The Thief and the Cobbler
1993/09/23 • $28,000,000 • Released • English
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.
Director : Richard Williams
Casts
Vincent Price
Zigzag the Grand Vizier (voice)
Matthew Broderick
Tack the Cobbler (voice)
Jennifer Beals
Princess YumYum (voice)
Anthony Quayle
King Nod (voice)
Joan Sims
Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
Donald Pleasence
Phido the Vulture (voice)
Jonathan Winters
The Thief (voice)
Miriam Margolyes
Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
Eric Bogosian
Phido the Vulture (voice)
Toni Collette
Nurse / Mad Holy Old Witch (voice)
Joss Ackland
Brigand (voice)
Clinton Sundberg
Dying Soldier (voice)
Kenneth Williams
Goblet / Tickle (voice)
Stanley Baxter
Gofer / Slap (voice)
Rik Mayall
Brigand (uncredited)
Bobbi Page
Princess YumYum (voice)
Sara Crowe
Princess YumYum (voice)
Mona Marshall
Nurse / Mad Holy Old Witch (voice)
Windsor Davies
Roofless (voice)
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