'The Brigands' pt.2

I've found time to work through the rest of the storyboards from 'The Brigands' sequence.  I'll begin posting them here.  As Dick mentions in the recent interview at the BFI the Brigands were designed by Corny Cole. These boards are mostly by Cole I believe with some by Dick (those drawings featuring the Mulla Nasruddin from an earlier version).

See more story sketches from 'The Brigands' sequence here

Richard Williams BFI The Thief and the Cobbler: A Moment in Time

UK screening of 'The Thief & the Cobbler: A Moment In Time'

(Photo from the Twitter account of Chris Brake)

The film screened at the BFI today along with 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' and Richard Williams was present to do a Q&A. Here are some of the reactions to the screening on Twitter:

Justin Johnson, BFI ‏@IJustinJohnson1  1h

Technically complex, visually enthralling. Thief &Cobbler a triumph! Picture with Richard Williams & Gary Kurtz

chris brake ‏@chrisbrakeillo  4h

Just watched Richard Williams' "The Thief and the Cobbler" at @BFI UK premiere of work-print. Left everyone speechless.

Here's a recent interview with Williams link

Cartoon Brew highlighted the event and the comments section raised some interesting rumours:

'A very reliable source (who I don't want to name since it's not my place to do so but he worked *very* closely with Williams on The Thief) told me that Williams intended to cut the workprint version of the film, and edit it down to make it far tighter than the versions currently doing the rounds.

Both the workprint and Recobbled cuts - as interesting as they are - are not indicative of how the final film might have been. Williams approached it more from a live action POV and was creating extra footage to trim down at a later date. It's interesting how this side of the story never really surfaces...'

UK Premiere: The Thief and the Cobbler: A Moment in Time + Richard Williams in Conversation

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Let's Enhance

A glimpse of the latest project?

I found this recent picture of Richard Williams online- note the drawing: could that be a scene from his current feature film?  He has stated that some sections of the film will be in a broader style than the clip he premiered at the Academy last year.

Crew Jacket

'Thief & the Cobbler' crew jacket with all the various incarnations of the film's title over the years.

 

Photo Courtesy of Jean Morel