Originally Posted By DLFAN79 Did the Black Cauldron chracters ever have thier face counterparts at the parks or was it only for the Radio City premiere??
Originally Posted By basil fan I saw a photo of a walk-around Gurgi when the film came out, so the costume exists, but I have never seen any character in the parks. Tarzan's Dictionary <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/etc/tarmangani.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ etc/tarmangani.html</a>
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: The answer to your question, DLFAN79, duckling, the answer is--for just one day. Then--due to circumstances beyond anyone's control--a certain sister witch went totally bizerk and got the whole lot of us fired. Thus we're banned for life from ever appearing at the Disney parks. ORWEN: Well, Gurgi was out and about a few times beyond that first day, actually, but he's the only one of us from the film that managed to survive past that first day. And even HE isn't allowed to be seen any more. (sigh) ORGOCH: Always gotta' be moanin' 'n groanin' 'bout the past, don'tchas?!
Originally Posted By DLFAN1979 Quite intersting Witches!! So u r all saying that Taran and his HUMAN cohorts ONLY appeared for ONE DAY at the Radio City premire, but your friend Gurgi made it to, i assume, DL?? Quite sad they thought that Taran et al were not worthy to mingle among park guests!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I am going to go thru my kids autograph books-- I really think I remember my oldest getting an autograph and pic with Gurgi because I remember having to explain to her who it was ---- I will let you know what I find ---
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Well, your interpretation is certainly close enough, DLFAN1979, duckling--so we'll just leave it at that. ORGOCH: Only smart thing ya ever said in yer life, sister! ORWEN: Well, I'm not quite so ready to forgive! If it hadn't been for YOU, old biddy, the rest of us could have been STARS by now!! Instead, here we are on Laughing Place--reduced to the status of second-class 'has beens'--ashamed to show our faces in public--all because you couldn't control a nasty temper when a man on Main Street mistook us for cleaning women and wanted us to clean up horse droppings that were accidentally left on Main Street!! If I had it to do all over again, I'd have cleaned up after the horses, myself, just to make sure we still had a future with Disney!! ORDDU: Anyway, DLFAN1979, all is not lost. Taran, Eilonwy, Gurgi, Hen Wen, Dalben and the rest of the Black Cauldron gang continue to live somewhat happily ever after--as long as we manage to avoid encounters with the Horned King and his evil minions. ORWEN: And, if you keep your eyes open, you actually WILL see us Cauldron gals at the park from time to time. Doobie actually ran into us at Epcot a few years back and we posed with him in a couple of pictures!
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Yeah, I sure wish I could have seen that! What I wouldn't do for a picture with Gurgi, LOL! The costume I saw on the DVD of the Black Cauldron looked darn cute too! I'd love to find any other photos of the character costume too...
Originally Posted By arstogas Thought I ran into the Horned King, but it turned out to be Leona Helmsley wearing a Donna Karan bathrobe... Go figure.
Originally Posted By basil fan So, exactly which human characters appeared at the premiere? Does anyone have pics of them? Love to see how they look.
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo I wish they would have Gurgi in the park. He was so funny and adorible. I don't think you'll see any of these characters in the park anytime soon because the film was pretty much a flop, and I believe it was the first animated film by Disney that was rated PG-13 wasn't it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Munchies and Crunchies" <a href="http://www.newlineagefilms.com" target="_blank">http://www.newlineagefilms.com</a>
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Yup, ya got that right. ORWEN: We were also the first Disney animated film to be made without any songs in it. The producer, Joe Hale, was badly influenced by critics who had bad-mouthed other animated films for being musicals. Mr. Hale wanted to try something different--so he wouldn't allow any songs to be included in BLACK CAULDRON--even though we tried to talk him out of such a bad idea.
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo Well, my opinion is yes BC is not your typical Disney animated movie, but it is fantastic. I am not sure i like the the way they did the time line by combining three of the books to make this movie but thats ok. (Of course, the way Disney does things today, using the other books they could have made streight to video sequels)I think the animation is gorgeous and life like, and the characters very likable. Even the witches had character! And beauty, really! (Whew, avoided getting turned into a toad there) The Prydain books were my favorite as a kid, and may still be today. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <a href="http://www.newlineagefilms.com" target="_blank">http://www.newlineagefilms.com</a>
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo OOps.. sorry for my incorrect thoughts. Thanks Dis-Philip. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <a href="http://www.newlineagefilms.com" target="_blank">http://www.newlineagefilms.com</a>
Originally Posted By basil fan I also like Black Cauldron a lot. Sure, there are flaws, but still many worthwhile elements.
