Originally posted by: Esn
Whoah... I've been looking for this movie. Is the English version really that much worse? I noticed that Isaac Asimov (a scientist and author whom I very much respect) revised the translation.

I've never actually seen either version, to tell the truth. It was listed on some website (someone predicting that the Weinsteins would screw up Arthur and the Minimoys) with The Thief and the Cobbler and The Magic Roundabout as another example of an animated film ruined by Miramax/Weinstein. Unfortunately, no actual comparison of the French and U.S. versions exists anywhere. I just know that it was rescored, rewritten, edited, and that Harvey Weinstein put his director credit about Laloux's. Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned it in the first place, since I don't know anything about it.

I guess you'll just have to watch it for yourself, and find out. I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions just from the guy's description. I'd never even heard about the film before I read said page, so I apologize for making such a rash statement.

Anyway...this is about The Thief and the Cobbler. Let's not get off-topic here.