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The black cauldron [videorecording] / writers, Al Winston ... [et al.] ; directors, Ted Berman, Richard Rich.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 057417 | DisneyLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2010]Edition: 25th anniversary edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles:
  • Black cauldron (Motion picture).
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Music, Elmer Bernstein.
Cast: John Byner, John Hurt, John Huston, Nigel Hawthorne, Susan Sheridan.Summary: Whoever releases the mysterious Black Cauldron's powers will be invincible! The fearsome Horned King will do anything to possess it, but he is challenged by the most unlikely adversary: a young assistant pig keeper named Taran. With a motley team of the brave Princess Eilonwy, a minstrel named Fflewddur Fflam, and Hen-Wen, a remarkable pig who can predict the future, Taran embarks on a quest to stop the Black Cauldron's evil once and for all.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Walt Disney Pictures produced this ambitious, animated tale of sorcery and swordfighting. Taran (voice of Grant Bardsley), is an assistant to Dallben (voice of Freddie Jones), a pigkeeper in the mythical land of Prydain. Taran longs to be a knight, and he's given his chance to live out his dream when he is sent out in search of a magical black cauldron which can either be a powerful instrument of good or a bottomless fount of evil, depending entirely upon who should find it. However, Taran is not the only one in search of this talisman -- the Horned King (voice of John Hurt) wants the cauldron to shore up his sinister powers and raise an army of the dead, and with the help of the all-seeing pig Hen-Wren, the wicked one may make his hideous plans a reality. The Black Cauldron had the distinction of being the first animated feature from Disney to receive a PG rating from the MPAA, due to some frightening scenes of black magic. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Inspired by "The chronicles of Prydain" by Lloyd Alexander.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.

Special features: The witches challenge game; Quest for the black cauldron; short: "Trick or treat"; deleted scenes; still frame gallery.

Music, Elmer Bernstein.

John Byner, John Hurt, John Huston, Nigel Hawthorne, Susan Sheridan.

Whoever releases the mysterious Black Cauldron's powers will be invincible! The fearsome Horned King will do anything to possess it, but he is challenged by the most unlikely adversary: a young assistant pig keeper named Taran. With a motley team of the brave Princess Eilonwy, a minstrel named Fflewddur Fflam, and Hen-Wen, a remarkable pig who can predict the future, Taran embarks on a quest to stop the Black Cauldron's evil once and for all.

MPAA rating: PG; for some scary images.

DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, NTSC, region 1.

English, French or Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles. Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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