Once upon a time, there was an animator named Richard Williams.
: He's said to be one of the great animation directors, having done the Chuck Jones-produced 'Christmas Carol', that trippy '
Raggedy Ann and Andy' film, and probably his biggest accomplishment, the animation for '
Who Framed Roger Rabbit'. Yet before all of that, he started production on 'The Thief and the Cobbler' in 1964. It was released in 1993. What the hell happened all that time? Apparently, the film was independently funded and Williams went on and on saying that this was going to be his masterpiece. Because of this, the film took years and years of perfecting and financing to finally get it finished. In fact, one of the actors
died before the film even got released! Vincent Price recorded his dialogue over
twenty years before it ever saw the light of day. And as of now, it continues to be the longest time it's ever taken to complete an animated picture. Because this turkey was taking so long, the film was bought by the Completion Bond Company and kicked Williams off the project, having it released by Miramax and putting together their own half-assed cut that is still considered to be the cum-bucket of a dick cock.