The Black Cauldron/Trivia

Creator Killer: The failure to get the film out in any reasonable amount of time helped bring down Ron Miller's regime at Disney, and its financial failure ensured that he would never work in Hollywood again.
Hey, It's That Voice!: Fflewddur Flam is Sir Humphrey Appleby. Children of the Seventies may recognize one of the witches as Witchie-Poo.
- You forgot The Ant and the Aardvark as Gurgi.
  - Shall we mention that Ash, Mr Olivander and Professor Oxley are the voices of the scary and terrifying Horned King.
Old Shame: Disney went to great lengths to disassociate themselves from the film. For example:
- They opened a Black Cauldron-themed restaurant at Disney World ("Gurgi's Munchies and Crunchies") in anticipation of the film's release. Once it bombed, they closed the place down then later remodeled it into a Beauty and the Beast themed establishment (which is now replaced with a Robin Hood establishment).
- It was because of The Little Mermaid that this wasn't given a video release sooner -- according to the IMDb, Disney was all set to release it when the latter film became a smash hit and they were pressured to get it on video ASAP. Because this movie was both atypical and unpopular, it wasn't released to video in North America until 1998.
- Maybe not so much now. The movie is getting a special DVD rerelease, and it's not just a simple put it on the shelves deal! No, the ad for it is included on The Princess and the Frog DVD!
- Unfortunately it's the same as the 2000 DVD release with a deleted scene and a new game alongside the old bonus features.

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