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In the late American author Lloyd Alexander has written a series of successful children's fantasy, The Chronicles of Prydain "(1964-1968), which is loosely based on Welsh and Celtic mythology (particularly Welsh mythological cycle, the Mabinogion). Enjoyed by generations of children (and quite a few adults) in the five books of the series indicates the quality of writing, turning gently to find the pathos in rare cases involving the literature children.


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No wonder then, that Walt Disney decided to produce a cartoon based on the first two books in the series, entitled "The Black Cauldron (1985). The plot is pretty simple, if not entirely Disney is just typical and had only a superficial resemblance to the original material. In the land of Prydain young boy named Taran is an assistant scientist pigkeeper Dallben. His ordinary life is filled with dreams of becoming a warrior and a hero. However, his salary, a prophetic pig named Hen Wen was kidnapped by a evil lord known as a Horned King, who is looking for a black cauldron, magical device that creates an army of undead warriors called Born boiler, which can conquer the world. Taran, using Eilonwy called Princess, not bard named Fflewddur Fflam and strange creature called Gurgi, will prevent this in the way, meet witches, elves , magic swords, and told himself.


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Disney staked much of the film with high expectations for the critical and financial success, and it was a decade in the making. A new technique for transferring designs for cell movie called APT process is used (although it will eventually prove less profitable) and the first computer generated images (first for Disney animated feature), and new catalog of sound effects. However, budget film soon spiral about 25 million. This became worse when the executives at the studio saw the film and are less concerned with the finished product. Much darker and more violent than most animated films to date, several scenes unsuitable for children ultimately were removed or changed. However, post-production re-editing the film rated PG still more restrictive in the U.S. (the first Disney animated piece about it) and it is a bad effect on sales and the perception of the film. Ultimately seen as too dark and gloomy tone, box office sales were poor and the film does not have to repay its initial cost in the rooms (although sales and video rentals eventually helped).