Aladdin is a 1992 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 31st Disney animated feature film and the fourth produced during the Disney Renaissance, it is based on the Arabic folktale of the same name from the One Thousand and One Nights. The film was produced and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements from a screenplay they co-wrote with the writing team of Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Featuring the voices of Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, and Jonathan Freeman, the film follows the titular Aladdin, an Arabian street urchin, who finds a magic lamp containing a genie. With the genie's help, Aladdin disguises himself as a wealthy prince and tries to impress the Sultan in order to win the heart of his free-spirited daughter, Princess Jasmine, as the Sultan's evil vizier Jafar plots to steal the magic lamp for his own uses.
Lyricist Howard Ashman first pitched the idea, and the screenplay went through three drafts before then-Disney Studios president Jeffrey Katzenberg agreed to its production. The animators based their designs on the work of caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, and computers were used for both finishing the artwork and creating some animated elements. The musical score was written by Alan Menken and features six songs with lyrics written by both Ashman and Tim Rice, who took over following Ashman's death.
Rating[]
Aladdin received a G rating by the MPAA. This is the thirtieth Disney animated film to be rated as such in the US after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi, Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, Fun and Fancy Free, Melody Time, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, Robin Hood, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Rescuers, The Fox and the Hound, The Great Mouse Detective, Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under and Beauty and the Beast.
Cast[]
- Scott Weinger as Aladdin
- Brad Kane as Aladdin (singing)
- Robin Williams as the Genie, The Peddler
- Bruce Adler as the Peddler (singing)
- Linda Larkin as Jasmine, Belly Dancer
- Lea Salonga as Jasmine (singing), Belly Dancer
- Jonathan Freeman as Jafar
- Frank Welker as Abu, Rajah, Cave of Wonders, Horses
- Brian Cummings as Elephant Abu
- Linda Gary as Horse Abu, Woman at the Door, Belly Dancer
- Gilbert Gottfried as Iago
- Douglas Seale as the Sultan
- Jim Cummings as Razoul, Farouk
- Corey Burton as Camel, Fish Merchant, Necklace Merchant, Prince Achmed, Sheep
- Charlie Adler as Gazeem, Melon Merchant, Nuts Merchant
- Jack Angel as Arab
- Debi Derryberry as Harem Girls, Belly Dancer
- Mickie McGowan as Vendor, Belly Dancer
- Sherry Lynn as Fat Woman with Red Lipstick, Belly Dancer
- Vera Lockwood as Belly Dancer
- Phil Proctor as Guards, Hakim
- Philip L. Clarke as Singer
- Sue C. Nichols as Belly Dancer
- Jennifer Darling as Belly Dancer
- Hal Smith as Jafar's Horse
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