MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Down 878 this week

The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)

7.0
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 7.0/10 from 1,677 users  
Reviews: 45 user | 10 critic

When Tack upsets Zigzag the Vizier, the wizard drags him off to the royal castle, where Princess Yum Yum falls for the bashful boy and saves him from execution. Unfortunately, Zigzag plans ... See full summary »

Director:

Writers:

(screenplay), (screenplay), 8 more credits »
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 10000 titles created 2 months ago
 
a list of 3627 titles created 1 month ago
 
a list of 40 titles created 08 Apr 2012
 
a list of 54 titles created 11 months ago
 
a list of 20 titles created 28 Mar 2011
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)

The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) on IMDb 7/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of The Princess and the Cobbler.
Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Puss in Boots (2011)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

The events leading up to the sword fighting cat's meeting with Shrek and his friends.

Director: Chris Miller
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis
Toy Story (1995)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X  

A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.

Director: John Lasseter
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  

Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his ex-administrator Yzma, and must now regain his throne with the help of Pacha, the gentle llama herder.

Director: Mark Dindal
Stars: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X  

Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley finds his world disrupted.

Directors: Pete Docter, David Silverman, and 1 more credit »
Stars: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  

When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends vow to rescue him, but Woody finds the idea of immortality in a museum tempting.

Directors: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, and 1 more credit »
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Up (2009)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X  

By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years younger, inadvertently becomes a stowaway.

Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Stars: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6/10 X  

When his new father-in-law, King Harold falls ill, Shrek is looked at as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away. Not one to give up his beloved swamp, Shrek recruits his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to install the rebellious Artie as the new king. Princess Fiona, however, rallies a band of royal girlfriends to fend off a coup d'etat by the jilted Prince Charming.

Directors: Chris Miller, Raman Hui
Stars: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

Scrooge McDuck takes his nephews to Egypt to find a pyramid that contains a magic lamp.

Director: Bob Hathcock
Stars: Alan Young, Terence McGovern, Russi Taylor
Adventure | Animation | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.1/10 X  

The tale of three unlikely heroes - a misfit mouse who prefers reading books to eating them, an unhappy rat who schemes to leave the darkness of the dungeon, and a bumbling servant girl with cauliflower ears - whose fates are intertwined with that of the castle's princess.

Directors: Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen
Stars: Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson
Shrek 2 (2004)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

Princess Fiona's parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they knew the newlyweds were both ogres.

Directors: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and 1 more credit »
Stars: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
ParaNorman (2012)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X  

A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.

Directors: Chris Butler, Sam Fell
Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick
Shrek (2001)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  

An ogre, in order to regain his swamp, travels along with an annoying donkey in order to bring a princess to a scheming lord, wishing himself King.

Directors: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Stars: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
ZigZag (voice)
...
King Nod (original version) (voice) (as Sir Anthony Quayle)
Hilary Pritchard ...
Joan Sims ...
Windsor Davies ...
Chief Roofless (voice)
Paul Matthews ...
Clinton Sundberg ...
Dying Soldier (voice) (as Clintron Sundburg)
...
Kenneth Williams ...
Goblet / Tickle (voice)
Stanley Baxter ...
Gofer / Slap (voice)
George Melly ...
Dwarf (voice)
Eddie Byrne ...
Hoof (voice)
Thick Wilson ...
Hook (voice)
Frederick Shaw ...
Goolie (voice) (as Fred Shaw)
...
Maiden from Mombassa (original version) (voice)
Edit

Storyline

When Tack upsets Zigzag the Vizier, the wizard drags him off to the royal castle, where Princess Yum Yum falls for the bashful boy and saves him from execution. Unfortunately, Zigzag plans to marry the princess in order to succeed her father, King Nod. The Thief, meanwhile, is more interested in gold than love and takes off with the protective orbs topping the palace. Together Tack and Yum Yum attempt to retrieve them in order to prevent Zigzag and the One-Eye army from conquering the city. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis


Certificate:

G | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Country:

|

Language:

Release Date:

1993 (South Africa)  »

Also Known As:

Arabian Knight  »

Box Office

Budget:

$24,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$669,276 (USA)
 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

| (working print)

Sound Mix:

| (theatrical print)

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Richard Williams convinced a bunch of Irish voice actors to record for the Brigands sequence after making sure they had plenty to drink and had them read the script. He kept the tape rolling as they got more and more drunk. Eventually they started fighting, he got it all on tape and used it in the film (which remains even in the edited cuts). See more »

Goofs

Towards the end of the song "She is More," when the Nanny puts the veil on Princess Yum-Yum, we can clearly see that there isn't a feather on the crown she is wearing. But in the very next shot, a feather suddenly appears atop the crown. See more »

Quotes

Zigzag: [as he is being eaten by crocodiles] Ow, my bottom! Ow, my top! Greedys, don't you ever stop?
See more »

Crazy Credits

The end credits for the "Princess and the Cobbler" version use the standard Dolby Stereo logo, though a trailer for it uses the Dolby Stereo SR logo, but the American prints of "Arabian Knight" use the Dolby Stereo SR logo instead. See more »

Connections

References Three Ages (1923) See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

See more (Spoiler Alert!) »

User Reviews

Flawed, but worth seeing for animation fans
30 December 1999 | by (Texas) – See all my reviews

It's too bad the studio thought it necessary to add mediocre songs (I dislike the American rule that all animated films must be musicals) and an annoying voice-over to a mute character, this is really one of the most visually interesting American animated films I've seen. As others have pointed out, the look of the film owes a debt to MC Escher. The film often has a more abstract than realistic look, which I find interesting. In places, it makes me think a little of French animation I've seen.

I found the Jonathan Winters voice-over for the thief to be rather annoying and distracting, as the thief was intended to be a silent Wile E. Coyote-type character, and I think he would've been funnier if he had remained silent. The songs are pretty forgettable too. If you can get past this studio tampering, you'll find a very interesting and unusual animated film. The film is also noteworthy for being a widescreen cartoon, which you don't see made very often these days. Of course, this means a good deal of the picture is lost on video. I know there's probably not the biggest demand for it, but I'd be interested in a DVD release of this film so it could be seen as it was intended.


2 of 2 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Wayyy too much like Aladdin. xthexragdollx
Just saw the Recobbled Version... treebeard822
Australian Version MrFreedom
similarities? SugarPlumFairie2000
Recobbled Cut Mark 3 TygerBug
I'm sooo confused...help! green_Swedish_car
Discuss The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?