The Thief and the Cobbler

• 7.1 Animation
• 1993-09-23
• 72 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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 (Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)) Donald Pleasence (Phido the Vulture (voice)) Jonathan Winters (The Thief (voice)) Paul Matthews (Mighty One-Eye (voice)) Miriam Margolyes (Maiden from Mombassa (voice)) Eric Bogosian (Phido the Vulture (voice))

Director:

Richard Williams

Writer:

Richard Williams Margaret French