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| - The Thief and the Cobbler is an animated propoganda film created for the Iraqi regieme. The film is noted for being all drawn with no CG at all, since computers are forbidden under traditional Islamic Law. It took exactly 538 years to complete due to the fact that the animators all had to share one pencil.
- The film was, upon release, the final appearance of Vincent Price (died 1993), who recorded his dialogue from 1967 to 1973, and the final appearance of Sir Anthony Quayle, who died in 1989.
- The Thief and the Cobbler is a film starring The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss characters as "The Thief and the Cobbler" characters. Movies used:
* Arabian Knight (1995, Miramax) An Allied Filmmakers Production
- The Thief and the Cobbler is a British animated fantasy film directed, co-written and co-produced by Canadian animator Richard Williams. The film is famous for its animation and its long, troubled history: Williams worked for 28 years on the project. Beginning production in 1964, Williams intended The Thief and the Cobbler to be his masterpiece, and a milestone in the art of animation. Due to independent funding and its complex animation, The Thief and the Cobbler was in and out of production for over two decades, until Williams, buoyed by his success as animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, signed a deal in 1988 to have Warner Bros. finance and distribute the film. However, negotiations broke down when production went over budget and behind schedule and Williams was unable to com
- The Thief and the Cobbler is a 1993 British animated fantasy film directed, co-written and co-produced by Canadian animator Richard Williams. The film is famous for its animation and its long, troubled history. Williams worked 28 years on the project. Beginning production in 1964, Williams intended The Thief and the Cobbler to be his masterpiece, and a milestone in the art of animation. Due to independent funding and its complex animation, The Thief and the Cobbler was in and out of production for over two decades, until Williams, buoyed by his success as animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, signed a deal in 1988 to have Warner Bros. finance and distribute the film. However, negotiations broke down when production went over budget and behind schedule and Williams was unable to co
- The Thief and the Cobbler was directed by Richard Williams (of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? fame). At more than 30 years, it holds the record for the longest production time for a motion picture - much of it spent in Development Hell. Also goes under the titles The Princess and the Cobbler and Arabian Knight, depending on which version you're watching. Often considered one of the lost treasures of animation (some critics consider it the greatest unfinished film of all time) the movie began as a pet project which Williams and a few colleagues worked on out of his garage. It was picked up by a studio after Williams won an Oscar for Roger Rabbit, but funding was pulled with just a few months left to go in production. Williams is an incredibly meticulous animator so his work takes a really, really
- NC: Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to. Today's film is, um... interesting. NC: And when I say 'interesting', I mean it has a very interesting history. The name of the film is The Thief and the Cobbler. (Thief and the Cobbler artwork appears.) NC: Or...The Princess and the Cobbler. NC: Or...Arabian Knight. NC: Or.....An Abomination of Assness, which is what most people call it. NC: Well, before I talk about the film, let's talk about... the film. Once upon a time, there was an animator named Richard Williams. NC: (shocked) Oh, God, don't tell me! NC: VAGINA SHIT!!!
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| - The Thief and the Cobbler was directed by Richard Williams (of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? fame). At more than 30 years, it holds the record for the longest production time for a motion picture - much of it spent in Development Hell. Also goes under the titles The Princess and the Cobbler and Arabian Knight, depending on which version you're watching. Often considered one of the lost treasures of animation (some critics consider it the greatest unfinished film of all time) the movie began as a pet project which Williams and a few colleagues worked on out of his garage. It was picked up by a studio after Williams won an Oscar for Roger Rabbit, but funding was pulled with just a few months left to go in production. Williams is an incredibly meticulous animator so his work takes a really, really long time to produce, even by animation standards. This amazing attention to detail really shows in the film; but it may also be what doomed it to incomplete status. Here's the plot: In a "golden city" set in a pseudo-Arabian land (although, in one of the versions, they decided to put it in Baghdad,) there are three golden balls atop "the highest minaret." Prophecy has it that if the balls are stolen, the city would fall, unless it was saved by the simplest of souls. The balls are stolen by a sneaky, nameless thief, just as a vicious race of one-eyed men (simply known as the One-Eyes) are about to attack the city. The King of the city sends his daughter, Princess YumYum, out to find a way to stop the encroaching army, and she takes along with her the hero of our story, a meek cobbler named Tack (who has begun to fall in love with the Princess and she with him) as a guide. They are followed along the way by the Thief, who's only in it for the loot. Sadly, the movie was meddled with to death before its release. Williams lost control over the film in 1992 after having worked on it since 1964, prompted by competition with a certain upcoming film, and the film fell into lesser hands who severely edited it, turning it from an adult art epic to a more "mainstream" Disney-esque musical. In a twist of Dramatic Irony, some overseas-edited editions of the film even advertise it as The Mockbuster version of Aladdin. Fortunately, a "Recobbled Cut" is freely available online, and it is considered to be the closest one can get to Williams' original vision. A workprint version also exists online.
- The Thief and the Cobbler is an animated propoganda film created for the Iraqi regieme. The film is noted for being all drawn with no CG at all, since computers are forbidden under traditional Islamic Law. It took exactly 538 years to complete due to the fact that the animators all had to share one pencil.
- The film was, upon release, the final appearance of Vincent Price (died 1993), who recorded his dialogue from 1967 to 1973, and the final appearance of Sir Anthony Quayle, who died in 1989.
- The Thief and the Cobbler is a film starring The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss characters as "The Thief and the Cobbler" characters. Movies used:
* Arabian Knight (1995, Miramax) An Allied Filmmakers Production
- The Thief and the Cobbler is a 1993 British animated fantasy film directed, co-written and co-produced by Canadian animator Richard Williams. The film is famous for its animation and its long, troubled history. Williams worked 28 years on the project. Beginning production in 1964, Williams intended The Thief and the Cobbler to be his masterpiece, and a milestone in the art of animation. Due to independent funding and its complex animation, The Thief and the Cobbler was in and out of production for over two decades, until Williams, buoyed by his success as animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, signed a deal in 1988 to have Warner Bros. finance and distribute the film. However, negotiations broke down when production went over budget and behind schedule and Williams was unable to complete the film on time. As Warner Bros. later pulled out, a completion bond company assumed control of The Thief and the Cobbler and had it finished by producer Fred Calvert without Williams' involvement.
- The Thief and the Cobbler is a British animated fantasy film directed, co-written and co-produced by Canadian animator Richard Williams. The film is famous for its animation and its long, troubled history: Williams worked for 28 years on the project. Beginning production in 1964, Williams intended The Thief and the Cobbler to be his masterpiece, and a milestone in the art of animation. Due to independent funding and its complex animation, The Thief and the Cobbler was in and out of production for over two decades, until Williams, buoyed by his success as animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, signed a deal in 1988 to have Warner Bros. finance and distribute the film. However, negotiations broke down when production went over budget and behind schedule and Williams was unable to complete the film on time. As Warner Bros. later pulled out, a completion bond company assumed control of The Thief and the Cobbler and had it finished by producer Fred Calvert without Williams's involvement, and in a very different, almost unrecognizable form.
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