The Black Cauldron

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American film Disney animated feature animated film dark fantasy film fantasy film

The Black Cauldron is a 1985 animated dark fantasy film from Walt Disney Productions, loosely based on Lloyd Alexander’s "The Chronicles of Prydain" novels and noted for its darker tone and departure from typical Disney fare.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
The Black Cauldron canonical	5
La granda kaldrono	1
The Black Cauldron (novel)	1
The Black Cauldron (stage and screen adaptations context)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ Disney animated feature ⓘ animated film ⓘ dark fantasy film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ
animationTechnique	traditional hand-drawn animation ⓘ
backgroundArtist	Mike Hodgson ⓘ
basedOn	The Black Cauldron self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Black Cauldron (novel) The Book of Three ⓘ The Chronicles of Prydain ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy	Lloyd Alexander ⓘ
boxOfficePerformance	underperformed ⓘ
character	Fflewddur Fflam ⓘ Gurgi ⓘ Horned King ⓘ Princess Eilonwy ⓘ Taran ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Richard Rich ⓘ Ted Berman ⓘ
distributedBy	Buena Vista Pictures ⓘ surface form: Buena Vista Distribution
editedBy	James Melton ⓘ
followedBy	The Great Mouse Detective ⓘ
follows	The Fox and the Hound ⓘ
genre	adventure ⓘ dark fantasy ⓘ fantasy ⓘ
mpaaRating	PG ⓘ
musicBy	Elmer Bernstein ⓘ
narrativeFocus	Taran’s quest to stop the Horned King from using the Black Cauldron ⓘ
notableAs	first Disney animated feature film to receive a PG rating ⓘ
notableFor	darker tone than typical Disney animated films ⓘ departure from musical format common in Disney features ⓘ use of early computer-generated imagery ⓘ
numberInDisneyCanon	25 ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfSeries	Disney animated feature film canon ⓘ
producer	Joe Hale ⓘ
productionCompany	Walt Disney Productions ⓘ
rating	PG ⓘ
releaseDate	1985-07-24 ⓘ
releaseYear	1985 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	80 ⓘ
setIn	Prydain ⓘ
voiceCastMember	Freddie Jones ⓘ Grant Bardsley ⓘ John Hurt ⓘ Nigel Hawthorne ⓘ Susan Sheridan ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Michael Gough → voiceWork → The Black Cauldron ⓘ

The Black Cauldron → basedOn → The Black Cauldron self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Black Cauldron (novel)

Don Hahn → workedOn → The Black Cauldron ⓘ

Freddie Jones → notableWork → The Black Cauldron ⓘ

Mike Gabriel → workedOn → The Black Cauldron ⓘ

Nigel Hawthorne → notableWork → The Black Cauldron ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Black Cauldron (stage and screen adaptations context)

Burny Mattinson → notableWork → The Black Cauldron ⓘ

Esperanto literature → hasNotableWork → The Black Cauldron ⓘ

this entity surface form: La granda kaldrono