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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 font 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 (and thus far the only) animated feature
from Disney to receive a PG rating from the MPAA, due to some frightening scenes of black magic.
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