Rating: PG
Genre:
Action
Release Date: 10/03/2000
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 80 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Walt Disney Pictures produced this ambitious, animated tale of sorcery and swordfighting. Taran (voice of
Grant Bardsley), is an assistant to Dallben (voice of
Freddie Jones), a pigkeeper in the mythical land of Prydain. Taran longs to be a knight, and he's given his chance to live out his dream when he is sent out in search of a magical black cauldron which can either be a powerful instrument of good or a bottomless fount of evil, depending entirely upon who should find it. However, Taran is not the only one in search of this talisman -- the Horned King (voice of
John Hurt) wants the cauldron to shore up his sinister powers and raise an army of the dead, and with the help of the all-seeing pig Hen-Wren, the wicked one may make his hideous plans a reality.
The Black Cauldron had the distinction of being the first animated feature from Disney to receive a PG rating from the MPAA, due to some frightening scenes of black magic.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide