The 74 Minute Long Doogal-Mentary

You might know Doogal as the terrible animated movie that Butch Hartman worked on. You might know it as the American version of the Magic Roundabout movie from 2005. But the story runs deeper than you might imagine...

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The Magic Roundabout (also known as Sprung! The Magic Roundabout; French: Pollux – Le manège enchanté) is a 2005 animated adventure fantasy film based on the television series of the same name. The movie was directed by David Borthwick, Frank Passingham, and Jean Duval. It was written by Paul Bassett Davies, Raoff and Stephane Sanoussi, and Tad Safran. 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 a reawakened villain, who intends on freezing the world, from retrieving a set of powerful diamonds.

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. Only Ian McKellen's performance was retained, while Kylie Minogue redubbed her role from the UK release. The UK and French dub received mixed reviews, but the US dub received overwhelmingly negative reviews.

0:00 Intro
0:40 The Saga of Serge Danot
6:46 The Crystal Theatre of the Saint
9:03 Bolexbrothers
11:10 The Production Begins
15:57 The Real Story Unfolds
35:30 The Magic Roundabout (2005)
44:38 Butch Hartman
49:53 Harvey Weinstein
53:14 Doogal (2006)
1:00:35 The Fallout
1:03:20 The Legacy of David Borthwick
1:05:06 What Do We Take Away?
1:08:31 Outro

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