In 2013, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences archived Williams' own 35 mm workprint Williams himself acknowledged the film's rehabilitated reputation, thanks to projects like The Recobbled Cut, a popular fan edit by Garrett Gilchrist, and Persistence of Vision, a 2012 documentary by Kevin Schreck detailing the film's production. Disney, have discussed restoring the film to its original version. Over the years, various people and companies, including Roy E. Both versions of the film performed poorly at the box office and received mixed reviews. Two years later, Disney's Miramax Films released another re-edit titled Arabian Knight. When production went over budget and fell behind schedule, it was heavily cut and hastily re-edited by producer Fred Calvert without Williams' involvement it was eventually released by Allied Filmmakers in 1993 under the title The Princess and the Cobbler. agreed to finance and distribute the film.
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It was finally placed into full production in 1989, when Warner Bros.
Originally conceived in the 1960s, the film was in and out of production for nearly three decades due to independent funding and ambitiously complex animation. The Thief and the Cobbler is an unfinished animated fantasy film directed by Richard Williams. 80 minutes ( The Princess and the Cobbler)