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A naive princess, her beloved cat and a poor mining boy team up to save their kingdom from a nasty underground realm of bad-mannered goblins.A naive princess, her beloved cat and a poor mining boy team up to save their kingdom from a nasty underground realm of bad-mannered goblins.A naive princess, her beloved cat and a poor mining boy team up to save their kingdom from a nasty underground realm of bad-mannered goblins.
Joss Ackland
- King Papa
- (voice)
Roy Kinnear
- Mump
- (voice)
Rik Mayall
- Prince Froglip
- (voice)
Peggy Mount
- Goblin Queen
- (voice)
Peter Murray
- Curdie
- (voice)
Victor Spinetti
- Glump
- (voice)
Mollie Sugden
- Looti
- (voice)
Maxine Howe
- Curdie's Mother
- (voice)
Stephen Lyons
- Drunk Cook
- (voice)
- (as Steve Lyons)
- …
Robin Lyons
- Goblin King
- (voice)
- …
István Avar
- King Papa
- (Hungarian version)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Zoltán Bezerédi
- Prince Froglip
- (Hungarian version)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Imre Csuja
- Soldiers
- (Hungarian version)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Ilona Györi
- Looti
- (Hungarian version)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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I've always enjoyed this movie. I first saw it when I was little and it was one of my favorite animated movies as a kid. I had it on VCR and just watched it on and on. I'm Icelandic so I saw the movie in Icelandic growing up. Some years ago I tried to watch it in English but I didn't enjoy it. But, that's just me. It's just become a habit seeing it so often in Icelandic. Now that I've watched it again in Icelandic, I still enjoy it but I have noticed that the animation isn't really that perfect. It could be much better but it doesn't really bother me.I really like the storyline, it's very good. In my opinion this is a very enjoyable movie for kids.
As a non-Disney movie made in 1991 with 1/3 the budget of Alladin, it is a masterpiece. If you want to hate this movie you will find reasons to do so, but it is a really fun, sweet, and surprisingly conceptual for a child's film. I am uncertain whether today's 5 year-olds would enjoy such a dated presentation but it's worth a shot.
The animation is dated now and it was kind of dated back then. It came out in 1992 but I would believe anyone who said it came out in 1982. It's not bad animation, just not on par with Alladin but better than Jungle Book. I actually like the kind of watercolor backgrounds, it adds a dream-like quality.
The story is sweet, it is a kid's movie, and there are couple funny parts. The voice acting is for the most part quite good.
It was one of my favorite movies as a kid probably between 4 and 10 years old. The concepts and story are quirky. The characters are lovable to a fault, even some of the goblins.
The animation is dated now and it was kind of dated back then. It came out in 1992 but I would believe anyone who said it came out in 1982. It's not bad animation, just not on par with Alladin but better than Jungle Book. I actually like the kind of watercolor backgrounds, it adds a dream-like quality.
The story is sweet, it is a kid's movie, and there are couple funny parts. The voice acting is for the most part quite good.
It was one of my favorite movies as a kid probably between 4 and 10 years old. The concepts and story are quirky. The characters are lovable to a fault, even some of the goblins.
For anyone who has seen this movie, they know what I'm talking about. This movie is pretty good although there is exaggeration in some parts. Personally, I like the song. It has a nice beat, very medieval and it gives hope. It was made in Hungary and it won a prize. YES! When I first got this movie, people who came to my house always wanted to watch it and I got sick of it. Now I just watched for the first time in 3 years and it was good. Watch it! You'll like it! If you've seen it already, you must really think the goblin cat is the most hilarious thing in the movie.
10calongne
The Princess and the Goblin is a story about bravery and loyalty. This animated version features a lovely song, excellent voice acting and enjoyable animations. Curdie, the miner boy, sings a song with such haunting beauty that you feel the power in it (reminiscent of a soloist in the Vienna Boy's Choir). The song remains in your memory long after you watch the movie.
From the beginning, the encounters with the goblins and the cobs are handled in an unexpected and amusing fashion.
My family liked The Princess and the Goblin and we recommend it. This movie is refreshingly different from other animated fare, and it brought the 1872 book by George MacDonald to life.
From the beginning, the encounters with the goblins and the cobs are handled in an unexpected and amusing fashion.
My family liked The Princess and the Goblin and we recommend it. This movie is refreshingly different from other animated fare, and it brought the 1872 book by George MacDonald to life.
I remember constantly watching this movie as a kid. I even remember where I got it from. Avon, since my Grandma sells it and still does. Out of all the animated movies I don't know why I loved this one so much as a kid. Re-watching it now I still don't. What do I think of it now?
Well, it's OK. I've definitely re-watched worse old animated films. This one actually even had some pretty decent songs. The story was simple but good overall. There are some things I noticed about it now that I know I would have never caught as a kid. But then that's why for the most part that I do re-watch things that I watched as a kid. That and to see how they hold up now. One things for sure, I can see why kids would like it. It will always have a lasting impression on my mind also, no matter how faint. :)
Well, it's OK. I've definitely re-watched worse old animated films. This one actually even had some pretty decent songs. The story was simple but good overall. There are some things I noticed about it now that I know I would have never caught as a kid. But then that's why for the most part that I do re-watch things that I watched as a kid. That and to see how they hold up now. One things for sure, I can see why kids would like it. It will always have a lasting impression on my mind also, no matter how faint. :)
Did you know
- TriviaThe first animated feature to have been created in Wales. The film was produced in two countries, with Siriol Animation based in Cardiff, Wales, and Pannonia Film Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
- GoofsWhen Irene is following her grandmother's magic thread through the cave and comes to a pile of rocks which she thinks is a dead end, her hood is up. But when she cries about never finding a way out, her hood is down and when she figures out that she's supposed to follow the thread through the pile of rocks, her hood is up again.
- Quotes
Princess Irene: Are you a ghost?
Great Great Grandmother Irene: No, but I'm not real, either.
Princess Irene: Are you some sort of... magic, then?
- Alternate versionsTheatrical prints of the film have the Hemdale Communications logo, but home video releases remove this.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cartoon Corner: The Princess & the Goblin (2010)
- SoundtracksA Spark Inside Us
Composed by Chris Stuart
Lyrics by Robin Lyons
Sung by Paul Keating with Sally Ann Marsh and the Pendyrus Male Choir
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,105,078
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $451,560
- Jun 5, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $2,105,078
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