The Cobbler
Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. Sometimes walking in another man's shoes is the only way one can discover who they really are. From TMDB
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60 of 130 · most liked firstMovie: The Thief and the Cobbler Language: English Country: United States Version: Allied Filmmakers Rest in peace Clive Revill (1930 - 2025) 🕯
unlabelledView post →I'm Garrett Gilchrist, writer, artist, animator and filmmaker. I spent ten years restoring the animated film The Thief and the Cobbler, directed a She-Hulk movie, did the extended cut of Super Mario Bros 1993, have written comics, screenplays and novels, and painted covers for many video games.
unlabelledView post →Animated Movies I think SHOULD be in the criterion collection. -Mr. Bug Goes to Town -Son of the White Mare -The King and the Mockingbird -Twice Upon a Time -Memories -A Ralph Bakshi Film collection (Heavy Traffic/Coonskin/Hey Good Looking/WIzards) -The Thief and The Cobbler recobbled -Rock N Rule
unlabelledView post →It's #LetterboxdFriday! Here are my #LastFourWatched. 🎥 Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva- 4 stars- Loved the games and the movie! The Thief and the Cobbler- 2.5 stars- Vincent Price is my favorite part. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2- 2 stars - Not for me. V/H/S Halloween- 3 stars- Caught up!
unlabelledView post →You know, the Thief and the Cobbler is a movie I love. Richard Williams spent close to thirty years working on that film with successive teams of animators trying to make a formally, wildly ambituous animated feature and he came so close to finishing and never did. It's still beautiful
unlabelledView post →📺WE'RE HAVING A MOVIE NIGHT‼️ our eyes will be soaking in animated visual splendor today, because we're watching THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER by animation legend RICHARD WILLIAMS! and i'll be high because this is the life hack for watching!🍃 ⏰ 3pm PT | 4pm MT | 5pm CT | 6pm ET
unlabelledView post →Fun fact about me that never comes up: I was. Very heavily obsessed with The Thief and the Cobbler to a frightening degree in Highschool. I still love it v much. It's one of those sleeper agent movie loves that've been with me since I was a kid lmao
unlabelledView post →#PortfolioDay I'm an artist, writer and filmmaker. You may have seen my film restoration work (The Thief and the Cobbler, Muppets, Super Mario Bros), or my covers to retro video games. I create a lot of original creative projects you'll hopefully hear a lot more about, eventually.
unlabelledView post →CW fatfur took inspiration from Thief and the Cobbler, the (unfinished) movie that Richard Williams called his masterpiece, which also happens to contain a whole group of big thicc ladies (who'd have thought)
unlabelledView post →I hate to be this person. But elder scrolls 6 is never going to happen. And if it does. It's going to be an absolute mess worse than The Thief and The Cobbler movie.
unlabelledView post →Did you know Richard Williams' animated film "The Thief and the Cobbler" is set in fictionalized ancient Iran, a nation which a certain idiot in chief has just bombed? www.tumblr.com/tygerbug/787...
unlabelledView post →Harvey Weinstein had the unique ability to make the most nonsensical choices for animated movies. He oversaw the butchered version of The Thief and the Cobbler and Doogal. They once had the rights to this Argentinian film and showed ads for it in theaters, but then pulled it for whatever reason.
unlabelledView post →Host Brenda is back everyone and let us rejoice as they bring a topic so bring it’s our first (max fun era) TWO PARTER! A movie with a production arm so long it spans over two generations, catch part one of Thief and the Cobbler right now! maximumfun.org/episodes/sec...
unlabelledView post →Tomorrow is my animated movie club meetup (like a book club, but for animated movies) and I'm going to suggest that we watch The Thief & The Cobbler: Recobbled Cut for our next movie
unlabelledView post →Now for the thrilling conclusion of our two parter on Thief and the Cobbler where the movie gets finished (eventually) and our hosts talk about typical stuff like lies told by execs, projects over budget, and dreams never being realized🥰 hit the link to learn why! maximumfun.org/episodes/sec...
unlabelledView post →Have you guys seen this 1984 British advert for Mini Cheddars? It was made by animation legend Richard Williams, famous for being the animation director of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and for his unfinished movie "The Thief and the Cobbler" www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6I6...
unlabelledView post →Wow, a major Youtuber has just done a video about The Thief and the Cobbler, a film I've been researching for almost 30 years! I hope it's accurate. YOUTUBER: Animationer Robby Williams won a Grammy for the TV show "Bonkers Rabbit" while pooping in his panties because of woke
unlabelledView post →mythology, fears of Hell, germs, running away, secret things, treasure objects, fears of being poisoned, fairytales, my friend Eileen, the movie The Thief & The Cobbler, my friend Jessica's house, dying for love
unlabelledView post →Did I expect to get a video about a childhood film that is The Thief and the Cobbler No. Did I imagine this movie was an actual hyper dream and no one saw it? Yes.
unlabelledView post →I've watched the Thief and the Cobbler for the first time at the Manchester Animation Film Festival. Fantastic movie! 👍 #animation #movie
unlabelledView post →When I was a child, I saw an animated film called The Thief and the Cobbler and was driven crazy by the overwhelming world view and visual beauty. I still love this movie. I wonder if anyone else knows about it.
unlabelledView post →THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER. It is such a WILD, weird movie supposed to be Richard Williams' magnum opus film, never finished, forcibly released to his displeasure (author of 'The animators survival guide') - visual TREAT albeit a disaster of a production! Archive: archive.org/details/the-...
unlabelledView post →The Thief and the Cobbler, and does Coyote vs Acme count since it was fully made??? My live-action film answer for this is Guillermo del Toro’s the Hobbit.
unlabelledView post →I didn’t get a chance to say that Richard Williams got incredibly angry at anyone that misspelled thief because he thought they were intentionally calling his film “The If and the Cobbler” in that it was a big IF if the film would ever release.
unlabelledView post →Do you think the Cobbler from Thief and the Cobbler would've been tumblr sexy-man'd if the movie came out more recently
unlabelledView post →This movie history fascinates me! I remember being very young and on a cruise ship with my fam. The Thief and the Cobbler was the only thing on TV for kids and it played on repeat the entire time. I thought it was a fever dream until college when I met people who ACTUALLY worked on it. Great video!
unlabelledView post →Fr, these are literally the people who watch The Thief and the Cobbler or the Raggedy Ann movie and act like animation wasn't meant to be wild and wonderful, realism is rotting people's brains.
unlabelledView post →What is your “I recommend to everyone” movie? There’s so many to choose from but today I’m going to go with an unfinished art film. The Thief and the Cobbler, Recobbled cut! This film is gorgeous!
unlabelledView post →Fun fact: I watched The Thief and the Cobbler for the first time when it was a DVD that came in a box of Froot Loops. I bought the cereal specifically for the movie. Vincent Price as the voice of the wizard was mesmerizing. Jonathan Winters as the thief was very amusing. The animation is unequaled.📽️
unlabelledView post →The Thief & The Cobbler. Just to experience the marvel of the hand drawn animation alone. I was amazed as a child the creativity of this movie. (Story is basic AF) But, in this day & age I think people would think this was done by AI. Also Vincent Price's voice is worth it.
unlabelledView post →Just watched "Thief and the Cobbler" recobbled edit mk5 (2023). I can see this movie would have never finished. Story is very simple but yeah this is Richard Williams showing off 30+ years of production Vincent Price was the voice of the Royal Vizier Zig-Zag
unlabelledView post →If this is about The Thief & The Cobbler, Richard Williams, the creator himself, was just as responsible for how the film wound up being. What Weinstein did definitely deserves scrutiny, don’t get me wrong. However, Williams still had deadlines to meet and refused one compromise too many.
unlabelledView post →they should make a movie about the life of shoes (NOT THE COBBLER!!)
unlabelledView post →Finally caught up with this, and it’s a pretty good breakdown of both the overblown claim that ALADDIN plagiarized THIEF AND THE COBBLER and the truth that—despite being a technical marvel—Richard Williams’ movie was probably never going to be a success, even if it was ever finished.
unlabelledView post →I think that what it is is that “The Thief and the Cobbler” (original title) was an animated movie, in which Vincent Price lent his voice to one of the main characters, the Grand Vizier Zigzag. “Edward Scissorhands” was the last movie in which Price appeared on screen. (Great performance BTW.)
unlabelledView post →It'll help learn about the walk cycles, expressions, and such And Richard Williams (rest in peace) is the director of a couple of animated films: Raggedy Anne and Andy Adventures, the Thief and the Cobbler, and my most favorite film: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
unlabelledView post →I want to shut folks like this up by sitting them in front of a big screen TV and making them take notes on gorgeously animated but boring stuff like The Thief and the Cobbler, and then switch to Don Hertzfeld's It's Such a Beautiful Day, and finally ask them which was the better animated film.
unlabelledView post →Recommending a full year of animated movies, day 141. My 263rd favourite animated movie is The Thief and the Cobbler. Has any animated movie had a more troubled production history than Richard Williams attempted epic. His vision was too ambitious and expensive in the 1960s so the studio took…
unlabelledView post →Time for dinner and a movie! Tonight, I spent way more then I planned to at Meijer's 🤣 But that's everytime. Anyways, tonight we are having somr steak salads my wife made, so delicious. And the randomly selected movie is... Never seen this! The Cobbler, 2014
unlabelledView post →Sandler was fantastic in "The Cobbler" and, it's a great movie.
unlabelledView post →The Day the Earth Blew Up was the most "movie for animation nerds" movie I've seen since The Thief and the Cobbler. It also has a lot of heart and humor, it's gonna be referenced for decades to come easily.
unlabelledView post →If not for 10-year-old script consultant, Chigumi Ôbayashi (featured with the Cobbler in the beginning of the film), her father and co-writer, Nobuhiko Ôbayashi’s madhouse masterpiece would not be the shape it is. House is essential viewing. 10/10 #film #movies #filmsky #review
unlabelledView post →bonuses since the movie titles are so heckin' long: The Thief and the Cobbler Kiki's Delivery Beauty and the Beast Watership Down Pocahontas Hercules
unlabelledView post →One of the biggest losses of Thief & The Cobbler for me is that we never got to see an animated film with a 70mm blow-up mix with all the classic british library sound effects from that era
unlabelledView post →Star Trek V, but I was too young to appreciate how bad it was. Real-er answer was an extended family outing to the movies and the choice was Babe or Arabian Knight, aka. the hacked apart version of the Thief and The Cobbler. I didn't want to see the pig movie so I forced everyone to Arabian Knight.
unlabelledView post →This somehow makes me remember Lindsay Ellis' YouTube video on Richard Williams' The Thief and the Cobbler, and debunking the popular myth that Disney "stole" its ideas for Aladdin when in reality, Williams had complete creative control over his film, and his perfectionism caused multiple delays-
unlabelledView post →My ★★★ review of The Cobbler on @letterboxd: boxd.it/ra3w3
unlabelledView post →Finally watching the Thief and the Cobbler recobbled cut after watching the latest Lindsay Ellis video and yeah this feels less like a lost masterpiece and more like something that if it had been finished would have been considered a half decent film with anomalously great hand drawn animation.
unlabelledView post →Tonight's Entertainment: The Thief and the Cobbler letterboxd.com/blazehedgeho...
unlabelledView post →I don't think The Thief and The Cobbler would have become this cult animate film if wasn't for the fact to a mix unwavering perfectionism and a studio stealing the film it will sit in beautiful but ultimately unfinished state.
unlabelledView post →10 years ago, the Best Picture-winning Spotlight hit theaters. But to truly appreciate it, one must look at Tom McCarthy's previous film, The Cobbler. From the archives:
unlabelledView post →Did you know Richard Williams' animated film "The Thief and the Cobbler" is set in fictionalized ancient Iran, a nation which a certain idiot in chief has just bombed? www.tumblr.com/tygerbug/787...
unlabelledView post →4 images from a film you consider a masterpiece: The Thief and the Cobbler, 1993 I got this movie in a cereal box as a kid, and my brain got rewired. It's dragged as something of a flop, but the use of patterns and geometry had a huge impact on my art, especially the war machine from the end.
unlabelledView post →40. The Thief and the Cobbler an unfinished animated film that has some of the most gorgeous and breathtaking animation I have ever seen in my life, but with absolutely zero story to back it up it’s super unfortunate it was never finished but a super interesting watch as an animation fan tack/10
unlabelledView post →won't lie... I loved The Thief & the Cobbler, was totally obsessed with that movie as a kid
unlabelledView post →I'm Garrett Gilchrist, writer, artist, animator and filmmaker. I spent ten years restoring the animated film The Thief and the Cobbler, directed a She-Hulk movie, did the extended cut of Super Mario Bros 1993, have written comics, screenplays and novels, and painted covers for many video games.
unlabelledView post →THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER •gorgeous, long-delayed animated feature• released #otd 1993! Listen to a classic Hate Watch Podcast episode all about it from @moviejawn.com or find it anywhere you get podcasts 🎥🎦📽🎞🎬🎟🍿 #filmsky #moviesky #thiefandthecobbler
unlabelledView post →Yesterday, I have saw The Thief and the Cobbler (specifically the Recobbled Cut) and it got me thinking. Both this film and The King and the Mockingbird have the record of the longest production for an animated film with the latter taking up 30 years and the former with 29 to 31 years.
unlabelledView post →The same thing with how certain people call Aladdin a rip-off of The Thief and the Cobbler, even though that film was originally going to be an adaptation of the stories of Mullah Nasreddin before it became the film that it is today.
unlabelledView post →I think the movie that stands out as obscure in my childhood would have to be 'The Thief and the Cobbler'.
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