The Black Cauldron

Name: The Black Cauldron
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1985-07-24
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Rating: 6.50
Cast: Susan Sheridan, Grant Bardsley, Nigel Hawthorne, Freddie Jones

– Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to p..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

6.50 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 20 Minutes

Release Year:

1985

Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.

Styles:

Epic, Tense, Fairy Tale, Surreal, Scary, Semi Serious, Feel Good, Humorous, Stylized, Suspenseful

Story Timeline:

Middle Ages, 1980s

Producing Country:

USA

Filming Locations:

Britain, Dungeon, England

Genre:

Fantasy, Animation, Horror, Family, Adventure, Action

Editor's Pick for:

Family Outing

The Black Cauldron (1985) - Trailer

Release Date:

24 Jul 1985

Language:

English, Portuguese

MPAA Content-Rating:

PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

The Black Cauldron: Special Edition

Directed by:

Ted Berman, Richard Rich

Story Written By:

Doug Lefler, Mel Shaw, Steve Hulett, Tony Marino, Roy Edward Disney, Joe Hale, Art Stevens, Peter Young, Roy Morita, David Jonas, Lloyd Alexander, Ted Berman, Vance Gerry, Burny Mattinson, John Musker, Ron Clements, Richard Rich, Rosemary Anne Sisson, Al Wilson

Main Actors:

Susan Sheridan, Grant Bardsley, Nigel Hawthorne, Freddie Jones

Plot:

Centuries ago, in the land of Prydain, a young man named Taran is given the task of protecting Hen Wen, a magical oracular pig, who knows the location of the mystical black cauldron. This is not an easy task, for The Evil Horned King will stop at nothing to get the cauldron.

Production Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

6.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

55%

Metacritic:

59%