FYI- The Thief and the Cobbler
Paul Landis
i can only remember tiny bits of this one. i can't even remember if it's
any good. or if it's ever been on video. but to those who are interested,
it will be released on video in February for $15.
paul
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pita
Paul Landis wrote:
>
> i can only remember tiny bits of this one. i can't even remember if it's
> any good. or if it's ever been on video. but to those who are interested,
> it will be released on video in February for $15.
>
Is this the legendary Richard Williams "The Thief and the Cobbler"?
Relatively untouched by other hands, uncut and complete (as complete as
it ever got)? If it is, I would be very very pleased, and very
surprised. I have a feeling it is a release of "Arabian Knight", the
"augmented" (read: bastardized) version released to theaters, that
bombed in a nuclear way.
Does anyone have more information?
Mike Dobbs
Undoubtedly this will be the Miramax version (rather than Fred Calvert's
version) as that it the cut to which they own the rights.
Mike Dobbs
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thunderr
By the way, there is a copy of the original on 3/4 inch video here in
LA. A very good copy. I wouldn't bother with the new version.
Jan-Eric Nystrom
pita wrote:
> Is this the legendary Richard Williams "The Thief and the Cobbler"?
I attended the Richard Williams Animation Master Class in Denmark, just
a few weeks ago, and RW was very bitter about this film, and did not
want to answer any questions about it.
He certainly didn't consider it as "his film" anymore.
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Jan-Eric Nystrom wrote:
>
> pita wrote:
>
> > Is this the legendary Richard Williams "The Thief and the Cobbler"?
>
> I attended the Richard Williams Animation Master Class in Denmark, just
> a few weeks ago, and RW was very bitter about this film, and did not
> want to answer any questions about it.
>
> He certainly didn't consider it as "his film" anymore.
>
>
> regards,
>
Understandable. They destroyed and preverted enough of the film to make
it less than it was.
Jan-Eric Nystrom
> > > pita wrote:
> > > Is this the legendary Richard Williams "The Thief and the Cobbler"?
> > Jan-Eric wrote:
> > I attended the Richard Williams Animation Master Class in Denmark, just
> > a few weeks ago, and RW was very bitter about this film, and did not
> > want to answer any questions about it.
> > He certainly didn't consider it as "his film" anymore.
> thunderr wrote:
> Understandable. They destroyed and preverted enough of the film to make
> it less than it was.
Jan-Eric again:
I found a review on this film in the on-line version of "fps" magazine:
http://www.cam.org/~pawn/reviews5.html#cobbler
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Jan-Eric Nystrom
One more note:
Check the article "Last Word: The Theft of the Thief",
by Harry McCracken at:
http://www.cam.org/~pawn/lastword7.html
thunderr
Great article. Thanks.
Widya Santoso
Jan-Eric Nystrom <ani...@sci.fi> writes:
>I found a review on this film in the on-line version of "fps" magazine:
>http://www.cam.org/~pawn/reviews5.html#cobbler
Wow- it's still there? Thanks, Emru.
Please note that this review is of the Australian cut, which is a more
complete version than the US release, and thus, the comments in my
article may not coincide with things in the US release, which is to my
understanding a much "changed" film.
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