Gurgi. Gollum. Gurgi.

Film As some of you might be aware, I'm in the process of watching my way through all of Disney's official animated films in release order, the first time I'm seeing most of them since I was a child, if I saw them back then at all what with video not having been invented and the nearest cinemas bus rides away. 

Tonight was The Black Cauldron and frankly the production stories are arguably more exciting than the film itself. But there are other oddities for fans of other film franchises notably when the character of Gurgi is introduced. Watch this clip now:



He's Gollum from Lord of the Rings isn't he? Hasn't Andy Serkis basically been doing a complex pastiche of that for over a decade?

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