Aladdin
Original theatrical poster for Aladdin; art by John Alvin
Directed by	Ron Clements John Musker
Produced by	Ron Clements John Musker
Written by	John Musker Ron Clements Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
Starring	Scott Weinger Robin Williams Jonathan Freeman Linda Larkin Frank Welker Gilbert Gottfried Douglas Seale
Music by	Alan Menken Howard Ashman Tim Rice
Editing by	Mark A. John Henry Alvin ( November 24, 1948 Alvin created movie posters which are also known as Key art, Early life John Alvin was born on Ron Clements (born April 25, 1953 in Sioux City Iowa) is an American Animation director and producer John Musker (born November 8 1953 in Chicago Illinois, USA) is an American animation director Ron Clements (born April 25, 1953 in Sioux City Iowa) is an American Animation director and producer John Musker (born November 8 1953 in Chicago Illinois, USA) is an American animation director John Musker (born November 8 1953 in Chicago Illinois, USA) is an American animation director Ron Clements (born April 25, 1953 in Sioux City Iowa) is an American Animation director and producer Ted Elliott is an American screenwriter Along with his writing partner Terry Rossio, Elliott has written some of the most successful American films of the past 15 years including Terry Rossio was born in Kalamazoo Michigan. After graduating from Saddleback High School in Santa Ana California, he went on to study at California Scott Eric Weinger (born October 5 1975) is an American Actor and Screenwriter best known as the speaking voice of Aladdin Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance Jonathan Freeman (born February 5, 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio is a Tony -nominated American actor known for voicing the villainous Jafar Linda Larkin (born March 20, 1970) is an American cinema and television actress Franklin W Welker (born March 12 1946 is an American voice actor. Gilbert Gottfried (born February 28 1955 in Brooklyn New York) is an American stand-up comedian and Actor whose most salient Douglas Seale (1913 - 1999 was an English stage and film actor Alan Menken (born July 22 1949 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American Broadway and an eight-time Academy Award Howard Ashman ( May 17, 1950 - March 14, 1991) was an American playwright and movie music lyricist Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944 is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award Hester H. Lee Peterson
Distributed by	Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date(s)	November 11, 1992 (limited) November 25, 1992 (wide)
Running time	90 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$28,000,000
Gross revenue	$504,050,219
Followed by	The Return of Jafar (1994)
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Aladdin is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and Annie-Award winning 1992 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 25, 1992. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner was established Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The thirty-first animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, based on the Arab folktale Aladdin and the magic lamp from One Thousand and One Nights. Aladdin (an Anglicisation of the Arabic name (originally Syrian Alāʼ ad-Dīn, Arabic: علاء الدين literally "nobility of the faith" Several characters and plot elements are also based on the 1940 version of The Thief of Bagdad. The Thief of Bagdad is a British 1940 fantasy film directed by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell and Tim Whelan, with uncredited contributions by ^[1] As is usual with Disney film adaptations, many aspects of the traditional story were changed for the film—for instance, the setting is changed from a mythical Islamic "China" to a fictional Arabian city, Agrabah. Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a Feature film. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-jazīra al-ʻarabīya or جزيرة العرب jazīrat al-ʻarab) ^[2] It was released at the peak stretch of the era known as the Disney Renaissance beginning with The Little Mermaid. Modern animation of the United States describes the history of Animation in the United States of America from the late 1980s to the start of the 21st century The Little Mermaid is a 1989 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation with a pencil test beginning on September 23, 1988 and It was the most successful film of 1992, with over $217 million in domestic revenues and over $504 million worldwide. The year 1992 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages ^[3]

It was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, both of whom had just finished writing and directing The Little Mermaid (1989). John Musker (born November 8 1953 in Chicago Illinois, USA) is an American animation director Ron Clements (born April 25, 1953 in Sioux City Iowa) is an American Animation director and producer The Little Mermaid is a 1989 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation with a pencil test beginning on September 23, 1988 and The musical score was created by Alan Menken, which received the 1992 Academy Award for Original Music Score for his work,^[4] and the song lyrics were written by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. Alan Menken (born July 22 1949 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American Broadway and an eight-time Academy Award The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically Howard Ashman ( May 17, 1950 - March 14, 1991) was an American playwright and movie music lyricist Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944 is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award The main soundtrack song "A Whole New World" (sung during the closing credits by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle) won a Grammy Award as well as the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Menken and Rice in 1992. " A Whole New World " was the featured pop single from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney movie Aladdin Peabo Bryson (born Robert Peabo Bryson on April 13, 1951) is a two-time Grammy Award -winning American R&B and Regina Belle (born July 17, 1963) is a Grammy award winning Singer who sings Adult contemporary, Quiet storm, The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture ^[4]

Voice actors included Robin Williams as the Genie. Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance The Genie is a Fictional character and a Protagonist from the Disney animated features canon movie Aladdin, as well as related series Although this was not the first time in which a major actor provided voice-over work for an animated film, it was the first major American animated feature film in which particular attention was paid to a celebrity voice cast member, such as a major movie star, in the film as part of its promotion. This has led to a subsequent increased attention to the casts of later productions, as a major element of animated film marketing.

Aladdin was followed by two direct-to-video sequels: The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), and an animated television series, Aladdin, set between the two sequels. The Return of Jafar is a 1994 Animated Direct-to-video Sequel to the 1992's Aladdin, produced by Aladdin and the King of Thieves is a Direct-to-video Animated film made by Disney, released on August 13, 1996. Aladdin is an Animated television series made by Walt Disney Television which aired from 1994 to 1996 based on the original 1992 feature.

Production

In 1988, Howard Ashman suggested Disney make an animated musical adaptation of the story of Aladdin. After writing a storyline and songs with partner Alan Menken, Ashman delivered it to directors John Musker and Ron Clements. John Musker (born November 8 1953 in Chicago Illinois, USA) is an American animation director Ron Clements (born April 25, 1953 in Sioux City Iowa) is an American Animation director and producer In 1991, the script was delivered to studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg, who thought the script "didn't engage", and only approved it after rewrites from Clements, Musker and the screenwriter duo Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Jeffrey Katzenberg (born December 21, 1950 in New York City) is a Jewish American Film producer and CEO Ted Elliott is an American screenwriter Along with his writing partner Terry Rossio, Elliott has written some of the most successful American films of the past 15 years including Terry Rossio was born in Kalamazoo Michigan. After graduating from Saddleback High School in Santa Ana California, he went on to study at California Among the changes, the character of Aladdin's mother was removed, Princess Jasmine became a stronger character, Aladdin's personality was reworked to be "a little rougher, like a young Harrison Ford,"^[5][6] and the parrot Iago, originally conceived as a "British" calm and serious character, after the filmmakers saw Gilbert Gottfried in Beverly Hills Cop II was turned into a comic role, voiced by Gottfried. Princess Jasmine ( Arabic: الأميرة ياسمين is a fictional Arabian princess who originally appeared in the 1992 Disney film Aladdin Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an Academy Award - and BAFTA -nominated as well as Golden Globe -winning American Iago (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried) is a Fictional character in the 1992 Disney Animated film Aladdin. Gilbert Gottfried (born February 28 1955 in Brooklyn New York) is an American stand-up comedian and Actor whose most salient Beverly Hills Cop II is a 1987 action-comedy Film starring Eddie Murphy and directed by Tony Scott. ^[7] The concept of calm, serious British bird would later be worked into The Lion King's Zazu. The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15 1994 Zazu is a fictional Red-billed Hornbill who first appeared in the Walt Disney Pictures animated film The Lion King.

Most characters' designs were based on the work of caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. Albert Hirschfeld ( June 21, 1903 – January 20, 2003) was a Jewish American Caricaturist best known for his simple black ^[8] Jafar's design was not based on Hirschfeld's work because Jafar's supervising animator, Andreas Deja, wanted the character to be contrasting. Jafar ( Arabic: جعفر) is a Fictional character, voiced by Jonathan Freeman, and is featured as the primary Antagonist in the Andreas Deja (born in 1957 in Gdańsk Poland) is a Polish -born German Character animator for The Walt Disney Company. ^[9] Aladdin, designed by a team including supervising animator Glen Keane, was originally thought to resemble actor Michael J. Fox. Glen Keane (1954&ndash is an American animator author illustrator and director Michael J Fox (born Michael Andrew Fox; June 9 1961 is a Canadian / American During production, it was decided that the design was too boyish, and wasn't "appealing enough," so the character was redesigned to add elements derived from actor Tom Cruise, rapper MC Hammer, and Calvin Klein models. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( born July 3 1962 better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American Actor and Film producer MC Hammer (born Stanley Kirk Burrell; March 30, 1962) is an American MC most popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s known for his Calvin Klein Inc is an American fashion brand founded in 1968 by Calvin Klein. ^[10] Computer animation was used in a number of scenes in the film, such as the tiger entrance of the Cave of Wonders, the magic carpet, the scene where Aladdin tries to escape the collapsing cave, the full view of Agrabah, and the clouds in "A Whole New World". Computer-generated imagery Computer animation is the art of creating moving images with the use of Computers It is a subfield of Computer graphics ^[8]

Musker and Clements created the Genie with Robin Williams in mind—even though Katzenberg suggested names such as John Candy, Steve Martin, and Eddie Murphy, Williams was approached and eventually accepted the role. John Franklin Candy (October 31 1950 &ndash March 4 1994 was a Canadian Comedian and Actor. Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an Emmy Award -winning American Actor, Comedian, Writer, Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3 1961 is an Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe - Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Williams came for voice recording sessions during breaks in the shooting of his other two films at the time, Hook and Toys. See also Hook (video game Hook is a 1991 family Fantasy film directed by Steven Spielberg. Toys is a 1992 surreal black comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Unusually for an animated film, much of Williams' dialogue was ad-libbed: for some scenes, Williams was given topics and dialogue suggestions, but allowed to improvise his lines. ^[8] It was estimated that Williams improvised 52 characters. ^[11] Eric Goldberg, the supervising animator for the Genie, then reviewed Wiliams' recorded dialogue and selected the best gags/lines. Eric Goldberg (born in 1955 is an American Animator and Film director. Goldberg and his crew then created character animation to match Williams' jokes, puns, and impersonations. Character animation is a specialized area of the Animation process concerning the animation of one or more characters featured in an animated work ^[8]

Williams also provided the voice of a merchant in the opening scene, which was completely unscripted (the production left Williams a table with props and asked him to describe the object in character). The double role originally led to the merchant revealing to be the Genie disguised, but that idea was later dropped (the merchant returned in the ending of Aladdin and the King of Thieves). Aladdin and the King of Thieves is a Direct-to-video Animated film made by Disney, released on August 13, 1996. ^[10]

Plot

Agrabah

The story begins on a dark night, when Jafar, the Grand Vizier to the Sultan of Agrabah, attempts to access the Cave of Wonders, a trove where a magical lamp containing a genie is hidden. Jafar ( Arabic: جعفر) is a Fictional character, voiced by Jonathan Freeman, and is featured as the primary Antagonist in the Grand Vizier, in Turkish Sadr-ı Azam ( Sadrazam) or Serdar-ı Ekrem (in Ottoman Turkish: صدر اعظم or وزیر اعظم Sultan (سلطان is an Islamic title with several historical meanings An oil lamp is a simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a fuel source GEnie (General Electric Network for Information Exchange was an online service He and his talking parrot, Iago, learn that the only one who can enter the Cave of Wonders is the metaphorical "Diamond in the Rough". Iago (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried) is a Fictional character in the 1992 Disney Animated film Aladdin.

Meanwhile, in the palace of Agrabah, Princess Jasmine, the pretty teenage daughter of the Sultan, must be married before her upcoming birthday, but she rejects every prince she meets, as she wants to be married for true love and not merely for wealth. Princess Jasmine ( Arabic: الأميرة ياسمين is a fictional Arabian princess who originally appeared in the 1992 Disney film Aladdin Later Jasmine, frustrated with "having her life lived for her," climbs over the palace walls, and sees the marketplace for the first time, where she meets the street urchin Aladdin and his pet monkey, Abu. Jafar uses a machine to see that the "diamond in the rough" is Aladdin. Jafar sends a group of guards to capture Aladdin while Jasmine is still with him. Jasmine tells Jafar to release him, but Jafar lies and tells her he is already dead.

Jafar, disguised as an old man, releases Aladdin from prison and leads him to the Cave of Wonders. They are told by the tiger-shaped head of the cave to touch nothing but the lamp. Aladdin enters the cave and encounters a magic carpet before finding the lamp. Abu tries to steal a ruby and causes the cave to start collapsing, but the carpet helps them to the entrance. Jafar takes the lamp from them and tries to kill them but Abu takes the lamp back and bites his arm causing him to knock Abu back into the cave just as it collapses.

When Aladdin awakens, he is given the lamp, and after rubbing it a genie is unleashed, revealing that he will grant Aladdin three wishes. The Genie is a Fictional character and a Protagonist from the Disney animated features canon movie Aladdin, as well as related series Aladdin dupes the genie into freeing them from the cave without using a wish. Jafar, having lost the lamp, plans to trick the Sultan into marrying him forcefully to Jasmine, then kill off both of them.

While contemplating his wishes, Aladdin asks for the genie's opinion. The genie admits he would wish for freedom, since he is a prisoner to his lamp and must follow the orders of the lamp's master. Aladdin promises to wish him free with his last wish. Happily the genie grants Aladdin his first wish: making him a prince so he can marry Jasmine. They parade to the Sultan's palace, much to Jafar's dismay, but Jasmine initially rejects "Prince Ali" considering him a buffoon like all the others before him. Later that night, Aladdin meets Jasmine, and takes her on a magic carpet ride through the sky. She soon realizes that he is the same boy she met in the streets and that he has lied to her. Aladdin comes up with a story that he sometimes dressed as a "commoner" to escape the pressures of palace life, and she believes him. Aladdin returns her home and they kiss.

Jafar sends the guards who shackle and gag Aladdin, and throw him off a cliff into the ocean. The lamp falls from inside his turban, and rubbs against his limp hands luckily releasing the genie, who then rescues Aladdin as the second wish after liberally interpreting Aladdin's nodding head. Aladdin returns to the palace, smashing Jafar's staff and revealing the vizor's plot to Jasmine and the Sultan. Jafar realises Aladdin's identity, and escapes. Iago later steals the genie's lamp and brings it to Jafar, who becomes the genie's new master and uses his first wish to become sultan. Jafar then wishes to become a powerful sorcerer and turns Aladdin back to rags, sending him to a blizzard-swept, far-off place.

Aladdin uses the magic carpet to return to Agrabah, where Jafar is keeping the Sultan, the Genie, and Jasmine as his slaves. He offers Jasmine a place as his queen and wife, but she refuses. Jasmine then notices Aladdin coming in the palace. She tries to trick Jafar into believing that she's desperately in love with him. Jasmine gives Jafar an extremely passionate kiss, but he sees Aladdin's reflection in her tiara. Aladdin fights Jafar. When Jafar boasts that he is "the most powerful being on Earth," Aladdin tells him that he isn't as powerful as the genie. Jafar uses his final wish to become a Genie and tries to gain control of the universe with his powers. The Universe is defined as everything that Physically Exists: the entirety of Space and Time, all forms of Matter, Energy But he forgets that Genies are bound to their lamps and is sucked into his new Black lamp dragging Iago with him. The genie then flicks the lamp into the Cave of Wonders.

Aladdin and Jasmine say good-bye to each other now that Aladdin isn't a prince. Aladdin wishes for the genie's freedom, much to the genie's happiness. The Sultan changes the law so that Jasmine can marry anyone she chooses and she chooses Aladdin. The genie then leaves to explore the world while Aladdin and Jasmine celebrate their engagement.

Cast of characters

The main characters.
Back: Genie with the Carpet on his shoulder.
Front: The Sultan, Jasmine, Aladdin (with Abu), and Jafar (with Iago).

• Aladdin/Prince Ali Ababwa, voiced by Scott Weinger, is a poor but kind-hearted thief who lives in Agrabah. Scott Eric Weinger (born October 5 1975) is an American Actor and Screenwriter best known as the speaking voice of Aladdin His singing voice is supplied by Brad Kane. Bradley Caleb Kane (born 29 September 1973) is a singer actor and writer
• The Genie, voiced by Robin Williams, is a comedic genie, with nigh omnipotent power, but can only be exercised when his master wishes it. The Genie is a Fictional character and a Protagonist from the Disney animated features canon movie Aladdin, as well as related series Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance GEnie (General Electric Network for Information Exchange was an online service
• Jafar, voiced by Jonathan Freeman, is the Grand Vizier of Agrabah. Jafar ( Arabic: جعفر) is a Fictional character, voiced by Jonathan Freeman, and is featured as the primary Antagonist in the Jonathan Freeman (born February 5, 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio is a Tony -nominated American actor known for voicing the villainous Jafar He is a tall and slim figure who wears dark and moody clothes and owns a pet parrot named Iago. Manipulative, impulsive, and downright remorseless, Jafar plots to use his sorcery to usurp the throne, kill Aladdin, and marry Jasmine. He is based on the similarly-named character played by Conrad Veidt in The Thief of Bagdad. Conrad Veidt ( January 22 1893 &ndash April 3 1943) was a German Actor, well known for his roles in such films as ^[12]
• Princess Jasmine, voiced by Linda Larkin, is the princess of Agrabah. Princess Jasmine ( Arabic: الأميرة ياسمين is a fictional Arabian princess who originally appeared in the 1992 Disney film Aladdin Linda Larkin (born March 20, 1970) is an American cinema and television actress Sick and tired of life in the royal palace, she sneaks out to find a new life. According to the law, she must find a prince to marry before her next birthday. Her singing voice is supplied by Lea Salonga. Lea Salonga-Chien KL (born Maria Ligaya Carmen Imutan Salonga on February 22, 1971 in the Philippines is a multi-awarded Filipino American
• Abu, voiced by Frank Welker, is Aladdin's kleptomaniac pet monkey with a squeaky voice. Franklin W Welker (born March 12 1946 is an American voice actor. Kleptomania ( Greek: κλέπτειν, kleptein "to steal" μανία, " Mania " is the condition of not being able He is based on the character of Abu the thief, played by Sabu in The Thief of Bagdad^[13][14]. Sabu Dastagir ( January 27, 1924 &ndash December 2, 1963) was a Film Actor of Indian South Asian origin—although
• Carpet, a sentient magic carpet whom Aladdin and Abu meet inside the Cave of Wonders. A magic carpet, also called a flying carpet, is a legendary Carpet that can be used to Transport persons who are on it instantaneously or quickly to their Carpet is Aladdin's primary mode of transportation in the film and one of the Genie's oldest friends.
• Iago, voiced by Gilbert Gottfried, is Jafar's sarcastic, foul-mouthed pet parrot. Iago (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried) is a Fictional character in the 1992 Disney Animated film Aladdin. Gilbert Gottfried (born February 28 1955 in Brooklyn New York) is an American stand-up comedian and Actor whose most salient
• The Sultan, voiced by Douglas Seale, is the pompous but kind ruler of Agrabah. Douglas Seale (1913 - 1999 was an English stage and film actor He tries desperately to find a suitor for his daughter Jasmine. He is visually based on Miles Malleson in The Thief of Bagdad. William Miles Malleson ( 25 May 1888 &ndash 15 March 1969) was an English Actor and Dramatist, particularly known
• Razoul, voiced by Jim Cummings, is the head of the palace guards with a lust for killing and who desperately wants to capture Aladdin. James Jonah "Jim" Cummings (born November 3, 1952 in Youngstown Ohio) is an American voice actor. He is extremely loyal to the Sultan and Jafar.
• Rajah, voiced by Frank Welker,^[15] is Jasmine's pet tiger, whom she considers her only friend. Franklin W Welker (born March 12 1946 is an American voice actor.
• The Peddler, voiced by Robin Williams is a mysterious merchant who appears at the beginning of the film. Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance After promoting useless goods to the audience, he reveals the magic lamp and begins the story of Aladdin. His singing voice is supplied by Bruce Adler.

Music

Main article: Aladdin (soundtrack)

Aladdin was praised for its musical score^[16] by composer Alan Menken and songwriters Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. Aladdin Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack of the Disney film Aladdin. Howard Ashman ( May 17, 1950 - March 14, 1991) was an American playwright and movie music lyricist Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944 is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award The following six songs are featured in the movie.

• "Arabian Nights" (Ashman) is the intro theme, sung by an off-screen Bruce Adler. Aladdin Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack of the Disney film Aladdin. It was originally longer, and one excerpt of the cut lyrics was featured in Return of Jafar, and later became the title theme of the TV series. A reprise of the song originally planned for Aladdin's ending is featured in the Aladdin and the King of Thieves closure.

• "One Jump Ahead" (Rice) features Aladdin singing while running from the guards. Aladdin Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack of the Disney film Aladdin. Later, Aladdin sings a small song in the same vein, entitled "One Jump Ahead (Reprise)".

• "Friend Like Me" (Ashman) sung by the Genie. In the song, the Genie shows off his powers to Aladdin, telling him that he is a friend unlike any other.

• "Prince Ali" (Ashman) is sung by the Genie, and is used to introduce Aladdin's royal alter ego, Prince Ali Ababwa. Aladdin Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack of the Disney film Aladdin.

• "A Whole New World" (Rice) is a love theme sung by Aladdin and Jasmine while they travel the world on the magic carpet. " A Whole New World " was the featured pop single from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney movie Aladdin The song won the Academy Award, Grammy Award, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner

• "Prince Ali (Reprise)" (Rice) is sung by Jafar. Aladdin Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack of the Disney film Aladdin. Using his newly gained powers, Jafar sings this spoof of "Prince Ali" while revealing Ali is only a street rat, and sending him to the ends of the earth.

On Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic, this includes A Whole New World on the red disc and One Jump Ahead on the blue disc. Classic Disney 60 Years of Musical Magic is a 5-disc CD Box set, which contains 125 songs from Disneyland and Walt Disney World, " A Whole New World " was the featured pop single from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney movie Aladdin Classic Disney 60 Years of Musical Magic is a 5-disc CD Box set, which contains 125 songs from Disneyland and Walt Disney World, Aladdin Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack of the Disney film Aladdin. Classic Disney 60 Years of Musical Magic is a 5-disc CD Box set, which contains 125 songs from Disneyland and Walt Disney World, And on Disney's Greatest Hits, this also includes A Whole New World on the blue disc. Disney's Greatest Hits (known to fans as Disney's Greatest) is a 3-disc CD-set released by Walt Disney Records in 2001 and 2002. " A Whole New World " was the featured pop single from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney movie Aladdin Disney's Greatest Hits (known to fans as Disney's Greatest) is a 3-disc CD-set released by Walt Disney Records in 2001 and 2002.

Eight others were written, but removed from the film (most of them sung by Jafar). ^[17] The DVD Special Edition released in 2004 includes four songs in early animations tests, and a music video of one of them, "Proud of Your Boy", performed by Clay Aiken. Clay Aiken (born Clayton Holmes Grissom on November 30, 1978) is an American pop Singer who began his rise to fame on the ^[18] That version also appears on the album DisneyMania 3. DisneyMania 3, is the third album released in the DisneyMania series Demo versions of these tracks were released on the "Music Behind the Magic" box set. Others included in the DVD are "You Can Count On Me" (replaced by "One Jump Ahead" in the movie), "Humiliate the Boy", and "Why Me" (both replaced by "Prince Ali Reprise").

Reception

Aladdin was well-received by critics,^[19] with most praise to Robin Williams' Genie. Warner Bros. animator Chuck Jones even called the film "the funniest feature ever made. Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones ( September 21, 1912 &ndash February 22, 2002) was an American Animator, "^[5] However, some criticism was reserved for the couple, Aladdin and Jasmine,^[18] and many reviews considered it inferior to its predecessors The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. ^[20]

It was the most successful film of 1992, with $217 million in the United States and over $504 million worldwide,^[3] being the biggest gross for an animated film until The Lion King two years later. The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15 1994 As of 2008, it is the third highest grossing traditionally animated feature worldwide, behind The Lion King and The Simpsons Movie. The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated Comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons

Awards

Aladdin won two Academy Awards, Best Music, Original Score for Alan Menken's soundtrack and Best Music, Original Song for "A Whole New World" (Alan Menken and Tim Rice), and was also nominated for Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing, Best Sound, and another Best Song nomination for "Friend Like Me". The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically Alan Menken (born July 22 1949 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American Broadway and an eight-time Academy Award The Academy Award of Merit for Best Sound Editing is an Academy Award granted yearly to a film exhibiting the finest or most aesthetic The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic Sound mixing or recording ^[4] The movie also won the Golden Globes for Song and Score and a special achievement award for Robin Williams (and was nominated for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy),^[21] the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, the MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance to Robin Williams (the only one ever delivered to an animation) and the Saturn Awards of Best Fantasy Film, Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Scott Weinger) and Best Supporting Actor (Robin Williams). Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in Science fiction, Fantasy ^[4]

Controversy

"Arabian Nights" lyrics

One of the verses of the opening song "Arabian Nights" was altered following protests from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. The American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee (ADC is a grassroots Civil rights organization open to all regardless of background faith and ethnicity committed to defending The lyrics were changed in July 1993 from "Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face/It's barbaric, but, hey, it's home," in the original release to "Where it's flat and immense and the heat is intense/It's barbaric, but, hey, it's home. " The change first appeared on the 1993 video release. ^[22] The original lyric was intact on the initial CD soundtrack release, but the re-release uses the edited lyric. Entertainment Weekly ranked Aladdin in a list of the most controversial films in history, due to this incident. Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is a Magazine published by Time Inc ^[23]

The ADC also complained about lead characters Aladdin and Jasmine being portrayed as light-skinned, with Anglicized features and Anglo-American accents, in contrast to the other characters in the film, who are dark-skinned, have Arab accents and grotesque facial features, and appear villainous or greedy. ^[24]

Similarities to The Thief and the Cobbler

Animation enthusiasts have noticed similarities between Aladdin and Richard Williams's unfinished film The Thief and the Cobbler (also known as Arabian Knight under Miramax Films and The Princess and the Cobbler under Majestic Films International). Richard Williams (born on March 19, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian Animator, Animation director "Arabian Knight" redirects here For other uses see Arabian Nights (disambiguation. These similarities include a similar plot, similar characters, scenes and background designs, and the antagonist Zig-Zag's resemblance in character design and mannerisms to Genie and Jafar. ^[25][26] Though Aladdin was released prior to The Thief and the Cobbler, The Thief and the Cobbler was started much earlier in the 1960s, its production being mired in difficulties including financial problems, copyright issues (when it was about Mulla Nasruddin in the 1970s), and late production times caused by separate studios trying to finish the film after Richard Williams was fired from the project for lack of finished work. ^[27] The late release, coupled with Miramax (a Disney-owned studio) purchasing and re-editing the film, has sometimes resulted in The Thief and the Cobbler being labeled a "copy" of Aladdin. ^[26]

Robin Williams and the Disney studio

In gratitude for his success with the Disney/Touchstone film Good Morning, Vietnam, Robin Williams voiced the Genie for SAG scale pay ($75,000), on condition that his name or image not be used for marketing, and his (supporting) character not take more than 25% of space on advertising artwork, since "Toys" was scheduled for release one month after Aladdins debut. Good Morning Vietnam is a 1987 Comedy-drama film set in Saigon during the Vietnam War, based on the career of Adrian Cronauer The Screen Actors Guild ( SAG) is an American labor union representing over 120000 Film and television principal performers and background The studio failed on both counts, especially in poster art by having the Genie in 25% of the image, but having other major and supporting characters portrayed considerably smaller. Disney's Hyperion book, "Aladdin: The Making Of An Animated Film", listed both of Williams' characters "The Peddler" and "The Genie" ahead of main characters, but was forced to refer to him only as "the actor signed to play the Genie". ^[10]

Williams and Disney had a bitter falling-out, and as a result Dan Castellaneta voiced the Genie in The Return of Jafar, the Aladdin animated television series, and had recorded his voice for Aladdin and the King of Thieves. Daniel Louis "Dan" Castellaneta ( October 29, 1957) is an American voice actor, Actor and Comedian, best known for providing When Jeffrey Katzenberg was fired from Disney and replaced by former 20th Century Fox production head Joe Roth (whose last act for Fox was greenlighting Williams' film Mrs. Doubtfire), Roth arranged for a public apology to Williams by Disney. Joe Roth (born June 13, 1948) is an American Film executive, producer and Film director. Mrs Doubtfire is a 1993 Comedy film based on the Novel Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine. Williams agreed to perform in Hollywood Pictures' Jack, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and even agreed to voice the Genie again for the King Of Thieves sequel (for considerably more than scale), replacing all of Castellaneta's dialogue. Jack is a 1996 Comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez, Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, ^[28]

When Williams re-teamed with Doubtfire director Chris Columbus for 1999's Bicentennial Man, Disney asked that the budget be cut by approximately $20 million, and when the film was released on Christmas Day, it flopped at the box office. Bicentennial Man or Andrew—NDR114 in Japan, is a 1999 film starring Robin Williams based on the well-known Williams blamed Disney's marketing and the loss of content the film had suffered due to the budget cuts. As a result, Williams was again on bad terms with Disney, and Castellaneta was once again recruited to replace him as Genie in the Kingdom Hearts video game series and the House of Mouse TV series. is a series of Action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix (formerly Square) Disney's House of Mouse is an American Animated Television series, produced by Walt Disney Television, that originally aired from The DVD release for Aladdin has no involvement whatsoever from Williams in the bonus materials, although some of his original recording sessions can be seen.

He is currently working on the film Old Dogs with close friend John Travolta, which is being co-produced and distributed by Walt Disney Studios. Old Dogs is an upcoming American Comedy film directed by Walt Becker and starring John Travolta and Robin Williams.

Alleged hidden message

In the scene where Aladdin is attacked by the tiger Rajah on the palace balcony, Aladdin quietly says "Come on. . . good kitty," and the word "kitty" is overlapped by another, unidentifiable voice saying "psst. . . take off your clo. . . ," which may have been unintentionally grafted onto the soundtrack. Some people reported hearing "All good girls take off their clothes," or "Good teenagers, take off your clothes," which they considered a subliminal reference to promiscuity, similar to "Paul is dead". A subliminal message is a signal or message embedded in another medium designed to pass below the normal limits of the human Mind 's perception Promiscuity refers to sexual behavior of a man or woman who casually has sex with many partners " Paul is dead" is an Urban legend alleging that Paul McCartney of the British rock band The Beatles died in 1966 and Because of the controversy, Disney replaced the phrase with "Down, kitty" on the DVD release. ^[29]

Cultural references

Genie's numerous imitations aside, Aladdin features many references to popular culture, especially from Disney's previous works. While the Sultan is making a pile of toy animals, one is Beast from Beauty and the Beast; Rajah's head briefly resembles Mickey Mouse, and the Genie pulls Sebastian from The Little Mermaid out of a recipe book (meanwhile the first notes of "Under the Sea" are played); turns his head into Pinocchio's, says "Esalalumbo, shimin Dumbo!" to turn Abu into an elephant; and dons a Goofy hat before leaving on his vacation. The Beast is a beast Fictional character and one of the main protagonists in Disney's 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast. BATB redirects here If you were looking for Back at the Barnyard which is abbreviated as BATB see here. Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. Sebastian the crab (full name "Horatio Thelonious Ignacious Crustaceous Sebastian" is a fictional character who first appears in Disney 's 1989 feature film The Little Mermaid is a 1989 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation with a pencil test beginning on September 23, 1988 and "Under the Sea" is an Academy Award -winning song from Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid, composed by Alan Menken Pinocchio is the second Animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics. Dumbo is a 1941 Animated feature Film produced by Walt Disney and first released on October 23 1941 by RKO Radio Pictures. Goofy is an Animated cartoon character from Walt Disney 's Mickey Mouse universe. ^[30]

Many in-jokes were also done by the filmmakers, such as a "cameo appearance" from directors Clements and Musker, drawing some characters based on Disney workers, and baptizing the character Razoul after the layout supervisor, Rasoul Azadani. ^[15]

The Goofy hat, Hawaiian shirt, and sandals that the Genie is wearing at the end of the film is a reference to a short film that Robin Williams did for the Disney/MGM Studios tour in the late 80's. In the film, Williams plays an excitable tourist who is wearing a Goofy hat, Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and sandals.

Other impersonations of the Genie include Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Lorre, Señor Wences, Ed Sullivan, Groucho Marx, Robert De Niro, Woody Allen, Carol Channing, Arsenio Hall, Rodney Dangerfield, Jack Nicholson and William F. Buckley. Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor Peter Lorre ( June 26 1904 &ndash March 23 1964) born László Löwenstein, was a Hungarian - Austrian Señor Wences ( April 17, 1896 &ndash April 20, 1999) was a prominent 20th century Ventriloquist whose popularity grew with his frequent Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan ( September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American Entertainment Writer Robert Mario De Niro Jr (born August 17 1943 is a two-time Academy Award -winning American Film Actor, director and producer Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Carol Elaine Channing (b January 31 1921, Seattle Washington) is an American Singer and actress. Arsenio Hall (born February 12 1955 in Cleveland Ohio) is an African-American Actor, Comedian, and former Talk show host Rodney Dangerfield ( November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004) born Jacob Cohen, was an American Comedian John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22 1937) is an American Actor, internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals William Frank Buckley Jr ( November 24 1925  – February 27 2008) was an American Author and conservative ^[5]

Home video

Aladdin was first released in VHS in October 1, 1993, as part of the "Classics" line. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Walt Disney Classics was a brand name used by Walt Disney Home Video on their American Japanese European and Australian home video releases of Disney animated features The previews include a VHS trailer of Pinocchio and an exclusive trailer for The Lion King. Pinocchio is the second Animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics. The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15 1994 In its first week of availability, it sold over 10. 8 million copies^[31] and went on to sell over 25 million in total (a record only broken by the later release of The Lion King). ^[32] It entered moratorium in April 30, 1994. A moratorium in the home entertainment business refers to the practice of suspending the sales of DVD Movies or DVD boxed sets after a certain period of time Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) ^[33] The movie was also released on laserdisc in 1994. The Laserdisc (LD is an obsolete Home video disc format and was the first commercial Optical disc storage medium The CAV Japanese version had many extras, such as documentaries, trailers and the book "Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film". ^[34]

On October 5, 2004, Aladdin was released on DVD, as Aladdin: Platinum Edition, part of Disney's Platinum Edition line of animated classic DVDs. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is The DVD release featured a remastered version of the film, made for a planned but never released IMAX version,^[35] and a second disc with bonus features. IMAX (short for Image MAXimum is a Film format created by Canada 's IMAX Corporation that has the capacity to display images of far greater size and It sold about 3 million units, less than any of the other Platinum Edition titles so far. ^[36] The film's soundtrack was available in its original Dolby 5. 1 track or in a new Disney Enhanced Home Theater Mix. ^[18] The DVD went into moratorium on January 31 2008 along with its sequels. The "Disney Vault" is a figurative representation of Walt Disney Home Entertainment 's practice of releasing its animated features produced by Walt Disney ^[37]

In 2008, Aladdin was removed from the Platinum Edition line^[38] in favour of the inclusion of Alice in Wonderland,^[39] to be remarketed as a single-disc Musical Masterpiece Edition^[40].

Sequels and Spin offs

Aladdin was followed by Disney's first direct-to-video sequel, The Return of Jafar in 1994. The Return of Jafar is a 1994 Animated Direct-to-video Sequel to the 1992's Aladdin, produced by The film saw the debut of a new character, Abis Mal, voiced by Jason Alexander, and all of the original cast, except for Robin Williams, replaced by Dan Castellaneta, and Douglas Seale, replaced by Val Bettin. Abis Mal is a Villain from Disney 's Aladdin series who first appeared in The Return of Jafar. Jason Alexander (born September 23 1959 as Jay Scott Greenspan) is an American television cinema and Musical theatre comedic actor best known for his role Val Bettin (born August 1 1916 in London, England) is an English voice actor The plot mainly focused on Jafar seeking revenge on Aladdin. However, this time, with Iago on Aladdin's side, Abis Mal becomes Jafar's new henchman.

Shortly after The Return of Jafar, the Aladdin TV Series was aired on television. The Return of Jafar is a 1994 Animated Direct-to-video Sequel to the 1992's Aladdin, produced by Aladdin is an Animated television series made by Walt Disney Television which aired from 1994 to 1996 based on the original 1992 feature. The episodes focused on Aladdin's adventures after the events of the second film.

And in 1996, the final sequel to Aladdin, Aladdin and the King of Thieves was released on video. Aladdin and the King of Thieves is a Direct-to-video Animated film made by Disney, released on August 13, 1996. The story concludes as Aladdin and Jasmine are about to be married and Aladdin discovers his father is still alive.

Aladdin, Jasmine, Genie, Abu, Iago, Jafar, Carpet, Sultin and Rajah were also featured as guests in the TV series House of Mouse. In related works to those series, Jafar was the leader of the villains in Mickey's House of Villains. Mickey's House of Villains is a Direct-to-video Film created by Disney. Aladdin makes a quick appearance as well. Aladdin, Jasmine, Jafar, Genie, Abu and Carpet also appear in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse. Mickey's Magical Christmas Snowed in at the House of Mouse is the first direct-to-video movie spin off from the Disney Channel Animated television

A playable Aladdin world is featured in the Kingdom Hearts series known as Agrabah. is a series of Action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix (formerly Square) Characters from the film include Aladdin, Genie, Jasmine, Jafar, Iago, Abu, Carpet and the Peddler. In Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, the plotline is loosely related to the storyline of the original film. is an Action role-playing game developed and published by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) in 2002 for the PlayStation 2 Video game console is an Action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and Japanese studio Jupiter and published by Square Enix in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance In Kingdom Hearts II it is a mixture of Aladdin and the Return of Jafar. is an Action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios in 2005 for the Sony

Attractions

• The Magic Carpets of Aladdin at both Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort and Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Resort Paris. The Magic Carpets of Aladdin is a ride in Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World. This article is about the Theme park at Walt Disney World Resort. Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world containing four Theme parks two Water parks twenty-three themed hotels Walt Disney Studios Park is the second theme park of Disneyland Resort Paris, but also owned and operated by Euro Disney S Disneyland Resort Paris' is a Holiday and Recreation Resort in Marne-la-Vallée, a New town in the eastern suburbs of Paris These attractions are the classic hub and spoke attraction, similar to Dumbo the Flying Elephant (ride). Dumbo Flying Elephants is an original 1955 Fantasyland attraction at Disneyland.
• Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular at Disney's California Adventure Park. Disney's Aladdin A Musical Spectacular is a musical show that plays at Disney's California Adventure. Disney's California Adventure Park (commonly referred to by its initials DCA) is a Theme park in Anaheim California, adjacent to Disneyland Park

Video games

Main article: Disney's Aladdin (video game)

Along with the film release, three different video games based on Aladdin were released, one by Virgin Interactive for the Sega Mega Drive, Game Boy (later ported to the Game Boy Color), PC and another by SIMS for the Sega Game Gear and Sega Master System, and another by Capcom for the Super NES (later ported to the Game Boy Advance in 2002). Disney's Aladdin is a Video game based on the 1992 motion picture of the same name, released in the 16-bit era. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Virgin Interactive was a successful and influential British Video game publisher. The is a 16-bit Video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 North America in 1989 and the PAL region in 1990 The is a handheld video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. See also Software portability In Computer science, porting is the process of adapting software so that an executable program can be created The is Nintendo 's successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November 19, 1998 A personal computer ( PC) is any Computer whose original sales price size and capabilities make it useful for individuals and which is intended to be operated ("Soft development Innovation Multi Success") is a Japanese Video game publisher and developer originally established on June 12, 1991 The Sega Game Gear is a Handheld game console which was Sega 's response to Nintendo 's Game Boy. The Sega Master System is an 8-bit cartridge-based Video game console that was manufactured by Sega and was first released in 1986. For the original NASA meaning see capsule communicator. is a leading Japanese International developer The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit Video game console that was The Game Boy Advance (often shortened to GBA) is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. The Nintendo Entertainment System had both the Capcom version (but this was released in Europe only) and the Virgin Interactive version (released as "Aladdin 2" in Europe, but as "Aladdin" in America).

The TV series inspired another game by Argonaut Games, entitled Aladdin: Nasira's Revenge and released in 2001 for the PlayStation and PC. Argonaut Games plc was a British Video game developer. Founded as Argonaut Software by teenager Jez San in 1982 the company name is a play on his name (J The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console ^[41] Also, in 2004 Vivendi Universal released Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventures, a chess computer game with the Aladdin license. VIVENDI is a software package for care management and staff organisation published by the German software company CONNEXT and introduced in 1995 Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. ^[42]

References

External links

• Aladdin at the Internet Movie Database
• Aladdin at Rotten Tomatoes
• Aladdin at Box Office Mojo
• Aladdin at the Big Cartoon DataBase