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Premiere Date: July 24, 1985	Running Time: 80 Minutes
Rated: PG

STORY LINE
Taran, a pig keeper, who attempts to rescue his clairvoyant pig, Hen Wen, from the Horned King's Castle. The King tries to get Hen Wen to lead him to The Black Cauldron. Taran escapes with a a young princess, Eilonwy, and a minstrel, and with the help of Gurgi, finds the Cauldron. Before they can destroy it, the Horned King takes the Cauldron and unleashes its awesome power. Gurgi sacrifices himself to destroy the Cauldron's power and save his friends, but in the end, Taran defeats the Horned King and Gurgi is restored.

CAST
CHARACTER	VOICE TALENT
Taran	Grant Bardsley
Eilonwy	Susan Sheridan
Dallben	Freddie Jones
Fflewddur Fflam	Nigel Hawthorne
The Horned King	John Hurt
Creeper	Phil Fondacaro
Gurgi and Doli	John Byner

CREW
DIRECTOR	Ted Berman Richard Rich
PRODUCER	Joe Hale
CONCEPTS	Tim Burton Andreas Deja
ANIMATORS	Ron Clements

CAST OF CHARACTER
Taran, Eilonwy, Hen Wen, Dallben, Fflewddur Fflam, Gurgi, Doli, The Horned King, Creeper

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FAN SITE LINKS
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TRIVIA
Filmed in 70mm stereo-surround Technirama.
The production of this film can be traced back to 1971, when the Disney Studio purchased the screen rights to Lloyd Alexander's "The Chronicles of Prydain".
The artists on this film took advance of the latest technology to complete this film. Video cameras were used as an inexpensive record of their work. Computers were use to provide an easier way to created more like-like images around the characters. The development of the Animation Photo Transfer (ADT) process made the conversion on the animators' drawings to a cel easier and less expensive.
The film took over 12 years to make, 5 years of actual production, and cost over $25 million. Over 1,165 different hues and colors were used and 34 miles of film stock was utilized.
This was the first animated Disney film made in cooperation with Silver Screen Partners II and was given a PG rated due to the scariness of the villain, The Horned King.