And speaking of ensembles: clever use of acrobats, contortionists, jugglers, and clowns to round out the townsfolk of Sweethaven did a lot to give the live-action movie an appropriately cartoony feel before CGI made it possible to spend a lot of money doing that badly.

I've got to say, though: for all that he did amazing things with the material and the cast, it will never not be weird to me that Robert Altman hired Robin Williams to play one of the few cartoon characters known for extensive ad-libbing and then expected him to stick to the script.