The Magic Roundabout (movie) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Magic Roundabout(Doogal in North America) |
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Directed by | Dave Borthwick Jean Duval Frank Passingham |
Produced by | Claude Gorsky Laurent Rodon Pascal Rodon |
Written by | Paul Bassett Raolf Sanoussi Stephane Sanoussi Butch Hartman (North America) |
Narrated by | Judi Dench |
Starring | UK: Kylie Minogue Joanna Lumley Robbie Williams Jim Broadbent Bill Nighy Ian McKellen Tom Baker Ray Winstone Lee Evans US: Kylie Minogue Whoopi Goldberg Daniel Tay William H. Macy Jimmy Fallon Ian McKellen Jon Stewart Bill Hader Chevy Chase Kevin Smith AUS: Nathan Gamble Mandy Moore Loretta Devine Richard E.Grant Joe Pantoliano Liam Neeson Steve Buscemi Laurence Fishburne Snoop Dogg Steve Harvey David Spade |
Distributed by | The Weinstein Company (North America) Pathé (Europe) 20th Century Fox (UK DVD) Alliance Films (Canada) Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Canadian DVD) |
Release date(s) | February 11, 2005 (Europe) February 24, 2006 (North America) |
Running time | 85 minutes (Europe) 78 minutes (North America) 111 minutes (Australia) |
Language | English, French |
Budget | $20,000,000 |
The Magic Roundabout is a fun animated movie from the United Kingdom and France. It's also known as Doogal in North America. The film came out in 2005 in Europe and 2006 in North America. This movie is based on a popular TV show with the same name. The story follows a brave dog named Dougal (or Doogal). He must save his best friend, Florence, and the entire world. An evil spring named ZeeBad wants to freeze everything!
The Adventure Begins
A shaggy, candy-loving puppy named Dougal (Doogal in North America) is the main hero. He teams up with his friends for a very important journey. Their goal is to stop their enemy, the evil ice sorcerer ZeeBad. ZeeBad wants to turn the whole world into ice. To stop him, Doogal and his friends must find three special diamonds. These diamonds are the only way to defeat ZeeBad and save everyone.
Awesome Music
The movie features a cool soundtrack with many different songs. Some of these songs are very famous!
- "Magic" by Pilot is a classic song. It was also used in other movies like Herbie Fully Loaded.
- "Mr. Blue Sky" by the Electric Light Orchestra is a well-known '70s tune. This song is super important for the ending of the movie!
- "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies was a number one hit in 1969. You can hear it during the closing credits of the film.
Soundtrack List
Here are some of the songs and music pieces from the movie's soundtrack:
- Main Titles - Mark Thomas
- The Magic Roundabout - Kylie Minogue – VOCAL
- Meet Doogal - James Venable
- Magic – Pilot - VOCAL
- You Really Got Me - Bill Nighy & Catherine Bott - VOCAL
- Doogal the Mechanic - James Venable
- Zeebad Escapes - Mark Thomas
- Sam Marches - John M. Davis
- The Magic Roundabout - Andrea Remanda and Goldust – VOCAL
- Meet Zeebad - James Venable
- Setting Up Camp - Mark Thomas
- Spinning - Andrea Remanda and Goldust - VOCAL
- Duel Of The Springs 2 - Mark Thomas
- Simply Wonderful - Andrea Remanda and Goldust - VOCAL
- The What-a-Snails Waltz - Mark Thomas
- Zeebad Threatens - James Venable
- Train's Back - Mark Thomas
- Lost In The Cold - Mark Thomas
- See The City - Mark Thomas
- The Frozen City - Mark Thomas
- Frozen Florence - John M. Davis
- The End Of Zeebad - Mark Thomas
- Florence Awakes - Mark Thomas
- Sugar, Sugar - The Archies - VOCAL
- I Love To Boogie - T. Rex - VOCAL
- Lean Mean Machine - Andrea Remanda and Goldust - VOCAL
- Believe Yourself - Andrea Remanda and Goldust - VOCAL (This song is used when Dylan fights skeleton guards in the UK version.)
- Bust This Joint - Andrea Remanda and Goldust - VOCAL
See also
In Spanish: Pollux: Le Manège enchanté para niños