The Black Cauldron (1985)

Nigel Hawthorne: Fflewddur

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• Eilonwy : Weren't you a bit frightened, Fflewdurr?

  Fflewddur Fflam : A Fflam frightened? That word is not in my vocabulary.

  [harp strings vibrate; Fflewddur stops them] 

  Fflewddur Fflam : But in this case, well chosen, my dear.

• Eilonwy : Oh, Taran, I'm afraid it'll soon be over for us.

  Taran : I hadn't planned it to end like this, Eilonwy.

  Fflewddur Fflam : Oh, I wish I'd stayed a toad.

• Fflewddur Fflam : I'm Fflewddur Fflam, minstrel of minstrels! Balladeer to the grandest courts in all the land!

  [harp string snaps] 

  Fflewddur Fflam : And I, uh, eh? Eh, well, have you forgotten? I have sung in some of the finest courts...

  [another string snaps] 

  Fflewddur Fflam : Well, I'm only waiting for an invitation.

  [another one snaps] 

  Fflewddur Fflam : Oh, shush. Why do you have to judge every word I say?

• [Gurgi is hugging Fflewddur Fflam, who thinks he is being attacked] 

  Fflewddur Fflam : Help! Get this thing off me!

  Gurgi : Oh, Gurgi's happy day!

  [Gurgi puts on Fflewddur's hat] 

  Gurgi : Wow!

  Fflewddur Fflam : Yes, keep it! It's a gift!

  Gurgi : [Holding Fflewddur's harp]  This! Gurgi want this!

  Fflewddur Fflam : Take it! I'm sure you've murdered for less.

• Orddu : We have business with your little hero.

  Taran : Hero? Gurgi was the hero.

  Orddu : The only thing that mattered to you was the Cauldron, but now it is of no use to you. So we shall take it and be on our way.

  Fflewddur Fflam : Stay your hand, ladies. We never give anything away. We bargain, we trade. Remember?

  Orddu : Did these old ears hear the word "bargain"?

  Fflewddur Fflam : Yes, Madam, your old ears heard right.

  Orwen : Oh, I just adore forceful men.

  Fflewddur Fflam : Oh, pull yourself together, Madam.

• King Eidilleg : Tell me. Is the burning and killing still going on up there?

  Fflewddur Fflam : You're refering to that-that-that-that joke on humanity, the Horned King.

  King Eidilleg : Will no one stand up to him?

  Taran : We've seen him. And if he ever finds the Black Cauldron, he'll kill us all.

  King Eidilleg : Oh, no. He'll never find it. It's safely hidden, in Morva.

  Taran : Morva?

  King Eidilleg : At least I think it is. Isn't it, Doli?

  Doli : [Angry]  What? Is that one of my new jobs? Knowing where the Cauldron was last seen?

  King Eidilleg : Don't worry. He'll find it. You'll see.

• [repeated line] 

  Fflewddur Fflam : Great Belin!