The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official | The Sailor and the Devil (1967) RESTORED Errol LeCain / Richard Williams / Alex Bradford @TheThiefArchive | Uploaded October 2018 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
The great illustrator Errol Le Cain animated this rare short film for the Richard Williams Studio in 1967, as his "apprentice work." Professor Alex Bradford sings the catchy gospel soundtrack. From an HBO airing. It cuts off abruptly in a fadeout, and is not presented in full. Music and lyrics by Peter Shade, registered to the Performing Rights Society.
Richard Williams presents
Music & Lyrics Peter Shade
Sung by Professor Alex Bradford
Animation & Co-Direction Errol LeCain
Restoration by Garrett Gilchrist
24p video restoration by Christoph Nass
Film transfer by Helge Bernhardt
Special Thanks to:
David Downs
Mat Fitzpatrick
The John Culhane family
The Sailor and the Devil (1967) Errol LeCain / Richard Williams / Professor Alex Bradford
The great illustrator Errol Le Cain animated this rare short film for the Richard Williams Studio in 1967, as his "apprentice work." Professor Alex Bradford sings the catchy gospel soundtrack. From an HBO airing. It cuts off abruptly in a fadeout, and is not presented in full. Music and lyrics by Peter Shade, registered to the Performing Rights Society.
Richard Williams presents
Music & Lyrics Peter Shade
Sung by Professor Alex Bradford
Animation & Co-Direction Errol LeCain
Restoration by Garrett Gilchrist
24p video restoration by Christoph Nass
Film transfer by Helge Bernhardt
Special Thanks to:
David Downs
Mat Fitzpatrick
The John Culhane family
The Sailor and the Devil (1967) Errol LeCain / Richard Williams / Professor Alex Bradford
![Richard Williams Low Quality Showreel Nov 82 [2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LaD9ihr0P3E/hqdefault.jpg "Richard Williams Low Quality Showreel Nov 82 [2]
Pardon the quality. A November 1982 showreel of animated advertisement and other clips from Richard Williams Animation Studio.
Richard Williams is the three-time Academy Award winning animation director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Christmas Carol, and the unfinished cult classic The Thief and the Cobbler [available in its Recobbled Cut at Youtube]. He is the author of The Animators Survival Kit [and the 16-DVD instruction course of the same title], which has won acclaim as possibly the best available resource for aspiring animators. Richard Williams is considered one of the great animators and animation teachers of all time.")
![Early unmade version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit [Paul Reubens, Darrell Van Citters, Disney 1983]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ME4yxyGZNS4/hqdefault.jpg "Early unmade version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit [Paul Reubens, Darrell Van Citters, Disney 1983]
Before Richard Williams directed the animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, there was an earlier attempt at Disney, from 1981 to 1983, to adapt Gary K. Wolf’s book “Who Censored Roger Rabbit.”
John Culhane takes us behind the scenes of the unmade Darrell Van Citters version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1983. With animator Mike Giamo and producer Marc Sturdivant.
Disney 1981-1983. Animators: Chris Buck, Randy Cartwright. Character design and concepts: Mike Giamo, Mike Gabriel. Paul Reubens, known as Pee Wee Herman, plays Roger Rabbit. Peter Renaday and Mike Gabriel as Eddie Valiant. Russi Taylor as Jessica. Jack Angel as Captain Cleaver. Screenwriters Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price. Producer Mark Sturdivant.
While Roger was a villain in the book, trying to solve his own murder, this Roger is a loveable goofball in white fur and red overalls - a prototype for the final film. Baby Herman is glimpsed only briefly, and Jessica Rabbit appears to be the villain of the piece. Still, this version clearly laid some groundwork for the Zemeckis/Williams production a few years later.
The prototype Roger Rabbit appears cheering in the stands in the featurette “Sport Goofy in Soccermania.”
More information and pictures:
http://orangecow.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3&p=5248#p5248")
