The Black Cauldron (film)

The Black Cauldron is the twenty-fifth film in the Disney animated features canon. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions, and originally released to theatres on July 24 1985 by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. It is based loosely on the first two volumes of Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain. The movie was directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich and starred the voices of Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, and John Hurt.

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Disney animated feature - Walt Disney Productions - July 24 - 1985 - Walt Disney Pictures - Buena Vista Distribution - Lloyd Alexander - Chronicles of Prydain - Ted Berman - Richard Rich - Grant Bardsley - Susan Sheridan - Freddie Jones - Nigel Hawthorne - John Hurt

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The story concerns the evil Horned King, who attempts to secure the Black Cauldron in order to rule the world. The Horned King is opposed by the heroes Taran, Princess Eilonwy, Fflewddur Fflam, and a strange creature named Gurgi.

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Taran - Princess Eilonwy - Fflewddur Fflam - Gurgi

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The Black Cauldron was the first Disney animated film to get a PG rating, and represented the studio's attempt to reach out to teenage fans of fantasy novels, a popular genre at the time. However the gamble proved unsuccessful, with the film receiving very poor box office figures. For many years, it was considered by many to be Disney's most spectacular flop, although that distinction would likely go to 2002's Treasure Planet today.

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Teenage - Flop - 2002 - Treasure Planet

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Critics blamed the film's lack of appeal on the atypical dark nature of the film, and the lack of songs. To this day it remains one of Disney's more obscure films, largely due to the fact that its characters have not been widely marketed or integrated into the conventional Disney canon.

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However, based on reviews from visitors to the Internet Movie Database, it is safe to say that the movie has, over the last several years, become somewhat of a cult classic, because the aforementioned reviewers regard the darker content, absence of songs, and other aspects of the film different from other Disney movies, as positives.

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Internet Movie Database - Cult classic

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The Black Cauldron (game) was released by Sierra Entertainment under Disney license, based on the movie.

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The Black Cauldron (game) - Sierra Entertainment

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