Release Year: 1992 Rating: G Duration: 90 minutes Director: Ron Clements, John Musker Producer: Ron Clements, John Musker Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Aladdin, a street urchin, accidentally meets Princess Jasmine, who is in the city undercover. They love each other, but she can only marry a prince. Disney brings a whole new world vividly to life once again in this musical story from the Arabian Nights. Aladdin, an eager genie (with the voice of Robin Williams) and a sultan's daughter take a magic carpet ride through a fireworks display of incredible animation. Direct-to-video sequel: "The Return of Jafar." Academy Award Nominations: 5, including Best Song ("Friend Like Me"). Academy Awards: Best Original Score, Best Song ("Whole New World").
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Lea Salonga as Princess Jasmine (singing) (singing voice) Robin Williams as The Blue Genie of the Lamp (voice)
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[Iago is powering a mystic device by footpower]
Iago: With all due respect, Your Rottenness, couldn't we just wait for a *real* storm?
Jafar: Save your breath, Iago. Faster!
Iago: Yes, oh, mighty evil one.
The magic carpet showed Aladdin into a chamber, where, high atop a massive altar, he saw the magic lamp. Dozens of great pics and the opening theme music in this screensaver for the whole family. Matching desktop theme, Messenger skin and Winamp skin also available. The lamp began to glow and a towering cloud of smoke appeared from the spout! Source: Ezthemes Size: (2571)
Once, in a faraway land, there was a boy who lived in the streets, a girl who lived in a palace and a genie who lived in a lamp. Storybook wallpaper, original icons, 2 ani cursors of a genie coming out of a lamp and a flying magic carpet, 12 static cursors, startup screen, stereo sounds and 14 extra sounds. Get the matching screensaver, Messenger skin and Winamp skin also. And so, Princess Jasmine married Aladdin and they lived happily ever after. Source: Ezthemes Size: (1089)
I am not a great fan of the animated versions of fairy tales and, in this case, Arabian Nights tales, as produced by Disney Studios. I frankly questioned that proclivity when I saw BEAUTY AND THE BEAST just about a year ago. It seemed to me at that point Disney (the studio, not the man) had learned how to hell a story with complexity and one that worked on multiple levels. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, it seemed to me, was a film that said something about the human condition. Now the same company makes ALADDIN. Is it as good as BEAUTY? Try asking if it is even as good as THE LITTLE MERMAID. This one is a solid disappointment.
