Milan Stehlík Jiří Valšuba Pavel Kříž Henk Votel. There his demonic spirit was captured, in the form of a great black cauldron. But The Horned King has new allies: The Legendary Largo, Maleficent, The . The Black Cauldron II. John Byner is an American actor, comedian, and impressionist, best known for doing the voice of The Ant and the Aardvark. Gurgi was a creature of an unknown kind, not quite animal and not quite human. The 25th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the first two books in The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, a series of five novels that are, in turn, based on Welsh mythology . voiced by John Byner and 15 others. Process Eilonwy was the princess of Llyr who was abducted by the Horned King and forced to help him find the Black Cauldron through the use of her pelydryn. But in this case, it plays the Latin Spanish dub. Credited Voice Cast. After great exposure on both Garry Moore and Steve Allen's variety . In 2012, it was re-released in its entirety (most of it was absent from "The Black Cauldron"'s final cut) and is one of the epic soundtracks of all . Originally disdained by Taran of Caer Dallben as a coward and a nuisance, the two became close friends, and Gurgi came to live with him at Caer Dallben. It is based on 1985's The Black Cauldron and the books The Chronicles Of Prydian. Wolfgang Ziffer. HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — If comedian John Byner is right, he will be immortalized as the voice of Gurgi, a fuzzy little creature in Disney's new feature-length cartoon adventure, The Black Cauldron. Grant Bardsley …Taran (voice) CREDITS. Orddu, Orwen, and Orgoch, known as The Witches of Morva, are three neutral characters from Disney's 1985 feature film, The Black Cauldron.Infamous for making bargains, they sold the Black Cauldron for Taran's Magic Sword. He possessed great agility and while often fearful, could be fierce in the defense of those he loved. Creeper. When the witches reappear to reclaim the Black Cauldron, Fflewddur and Taran agree to trade the cauldron for Gurgi. Perfect Peter as Taran Gorgeous Gurinder as Princess Eilonwy (Princess Eilonwy's Voice Suits Gorgeous Gurinder) Goody-Goody Gordon as Gurgi Henry's Dad as Fflewddur Fflam Mr. Mossy as Dallben Brainy Brian as King Eidilleg Stuck-Up Steve as Doli Tidy Ted, Spotless Sam, Pimply Paul and Prissy Polly as The Fairfolks Sour Susan, Lazy Linda and Moody Margret as Orddu, Orwen and Orgoch Rude Ralph as . The Black Cauldron is a 1985 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation in association with Silver Screen Partners II and released by Walt Disney Pictures. HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — If comedian John Byner is right, he will be immortalized as the voice of Gurgi, a fuzzy little creature in Disney's new feature-length cartoon adventure, The Black Cauldron. Now, with help from his furry sidekick Gurgi and Princess Eilonwy, Taran must locate the magical black cauldron before the Horned King is able to use its mystical powers to summon an army of the . Charlie Adler voices Gurgi with the voice he did for Cow/Super-Cow on Cow and Chicken, Swindler 2 on Adventures from the Book of Virtue, Mechanikles on Aladdin (1994), Mr. Ted on Timon and Pumbaa, Snivley from Sonic the Hedgehog (1993), Paddington from Paddington Bear (1989), and Steamer from Cro. It is the story of Taran, a young Assistant Pig Keeper who desperately wants to be a great warrior. The Black Cauldron is the titular object of the film of the same name. Gurgi remained loyal to Taran throughout the entire series . It is about a pig keeper named Taran who dreams to become a warrior and to stop the black cauldron from the evil horned king. Plot Summary. The film was also adapted into a computer game released by Sierra On-Line in 1986 (yes, the same folks who produced Space Quest and King's Quest).. Based on the The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron is easily one of Disney's darkest animated features. Now, with help from his furry sidekick Gurgi and Princess Eilonwy, Taran must locate the magical black cauldron before the Horned King is able to use its mystical powers to summon an army of the . The Black Cauldron (1985) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Process Eilonwy was the princess of Llyr who was abducted by the Horned King and forced to help him find the Black Cauldron through the use of her pelydryn. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. Instead, it failed at the box office and Disney would not recover until The Little Mermaid in 1989. and a fuzzy little creature named Gurgi (voice by John Byner).