The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Richard Williams

Writers:

Richard Williams (screenplay) &
Margaret French (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

25 August 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

Plot:

The film tells a story which takes place in an oriental city from the tales of thousand and one night...

Plot Keywords:

Obsessed Love | Unfinished Film | Kleptomaniac | Dream Like | Independent Film

Cast

Vincent Price	...	Zig-Zag the Grand Vizier (voice)
Anthony Quayle	...	King Nod (voice)
Hilary Pritchard	...	Princess Yum-Yum (voice)
Windsor Davies	...	Chief Roofless (voice)
Paul Matthews	...	Mighty One-Eye (voice)
Joan Sims	...	Nurse / Mad Holy Old Witch (voice)
Clinton Sundberg	...	Dying Soldier (voice)
Donald Pleasence	...	Phido the Vulture (voice)
Sean Connery	...	Tack the Cobbler (voice) (unconfirmed)
Felix Aylmer	...	Narrator (voice)
Kenneth Williams	...	Goblet / Tickle (voice)
Stanley Baxter	...	Gofer / Slap (voice)
George Melly	...	Dwarf (voice)
Eddie Byrne	...	Hoof (voice)
Thick Wilson	...	Hook (voice)

Also Known As:

Arabian Knight (USA) (recut version)
Once... (UK) (working title)
The Amazing Nasruddin (UK) (working title)
The Majestic Fool (UK) (working title)
The Thief Who Never Gave Up (UK) (working title)
The Thief and the Cobbler (USA) (recut version)

Runtime:

72 min | 91 min (working print) | Australia:77 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:G | Australia:G | South Korea:All | Spain:T | USA:G

Company:

Richard Williams Productions

Trivia:

Holds the record for the longest production schedule of a completed feature movie - 28 years.

Quotes:

King Nod: [wakes up] AAAH! WHAT IF THE BALLS ARE TAKEN AWAY?
Zigzag: A *way* has never been found to take them away! What freak of nature could ever ever get up to the top of that minaret?
[Thief is shown actually going *over* minaret]

Movie Connections:

References Three Ages (1923)

One of the nastiest stories in cinema

This is the greatest animated feature film of all time, but unfortunately Warner Bros took it away from Richard Williams because he went way over budget and schedule.

When they took over they added some terrible songs and dialogue to Tack (who never talked in the real version) and many other nasty changes, then released it in selected cities in the US only.

It took 20 years to get made and has some of the greatest moving images of all time.

The title is supposed to be "The Thief and the Cobbler"

My 8 year old son has loved it for years, never gets sick of it.

Finally, Vincent Price's voice performance is excellent and it was one of his last.