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The Black Cauldron

The Black Cauldron

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 24, 1985

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy

User Score

64%

Original Title

The Black Cauldron

Production Companies

Silver Screen Partners II, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Productions

Director

Ted Berman

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$21,300,000

Description

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.