The Black Cauldron (1985) Facts

1. The Black Cauldron | Disney Wiki - Fandom

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  • The Black Cauldron is an American animated feature dark fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and originally released to theaters on July 24, 1985. The 25th animated feature in the Disney Animated Canon and Disney's first PG-rated animated film, the film is based on the first two books in Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain five-volume book series, which is, in turn, based on Welsh mythology. Set in the mythical land of Prydain during the Early Middle Ages, the film centers on

2. The Film That Almost Killed Disney Animation: The Black Cauldron

  • Aug 23, 2023 · The Black Cauldron, an animated feature from Disney, was released on July 24th in 1985. It was one of a number of films I consulted on for the studio.

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4. Retro Review: Disney's 'The Black Cauldron' (1985) - Bleeding Fool

  • Aug 8, 2024 · It is a failure, with weak writing, poor pacing, bad worldbuilding, pointless plot lapses, extraneous yet forgettable characters, irksome sidekicks, gratuitous ...

  • Rewatching the feature length Disney animated films in chronological order gives one a sense of the changes wrought by the changing years.   With THE BLACK CAULDRON (1985) we are still in the Dry Spell of lower quality films suffering from the lack of Walt Disney’s own genius, but we are nearing the end;   […]

5. The Black Cauldron (film) | Prydain Wiki - Fandom

  • Disney's The Black Cauldron was released in North America on July 24, 1985. The film was also screened at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. It cost ...

  • The Black Cauldron is an animated film released by Walt Disney Productions in 1985. The 25th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the movie is loosely based on The Chronicles of Prydain series. It combines scenes from the first two books and posits the Horned King as the chief antagonist, while Arawn is a spirit trapped in the Cauldron. The film is a mish-mash of Prydain characters and generic fantasy tropes, a far cry from the unique spirit of the series authored by Lloyd Alexander

6. 100 Facts About The Black Cauldron - Scariels Grotto

  • May 15, 2017 · The Black Cauldron was the last Disney animated feature to be completed at the original Animation Building of the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank ...

  • Aloha my wonderful merfolk! This will be the first and probably only, animated Disney film that I did not grow up watching and never actually saw until I was an adult. And even then, I have only se…

7. The Thwarted Potential of Disney's “The Black Cauldron” (1985)

  • Nov 15, 2020 · In the many years of Disney, there are few films that have been as unappreciated — if not outright reviled — as The Black Cauldron, the 1985 ...

  • Disney’s black sheep suggests a world of potential that the studio never really explored.

8. A Study in Disney: 'The Black Cauldron' (1985) - Armchair Cinema

  • Dec 31, 2021 · The Black Cauldron is a curious failure. This was suppose to be the movie that would put Disney's faltering animation department in turnaround.

  • Disney is as much a part of our lives as love and death.  It’s wrapped around us, and not just in our childhood.  There are thousands and thousands of Disney movies by this point but the one that really shape the company and the culture are the animated features.  Disney busted out of the gate […]

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