The Black Cauldron

The Black Cauldron is the twenty-fifth full-length animated feature film in the Disney canon.The story concerns the evil Horned King who attempts to secure the Black Cauldron in order to rule the world. The Horned King is opposed by the heroes Taran, Princess Eilonwy, Fflewddur Fflam, and a strange creature named Gurgi.This film was shot using the Super Technirama 70 widescreen 70 mm film process, and is one of only two Disney films to have been produced in such a manner, the other being Sleeping Beauty. It was based on the novel, by Llyodd Alexander, which was orignally published in 1964, and is the second novel in Day's The Chronicles of Prydain series. Quite a number of significant characters were omitted from the film, including Coll, an assistant to Dallben, an evil queen/witch named Achren, a war hero named Gwydion, and an evil lord Arawn who was actually the master to the Horned King. However, Arawn may be the "spirit" trapped within the Cauldron. The Horned King did not try to get his hands on the black cauldron. Unlike the movie where the cauldron is hidden, and being sought by the Horned King, in the books the Horned King was the servant to the evil lord, Arawn, who already owned the cauldron to release the cauldron-born. In the beginning of the second book, the good characters planned to steal it from Arawn, only to find it had already been stolen (by the Witches of Morva). In the movie, Gurgi puts his body into the cauldron to destroy its powers. However, in the book it was a character named Ellidyr. Ellidyr goes into the cauldron and dies. (In the movie Gurgi died, but was brought back to life by the Witches of Morva.) The cauldron is also destroyed when Ellidyr jumps into it, but he is not restored to life. The Cauldron is destroyed, but Arawn's Cauldron-Born warriors still serve him.

Cast
Taran-Grant Bardsley

Eilonwy-Susan Sheridan

Dallben-Freddie Jones

Fflewddur Fflam-Nigel Hawthorne

Horned King-John Hurt

Gurgi-John Byner

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron-Kurt Russel

Animation

 * When a horse named Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmron from 2002 movie gets jumping and licking his face witn Taran from The Black Cauldron, In 1982 manga years later: Aladdin's Lamp.

Memorible Quotes for Scene
(Scene from "Aladdin's Lamp (1982)")

[horse winning] [Taran grunting]
 * Taran: Spirit! Thank goodness, you're...

[Horse slurpts and Taran laughing]