Thief And The Cobbler, The – Recobbled Cut

Absolutely love this animation, and seeing it in as full and close to the creators vision as possible is fantastic. These sequences are mind boggling and truly awesome, and some of the most unique and boundary pushing animation I’ve seen, and I expect no less from the man behind the animation of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Fantastic.

May 24, 2009 @ 3:36 pm

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A fascinating look into what could have been. I wrote a full review on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/3OY7AJ

But basically, this edit is an incredible accomplishment, rivaling the Star Wars Despecialized Editions as being one of the most important fan edits to ever exist. Anyone studying animation or is interested in it should watch this film, and the documentary based on it called "Persistence of Vision".

Probably nothing could have fixed how incoherent the story is, even Richard Williams himself couldn't in time, but thankfully it remains an incredible piece of art that challenges conventions, especially when it comes to animation.

March 9, 2012 @ 6:26 am

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December 31, 2011 @ 3:12 am

A great effort by the editor. You can tell a tremendous amount of time and talent went into producing it. I think what mars it for me was that the quality of the .avi I downloaded was just too pixelated and choppy to enjoy on a big (100″ projected) screen. This is a film I think my nieces would really enjoy if a higher quality cut of it was available (even with the rough story board scenes included). That said, its an amazing curiosity piece of what could have been. It’s edits like these that continue to draw me to fanedit.org and fan edits in general. 7/10 for the effort alone.