The Black Cauldron (1985) is an animated fantasy co-directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich, based on the novel The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, about Taran (Grant Bardsley), a boy who is tasked with protecting Hen Wen, an oracle pig who knows the location of a powerful weapon that the Horned King (John Hurt) wants.
Life Lesson:
Inexperience may lead to false confidence.
Movie Scene:
Taran: Hide? But why?
Dallben (Freddie Jones): Only I knew the secret of Hen Wen’s power, but now the Horned King has discovered it. We must make sure he never uses it to find the Black Cauldron.
Taran: I’m not afraid of the Horned King!
Dallben: Then you are a very foolish lad. Untried courage is no match for his evil.
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