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The Black Cauldron

Name: The Black Cauldron
Director: Ted Berman
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1985-07-24
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, John Byner, Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt

1985 · 1h 20m · Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy

IMDb 6.3 Metacritic 59 RT 57%

Skip it unless you're a Disney completionist or have nostalgic ties to it—this 1985 dark fantasy feels dated and drags, with a plot that meanders and character development that never quite lands. The ambitious premise deserves better execution, and there are far more engaging animated adventures worth your time tonight.

Plot

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.

Director: Ted Berman

Cast: Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, John Byner, Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt

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