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Published: 2007-05-24 16:51:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 30030; Favourites: 744; Downloads: 4246
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This is possibly, no.... IS the best animated movie I have ever seen.I'm gonna tell you why.
It took 30 freaking years to make this movie! 30 YEARS!!!!!! If you see it you'll know why! And mind you they had no computers at the time!!!!
This is Richard Williams masterpiece. (Richard Williams was the guy who did Who Framed Roger Rabbit). It also has Vincent Price!!!! (voicing of course)
Unfortunately, before it was even finished (IT WAS SOOOO CLOSE!) The Hollywood people cut the funds...... DAMN THEM!
Not only that! But Disney went ahead and bought the movie and never finished it!!!! Due to competition with Aladdin.
They did release a version of the thief and the cobbler, but it's nothing compared to the original richard williams wanted(which is absolutely gorgeous....)
Warning though:
DO NOT SEE THE MIRAMAX VERSION< OR ANY OTHER AS A MATTER OF FACT.....
They have what's called the "Recobbled" Cut of the movie on the internet somewhere (stupid google recently got rid of it though). It's an hour and 37 minutes long so if you watch it have some spare time on your hands, and you have to be patient with it because it cuts back and forth from storyboards to animation.
If you do see the miramax version.... which is nothing compared to the original... just watch it for the animation.... not the story or the songs because they ruined that trying to copy aladdin....
ANYWAY!! Characters!
At the top is Zigzag the evil sorcerer and royal vazier (can't spell).
Below him is Princess YumYum, yes.... her name is YumYum...
And below her is Tak! Our adorable little cobbler hero.
and at the very very bottom is the Thief! WHOOO!!!!! Thief kicks most major ass....
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Awesome! I really want to watch the recobbled version of this movie, but it's hard to find.
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The Thief and the Cobbler (Re cobbled Cut) was the best animated film I have ever seen. I hope that one day Richard Williams gets to finally finish his masterpiece.
Fantastic art work
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If only Robin had had enough time for do the good version ..... :_(
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You're thinking of Robin Williams, the movie was done by Richard Williams.
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It's okay. It can get people confused by the two.
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I just saw the Recobbled Mark 4 (2013) restoration of this movie. Β I'd heard stories about it for years, but I thought it was lost forever. Β It was great to finally see what everyone was talking about.
Although everyone compares this with Aladdin, I think that connection is overblown. Β They are very different in style and attitude. Β You know what The Thief And The Cobbler really reminded me of? Β Wizards! Β Yes, I mean the Bakshi film from 1977.
Even though it was made over a 30 year time span, I definitely got a 1970s vibe from The Thief And The Cobbler. Β Like Wizards, it's an eccentric personal vision in which one man indulged his own whims and preferences (and ego) a bit too much. Β Wizards was never taken away from Bakshi, but it definitely shows the scars of too little budget and too little time, and it's easy to see it wasn't completed or edited the way he wanted. Β Besides that, the army of One Eye invading The Golden Kingdom is practically interchangeable with the army of Black Wolf invading Montegar. Β Wizards also hit theaters at the same time as Star Wars and was crushed by the Star Wars mania. Β Everything was stacked against it.
As for The Thief and the Cobbler... Β Is it a great movie? Β Erm. Β I'm going to say not quite. Β Even if it had been completed as intended, it would have been... Β very good, but probably not the legend it has become from *not* being finished. Β It's a fascinating artifact of animation history, though.
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I just love the character designs that Williams did for Zigzag and Tack. They're awesome and surreal at the same time.Β
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So much awesomeness! The only way it could be better is if it was based on an actual Arabian Knights story!
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I've seen both the Miramax version and the recobbled cut. I like both of them! Jonathan Winters does the thief so well!
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Just watched this movie today (Recobbled) so I had to search for fan art 
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Yup. One of the greatest 2-D animations ever made. And then it inspired Tom Moore to make The Secret of Kells, which just added to its greatness.
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omg I love this movie! there needs to be more appreciation for this masterpiece. The one with matthew broderick was good, and I love the recobbled cut too c: I showed the movie to my dad once and he was like "wow, disney must've copied everything, even the bird sidekick for zigzag."
anyway, great artwork. the style and the form looks very cool. cross-hatching <3
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Is this art for a equal?
Because its looks as cool as one.
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I love this!
I watch this movie since I was a child
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OMG! I remember seeing this movie when I was little, I can't remember which version I saw but it definitely wasn't the original. I watched the Recobbled cut on YouTube I just fell in love with the movie. In my opinion it was better than Aladdin (both in characters, story plot, and of course artwork), and it would've been if it was finished (I mean Vincent Price voices the villain and that villain was way better than Jafar).
Anyway awesome pic, keep up the good work.
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And here we have another animation legend screwed in the ass by greedy studio executivos, and another hackjob of a movie as a result.
The difference is that the fact that Miramax screwed Richard Williams in the ass is common knowledge, while I seem to be the only one who knows that Paramount screwed Ralph Bakshi in the ass.
And let's give credit where credit is due: "The Thief and the Cobbler" may be a hackjob, but at least it's a watchable hackjob. "Cool World", on the other hand, is nothing short of a mess, a two hour acid trip with nothing resembling a plot. And no amount of "recobbling" is gonna make that movie coherent.
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I know the 'Recobbled cut' is on youtube somewhere, it's where I watched it.
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HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! I LAUGHED MY ASS OF WATCHING THIS MOVIE!! I'D SAY IT'S A PRECURSOR TO THE ALADIN MOVIES & WHAT THE ARABIAN KNIGHT'S IS BASED ON. AWESOME JOB, DUDETTTE!!
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Forget Google, watch the full Recobbled version on YouTube: [link]
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If only this film hadn't been butchered with those needless songs & Monologues.
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This is one of the best pics of this movie that I have ever seen!
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If the thief and the cobbler had an actual release, this would probaly be the movie poster.
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O MY GLOB I LOVE IT I IWSH THERE WERE MORE PICTURES OF THEM I SEARCH AROUND THE WORLD LOL
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This is fantastic! I love how you drew all the characters, they all look great! Fantastic. ]:3
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BEST DRAWING EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I love the movie!!!! And they're mad funds used in the scenes 
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Oh my word!! I love you for knowing this movie!! I used to watch this all the time!! I should go watch it again, though it'll probably be really hard to find. Great drawing though! LOVE!
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This is great! The facial expressions are excellent and I love Zigzag looming over them all! Very cool.
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Hey I totally watched that one I am surprised to see it I am glad you did that totally made my day
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i've seen this show and i watched it over and over and over until i worn the tape down. you did an awesome job on it. but thirty years?! sheesh!
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i saw it on youtube today, man it was awesome
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I remember watching one of the shitty versions when I was a kid and thinking it was the stupidest thing. After watching the Nostalgia Critics review of it I watched the Recobbled edition. It was amazing! It is now one of my favorite animated movies. You did a wonderful job capturing the characters and there emotions.
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Yeaaaahhh at first I thought you were saying the Miramax version was the best movie ever >_< Glad I read on to see it was the polar opposite XP
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I REMEMBER THIS MOVIE!
It was a favorite of mine, but I couldn't remember the name. The artwork was so dizzying, but also very fun to watch. I love the pen-work you did.
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F***ing Disney totally stole this movie... But I digress, nice drawing.
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Love how Zig Zag's looming over them, he's an underrated villain.
Good work!
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I absolutely love this movie! I really need to see the recobbled version again! The animation is just stunning. I love this drawing as well! The cross hatching is really nice.
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I like your rendition of the characters- Unique, yet recognizable.
Really like the crosshatching too- It gives the piece a whole "stitched" look.
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The Nostalgia Critic reviewed the Miramax version. He rips it a new asshole.
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