The Thief and the Cobbler (1995)

  • G
  • 08/05/1995 (US)
  • Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance
  • 1h 12m

Long before Aladdin, ages before Ali Baba, came the hilarious adventure of a simple shoemaker who saved an enchanted kingdom, won the heart of a beatiful princess, and became the first Arabian Knight.

Overview

It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in the vast deserts, that the world which we see is an outward and visible dream, of an inward and invisible reality ... Once upon a time there was a golden city. In the center of the golden city, atop the tallest minaret, were three golden balls. The ancients had prophesied that if the three golden balls were ever taken away, harmony would yield to discord, and the city would fall to destruction and death. But... the mystics had also foretold that the city might be saved by the simplest soul with the smallest and simplest of things. In the city there dwelt a lowly shoemaker, who was known as Tack the Cobbler. Also in the city... existed a Thief, who shall be... nameless.

Richard Williams

Screenplay, Director

Margaret French

Screenplay

Parker Bennett

Story

Terry Runte

Story

Bette L. Smith

Story

Tom Towler

Story

Stephen Zito

Story

Cast

Vincent Price's headshot

Vincent Price

Zigzag the Grand Vizier (voice)
Matthew Broderick's headshot

Matthew Broderick

Tack the Cobbler (voice)
Jennifer Beals's headshot

Jennifer Beals

Princess YumYum (voice)
Anthony Quayle's headshot

Anthony Quayle

King Nod (voice)
Joan Sims's headshot

Joan Sims

Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
Donald Pleasence's headshot

Donald Pleasence

Phido the Vulture (voice)
Jonathan Winters's headshot

Jonathan Winters

The Thief (voice)
Paul Matthews's headshot

Paul Matthews

Mighty One-Eye (voice)

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