Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The re-cobbled cut holds a lot more magic to it, and my rating is more for that edit than this one.

When I was a kid I first saw this on TV late last night and loved every moment of it, when I came back to it . . . I don't know what I saw in my adolescent mind, but it wasn't what I thought. 2 of the 3 versions are a complete mess and are complete Aladdin ripoffs (but fun fact Aladdin ripped the original premise off themselves the both 2 of the versions ripped Aladdin off ) but if you want to watch the closest to the original version, watch the recobbled cut, sure it may be a mess but this is a fan recreation, we aren't all that when it comes to Photoshop and artistry.

The Thief and the Cobbler, created by the animator responsible for Roger Rabbit and the Pink Panther, was a beautiful film. That is, if it ever were completed properly. The film is probably the big inspiration for Disney's Aladdin, which was just as great. The animation is so brilliant, not even the likes of Disney or Don Bluth could top it. It's a film you'd have to feel bad for, since it took up to 26 years to make and seemed to fail and get butchered.It's about a cute mute (at least he should've been) named Tack, a cobbler, who might compare to Jo-Jo in the Blue Sky version of Horton Hears a Who. The other main character is the swamp-coloured, cheeky, silent thief (at least he should've been silent). He is crazy for gold stuff as Scrat from Ice Age is crazy for acorns and he stinks so much that his flies follow him everywhere he goes. Tack falls in love with the pretty Princess Yum-Yum, daughter of the lazy King Nod (the inspiration for the Sultan), which gets the blue vizier Zig-zag angry. Zig-zag is the inspiration for the Genie and Jafar who can say anything in rhymes and is voiced by Vincent Price. The most important thing the characters need to take care of though the Thief is just too greedy to know about is the set of three golden balls above the tallest minaret. If the balls were taken away, the dark, half-blind army of One-Eyes will attack.I've seen the three main versions; the Recobbled cut, the Allied Filmmakers version and the Miramax version. First, I am going to talk about the Recobbled cut. This cut is made by a big fan named Garrett Gilchrist of a fan company named Orange Cow Productions. He compiled footage and original sound tracks he collected from all versions of the film and people who worked on the film, no matter if it's unfinished, low quality or animated poorly by Fred Calvert. He also included classical music to make it a little more epic. It could possibly the best fan edit ever made.10/10 for the Recobbled cut.The Allied Filmmakers/Majestic Films version, The Princess and the Cobbler, was released only in Australia and South Africa. It was taken away from Richard after Warner Bros. rejected it and completed quite badly by television animator Fred Calvert and the Completion Bond Company. Fred added extra animation that looked as if Don Bluth animated it (some of the extra animation was produced at his studio), dialogue for Tack and crappy songs that made it quite a rip-off of Aladdin. Fred also changed the plot by mixing up scenes a little. The Thief was still silent, only making a few gasping, grunting or chuckling noises, and Zig-zag kept his great Vincent voice.3/10 for The Princess and the Cobbler.Miramax picked up Fred's edit, called it "Arabian Knight" and ruined it. They turned what could've been a masterpiece into a masterpiece of crap. They cut some scenes out because they thought they were too disturbing or long, added more repetition, gave Tack the inappropriate voice of Matthew Broderick and gave everyone who couldn't talk some annoying thought talk that distracted from the great animation. The thief, voiced by Jonathan Winters, spoke about everything he could see and thought that he was in the real world of the present day by speaking present day references ("Nobody lives like this except college kids.") and pop culture references ("I'm going to Disneyland!"), and he wouldn't shut the hell up. Nor would anyone else. The edit overflowed with dialogue, with tons of grunting voices and more usage of "What?" from King Nod. And that's right; Phido and the other animals could actually thought-talk as well. What, did Jim Davis suddenly take over the production? This isn't a Garfield TV special. What were they thinking? Did they care about the original's creator? It probably inspired the butchery the Weinstein Company did to the film version of The Magic Roundabout when they added cuts, random flatulence jokes, pop culture references and moose dialogue.0/10 for Arabian Knight.So the only version of this film to watch is the Recobbled cut. Don't waste your time with the other versions. A true-to-the-story restoration of the film was put on hold when Roy E. Disney left The Walt Disney Company so that the company could be totally butchered, but Garrett Gilchrist hears that the Disney restoration has been continued, so there's hope yet!

I defy anyone to dislike this film. It is colorful, beautifully animated, hilarious, and musical, with plenty of scenes you will remember and love. And also I'm starting to love fantasy movies (animated or live action) set in Arabia. The casting for the film was brilliant! with the talents of :· Matthew Broderick...Tack, who was "Adult" Simba from Disney's The Lion King; · Jennifer Beals/Bobbi Page...Princess Yum Yum (speaking and singing), · Vincent Price...Zigzag,I love the talents of Vincent, I even have many of his films; · Jonathan Winters...The Thief and... · Clive Revill ... King Nod (YumYum's dad). I love Princess YumYum, she's one of my favorite Non-Disney Princesses. And I love her song "More Than This."