The Thief and the Cobbler

I read awhile ago that Richard Williams directed a movie of his own called "The Thief and the Cobbler". Unfortunately, it didn't do well in theatres, mainly because its theme was similar to Disney's Aladin.

I watched the movie and found it fascinating. Apparently, Williams was working on the film for around 60 years. He had famous animators such as Ken Harris and Art Babbit help him with the animation. He even had Vincent Price, a famous horror actor, play as the film's antagonist, Zigzag.

 Williams ran out of money to fund the film so he had to work with other studio projects. Unfortunately company bigwigs were getting impatient with how long he was dragging the production out. Eventually they took creative control away from him in order to beat Aladdin in theatres.

Some of the best animation ever seen crafted is within this movie. Generations of animators have constructed a powerful performance in this feature that rivals Disney and Dreamworks.

There's this one scene that  shows Zigzag persuading the evil invader king. He has multiple fingers, each with a ring on each digit. He also displays incredible motion due to his multiple joints. He has 4 shoulders, 4 knees, 4 elbows.etc. Watching him deal cards is impressive. Richard Williams commented how he wanted this character to be multi-jointed in order to enhance his shifty, double-dealing nature.