Despite it being called Arabian Knight, all English-language home video releases of the Miramax version use the original title, The Thief and the Cobbler.This version is the most readily available on home video formats. This version would be released as Arabian Knight for the theatrical release, though the title would later be switched back to The Thief and the Cobbler for the home video release. Several voices were also re-dubbed with celebrities such as Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Beals, Jonathan Winters, Eric Bogosian, and Toni Collette. This version featured newly written dialogue by Eric Gilliland, Michael Hitchcock, and Gary Glasberg. The initial plan was to release the Princess and the Cobbler version as it was, but Harvey Weinstein decided to re-cut the film even further. The film would not receive a release in the US until 1995 when the distribution rights were picked up by Miramax. This version would be released in 1993 in Australia and South Africa under the title The Princess and the Cobbler. Price was also brought on board to record new dialogue for this version, however due to his failing health he was only able to record mainly grunts and very short lines of dialogue. Vincent Price was one of few whose voice was retained from the original, likely due to his celebrity status. The voice work for this version was sort of a mixture of pre-lay and ADR. The voice cast was the most notable change, using mainly voice actors based in Los Angeles. For the new production several changes were done to the film, making it into more of a Disney-esc musical which were very popular during the 90's. After Richard Williams was ejected from the project, production was moved to Los Angeles under the direction of Fred Calvert.
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