Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Stars: Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, John Byner, Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt, Freddie Jones
Crew: Ted Berman (Director), Lloyd Alexander (Novel), Roy Edward Disney (Dialogue), Joe Hale (Producer), Ron Miller (Executive Producer), Elmer Bernstein (Original Music Composer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Silver Screen Partners II, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Productions
Runtime: 80 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 24, 1985
IMDb: 4.6
Keywords:witch, based on novel or book, pig, magic, sword, fairy, villain, dragon, fantasy world, cauldron, evil ruler, mystical quest, teenage protagonist
