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Christian Riehl | ... | Narrator / Pollux / Zébulon (voice) |
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Paul Bisciglia | ... | Le Chat Bleu (voice) |
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Nadine Legrand | ... | La Reine Bleue (French version) (voice) |
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Jean-Luc Tardieu | ... | Le Père Jouvence (voice) |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Jean Anneron | ... | Ambroise / Basil (voice) |
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Denise Bourel | ... | Coralie / Le Coucou (voice) |
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Pierre Ferval | ... | Le Train (voice) |
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Christine Lefèvre | ... | La Voix bleue (voice) |
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Pascale Priou | ... | Azalée (voice) |
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Eric Thompson | ... | Narrator / Dougal / Florence / Brian / Zebedee / Dylan / Mr. Rusty / Mr. Machenry / Ermentrude / The Train (voice) |
Life at the Magic Roundabout is disrupted when a blue cat called Buxton finds his way into town. Everyone loves Buxton except for Dougal, who discovers the cat's mad plan to become the king of blue army and destroy all who are not blue.
Why is this so much better than the recent offering? I'd like to say it's because it looks, feels, sounds, tastes, and smells like the original, but not all of those senses apply to a movie.
Eric Thompson was involved, so it is the same humour and wit. Dougal is the hero whom nobody believes when a real threat to peace in the garden arrives. Sounds just like the times we live in now (2005)! The garden is still the garden, but the new settings (including the Moon!) still look like they belong in the same universe. My favourite part is Fenella Fielding, but then she's related to me, so I admit to bias. I liked the Blue Cat too - he behaves as you would expect of him (without wishing to say what he does...), and it's interesting that there was no need to add new characters aside from the Blue Cat and the Blue Voice. No change of visual style. That's what I call a Real movie adaptation - it really is just like the TV series, but longer. My junior critics (aged 3 and 5) love both the Blue Cat and the 2005 Magic Roundabout movies, but when offered, they still watch the Blue Cat and old TV series...