Richard Williams began development work on The Thief and the Cobbler in 1964, planning to do a film about the Mulla Nasruddin, a \"wise fool\" of Near Eastern folklore. Tack: (sighs) Why can’t I ever talk when it matters? ), (Poster for 'The Princess and the Cobbler' is shown). NC (voiceover): Or…maybe the writers could’ve just had us arrive on time, but we found this wasted more animation and let’s face it; we’re on a roll with that. Animated features released by Miramax Films, Works based on One Thousand and One Nights. Some work was also done in Korea. I don't think he was able to step back and look at the whole thing as a story. NC (voiceover): We start off appropriately enough with a little backstory. Apparently, the film was independently funded and Williams went on and on saying that this was going to be his masterpiece. NC (voiceover): And an answer to your question, no, I don't know why he looks like Beetlejuice's Raggedy Ann doll. [1][5][9][16] Williams agreed in order to get financing for The Thief and the Cobbler and get it finally finished. It was released in 1993. Never! "[16] Williams made a workprint which combined finished footage, pencil test and storyboards which covered the 10 to 15 minutes left to finish. The Thief and the Cobbler is an animated feature film, famous for its animation and its long, troubled history. Channel Awesome is a FANDOM TV Community. NC (voiceover): You know, we’re never even told what kind of power the balls have or even what they do. ", http://www.vmresource.com/thief/edsummer.html, http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.animation/msg/e7fd132fc8aa689f, "Animated Comment – Ken Clark chats with Richard Williams", http://www.animatormag.com/archive/issue-11/issue-11-page-8/, http://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-20/entertainment/ca-165_1_warner-bros?pg=1, "The Animator's Survival Kit: The Most Valuable How To Animate Book You Will Ever Want To Own", http://www.awn.com/articles/reviews/animators-survival-kit-most-valuable-how-animate-book-you-will-ever-want-own, http://thethief1.blogspot.com/2007/12/cobbler-and-errol.html, http://thethief1.blogspot.com/2008/01/witch_18.html, http://articles.latimes.com/1995-08-30/entertainment/ca-40326_1_richard-williams, http://www.vmresource.com/thief/lurio.html, http://thethief1.blogspot.com/2008/02/throne-room-part-1.html, http://www.dvdsnapshot.com/January07Review/ThiefAndCobbler.html, "The Thief and the Cobbler NY Times review", http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6DE153DF935A1575BC0A963958260, http://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.1/articles/letters2.1.html, "Disney To Restore The Thief And The Cobbler To Original Version", http://www.awn.com/news/films/disney-restore-thief-and-cobbler-original-version, "Thief and the Cobbler: The Recobbled Cut", http://www.cartoonbrew.com/old-brew/thief-and-the-cobbler-the-recobbled-cut.html, http://www.harrymccracken.com/lastword.htm, "The Best Animated Movie You've Never Heard Of", http://movies.tvguide.com/movie-news/best-animated-movie-7953.aspx, Moriarty’s DVD Blog! Narrator: Long before the heroic tales of Aladdin and Ali Baba, the first Arabian Knight was chosen. NC: Oh, come on, (“Vincent Price” speaks the upcoming dialogue simultaneously with him) that’s bullshit. Narrator: Legend has it that each shooting star is really an Arabian Knight riding across the heavens. [5][16] Williams had avoided storyboards up to this point, but within two weeks he had done what the investors had asked. In Richard Williams' script for the film, the climax was even longer (and slightly different) than in the workprint or final films: After the collapse of the War Machine, Zigzag, at Mighty One-Eye's goading, conjures a larger-than-life Oriental dragon (which dwarfed even the War Machine), which is about to flatten Tack, who once again trusts on his tack to bring down the dragon, revealing it to be nothing more than an inflatable balloon (filled with acrid fumes, which permeates the atmosphere and makes everyone cough, even Mighty One-Eye; That can still be heard in the workprint).

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