Watch The Thief and the Cobbler (1995) Free Online

Release Date: 1995

Cast: Clive Revill, Jonathan Winters, Toni Collette, Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Kevin Dorsey, Felix Aylmer, Vincent Price, Stanley Baxter, Jennifer Beals, Windsor Davies, Eric Bogosian ...MORE

Cast: Clive Revill, Jonathan Winters, Toni Collette, Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Kevin Dorsey, Felix Aylmer, Vincent Price, Stanley Baxter, Jennifer Beals, Windsor Davies, Eric Bogosian, Joan Sims, Miriam Margolyes, Kenneth Williams, Hilary Pritchard, Paul Matthews, Anthony Quayle, Matthew Broderick, Bobbi Page ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Fantasy, Animation, Fairy Tale, Family, Children'S/Family

The Thief and the Cobbler is an animated fantasy film, famous for its animation and its long, troubled history. The film was conceived by Canadian animator Richard Williams, who worked 28 years on the project. Beginning production in 1964, Williams intended The Thief and the Cobbler to be his masterpiece, and a milestone in the art of animation. Due to independent funding and its complex animation, The Thief and the Cobbler was in and out of production for over two decades, until Williams, buoyed by his success as animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, signed a deal in 1990 to have... MORE

The Thief and the Cobbler is an animated fantasy film, famous for its animation and its long, troubled history. The film was conceived by Canadian animator Richard Williams, who worked 28 years on the project. Beginning production in 1964, Williams intended The Thief and the Cobbler to be his masterpiece, and a milestone in the art of animation. Due to independent funding and its complex animation, The Thief and the Cobbler was in and out of production for over two decades, until Williams, buoyed by his success as animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, signed a deal in 1990 to have Warner Bros. finance and distribute the film. This deal fell through when Williams was unable to complete the film on time. As Warner Bros. subsequently pulled out, The Completion Bond Company assumed control of The Thief and the Cobbler and had it finished by producer Fred Calvert without Williams. In the process, Calvert completely re-edited the film, removing many of Williams' scenes and adding songs and voiceovers, in order to make it more marketable. Two versions were released: One was issued in Australia and South Africa in 1993 as The Princess and the Cobbler and the other in the United LESS