Animator Richard Williams began his dream project The Cobbler and the Thief during the mid 1960's. He worked on it over the years, creating scenes so detailed and intricate that all other contemporary animation pales in comparison. Among those providing voices for the film was Vincent Price, who played the evil ZigZag, advisor to the king. In the meantime, Williams won an Academy Award for his short adaptation of A Christmas Carol, as well as for his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Cobbler was in production until the late 1980's, when the project was taken from the artist by Miramax Studios, to be 'completed' with second-rate animation, forgettable songs, replacement voices (except for Vincent, whose work remains), and ultimately released in 1995 as Arabian Knight. By the time Miramax/Disney dumped it with little advertising, Vincent Price had been dead for 2 years.