2:46 He did that bird animation when he was only 12!!! No wonder that man went on to make some of the best looking animation ever in Thief and Roger Rabbit.
Richard allowed his perfectionism to get the better of him. He basically lost to himself multiple times because of that, even if the animation wasn’t stellar, the story could have make the movie become beloved.
How can you not. Richard and his crew worked their fingers to the bone creating this animated masterpiece and now thanks to meddling producers, financing difficulties, went too far in his ambitions and aggressive scheduling and deadlines, is masterpiece will never be fully completed. At least for now.
Some guy made The Recobbled Cut. They way Richard would’ve wanted it to be. Since then, it gathered a cult following and earn the title, “The greatest animated movie never made!”
@@majakmajak7596 Maybe someday by some miracle or so it will truly be fully completed exactly the way Richard had intended, but it certainly ain't gonna happen anytime soon I'm afraid. Plus, I'm picturing an alternate universe where Richard did manage to complete his masterpiece with full creative freedom, going big on his ambitions (but not way too far on them), and not having a crap ton of production issues like he did in the real timeline.
Today is the day I learned that Richard Williams has died yesterday. I'm sure that will either be a special video from Animat or it'll be on his next Vlog stream.
7:34 "Even when he won that oscar for 'A Christmas Carol', he didn't really care all that much." I guess you could say he didn't really carol that much.
You should do an Animation Lookback episode on Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland. That movie also had a notably long complex production history, though admittedly not as long and complex as The Thief and the Cobbler.
E. Bernhard Warg Indeed it was finished, but I don’t mean to say that that the same kind of production history as The Thief and the Cobbler, only that it too had a notably long production history. Especially how there were a lot of notable filmmakers and writers that were brought on during the development of the film, of which they dropped out due to creative differences including George Lucas, Osamu Dezaki, Hayao Miyazaki, and Isao Takahata. Both Dezaki and Miyazaki even created their own pilot films that can probably be found online or on the movie’s blu-ray as they present what the film could have looked liked within their own respective visions.
@@johnnyd3158 Also the 1978 movie Metamorphoses(later "Winds of Change") is worth doing a whole video on as it was the case of a Japanese animation company trying to dethrone Disney by copying Fantasia, only instead of having animated segments set to classical music, they had original rock songs by Mick Jagger and Joan Baez, but the premiere was just an epic failure that the wide release was cancelled and the music was stripped out for the re-release.
I must say, the history of this one man's career is quite fascinating, even so far as this one part. It really makes me want to get on with more shorts of my own so I can further my own future career as an animator.
He also recorded lines as the Santa from Nightmare Before Christmas but his audio was considered unusable since he didn't sound too good due to his falling health. It hasn't been released since and Tim Burton has no plans to release Price's recordings openly to the public.
@@SegaNintendoGuy64 Yeah I've heard that before. I guess it's because he was so distraught that he lost someone so close to him. It can happen to others too.
I remember ages ago you mentioned The Thief and the Cobbler in one of your videos. I found it on TH-cam and fell in love with the animation and background illustrations (although it was unfinished). I always wondered if you were going to do an Animation Lookback for it, and I'm so glad you're finally doing it!
I loved this movie as a youngster, something about it felt so off and so weird but it all worked for me so well. Much in the same awkward ways as The Magic Voyage or Quest for Camelot
The story behind this film is so complex. Besides, i only knew this film because it was Vincent Price's last film. And i only knew him because he was on Disney's The Great Mouse Detective.
Understandably, would make sense to have the Thief remind silent though out the rest of the film. But if he did had a voice actor, it should be Willian Vanderpuye
By the way people, this is the background music clever Animat chose for this episode, a rather Russian classical piece. Scheherazade, also commonly Sheherazade (Russian: Шехераза́да, tr. Shekherazáda, Op. 35, is a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888 and based on One Thousand and One Nights (also known as The Arabian Nights).[1] This orchestral work combines two features typical of Russian music and of Rimsky-Korsakov in particular: dazzling, colorful orchestration and an interest in the East, which figured greatly in the history of Imperial Russia, as well as orientalism in general. The name "Scheherazade" refers to the main character Shahrazad of the One Thousand and One Nights. It is considered Rimsky-Korsakov's most popular work. And yes I copy and pasted these words from Wikipedia, just to save time.
This was a little unexpected for me. like I didn't know animation lookback would come out this soon Then again it'll be possible gone until like in the summer, so really who knows how long this is going to be.
All Voice Actors: Richard Williams Christmas Carol Alastair Slim: Ebenezer Scrooge - Michael Redgrave: The Narrator - Melvin Hayes: Bob Cratchit - Alexander Williams (Richard Williams's Son): Tiny Tim - Diana Quick: The Ghost of Christmas Past - Felix Felton: The Ghost of Christmas Present - Annie West: The Ghost of Christmas Future - Michael Horden: The Ghost of Marley - Joan Sims: Mrs. Cratchit, Multiple Females - Mary Ellen Ray: Mrs. Dilber - Paul Whitsun Jones: Fezzwig, Multiple Males - David Tate: Fred, A Charity Man, Multiple Males All Voice Actors: Mickey's Christmas Carol Alan Young: Scrooge McDuck - Wayne Allwine: Mickey Mouse,Otto, One Weasel, Multiple Males - Dick Billingsley: Tiny Tim - Eddie Carrol: Jiminy Cricket - Will Ryan: Willie the Giant, Pete, Moley, Another Weasel, Multiple Males - Hal Smith: Goofy, Ratty, Multiple Males - Clarence Nash: Donald Duck - Patricia Parris: Daisy Duck, Multiple Females - Russi Taylor: Minnie Mouse, Multiple Females - Peter Cullen: Thadeus Toad, Multiple Males - Frank Welker: Multiple Males All Voice Actors: Bah Humbduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas Joe Alaskey: Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Marvin the Martian, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepe Le Pew, Multiple Males - Bob Bergen: Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, Multiple Males - Jim Cummings: The Taz-Manian Devil, Gossamer, Multiple Males - June Foray: Granny - Maurice Lamarche: Yosemite Sam - Tara Charendoff Strong: Priscilla Pig (Tiny Tim), Multiple Females - Billy West: Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Multiple Males - Dee Brad Baker: The Roadrunner, Multiple Males All Voice Actors: The 2009 Christmas Carol Movie Jim Carrey: Ebeneezer Scrooge, The Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present - Ryan Ochoa: Tiny Tim, Multiple Children - Daryl Sabara: The Undertaker's Apprentice, Multiple Children - Cary Elwes: A Portly Gentleman, Multiple Males - Fay Masterson: Mrs. Cratchit, Caroline, Multiple Females - Jacquie Barnbrook: Mrs. Fezzwig, Multiple Females - Bob Hoskins: Mr. Fezzwig, Old Joe - Gary Oldman: Bob Cratchit, The Ghost of Marley - Julian Holloway: A Fat Cook, Multiple Males - Collin Firth: Fred - Robin Wright: Belle, Multiple Females - Fionulla Flanagan: Mrs. Dilber - Steve Valentine: The Funerary Undertaker - Callum Blue: Caroline's Hisband - Amber Gainley Meade: Multiple Females - Paul Blackthorne: Multiple Males - Sammi Hanratty: Multiple Females
Well of course I have seen multiple animation projects about Charles Dickens's Christmas Carol! It's a timeless classic, for Cuteness Spirit's Sake! However, it was quite difficult to choose a favorite interpretation of this classic tale. Richard Williams's story is apparently the first time this story was ever told with animation, and it won the Oscar for Best Animated Short. However, the story can get rather dark, and the art style is just not for me. Mickey's Christmas Carol is the cutest retelling of this story, and it even has Jiminy Cricket, which helps me remember Pinocchio. but the death of Tiny Tim is still hard to take. Bah Humduck, It sounds like A Looney Tunes Christmas is the only version where the star child does not die, but that just had to be ruined by an adult's voice! You know what? I'm just going to settle for Mickey's Christmas Carol as my favorite version. That's the project that has the most things in its favor.
Richard Williams should have went to the Soviet Union and work for Soyuzmultfilm, after all who better to set Islamic folklore stories into animated feature films than us Russians? You know, since my people live closer to Islamic peoples and therefore knew more about them (both good and bad) than most Westerners especially back in the 1960's and even today, yeah or da Williams could have got funding from Lyudmila Furtseva USSR's only-female Minister of Culture back then, or Premier Leonid Brezhnev, who cares if we're behind the Iron Curtain and happen to be Communist back in the day?
I was taught to judge a man by the quality of his video not the colour of his fedora. Good video, great film. Very informative and entertaining. Thanks!
I would like to one day open my own animation studio before I am 35, so I can pay people to animate with me instead of selling copyrights to a cartoon network to fund it. Of course, I will also need to learn to animate and color myself, but there are luckily much easier methods to do that now than there were 60 years ago. August 31, 2021, 2:46am
2:46 He did that bird animation when he was only 12!!! No wonder that man went on to make some of the best looking animation ever in Thief and Roger Rabbit.
Richard allowed his perfectionism to get the better of him. He basically lost to himself multiple times because of that, even if the animation wasn’t stellar, the story could have make the movie become beloved.
R.I.P. Richard Williams (1933-2019)
I feel so sorry for Richard Williams and the animators working on this film.
How can you not. Richard and his crew worked their fingers to the bone creating this animated masterpiece and now thanks to meddling producers, financing difficulties, went too far in his ambitions and aggressive scheduling and deadlines, is masterpiece will never be fully completed. At least for now.
Some guy made The Recobbled Cut. They way Richard would’ve wanted it to be. Since then, it gathered a cult following and earn the title, “The greatest animated movie never made!”
@@majakmajak7596 you have to a really evil person not to feel bad
@@majakmajak7596 Maybe someday by some miracle or so it will truly be fully completed exactly the way Richard had intended, but it certainly ain't gonna happen anytime soon I'm afraid.
Plus, I'm picturing an alternate universe where Richard did manage to complete his masterpiece with full creative freedom, going big on his ambitions (but not way too far on them), and not having a crap ton of production issues like he did in the real timeline.
Man, his animation was that good at AGE 12?! I feel so inadequate. >_
me too >.
Same.
I always feel inadequate in whatever field I step into. 😧😢
Jonathan Wallis honestly same
Same.
Finally the thief and the cobbler
Glad there's a Behind the Thief and the Cobbler.
I love how the creator of The Thief and The Cobbler (Richard Williams)
did the animation for Roger Rabbit 🐰
He is still the only filmmaker to win an Academy Award of an adaptation of A Christmas Carol. That’s insane.
I know
@@thecinematicmind And Mickey Mouse didn't?!
Freddy Richards Mickey didn’t. Sorry
Yes but Mickey at least got an nonmination.
Well, it's Richard William's birthday last 14 days ago...
Man! I already missed the party!
Mr. Friendship and that was his last...
looks like i'm watching this to honor the legacy of the great man i'll miss you Richard Williams R.I.P. :-(
1:15 the overcoat adaptation animated film that has the longest production time of over 41 years: am I a joke to you?
I can't wait to see more of this new Animation Lookback this year and yet I feel very sorry for Richard Williams when he lost his project!
Today is the day I learned that Richard Williams has died yesterday. I'm sure that will either be a special video from Animat or it'll be on his next Vlog stream.
I knew about The Thief and The Cobbler, but I had no idea about the Nasrudin part. Can’t wait for Part 2!
Richard Williams needs to revive this
TASproductions true. I saw a few interviews where he is chill and “is happy with how it came out” but he’s probably eternally frustrated deep down.
VidsAreCool4U Maybe Netflix can finish it for him.
Chill Player 123 are you fucking joking?
7:34 "Even when he won that oscar for 'A Christmas Carol', he didn't really care all that much."
I guess you could say he didn't really carol that much.
No
More Video's on Him, Please! The Thief had such a tragic yet awful history behind it. Glad this film get the love it deserves.
You should do an Animation Lookback episode on Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland. That movie also had a notably long complex production history, though admittedly not as long and complex as The Thief and the Cobbler.
Johnell Diaz It was actually finished!
E. Bernhard Warg Indeed it was finished, but I don’t mean to say that that the same kind of production history as The Thief and the Cobbler, only that it too had a notably long production history. Especially how there were a lot of notable filmmakers and writers that were brought on during the development of the film, of which they dropped out due to creative differences including George Lucas, Osamu Dezaki, Hayao Miyazaki, and Isao Takahata. Both Dezaki and Miyazaki even created their own pilot films that can probably be found online or on the movie’s blu-ray as they present what the film could have looked liked within their own respective visions.
Johnell Diaz I know, but I couldn’t resist the wisecrack. :D
@@johnnyd3158 Also the 1978 movie Metamorphoses(later "Winds of Change") is worth doing a whole video on as it was the case of a Japanese animation company trying to dethrone Disney by copying Fantasia, only instead of having animated segments set to classical music, they had original rock songs by Mick Jagger and Joan Baez, but the premiere was just an epic failure that the wide release was cancelled and the music was stripped out for the re-release.
“Even when he won an Oscar for A Christmas *Carol,* he didn’t really *care all* that much!”
Sounds like a pun to me.
I must say, the history of this one man's career is quite fascinating, even so far as this one part. It really makes me want to get on with more shorts of my own so I can further my own future career as an animator.
And so... It begins.
thats really interesting and really cool can't wait to see the next video.
OMG!! this was one of my favorite movies as a kid 😍😍😍😍
Aye the saddest story of the animation industry
I am speechless, it is simply the story of a genius writing the history of art, His work changed the world. GENIUS!!!
It’s a sad shame that Vincent Price passed away before the film could be released, And he already recorded his lines during the time.
He also recorded lines as the Santa from Nightmare Before Christmas but his audio was considered unusable since he didn't sound too good due to his falling health. It hasn't been released since and Tim Burton has no plans to release Price's recordings openly to the public.
Joseph Rowe Wasn’t the passing of his wife the reason for his poor health?
@@SegaNintendoGuy64 Yeah I've heard that before. I guess it's because he was so distraught that he lost someone so close to him. It can happen to others too.
Joseph Rowe I just wanted to get that out of the way before the next part happens.
@@SegaNintendoGuy64 Oh okay.
It's crazy that the preproduction history needed its own video. That ending is such a tease!
Love the animation and the art style of the thief and the cobbler
Subscribed. I loved this movie as a kid. And no one knew what I was talking about. This was done with passion. Can't wait to watch the rest.
I fell in love with this movie (the miramax version first) when I was in first grade. The animation still holds up really well.
I was already invested in the story... And then the video ends... Well, guess I just have to wait until the next one. Good job man!
Richard Williams is the best animation director in history.
And so it happened -- Richard Williams has passed away..
Awesome! So glad that you've decided to tackle this subject, as the history (from what I remember) is very important and interesting.
I remember ages ago you mentioned The Thief and the Cobbler in one of your videos. I found it on TH-cam and fell in love with the animation and background illustrations (although it was unfinished). I always wondered if you were going to do an Animation Lookback for it, and I'm so glad you're finally doing it!
Who else came here Since they heard the news that Richard Williams Died?
You should do an Animation Lookback on Felix the Cat he's a 100 years old this year on November 9th.
Richard Williams was only four when Snow White first came out.
Ugh!! Damn you AniMatt. Now I have to wait for part 2. Xp keep it up love the look backs.
First you already reviewed the movie, and your your looking Into It's history? This shall be fun!
I actually got all three books about Nasrudin, all illustrated by him.
Hey, AniMat. Don't forget the subtitles
R.I.P Robert Williams
This is going to be a great series. Thank you!
I loved this movie as a youngster, something about it felt so off and so weird but it all worked for me so well.
Much in the same awkward ways as The Magic Voyage or Quest for Camelot
I have been waiting for this since December
The story behind this film is so complex. Besides, i only knew this film because it was Vincent Price's last film. And i only knew him because he was on Disney's The Great Mouse Detective.
Understandably, would make sense to have the Thief remind silent though out the rest of the film. But if he did had a voice actor, it should be Willian Vanderpuye
Hey AniMat, have you heard of a Yuri Norstein and his 38 year journey to finish The Overcoat.
My favourite Thief and the cobbler characters is Tack and those guys who sing That’s what happens when you don’t go to school
It’s here
Well now, that was fast.
Also I think I'm first. Not sure. Am I?
great vid
You should do a look back like this for "Little Nemo"
The longest production time for a movie? I think you might want to check out The Overcoat.
Wow.
Yay, my name is now up in the Special Thanks credits.
That sound at the beginning.
By the way people, this is the background music clever Animat chose for this episode, a rather Russian classical piece. Scheherazade, also commonly Sheherazade (Russian: Шехераза́да, tr. Shekherazáda, Op. 35, is a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888 and based on One Thousand and One Nights (also known as The Arabian Nights).[1]
This orchestral work combines two features typical of Russian music and of Rimsky-Korsakov in particular: dazzling, colorful orchestration and an interest in the East, which figured greatly in the history of Imperial Russia, as well as orientalism in general. The name "Scheherazade" refers to the main character Shahrazad of the One Thousand and One Nights. It is considered Rimsky-Korsakov's most popular work. And yes I copy and pasted these words from Wikipedia, just to save time.
3:37 Does anybody still remember that show Godfrey later worked on called Roobarb?
I do.
Very interesting
Are we gonna be getting nick toons animation look back
Who's here after Richard Williams' death.
That marriage did not last very long lol
I've seen the mk 4 version of the recoobled cut and it was pretty great
So basically the reason Nasruddin never got made was because the producer scammed the creator.....typical.
Plus the fact the producer sister stated she owned the right of Nasruddin
This was a little unexpected for me. like I didn't know animation lookback would come out this soon Then again it'll be possible gone until like in the summer, so really who knows how long this is going to be.
Alan Olvia He said in a recent update vlog it would be start in Spring 2019.
I shivered in horror when I first found out about this movie.
Hey after this animation lookback can you do one on the muppets because like you I too love the muppets
All Voice Actors: Richard Williams Christmas Carol
Alastair Slim: Ebenezer Scrooge - Michael Redgrave: The Narrator - Melvin Hayes: Bob Cratchit - Alexander Williams (Richard Williams's Son): Tiny Tim - Diana Quick: The Ghost of Christmas Past - Felix Felton: The Ghost of Christmas Present - Annie West: The Ghost of Christmas Future - Michael Horden: The Ghost of Marley - Joan Sims: Mrs. Cratchit, Multiple Females - Mary Ellen Ray: Mrs. Dilber - Paul Whitsun Jones: Fezzwig, Multiple Males - David Tate: Fred, A Charity Man, Multiple Males
All Voice Actors: Mickey's Christmas Carol
Alan Young: Scrooge McDuck - Wayne Allwine: Mickey Mouse,Otto, One Weasel, Multiple Males - Dick Billingsley: Tiny Tim - Eddie Carrol: Jiminy Cricket - Will Ryan: Willie the Giant, Pete, Moley, Another Weasel, Multiple Males - Hal Smith: Goofy, Ratty, Multiple Males - Clarence Nash: Donald Duck - Patricia Parris: Daisy Duck, Multiple Females - Russi Taylor: Minnie Mouse, Multiple Females - Peter Cullen: Thadeus Toad, Multiple Males - Frank Welker: Multiple Males
All Voice Actors: Bah Humbduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
Joe Alaskey: Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Marvin the Martian, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepe Le Pew, Multiple Males - Bob Bergen: Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, Multiple Males - Jim Cummings: The Taz-Manian Devil, Gossamer, Multiple Males - June Foray: Granny - Maurice Lamarche: Yosemite Sam - Tara Charendoff Strong: Priscilla Pig (Tiny Tim), Multiple Females - Billy West: Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Multiple Males - Dee Brad Baker: The Roadrunner, Multiple Males
All Voice Actors: The 2009 Christmas Carol Movie
Jim Carrey: Ebeneezer Scrooge, The Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present - Ryan Ochoa: Tiny Tim, Multiple Children - Daryl Sabara: The Undertaker's Apprentice, Multiple Children - Cary Elwes: A Portly Gentleman, Multiple Males - Fay Masterson: Mrs. Cratchit, Caroline, Multiple Females - Jacquie Barnbrook: Mrs. Fezzwig, Multiple Females - Bob Hoskins: Mr. Fezzwig, Old Joe - Gary Oldman: Bob Cratchit, The Ghost of Marley - Julian Holloway: A Fat Cook, Multiple Males - Collin Firth: Fred - Robin Wright: Belle, Multiple Females - Fionulla Flanagan: Mrs. Dilber - Steve Valentine: The Funerary Undertaker - Callum Blue: Caroline's Hisband - Amber Gainley Meade: Multiple Females - Paul Blackthorne: Multiple Males - Sammi Hanratty: Multiple Females
Man I love that movie! I have a DVD set that includes it.
Do you have the original unfinished, mostly silent version by Richard Williams himself or that cruddy, clumsily edited version released by Miramax?
Well that was a quick release.
Oh already?? OK animat!!!
When is the Special/ Classic Review?
Eden Rahav Only once a month.
Where'd you get the footage of Williams and his studio?
Sorry that i'm late.
Ok.
WELL THAT WAS FAST
More please
Could you also cover the king and the mockingbird
Well of course I have seen multiple animation projects about Charles Dickens's Christmas Carol! It's a timeless classic, for Cuteness Spirit's Sake! However, it was quite difficult to choose a favorite interpretation of this classic tale. Richard Williams's story is apparently the first time this story was ever told with animation, and it won the Oscar for Best Animated Short. However, the story can get rather dark, and the art style is just not for me. Mickey's Christmas Carol is the cutest retelling of this story, and it even has Jiminy Cricket, which helps me remember Pinocchio. but the death of Tiny Tim is still hard to take. Bah Humduck, It sounds like A Looney Tunes Christmas is the only version where the star child does not die, but that just had to be ruined by an adult's voice! You know what? I'm just going to settle for Mickey's Christmas Carol as my favorite version. That's the project that has the most things in its favor.
@9:31 His secretary was Audrey Hepburn?
Have you considered doing voiceover work?
Uhhm.... 🚫🙉
I'm hoping I can get subtitles for this.
Next Part: th-cam.com/video/ndgWuRaBVxI/w-d-xo.html
For some reason, I'm thinking this movie could be remade in live action today, but slightly change the characters, plot, and more.
Honestly would you trust a person that looked like that? At 9:32
Richard Williams should have went to the Soviet Union and work for Soyuzmultfilm, after all who better to set Islamic folklore stories into animated feature films than us Russians? You know, since my people live closer to Islamic peoples and therefore knew more about them (both good and bad) than most Westerners especially back in the 1960's and even today, yeah or da Williams could have got funding from Lyudmila Furtseva USSR's only-female Minister of Culture back then, or Premier Leonid Brezhnev, who cares if we're behind the Iron Curtain and happen to be Communist back in the day?
This guy is like diet Linkara
Here's what happens when you ruin it
Animat the movie
R
LOL soho isn’t a nasty place 😂😂😂
Earlyish
Here's what happens when you put stupid songs in this movie
I was taught to judge a man by the quality of his video not the colour of his fedora. Good video, great film. Very informative and entertaining. Thanks!
I would like to one day open my own animation studio before I am 35, so I can pay people to animate with me instead of selling copyrights to a cartoon network to fund it. Of course, I will also need to learn to animate and color myself, but there are luckily much easier methods to do that now than there were 60 years ago. August 31, 2021, 2:46am
*R.I.P.*
Richard Williams
(1933-2019)
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This is my favorite video you have. It really feels motivational to see this guy work towards a dream that it makes me want to do the same thing.