The Black Cauldron

Fantasy, magic and fun are all brewed together in Disney's legendary adventure THE BLACK CAULDRON -- created from a new digital master this 25th Anniversary Edition features vibrant picture presentation and includes exciting new bonus features! Whoever releases the mysterious Black Cauldron's powers will be invincible! The fearsome Horned King will do anything to possess it, but he is challenged by the most unlikely adversary: a young assistant pig keeper named Taran who dreams of doing heroic deeds. With a motley team of the brave Princess Eilonwy, a minstrel named Fflewddur Fflam, and Hen-Wen, a remarkable pig who can predict the future, Taran embarks on a quest to stop the Black Cauldron's evil once and for all. Will he have the courage to succeed? Now with THE BLACK CAULDRON -- 25TH ANNIVERSARY on DVD, you can share more magical adventures with your family!|Released in 1985, the film marked the studio's entry into the field of computer-generated images. It was also the first Disney cartoon to get a PG rating.|The film was inspired by the five-volume mythological fantasy "The Chronicles Of Prydain," by Lloyd Alexander.|The film marked the development of the APT (Animation Photo Transfer) process. The first major change in the studio's method of transferring artists' drawings to a cel since photocopying replaced hand-inking 20 years earlier.|The film was 12 years in the making - 5 years in actual production -- at a cost of more than $25 million.|More than 1,165 different hues and colors were implemented and more than 34 miles of film stock were used.