The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Cut

[Studio Toledo]

Our friend writes:

Also concerning Kimba/The Lion King. Kimba left the airwaves somewhere in the early 70s. This misleads younger people about how well-known it was. And they think that makes it totally irrelevant to The Lion King. "Just some old Japanese cartoon no one ever heard of. I wasn't born yet so who cares?" And it only ran every weekday afternoon for about 6 years.

The latest I saw the show was airing was '77 on a station in Detroit (have the TV Guide to prove it). But yes, it's still terrible Tezuka got shafted that way (despite being dead by then).

[Will Tasker]

Remember way, way back when we were trying to figure out that piece of music when the War Machine is approaching?

By any chance, do you have a clip up on YouTube of that part? I'd like to see if I can run it past someone so they can ID it.

[tygerbug]

It's all up at Youtube -

http://youtube.com/thethiefarchive

[Og-ctufilms]

The Weinstein Co. DVD for the pan-and-scan Miramax cut just went out of print:
http://www.amazon.com/Thief-Cobbler-Vin ... 533&sr=8-1

[Studio Toledo]

That's good news!

[tygerbug]

Luke Menichelli tipped me off to this ...

The opening titles to Prudence and the Pill --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePk7joZW59E

Not the best quality VHS, but nice to see.

[Laukku]

Hello. I just registered to note that there seems to be a problem with your Thief gallery at http://orangecow.org/thief/. The link gives a 404 and images linked in this thread do not load. Would you please fix this?

[tygerbug]

I know, Laukku .... When I updated my website I left the Thief folder out for space reasons. I need to put back some of that material, certainly.


EDIT: (never mind, I found another copy)

[tygerbug]

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/20 ... ml#photo=8

[Nailwraps]

How can some people think Thief is controversial? I would give the original version and the Recobbled cut a PG rating.

[Studio Toledo]

How can some people think Thief is controversial? I would give the original version and the Recobbled cut a PG rating.

Unless they're thinking of it as something a child would be all traumatic over in the process, since there were many animated features that often did that (or else the people who had witnessed it long ago are bluffing).

[tygerbug]

I can see it as being a little bit inappropriate, but no more so than your average PG film.

I think it's more likely that the writer was a fan of the Recobbled Cut, and wanted to put it in there, as a 'fucked up kids' movie' ... which it is. Fair enough.

[Studio Toledo]

I can see it as being a little bit inappropriate, but no more so than your average PG film.

I think it's more likely that the writer was a fan of the Recobbled Cut, and wanted to put it in there, as a 'fucked up kids' movie' ... which it is. Fair enough.

We all had our fucked-up kid film to share (I really can't think of any I liked to say was fucked up from my childhood since I enjoyed them anyway)!

[tygerbug]

Sam Sleiman came across this ebay listing of a signed Richard Williams Animation poster that was originally sent to Ward Kimball. Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/WARD-KIMBALL-SIGNED ... 653wt_1167

[Studio Toledo]

Sam Sleiman came across this ebay listing of a signed Richard Williams Animation poster that was originally sent to Ward Kimball. Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/WARD-KIMBALL-SIGNED ... 653wt_1167

Shame I missed out on bidding on those. I would've got that poster by now! Or that WWI Iron Cross medal.