Thief and the Cobbler (1995)
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40% of critics liked it
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72% of users liked it
(6,609 ratings)
Master animator Richard Williams (best known for his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) created this visually dazzling full-length cartoon. Tack (voice of Matthew Broderick) is a shy and humble cobbler in love with the beautiful Princess Yum Yum (voice of Jennifer Beals). Tack gets his chance to… More Master animator Richard Williams (best known for his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) created this visually dazzling full-length cartoon. Tack (voice of Matthew Broderick) is a shy and humble cobbler in love with the beautiful Princess Yum Yum (voice of Jennifer Beals). Tack gets his chance to impress the Princess when he's pressed into service to help defeat a wicked sorcerer, Zigzag (voice of Vincent Price); Tack also runs afoul of a charming but duplicitous thief (voice of Jonathan Winters). Arabian Knight (also shown as The Thief and the Cobbler) was reportedly long in production and held back from release for a time because the distributors were afraid that many Americans would not be inclined to see a family film set in the Middle East in the wake of the Gulf War; by the time it finally opened, two members of the voice cast, Vincent Price and Donald Pleasence, had passed on. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Williams
- Written By
- Richard Williams, Margaret French
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Aug 25, 1995 Wide
- Studio
- Miramax
Critic Reviews
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Mike Clark, USA Today
An Aladdin rip-off burdened by songs so dreadful that even Academy voters will refuse to nominate them.
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Andrew Osmond, SFX Magazine
A cartoon legend, a massively ambitious film decades in the making. Even in this butchered, cretinously dumbed-down version, its incredible hubris shines through.
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Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
A must for family viewing.
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Cast
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Jennifer Beals
as Princess Yum Yum
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Matthew Broderick
as Tack
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Toni Collette
as Nurse/Good Witch
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Kevin Dorsey
as One-Eye
- Donald Pleasence
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Vincent Price
as Zigzag
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Clive Revill
as King Nod
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Jonathan Winters
as Thief
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Eric Bogosian
as Phido
- Bobbi Page
- Kenneth Williams
- Stanley Baxter