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The Black Cauldron

Year:
Duration:
80 min
Genres:
Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy
IMDB rate:
6.4
Director:
Ted Berman
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1985-07-24
Filming Locations: Llechwedd Slate Caverns, Llechwedd Slate Mine, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Earnings
Budget: $44,000,000
Opening Weekend: $4,180,110 (USA) (28 July 1985)
Gross: $21,288,692 (USA) (29 September 1985)
Cast
Actor
Character
Grant Bardsley
Taran
Susan Sheridan
Eilonwy
Freddie Jones
Dallben
Nigel Hawthorne
Fflewddur Fflam
Arthur Malet
King Eidilleg
John Byner
Gurgi
Lindsay Rich
Fairfolk
Brandon Call
Fairfolk
Gregory Levinson
Fairfolk
Eda Reiss Merin
Orddu
Adele Malis-Morey
Orwen
Billie Hayes
Orgoch
Phil Fondacaro
Creeper
Peter Renaday
Henchman
James Almanzar
Henchman
Wayne Allwine
Henchman
Steve Hale
Henchman
Phil Nibbelink
Henchman
Jack Laing
Henchman
John Hurt
The Horned King
John Huston
Prologue Narrator (voice)
Brian Harvey
Faire Folk (uncredited)
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Trivia
The movie is loosely based upon the first two books in Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles ("The Book of Three" and "The Black Cauldron"). The Chronicles, in turn, are loosely based on the mythology of ancient Wales, a collection of tales known as the Mabinogion.
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The first Disney movie to have closing credits since Alice in Wonderland (1951).
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Hayley Mills was originally considered for the role of Eilonwy.
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Goofs
When Taran escapes the Horned King's Castle, he leaves the sword's sheath behind. However, when he is outside, he has the sheath again.
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Before the film was released, several scenes considered too "graphic" where cropped out of the film. One particular cut involving a Cauldron Born killing a person by slicing his neck and torso created a recognizable lapse due to the fact that the removal of the scene creates a jump in the film's soundtrack.
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In the swamps of Morva, Fflewddur Fflam is talking to Doli, who is sitting on his hat. On the first full shot of Fflewddur, Doli is not visible, although Fflewddur is clearly looking up at him. The next shot is a close-up of the hat, with Doli on it, then back to a full shot without Doli.
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Quotes
Orddu: My, what funny little ducklings. Don't they know that the Black Cauldron is indestructible? Now listen carefully. The Black Cauldron can never be destroyed. Only its evil powers can be stopped.
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Taran: Have you seen my pig?
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The Horned King: Now I call on my Army of the Dead; the Cauldron-born! Arise, my messengers of death! Our time has arrived!
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