What has been up with this site.


Since a few people have asked why the reason for this site, this story page is both a history of this site and an explanation of the movie. For a long time The Black Cauldron was shunned by Disney as a disgrace, the film sat out of circulation for nearly 14 years in the US from it's theatrical release until a domestic video release (there was a limited re-release of an edited version of the film in parts of Canada under the title also used internationally "Taran and the Magic Cauldron"). Because the film was basically left out of circulation and declared "unclean" by Disney I built this site as a source of information about the movie since there were almost no resources on the web or otherwise about. A while after this site was put up, the film was released in Europe (in 1997) on VHS (and a limited Laserdisc release) and then eventually in Asia and then released the United States and Canada in 1998. The film is no longer a "rarity" in the Disney community but this site continues to exist both for historical reasons and for a hub of information on the movie.

This lower section was written in 1998

When The Black Cauldron was finally released on video this August the use for my site decreased immensely.The purpose of this site was to have a great online resource for The Black Cauldron which at the time was the least well known about and supported (When I started there was only 2 other TBC Pages the petition page and Cauldron born fanatic) Disney Animated Movie.With the film on Video many other Disney resources had information on the film and my site became less and less usefull.And Since the movie has been released on Video this site has more or less stopped updating.I have however had several people ask me about starting a petition for a sequel.I have decided not to.Why you may ask?Simple most of Disney's animated Sequels have been disappointments and I would not like The Black Cauldron to be followed up by a "Taran and Gurgi Magical Christmas".While I would support a Castle of Llyr,Taran Wanderer or High King film (that followed the book)I think it is highly unlikely that it will ever be seen.

--Dan Bailey

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