The Thief and the Cobbler

Release: September 23, 1993

In the golden city of Baghdad, a thief steals the 3 golden balls that protect the city from danger. And now, it's up to a shy cobbler named Tack, a beautiful princess named Yum-Yum, her nurse, and a group of "brigands" to save the city from an one-eyed army. This film has been in production since 1963, but was eventually taken away from it's original creator, Richard Williams (The same person who created the animation for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit") in 1992. Television animator Fred Calvert finished and reworked the film and released it as "The Princess and the Cobbler" in 1993. Miramax Family Films then bought the film and edited it further and added celebrity voices. This version was released in 1995. US release date: 8/25/1995

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Title	Date Added	Release Date
The Thief and the Cobbler	05/01/2012	(1993)
Persistence of Vision	04/06/2023	(2012)
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up	05/05/2023	(1982)

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Quotes

Roofless: "[singing] Sent here twenty years ago / By the king to guard his borders / We don't know when to return / Cause no one here can read his orders."

Added By: Clint_Olson

The Thief: "And I love big distractions like weddings. [Thief is shown actually going *through* minaret]"

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The Thief: "[repeated] Gotta get the ruby's off the fat guy's head."

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Princess Yum Yum: "[urgently] Back to the city, Roofless. Hurry! Hurry!"

The Thief: "[wearily giving chase] Yeah, "hurry"; *you're* being carried!"

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Mad Holy Old Witch: "Belief in yourself is what you lack. Attack, attack, and never look back."

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Phido the Vulture: "[laughs when he hears Zig Zag set for a fate that will probably kill him] And I'll eat the leftovers."

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Phido the Vulture: "Is this when we eat? I need to eat, I don't see any food; I'm still hungry here. [seeing One-Eye] I think I just lost my appetite."

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Phido the Vulture: "So where's the roadkill; a bird's gotta eat, you know."

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Princess Yum Yum: "Father, I'm smarter than any man in this city. And, faster than your clumsy - henchman."

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The Thief: "[falls into slingshot with one golden ball] No, guys. Come on. I'm not tall enough to ride this ride. Aaaand I suffer from dizzy-spells, honest. Aaaaaand I'm pregnant!"

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Princess Yum Yum: "[referring to Tack] *Who* is this?"

Zigzag: "O Greatest King of all the Earth, this lowball [uses cane to stop Tack from walking off] cobbler of no worth, attacked me in the square today! Shall we take his head away?"

King Nod: "[waking up] What? No, no, if you really think so, Zigzag."

Princess Yum Yum: "But what has he done?"

Zigzag: "[takes tack from Tack's mouth] A*ttacked* me!"

Princess Yum Yum: "*Really*?"

Zigzag: "[hisses] Yes!"

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Princess Yum Yum: "[singing] But she is more than this / There's a mind in the body of this pretty miss!"

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Zigzag: "O Great King Nod, have no fear. Zigzag, your grand vizier is here!"

King Nod: "[wakes up] What, what? [bored] Oh, it's *you*... Zigzag!"

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Princess Yum Yum: "This life I live in regal splendor seems a waste. If I could help Father, instead of just sitting as his side. If I could help just one person, maybe then he'd understand there's more to me, I'd be doing something useful."

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King Nod: "The balls are gone!"

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The Thief: "Hey! Two trees on the edge of an impossible-to-climb cliff - perfect!"

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The Thief: "They should have a sign: "Beware of Signs"."

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Tack the Cobbler: "Well, I guess they never ran into a cobbler before."

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The Thief: "Drank my coffee, read the paper, now it's time to get to work."

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The Thief: "Ooh! What's that? Oh, a naked lady. But wait! A golden backscratcher!"

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