Monikos muistaa Roger Rabbitin animaatiot ohjanneen Richard Williamsin pitkälti itsetuotetun animaatioeepoksen?





Richard Williams' magnum opus, a painstakingly hand-animated epic inspired by the Arabian Nights and with the production title The Thief and the Cobbler, was begun in 1968 and was initially self-funded. As a largely non-verbal feature meant for an adult audience, The Thief was initially dismissed as unmarketable. After over twenty years of work, Williams had completed only twenty minutes of the film, and following the critical success of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Williams sought and secured a production deal with Warner Bros. in 1990. However, the production went over deadline, and in 1992, with only 15 minutes left to complete, The Completion Bond Company, who had insured Warners' financing of the film, feared competition from the similarly themed Disney film Aladdin and seized the project from Williams in Camden, London. Completion Bond then had the animation completed in Korea under the direction of animator Fred Calvert. Calvert's product was released internationally in 1994 as The Princess and the Cobbler. Miramax then acquired rights to the project and extensively rewrote and reanimated the film to include continuous dialogue and to add several musical interludes. Miramax's product was released in 1995 under the title Arabian Knight. In 2006, a fan of William's work named Garrett Gilchrist released a bootleg DVD with a restored version of the movie he made himself, mixing the original audio track, finished scenes, low quality images, pencil tests, and even pieces of the storyboard. – Wikipedia



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YouTubesta löytyy myös katsomisen arvoiset Williams-pätkät I Drew Roger Rabbit ja The Thief Who Never Gave Up. On pieni ihme, että mies on vieläkin keskuudessamme, siirtynyt vain nykyään opetuslinjalle. Vuonna 2001 ilmestynyttä The Animator's Survival Kit:iä on usein kehuskeltu alan raamatuksi.