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Arabian Knight

the man of twists and turns — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 01:37:24 -0800

You may remember an animated film from the early '90s. Set somewhere in 'Arabia,' a land of bazaars and minarets, the story featured a bored, harem-panted princess, an orphan boy, a treacherous vizier with bird sidekick, a rotund and oblivious sultan, a blue-skinned magic user, et al. But it wasn't Aladdin - and the movie had started production in 1964 ... Animator Richard Williams, who would go on to direct the animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, started The Thief And The Cobbler, his vision of an animation masterpiece. After it was taken over by the bond company for completion and release, it was turned into The Princess And The Cobbler for the international market, and then further changed (with voiceovers to for formerly silent characters) for the American market, into Arabian Knight. But some of the original animation remained, and the film has been partially reconstructed. The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Full Length Youtube user TheThiefArchive has many videos of various stages of the movie's development, Richard Williams' work, and makings-of features. The making/unmaking of William's masterpiece was the subject of the documentary Persistence Of Vision. The trailer is on Vimeo and Youtube. Official page. The Thief blog, with lots of behind-the-scenes stuff. Animated commercials by Williams. Richard Williams on Cartoon Brew. TVTropes: The Thief And The Cobbler Previously on Metafilter: The best of YouTube (to date)?

Film Crit Hulk <3

Rory Marinich — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:22:44 -0800

Film Crit Hulk presents us with 22 SHORT THOUGHTS ABOUT MARGARET, the film which Kenneth Longeran (You Can Count On Me) directed in 2005 and which was finally released last year.

I don't know what you're referring to, but maybe if certain older, wiser people hadn't acted like such little babies, and gotten so mushy, then everything would be ok..

The Whelk — Tue, 17 May 2011 12:40:52 -0800

Alexander Payne's 1999's movie Election originally had a much more awkward and true to source material ending that was shot and then discarded after testing poorly. It remained a rumor until someone found a VHS copy at a Farmer's Market in Wilmington, DE for $5

The WarGames IMSAI

jtron — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:35:30 -0800

A (too?) in-depth article on the IMSAI 8080 featured in the movie WarGames. [more IMSAI images and info at 1000bit, the Obsolete Computer Museum, Erik Klein's Vintage Computers, and good ole' Wikipedia]