The Thief and the Cobbler
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The Thief and the Cobbler is a legendary, long-in-production animated fantasy film directed by Richard Williams, renowned for its intricate hand-drawn animation and influence on the medium despite its troubled release history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Thief and the Cobbler canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13517163 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Thief and the Cobbler Context triple: [Oliver Stapleton, notableWork, The Thief and the Cobbler]
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A.
Willow
Willow is a 1988 fantasy adventure film directed by Ron Howard that follows an aspiring sorcerer who must protect a prophesied child from an evil queen.
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B.
Willow
Willow is a small community in south-central Alaska known as a gateway to outdoor recreation, including fishing, hiking, and dog mushing.
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C.
Willow
Willow is a feminine given name often associated with the graceful willow tree and commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Willow
"Willow" is a folk-pop song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released as the lead single from her 2020 album "Evermore."
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E.
The Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal is a 1982 dark fantasy puppet-animated film co-directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz, renowned for its groundbreaking practical effects and richly imagined mythical world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Thief and the Cobbler Target entity description: The Thief and the Cobbler is a legendary, long-in-production animated fantasy film directed by Richard Williams, renowned for its intricate hand-drawn animation and influence on the medium despite its troubled release history.
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A.
Willow
Willow is a 1988 fantasy adventure film directed by Ron Howard that follows an aspiring sorcerer who must protect a prophesied child from an evil queen.
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B.
Willow
"Willow" is a folk-pop song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released as the lead single from her 2020 album "Evermore."
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C.
Willow
Willow is a small community in south-central Alaska known as a gateway to outdoor recreation, including fishing, hiking, and dog mushing.
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D.
Willow
Willow is a feminine given name often associated with the graceful willow tree and commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
The Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal is a 1982 dark fantasy puppet-animated film co-directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz, renowned for its groundbreaking practical effects and richly imagined mythical world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animated fantasy film
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cult film ⓘ feature film ⓘ |
| animationStyle |
complex perspective shots
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elaborate crowd scenes ⓘ highly detailed line work ⓘ |
| animationTechnique | hand-drawn animation ⓘ |
| antagonist | Zigzag ⓘ |
| basedOn | Middle Eastern folk tales ⓘ |
| completionStatus | taken from director before completion ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creativeVision | largely driven by Richard Williams ⓘ |
| cultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| cultRestorationEfforts | fan edits and reconstructions ⓘ |
| developmentHell | true ⓘ |
| director | Richard Williams ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
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comedy film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Arabian Knight
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The Princess and the Cobbler ⓘ |
| influenced |
Aladdin (1992 film)
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linked to:
Aladdin
later Western animated fantasy films ⓘ |
| legacy |
considered a landmark of hand-drawn animation craftsmanship
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often cited as one of the most ambitious animated films ever made ⓘ |
| longProductionHistory | true ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Princess Yum-Yum
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linked to:
Yum-Yum
Tack the Cobbler ⓘ The Thief ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extremely long production period
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influence on later animated films ⓘ intricate hand-drawn animation ⓘ troubled production history ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| postProductionChanges | added dialogue and songs in released cuts ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Richard Williams Animation
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linked to:
Richard Williams Animation Studio
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| productionStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| releaseHistory | troubled ⓘ |
| setting | fictional Middle Eastern city ⓘ |
| soundtrackFeature | minimal dialogue in original conception ⓘ |
| theme |
craftsmanship
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fate and prophecy ⓘ greed ⓘ heroism ⓘ |
| visualInfluence |
highly choreographed chase sequences
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non-verbal character comedy ⓘ |
| workingTitle | The Amazing Nasruddin ⓘ |
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