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The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)

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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 »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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ZigZag (voice)
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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)
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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)
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Maiden from Mombassa (original version) (voice)
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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}

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1993 (South Africa)  »

Also Known As:

Arabian Knight  »

Box Office

Budget:

$24,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$669,276 (USA)
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Trivia

Over 1000 on-screen deaths occur in the uncut 90 min. version, not counting animals. The 80 min. version version released as The Princess and the Cobbler has only 98. Arabian Knight, the 72 min. Miramax Films version, shows 54. See more »

Goofs

During the song sequence in the desert scenes, it is said they are all illiterate, but earlier they were seen reading. See more »

Quotes

Tack the Cobbler: [freeing himself] Who needs a genie, when a tack will do the trick?
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Crazy Credits

The end credits of the South African/Australian prints of "The Princess and the Cobbler" show scenes from the movie that were scrapped from the edited versions, including the Thief narrowly avoiding getting his arms chopped off, behind the credits. However, the prints of "Arabian Knight" only use a black background behind the credits. See more »

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References Mickey's Fire Brigade (1935) See more »

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User Reviews

Edited "Thief and the Cobbler" misses the magic
9 June 1999 | by (Monroe, CT) – See all my reviews

Here at last is the long-awaited theatrical release of Richard Williams' "The Thief and the Cobbler." Begun in the late 1960s but not brought close to completion until after Williams created "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" in 1988, it was conceived as an exercise in expression through animation, with an amazing roster of animation legends new and old [Art Babbit, Grim Natwick, many of Disney's and ILM's new masters] passing in and out of the project over many decades, all widescreen and 60s-groovy, baby. But now it comes to us at last, and it's really not all that good. The reason? Miramax, a subsidiary of Disney and perhaps fearing the very obvious parallels to their own "Thief" remake, "Aladdin," has cut the film to shreds. Not only have they added three truly awful songs, deleted one character [the witch, now just an eye], and removed much of the original's best shots, but the rather nice original soundtrack has been replaced with a crass, narration-heavy butchery that adds constant voice to Williams' great silent characters. Those who know anything about the original will consider this a hack job. But see it anyway, if only for the still-groovy animation and to see where "Aladdin" came from. Now why wasn't Disney sued for this? A great work, by one of the great masters, and please Miramax, your version sucks, so let's see the original sometime soon, ok?


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