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The Black Cauldron (film)

The Black Cauldron
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Original theatrical release poster
Directed by
Produced by
Story by
  • Ted Berman
  • Vance Gerry
  • Joe Hale
  • David Jonas
  • Roy Morita
  • Richard Rich
  • Art Stevens
  • Al Wilson
  • Peter Young
Based on
Starring
Narrated by John Huston
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Edited by
  • James Melton
  • Jim Koford
  • Armetta Jackson
Production
company
Distributed by Buena Vista Distribution
Release date
  • July 24, 1985 (1985-07-24)
Running time
80 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $44 million
Box office $21.3 million
The Black Cauldron
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Soundtrack album by Elmer Bernstein
Released 1985 (re-recording)
April 3, 2012 (film tracks)
Genre Orchestral
Length 30:25 (re-recording)
75:27 (film tracks)
Label Varèse Sarabande (re-recording)
Walt Disney / Intrada (film tracks)
Producer George Korngold, Randy Thornton
Walt Disney Animation Studios music chronology
The Fox and the Hound
(1981)
The Black Cauldron
(1985)
The Great Mouse Detective
(1986)
Elmer Bernstein chronology
Ghostbusters
(1984)
The Black Cauldron
(1985)
Spies Like Us
(1985)
Alternative cover
2012 re-release cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars
Filmtracks 4/5 stars
The Black Cauldron
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Developer(s) Sierra On-Line
Publisher(s) Sierra On-Line
Distributor(s) Walt Disney Personal Computer Software
Director(s) Ted Berman, Richard Rich
Producer(s) Ron W. Miller
Designer(s) Al Lowe
Programmer(s) Scott Murphy
Artist(s) Mark Crowe
Composer(s) Elmer Bernstein
Series List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films
Engine Adventure Game Interpreter
Platform(s) MS-DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Tandy 1000
Release date(s) 1986
Genre(s) adventure game
Mode(s) single player

The Black Cauldron is a 1985 American animated dark fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures in association with Silver Screen Partners II. The 25th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the first two books in The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, a series of five novels that are, in turn, based on Welsh mythology.

Set in the mythical land of Prydain during the dark ages, the film centers on the evil Horned King who hopes to secure an ancient magical cauldron that will aid him in his desire to conquer the world. He is opposed by a young pig keeper named Taran, the young princess Eilonwy, the bard Fflewddur Fflam, and a wild creature named Gurgi who seek to destroy the cauldron, to prevent the Horned King from ruling the world.

The film is directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich, who had directed Disney's previous animated film The Fox and the Hound in 1981, the first Disney animated film to be recorded in Dolby Stereo. It features the voices of Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, John Byner, and John Hurt. It was the first Disney animated film to receive a PG rating as well as the first Disney animated film to feature computer-generated imagery. The film was released theatrically by Buena Vista Distribution on July 24, 1985. Disney released the film for the first time on home video in 1998.


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