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Title: Did the scriptwriter even read the original?
Review: The Black Cauldron is a conflation of the first two Prydain novels, and to get them together, they drop most of the interesting characters. The books were never about just Taran and Eilonwy (sp?), but also Adaon, Annlaw Clay-Shaper, and the other dozen-or-so memorable characters who drift in and out of the narrative. On top of it all, the ending is turned 180 degrees around from the original meaning -- unforgivable. At least with "Hunchback", there were precedents in earlier versions...
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