Aladdin (1992 film)

Aladdin is the thirty first animated feature in the Disney animated features canon.

It was made and produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. The film was released in Theaters November 11, 1992 by Walt Disney Pictures, and Buena Vista Distribution. It relates a version of the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. As is usual with Disney film adaptations, many aspects of the traditional story were changed for the movie, such as name changes and a more child-friendly plot. It was released at the peak stretch of the Disney renaissance era beginning with The Little Mermaid. It was the most successful film of 1992, with over $247 million ($335,631,000) in domestic revenues and over $534 million worldwide. Aladdin was followed by two direct-to-video sequels Aladdin 2: The Return of Jafar/Aladdin and The King of Thieves (1996). The Aladdin (TV Series) was set between the two sequels. There was also video games for different platforms in 1993.

Plot

The story takes place in the mystical city of Agrabah, which is based mainly on the medieval city of Baghdad, the home of the 1001 Arabian Nights, and there are some inconsistencies in the time period. The sultan (who is never given a name) of Agrabah is secretly being controlled by his grand vizier, Jafar. Jafar, who is also a sorcerer, is wanting to be the sultan himself and rule Agrabah; to further his goals, he has spent years searching for the Cave of Wonders, so he can harness the magical mystical power of the genie of the lamp found within. However, Jafar discovers that only one person, a metaphorical "Diamond in the Rough", can enter the cave, or anyone accompanied by that person.

The sultan, meanwhile, is having problems with finding a prince for his daughter, Princess Jasmine, to marry. By mesmerizing him with his magical snake staff, Jafar convinces the sultan that Jafar needs the sultan's ring to find Jasmine a husband. Jafar actually needs the ring to discover the identity of the "Diamond in the Rough."

Jasmine, who does not want to be married off, decides to run away disguised as a peasant girl. In the anarchy of the streets, she is saved by a street rat named Aladdin, though she doesn't learn his name. Meanwhile, Jafar discovers that Aladdin is the "Diamond in the Rough", and he sends palace guards to "capture the street rat." When Jasmine asks what happened to her savior, Jafar lies to Jasmine by saying he had been executed at dawn for "kidnapping the princess."

Later, Jafar, disguised as an old man, shows Aladdin a hidden passageway out of the dungeon to free and take him to the Cave of Wonders. Jafar tells Aladdin that if he brings back the lamp, he will be rewarded. The Cave's tiger-shaped head allows Aladdin to enter, but he can only touch the lamp. Inside the Cave, Aladdin successfully finds the lamp, but his pet monkey, Abu, loses control and attempts to take a jewel, causing the cave to melt around them. Aladdin and Abu manage to escape with the aid of a flying carpet named Carpet. Upon his escape, Aladdin hands Jafar the lamp, and Jafar decides to give him his "eternal reward", preparing to attack with his dagger. Abu saves Aladdin by biting Jafar's arm, and Abu and Aladdin fall back into the cave as it closes.

Aladdin, Abu and Carpet are all trapped inside the Cave of Wonders. Jafar discovers, to his dismay,

that Abu got the lamp from him before they disappeared. Aladdin discovers that the lamp is home to an eccentric, fun-loving genie (simply named "Genie"), who will grant him any three wishes, excluding wishes to force a person to fall in love, to kill someone, to bring someone back from the dead, or to give his master extra wishes.

Aladdin tricks Genie into getting them out of the cave, without technically wishing for him to do so. Once out of the cave, Aladdin gets to know Genie, and asks him what he would wish for if he had the chance; Genie says he'd wish for freedom, but that can only be granted if his master is benevolent enough to free him with a wish. Aladdin promises to set Genie free with his last wish.

Aladdin, who has fallen in love with Princess Jasmine, is disappointed that he can't wish to make her fall in love with him. However, the law states that only a prince can marry a princess, so he wishes to become a prince.

Meanwhile, Jafar, who is worried that the princess might have him beheaded as punishment for supposedly having Aladdin executed, comes up with the idea to convince the sultan to let him become her husband with the help of his parrot, Iago. He later tries to mesmerize the sultan into granting this request with his staff, but is interrupted when the sultan is startled by the noise from Aladdin's approaching consort.

As "Prince Ali Ababwa", Aladdin returns to Agrabah and, although offending Jasmine by appearing as another typical rich and self-important prince, eventually wins Jasmine's love by taking her on a romantic ride on the flying carpet. Afterwards, the carpet takes them to China and Jasmine tricks Aladdin into admitting he's the street rat she met in the marketplace. Aladdin naturally wishes to impress her, so he lies to her by telling her that he really is a prince and had just pretended be a commoner in order to escape the restrictions of palace life, much like what Jasmine did.

Jafar, who is afraid that "Prince Abooboo", as he incorrectly calls him, may win Princess Jasmine over, ruining his own evil plans to marry her, orders Aladdin out of the way. He orders the guards to have Aladdin gagged with a white hankercheif and tied up in metal manacles (which is not a problem, as Razoul, the chief guard, is plagued with a lust for killing). He tells him that he has "worn out his welcome," and a guard hits Aladdin over the head, knocking him unconscious. The gurads then drop Aladdin over a cliff into the sea. They have attached to his ankles a large metal ball-and-chain to his ankles, so that he sinks quickly. He hits the bottom, and his turban floats down. The lamp tumbles out and he begins to struggle towards it (which is difficult as the ball-and-chain attached to his ankles pulls him back), but passes out from the lack of oxygen before he can reach it. Aladdin, bound and gagged, slides down towards the lamp, and rolls over, causing it to rub against his fingers. Genie appears, and saves Aladdin, using up his second wish. Aladdin and Genie return to the palace and Aladdin confronts Jafar over having him almost killed. Jafar uses his staff to try to convince the sultan that Aladdin is lying, but Aladdin, seeing what he is doing, grabs the staff and shatters it. He then shows the sultan that Jafar has been controlling him and plotting against him. The Sultan calls for the guards to arrest Jafar, but Jafar manages to escape, and, before doing so, sees the lamp in Aladdin's possession. The Sultan is convinced that his troubles are over as Jasmine has finally chosen a suitor.

All seems well, but the weight of his future responsibilities begins to distress Aladdin. He begins to consider going back on his promise to free Genie so he can keep a wish in reserve, which severely offends the spirit. Chastened, Aladdin decides to tell Jasmine the whole truth of the matter. Unfortunately, Aladdin leaves the lamp in his chamber and Jafar sends Iago to steal it. With the lamp in hand, Jafar becomes Genie's next master, giving him three wishes. His First wish was to become sultan. When the former Sultan and Jasmine refuse to bow to him, he wishes to be the most powerful sorcerer in the world. With his new powers, Jafar forces them to bow to him.

Jafar then uses his magic to reveal that "Prince Ali" is merely the street rat Aladdin, and after Jafar slaps Aladdin in the face, he banishes him to "the ends of the earth", in one of the palace towers. "The ends of the earth" appear to be Antarctica, the mountains of Austria, the Arctic or possibly the Himalayas. Luckily, Abu and Carpet were banished with him, and Aladdin is able to fly back to Agrabah, with the intent of reclaiming the lamp.

Meanwhile Jafar, who is angry that Jasmine does not wish to become his queen, makes a wish for Genie to cause her to fall in love with him. Genie tries to tell him that he cannot grant that wish, but Jafar does not listen. Jasmine, who sees Aladdin sneaking into the palace, pretends that the wish has taken effect, much to Genie's surprise, in order to distract Jafar. She even goes so far as to kiss him, causing Aladdin, Abu, the Genie and even Iago to blanche. At first it seems to be working; Jafar, however, sees Aladdin's reflection in Jasmine's crown and confronts him before he can reach the lamp.

Jafar uses magic to imprison or transfigure all the good characters other than Aladdin himself so they cannot steal the lamp back. Jafar eventually turns himself into a giant cobra and fights Aladdin. When Aladdin appears to be defeated, Jafar tells Aladdin he was a fool for thinking he could defeat "the most powerful being on earth." Aladdin reminds Jafar he is not the most powerful being on earth and that that honor belongs to Genie, since he gave Jafar his power in the first place.

Jafar decides to use his final wish to become the most powerful genie in the world. Jafar is at first convinced that his new powers will allow him to rule the universe, but he realizes too late that Aladdin tricked him, since as a genie, Jafar is no longer free. Jafar is imprisoned in his own lamp along with Iago. Genie sends them to the Cave of Wonders.

Of course, Aladdin is now no longer a prince and is not eligible to marry Jasmine. Genie insists that Aladdin use his final wish to make himself a prince again, but nevertheless, he keeps his promise and wishes for Genie's freedom. When all seems lost for Aladdin and Jasmine, the sultan decides that, between his loyalty to Genie and his courage in defeating Jafar, Aladdin has proven his worth; the sultan therefore changes the law so that "the princess shall marry anyone she deems worthy" meaning Aladdin and Jasmine can be married. Genie flies away to see the world while the happy couple begin their new life together.

Plot (Live Action)

In the kingdom of Agrabah lived a kind-hearted thieving street urchin named Aladdin. One day while roaming the streets, Aladdin spots a beautiful girl who gets in trouble after giving away bread to children without paying. Aladdin comes to her rescue, and together they get chased by the Royal Guards. After a while they elude their pursuers, and Aladdin takes the girl to his place for some tea. The girl calls herself Dalia, and is the handmaiden to the Princess of Agrabah. She suddenly has to leave as another suitor for the princess, Prince Anders, arrives. Dalia happens to be Princess Jasmine and Dalia is the name of her handmaid and best friend. Meanwhile, The Sultan's trusted councilor, Jafar, is plotting to overthrown the Sultan by acquiring the Magic Lamp. However, it is hidden in a enchanted Cave of Wonders, and only the "Diamond in the Rough" may enter, which he is not. So, he spends weeks searching for this Diamond in the Rough.

One evening, after turning down Prince Anders' hand in marriage, Jasmine receives a surprise visit from Aladdin, who has come to return her mother's bracelet, which Abu stole. Still thinking she's Delia, he leaves her with a promise to meet her again, but is caught by the royal guards. The next day, Aladdin finds himself in the desert with Jafar, who assumes that he is the Diamond in the Rough. He tells Aladdin that the girl he met was the princess and that he can make him rich enough to impress her if he helps him retrieve the lamp. By evening, they arrive at the cave, and since Aladdin is the Diamond in the Rough he is permitted to enter the cave safely. The Cave of Wonders is filled with wondrous treasures that tempt both Aladdin and Abu. However, they have been warned to only retrieve the lamp and not to be tempted by the treasure otherwise they would be trapped inside the cave forever. Along the way they meet a Magic Carpet and find the lamp. However, Abu becomes tempted by a big shiny ruby and takes it. This angers the spirit of the cave, and starts to cave in. Aladdin and Abu barely make it back with Carpet's help, but end up trapped in the cave after Jafar takes the lamp and betrays him.

Trapped inside the cave, Abu reveals that he stole the lamp back from Jafar. Aladdin notices the lamp is a bit dusty and gives it a rub. This causes the lamp to release a powerful Genie who can grant him three wishes, as long as he is holding the lamp. Aladdin wishes to escape from the cave (though he makes a wish without holding the lamp, keeping his three wishes in tact), and both he, Genie, Abu and Carpet find themselves in the middle of the desert. After seeing Genie's potential, Aladdin wishes to become a prince in the hopes that he can be with Princess Jasmine. Genie transforms him into Prince Ali, and parade to The Sultan's Palace, where the Sultan welcomes him.

Aladdin starts off a bit awkward being a prince and trying to impress Jasmine, especially when Genie has him dance spectacularly in front of the princess. Instead of being impressed she just leaves. Meanwhile, Jafar becomes suspicious of Prince Ali.

Later, Aladdin decides to go and Jasmine in her room, while Genie takes Delia out for a late night stroll. By just being himself, Aladdin takes Jasmine on a magic carpet ride, where the two of them become close. While watching the village people from above, Jasmine figures out that Ali is Aladdin, but he manages to convince her that he is really a prince and that he dresses as a commoner to escape palace life. Then he takes Jasmine back to the palace and they share their first kiss.

The next day however, Jafar captures Aladdin, who has figured out who he really is. He threatens to have him thrown into bay unless he tells him where the lamp is. When Aladdin denies everything, Jafar personally pushes him out of his tower and falls into the sea. Abu and Carpet arrive with the lamp, and Aladdin manages to rub it before drowning. Genie rescues Aladdin, and after speaking with Jasmine they confront the Sultan of Jafar's treachery. Jafar tries to hypnotize the sultan into thinking they are lying, but Aladdin destroys his staff, proving to the sultan of Jafar's treachery. He is taken to the dungeon, but escapes after Iago brings him the keys.

Meanwhile, the Sultan thanks Aladdin for revealing Jafar's treachery, and would be happy to have him marry his daughter. This makes Aladdin decide not to use his last wish to set Genie free as he promised, as he believes he cannot keep up being a prince without him. Genie is disappointed that Aladdin wants to continue living a lie and retreats to his lamp. Aladdin goes back to his old home in deep thought, and comes to see that Genie is right. He needs to tell Jasmine the truth. Just then, he realizes the lamp is gone and is now in Jafar's possession.

Jafar wishes to become sultan, but when the guards refuse to obey him he uses his second wish to become a sorcerer. He banishes Aladdin to the ends of the earth and threatens to kill Dalia and the Sultan unless Jasmine agrees to marry him. However, Genie sends carpet to find Aladdin and Abu.

As they proceed with the wedding ceremony, Jasmine notices Aladdin coming on carpet. She plays along with the wedding and once she gets close enough to Jafar, she swipes the lamp from him and jumps onto carpet. Jafar sends Iago after them, turning him into a giant parrot. They almost lose the lamp during the chase, but get it back. However, Iago steals it back, but then loses it when the Sultan interrupts Jafar's sorcery on him. He changes back into a regular parrot.However, Jafar then casts a sand twister that capture Aladdin and Jasmine and brings them back to him. Jafar now has them at his mercy, declaring him the most powerful man in the world. However, Aladdin retorts by claiming Jafar is not as powerful as he wishes to believe. The Genie remains the most powerful being in the universe as he gave Jafar his power in the first place and can also take it away. Realizing what Aladdin says is true and that he is still just "second-best", Jafar uses his final wish to become an all-powerful genie. Seeing Aladdin's cunning plan, Genie grants his wish, turning Jafar into a monstrously powerful genie. With phenomenal, cosmic power at his command, Jafar declares himself ruler of the universe. However, as pointed out by Aladdin, the power of a genie comes with a price. Jafar receives his own golden shackles and a lamp prison, which sucks him inside along with Iago.

Foiled and trapped by his own greed, Jafar's magic over Agrabah is undone. As for Jafar's Lamp, Genie sends it flying to the Cave of Wonders, where the bickering Jafar and Iago would be forced to remain, as prisoners, for many years. Aladdin apologies to Jasmine and the Sultan for deceiving them, and is just about to leave until Genie reminds him that he has one wish left to make himself a prince again or erase the law of a prince marrying a princess. However, Aladdin decides to use last wish to set Genie free. Genie decides to spend his freedom seeing the world with Dalia, who he has fallen in love with, and have children together.

The Sultan has decided to pass his crown onto Jasmine, making her the Sultan of Agrabah. Meanwhile, Aladdin sneaks away unnoticed, still thinking he is not right for Jasmine. However, she catches up with him and the two embrace and later marry.

Voice Cast

Japanese

Shinichiro Miki as Aladdin/Prince Ali Ababwa
Koichi Yamadera as Genie
Takashi Matsuo as the merchant
Frank Welker as Abu & Rajah
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as the Cave of Wonders
Akira Kamiya as Iago
the late Kinpei Azusa as The Sultan
Kaori Aso as Princess Jasmine (Speaking & Singing)
Kazutaka Ishii as Aladdin's singing voice
Akira Takarada as Jafar
Yusaku Yara as Razoul

English

Scott Weinger as Aladdin/Prince Ali Ababwa
the late Robin Williams as Genie & the merchant
Frank Welker as Abu, Rajah & the Cave of Wonders
the late Gilbert Gottfried as Iago
the late Douglas Seale as The Sultan
Linda Larkin as Princess Jasmine
Brad Kane as Aladdin's singing voice
Lea Salonga as Princess Jasmine's singing voice
Jonathan Freeman as Jafar
Jim Cummings as Razoul

Cast (Live Action)

Mena Massoud as Aladdin
Naomi Scott as Jasmine
Will Smith as Genie
Navid Negahban as The Sultan
Nasim Pedrad as Dalia
Billy Magnussen as Prince Anders
Numan Acar as Hakim
Robby Haynes as Razoul
Jordan A. Nash as Omar
Taliyah Blair as Lian
Aubrey Lin as Omi
Amir Boutrous as Jamal
Frank Welker as the voices of Abu, Rajah & the Cave of Wonders
Alan Tudyk as the voice of Iago
Marwan Kenzari as Jafar

Difference Between Live Action and Animated Film

The Peddler was replaced by the Mariner (Genie in human form), who serves as the narrator of the film. Also, the beginning of the film opens on the sea instead of the desert where the Genie cruises with his wife and his two children. This change reflects the original concept that the Peddler was just the Genie in disguise. The junior novelization reveals that the Genie's children are 6 and 9 years old.
Unlike the original film, the main characters are first seen in the "Arabian Nights" sequence; however, their identities are not yet known at that time.
The "One Jump Ahead" sequence happened when Aladdin and Jasmine tried to flee from the palace guards after giving bread to the street urchins. Aladdin doesn't take refuge on a high platform; however, he does push over a platform that two guards are standing on. At the end of the sequence, Aladdin doesn't trick the guards into falling into a wagon of manure. Instead, he tricks them into thinking he fell into the building below. The lady that says "Still I think he's rather tasty!" is encountered on some stairs instead of at a door. The posing strongman and sword swallower do not appear. Abu doesn't steal any jewelry or try to intimidate the guards with a stolen sword in this sequence. The hot coal-filled area does not appear. The guards don't pig-pile on Aladdin and Abu, who are not shown trying to sneak away with large jugs. No sheep appear in this scene. The man that says "Vandal!" and the woman that says "Scandal!" both have their genders changed. The pole-vaulting scene happens during this sequence, except Jasmine was scared to pole vault across the buildings while in the animated film, she showed no fear at all. Aladdin also doesn't lower a long board for Jasmine to walk across. Aladdin and Jasmine use the same pole to get across the buildings while in the animated version, they used separate poles. The pole is also much longer than the ones in the original film.
"One Jump Ahead" has two reprises. The second reprise takes place when Aladdin (as Prince Ali) realizes he needs to tell Jasmine the truth even if it meant to risking everything, unlike the original film where the scene of his decision to tell Jasmine the truth was smaller with no musical number.
Jasmine was already disguised as a street urchin when she was introduced in the film. Unlike the original animated film, she did not do this in an attempt to run away from the palace to have a life of freedom.
In the animated film, Aladdin steals a loaf of bread, which he gives to two street urchins after escaping the guards. In the remake, he instead steals a bag of dates, which he sells to get money.
Jasmine meets one street urchin in the original version; in the remake, she meets two. In addition, she gives them bread instead of apples.
The junior novelization ages up Aladdin and Jasmine, stating they are both 20 years old.
The junior novelization also lists Jasmine's many accomplishments: knowing proper etiquette, and being well versed in the history of her country, philosophy, poetry, battle warfare, etc...
The Sultan is much less childish in his behavior, appearing as a competent, wise, and active leader of his sultanate.
The palace rooftops are not as big as the animated version.
Jafar pushes one of his henchmen into a well after he fails to find the "Diamond in the Rough". This does not happen in the original version.
During both confrontations between Aladdin and the palace guards, Abu doesn't pull Razoul's hat over his eyes nor does he get thrown into a jug.
In the animated film, Jasmine's mother was briefly mentioned. In this film, Jasmine's mother is said to belong from the kingdom of Shirabad and was murdered there. Aladdin's parents were also briefly mentioned in the animated film while in this film, it was mentioned that his parents died when he was young. His father Cassim appeared in Aladdin and the King of Thieves but it is not clear if the father's name is the same for live-action version of him.
Jafar's characterization in the film was changed. In this film, Jafar desired to invade Shirabad rather than serving as a sultan of Agrabah. Additionally, he was given a backstory where he mentioned to Aladdin that he was once a street rat like him. Also, Jafar appears younger than the animated counterpart.
In the animated film, Jafar is first seen in the the desert waiting for Gazeem to return with the Scarab Medallion half. In the remake, he is instead seen in front of the Cave of Wonders sending an unknown person inside it before the entrance collapses on him. Because Gazeem's name is not mentioned, it is unclear if the man that got crushed by the cave entrance is really Gazeem. Jafar was with some guards when attempting to send the unknown man and Aladdin into the cave; in the original, no guards accompanied them.
When Aladdin gets captured, he does not end up in the palace dungeon; instead, he is brought to the desert by Jafar.
Jafar did not show any jewels to Aladdin while telling him about the Cave of Wonders. Jafar did not disguise himself as an old prisoner to negotiate with Aladdin to bring him the lamp from the Cave of Wonders. Though he does briefly disguise himself as a beggar to steal the lamp from Aladdin. In the animated film, Jafar promises a reward for Aladdin if he brings him the lamp. In the remake, he instead promises to make him rich.
In this version, the Cave of Wonders spoke in a more whispering, yet still serious and deep, voice even if someone does touch the treasure inside, but does not appear to be sentient. Also, the cave's jaws simply snap shut instead of dissolving completely to eliminate unwanted visitors and most of the treasure inside was still intact even after the lava flow. The cave entrance is made of stone instead of sand and appears as a lion's head instead of a tiger's head. The Golden Scarab does not appear in this film, nor is it needed to access the cave. The cave entrance is attached to the front of a rocky hill instead of emerging from the sand. When the cave awakens, its jaws opens while the flares in its eyes and mouth light up and when it returns to slumber, the jaws close as the flares go out. The mouth is the only part of the cave that moves. The cave does not ask who wakes it up when someone approaches it, only warning them that only a "Diamond in the Rough" can enter before opening its jaws. Aladdin is warned to take nothing but the lamp, while in the animated film he is warned to touch nothing but the lamp. After the cave collapses, the treasures are still clearly seen while in the animated version, the cave was shown empty.
In the animated film, the Cave of Wonders warns Aladdin not to touch any of the treasures hoarded inside it. In the remake, Jafar provides this warning to Aladdin instead.
When Aladdin enters the cave, he falls down a sand slide instead of walking down some stairs.
In the animated film, upon entering the treasure room, Abu tried to take some of the treasures before he is stopped by Aladdin. This also occurs in the remake; however, Aladdin himself is also tempted into touching some of the treasures before Abu alerts him.
In the animated film, Carpet pretended to be lifeless when Aladdin and Abu passed by it and it got their attention by toying with Abu. In the remake, Aladdin and Abu instead find Carpet stuck under a rock and free it.
Carpet doesn't prank Abu when they first meet; therefore, Abu doesn't get angry with Carpet.
The inside of the cave is smaller than its animated counterpart. The lamp is in the same room with the treasures while in the original film, it is in a room that's located further in the cave.
Abu's attempt to steal the red jewel has a few differences from the original film: Abu touching the jewel was accidental instead of intentional. The jewel is smaller than its animated counterpart. The jewel isn't in the hand of a monkey idol; instead, it falls off a rock that Aladdin is climbing. Carpet did not try to stop Abu from touching the jewel, as it was too busy watching Aladdin attempting to get the lamp. In the original film, Carpet saw Abu attempting to take the jewel and tries to stop him. Aladdin discovers Abu's actions after he picks up the jewel. In the original, he notices it before the latter touches it.
When the cave begins to collapse, lava pours in from the walls while in the original, the lava emerges from the floor.
Jafar tried to kill Aladdin with a dagger after he was given the lamp in the original film. In the remake, he instead tried to make Aladdin fall to his death by stepping on his hands.
There are some characters in this film that are added or renamed: Dalia is a new character in this film who is the handmaiden of Jasmine and the love interest of the Genie (instead of Eden). The novel 'The Magic of Agrabah' reveals that she is the one who helps Jasmine sneak out of the palace, instead of Rajah boosting her over the garden wall. Prince Achmed is replaced for a similar new character, Prince Anders and while Achmed is a cruel and snobbish bully, Anders is friendly but dimwitted. In addition, his nationality was changed. He also only comes to Agrabah to attend the party hosted there after the "Prince Ali" musical number rather than trying to propose to Jasmine. Razoul is replaced by Hakim. Hakim was previously the name for one of Razoul's men in the animated Aladdin continuity. The actual Razoul, however appears in the film, but as a minor character, precisely as a chief city guard, essentially swapping the roles between those two characters. Farouk was renamed as Jamal. In addition, prior to Aladdin intervening, he tries to take Jasmine's bracelet as payment for the food she unintentionally stole from his food stand instead of trying to cut her hand off as punishment. This scene was toned down for this film due to both political correctness and to make it less violent compared to the original animated film. Genie and Dalia also have children, who appear at the start and later close to the end of the film listening to their father's story.
Genie teleports Aladdin, Abu, and Carpet outside of the cave instead of bursting them out of the cave.
When being tricked into getting them out of the cave without using a wish, Genie doesn't lose his temper.
Genie doesn't take them to an oasis after this nor does he dress up like a female tour guide.
Genie's bracelets are longer in this film.
Jasmine's goal was to unite the people of Agrabah and to bring back the glory done by her mother's ruling rather than marrying a prince out of love, not by law.
Jafar does not try to hypnotize the Sultan in order to arrange his wedding with Jasmine; instead, he does it to try to start a war with Shirabad. Also in the film Jafar hypnotizes not only the Sultan but Aladdin as well, while the original only the Sultan is hypnotized.
In the animated film, Aladdin never went to the palace until he became Prince Ali by the Genie. In this film, Aladdin breaks into the palace to return Jasmine's bracelet stolen by Abu. It is here that Aladdin was caught by the guards, unlike the original film where the guards on Jafar's orders invade Aladdin's home to arrest him.
The novel 'The Magic of Agrabah' reveals that Jafar started out with noble intentions, but that over time his greed and hunger for power warped his thinking.
In the animated film, Jasmine keeps her identity secret while disguised on the streets, and Aladdin only learns her identity when she revealed it to protect him from the guards. In this film, she passes herself off as her handmaiden Dalia, and Aladdin instead learns her identity from Jafar after his capture.
In the animated film, Jafar hypnotizes the Sultan to give up his ring and eventually uses it to discover that only Aladdin could enter the Cave of Wonders. In this film, Iago, after witnessing Aladdin's skills, instead reports this to Jafar.
The Sands of Time do not appear in the remake.
In the animated film, Jasmine was present when Aladdin was arrested by the Royal Guards. In this film, she was unaware of Aladdin's arrest. Therefore, the lie that Jafar used to trick Jasmine into thinking he had Aladdin executed by having him beheaded in the animated film was omitted. Because of this, the Sultan does not lash out at Jafar for seemly executing Aladdin without him knowing.
The Harvest Festival is absent in the animated film.
The animal characters: Abu, Rajah, and Iago were given smaller roles in this film. Iago is not as talkative as in the animated film; instead, he is more of a normal parrot who mostly imitates the people that surround him. He is capable of speaking for himself in a limited capacity, but does not have the intelligence that his animated counterpart possessed. Rajah is transported with the Royal Guards to the dungeon after Jafar gained the powers of a sorcerer in this film, instead of being magically transformed by Jafar into a tiger cub which occurred in the animated film.
In this film, Jasmine was given a solo song entitled "Speechless". All the songs she sung in the animated films were duets.
In this film, Genie helped distract Jasmine by asking Dalia for an evening stroll so Aladdin could get to Jasmine's room.
In this film, "Ababwa" is now the name of Prince Ali's country, and no longer his surname.
Jafar doesn't have any trouble with pronouncing "Ababwa" in this film.
Jasmine was not as resistant of Aladdin as Prince Ali during their conversation in her room.
During the musical number "Prince Ali", certain scenes in this film were different than the ones in the animated iteration: The part where Genie transforms into a journalist during the golden camel and purple peacock verses was omitted. The golden camels and purple peacocks are depicted differently. In the animated film, each of the golden camels are depicted with two people holding them together while the purple peacocks are shown on a large parade float. In this film, the golden camels are shown being held individually while the peacocks are shown standing on plates albeit with their eye spots being colored purple rather than having each peacock being entirely purple and on a peacock-themed parade float. During the verse about exotic mammals, a flock of ostriches was shown (despite the fact that ostriches are birds and not mammals) during the verse instead of an enormous gorilla balloon in this film. The line "He's got slaves, he's got servants and flunkies" is changed to "He's got ten thousand servants and flunkies".
In the animated film, Jasmine loses interest and walks away after Ali kisses back to the girls during the sequence (with Genie disguised as one of them). In this film, it was after Genie mentions her in the song with the phrase "Heard your princess is hot, where is she?". The entire musical remains on the streets, whereas in the animated film, the last part took place in the palace after the palace door is forced open (and smashing Jafar and Iago into a wall after Jafar tried to stop the Sultan from opening the door). Genie does not reenter his lamp at the end of the musical number.
The way that Aladdin introduced himself as Prince Ali to the Sultan and Jasmine was much more awkward and embarrassing in this film. The Sultan never rides the Magic Carpet in this film.
After the "Prince Ali" musical number, there is a party, then a fireworks show at a harbor. While on his stroll with Dalia, Genie used his magic to appear simultaneously on a map to both help Aladdin with his conversation with Jasmine and convince him to be himself instead of appearing as a bee in the original film. He also helped him make the kingdom of "Ababwa" appear on the map so Jasmine can believe it's real. In the process, he made the landmarks of Disneyland such as Adventureland, Fantasyland, and Tomorowland appear on the map.
During the "A Whole New World" sequence, Aladdin and Jasmine only flew to the skies of Agrabah, the desert, and the seas. This change was made because obviously, it is impossible to fly from Agrabah to Egypt, Greece, and China for one night as it is presented in the animated film. Cutting these countries from the sequence also solved chronological errors of the original film. In the original film Genie tells to Aladdin that his look was "too ninth century”. Taking this into account: Aladdin and Jasmine could have visited ruins of ancient Greek cities in Byzantine Greece and still seen fireworks in Song Dynasty China, but they would never see workers in the Sphinx in Egypt, since at that time Egypt was no longer ruled by pharaohs.
When Jasmine finds out who Aladdin really is, he convinces her that he dressed up like a street urchin to meet Agrabah's citizens beforehand while in the original film, he says that he dresses up like a street urchin to escape the stresses of royal life. This happens while Aladdin and Jasmine were still riding on carpet while in the animated version, they were instead sitting on a large building in China.
Abu and the Magic Carpet were not kidnapped after the "A Whole New World" sequence. Abu was changed back into a monkey earlier in the film before Aladdin was caught by the guards the second time. In the animated film, Abu is frequently seen in his elephant form before being turned back into a monkey during the scene where Jafar takes over as the ruler of Agrabah. Before Abu was turned into an elephant, Genie doesn't change him into various animals nor a car like in the animated film. In the live-action film, Genie first turned Abu into a donkey, but he thought it was "too small", then he used the camel from the original film, but he claimed it "too obvious" and needed "something robust", so he went with the elephant.
Aladdin was tied to a chair, but not gagged, and was interrogated by Jafar before he was pushed to the sea. Also, Aladdin did not bring the lamp but instead, Abu brought the lamp via magic carpet and drops it to the sea on the spot where Aladdin sank.
In the animated film, Aladdin was unaware and never told that his second wish was used when the Genie rescued him from drowning. In this film, the Genie tells him this after completing the rescue.
In the animated film, the Sultan sends Jafar to the prison, but he disappears by magic. In this film, he actually got imprisoned, but Iago stole the keys and gave it to Jafar to escape.
In the animated film, Jafar finds out that Prince Ali is really Aladdin when he notices the magic lamp in Ali's turban during his arrest. In this film, Iago instead overhears this information and passes it on to Jafar.
In the animated film, Jafar had the guards throw Aladdin into the sea to ensure that he doesn't interfere with his plans. In this film, he throws Aladdin into the sea himself to expose his true identity.
In the animated film, Jafar had Iago steal the magic lamp from Aladdin, but in this film, he steals it himself.
Unlike in the animated film, Jafar does not perform his reprise of "Prince Ali" in this film nor does he have a song of his own. This is due to the fact that Marwan Kenzari could not sing, so the song was not used. He did, however, take the words from the song as he sent Aladdin to the "ends of the Earth" as mentioned.
In the climax, there is a moment where Jasmine is supposed to marry Jafar, but she refuses to; this scene does not occur in the animated version.
When Aladdin changes his mind about freeing Genie, he doesn't get angry unlike in the original film, but still gets disappointed.
Jasmine doesn't kiss Jafar in this film. In the animated film, she did this to distract him so Aladdin could stealthily steal the lamp back. Aladdin's attempt of stealing the lamp before getting caught was instead done in an earlier scene for this film. In the animated film, he noticed him through the reflection of Jasmine's crown. In this film, Jafar doesn't notice Aladdin until after the lamp was stolen from him.
Genie does not move the palace to the top of a mountain.
Both confrontations between Aladdin and Jafar switch locations: the first confrontation takes place inside of the palace instead of outside while the second takes place outside instead of inside. The clouds that appear during both scenes are not as dark as the animated version.
Jafar does not steal the Sultan's clothes. There was no ceremony during this scene. Also, the crowd that was present in the animated film is absent. Part of the palace does not break away during this scene.
In the remake, a cobra appears from behind Jafar before turning into his snake staff. In the original, the staff magically appears out of nowhere.
In the animated film, a portion of the palace was broken which Jafar used to send Aladdin to the ends of the Earth, while in this film, Jafar magically transports Aladdin there instead. Also, in the original film, Carpet flies after Aladdin, while in this film, Genie secretly transports Carpet there to bring Aladdin back.
When Aladdin is sent to the ends of the Earth, he appears further away from the cliff, but tumbles towards it after finding Abu. In the animated film, he and Abu instead land very close to the cliff.
Aladdin finds Abu in an icy chasm instead of under a pile of snow. Abu didn't lose his hat after being transported.
During the climax, Iago turned into a giant bird while chasing Aladdin and Jasmine; this scene is not present in the animated film. This replaced the moment when Jafar became a giant cobra to attack Aladdin, in addition to paying tribute to the Roc.
During the climax of the film, many of the inhabitants of the palace are sent to the dungeon when Jafar becomes the ruler of Agrabah also with Carpet getting torn and weakened during the final battle against Jafar. In the animated film, Rajah was turned into a tiger cub, Abu was turned into a toy monkey, and Carpet becomes unraveled during the final battle against Jafar. Carpet doesn't get repaired after Jafar is trapped in his lamp. Genie uses his powers to restore it instead.
In this film, the city of Agrabah is situated near the sea, not in the middle of the desert.
Jasmine and the Sultan did not become slaves when Jafar becomes the sultan by his wish.
Jafar did not wish for Jasmine to fall desperately in love with him. Instead, he forced Jasmine to marry him or else he will suffocate Dalia and the Sultan.
In this film, Jasmine works with Aladdin to help get the magic lamp back. In the animated film, her attempt to do so caused for Jafar to trap her in a giant hourglass to suffocate her with its sand before she was freed by Aladdin after he tricked Jafar into becoming a genie with his last wish.
In the animated film, Jafar's final wish was to become an all-powerful Genie. This was replaced in this film to an all-powerful being to make it easier for Aladdin's deception to be more believable as Jafar was not aware he was becoming a Genie himself until it was too late. In a deleted scene, Genie revealed that several of his previous masters suffered as a result of not being specific with their words when making their wish. This is implied on what caused Jafar to become a Genie, due to misusing his final wish as a result of not being specific with his words when he spoke it.
When Jafar is turned into a genie, his upper half remains normal while in the original, he is completely red.
Jafar's bracelets land themselves on Jafar's wrists instead of magically appearing on him.
Jafar's lamp is colored bronze instead of black.
Genie throws Jafar's lamp to the Cave of Wonders instead of flicking it there with his fingers. He is not seen wearing a baseball cap while doing this.
In the animated film, prior to Aladdin using his final wish to set Genie free, Genie suggests that Aladdin uses it to become a prince again. In this film, this was replaced with Genie suggesting he could magically remove the law that prevents a prince from marrying Jasmine.
When the Genie was freed by Aladdin at the end, he transforms completely into a human and he doesn't retain his powers unlike in the animated film. Genie doesn't gleefully bounce around after being freed.
In this film, wishes should be more specific in order to be granted by the Genie. The lamp must also be rubbed while granting the wish, a loophole which was how Aladdin got the Genie to allow their escape from the Cave of Wonders for free with a magic carpet.
In the animated film, the Sultan changed the law in order for Jasmine to marry Aladdin. In this film, the Sultan passes the throne on to Jasmine in which she changed the law to marry Aladdin and to fulfill her goal to bring back the glory of her kingdom during her mother's ruling.
In this film, Aladdin and Jasmine got married in the end. For their animated counterparts, it took until Aladdin and the King Of Thieves for the wedding to push through.
Genie and Dalia got married alongside Aladdin and Jasmine and don't leave Agrabah until after the wedding.
The reprise of "A Whole New World" did not happen at the end of the film but instead, it was replaced by "Friend Like Me" with a dance number before the credits roll.
In the animated version, Genie lists killing people as one of three wishes he can't grant. In this one it's not mentioned but it's implied that he can't grant it either. The junior novelization gives the following restrictions: no bringing someone back from the dead, no looking into the past, no seeing the future.
In the animated version, Genie reluctantly granted Jafar his third wish and said "Way to go, Al”. as he didn't catch on to Aladdin's plan until the near end of Jafar's transformation and imprisonment, to which he calls Aladdin a "little genius". In this one, he catches on right away and willingly turns Jafar into a Genie, knowing that he'll be imprisoned in his own lamp.
In the animated version, Genie packs up his luggage before flying away to travel the world. In this film, Genie instead uses a boat to travel around the world with Dalia and their children.
In the animated version, Aladdin and Jasmine fly on a magic carpet ride, and fireworks explode during the "A Whole New World" reprise. In the remake, Abu rides the magic carpet ride after Aladdin and Jasmine get married, then fireworks explode above the palace.
In the animated version, Genie is saying "Made you look!" during the "The End" title. The remake ends with the fireworks display and the "The End" title where Abu flies on the magic carpet before it dissolves into the magic dust. An earlier fourth wall joke involving Genie rewinding the film to point out that Aladdin wasn't paying attention might have replaced that last joke in the original.

Songs

Arabian Nights
One Jump Ahead
One Jump Ahead (Reprise)
A Friend Like Me
Prince Ali
A Whole New World
Prince Ali (Reprise)
A Whole New World (Reprise)
Speechless (Live Action Film)
Desert Moon (Live Action Film)

Animators

Glen Keane - Aladdin/Prince Ali Ababwa
Eric Goldberg - Genie
Andreas Deja - Jafar
Mark Henn - Princess Jasmine
Duncan Marjoribanks - Abu
Will Finn - Iago
David Pruiksma - The Sultan
Randy Cartwright - Magic Carpet
Phil Young & Chris Wahl - Guards
Kathy Zielinski - Jafar as begger & snake
Aaron Blaise - Rajah

Trivia

It sired on Disney Channel on March 20, 2010.
It aired on Toon Disney on June 23, 2008.
It aired on Disney XD on February 22, 2009.
When Rajah changes back to his normal self, his head turns into Mickey Mouse's for a split second.
Seven different video games based on the movie were produced. Each one released for the Sega Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (later ported to the Game Boy Advance), Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Sony PlayStation. The PlayStation version is actually an alternate sequel to the film, telling a whole new story compared to the theatrical release or either of its direct-to-video siblings.
Robin Williams, the voice of the Genie, also voiced the Merchant. This is because the Merchant was originally supposed to return at the end singing a reprise of the opening song "Arabian Nights", revealing that he himself was at one time the Genie but had transformed into a human. This was changed during production and the Merchant only reappeared at the end of Aladdin and the King of Thieves, singing the "Arabian Nights" reprise that had already been recorded for the original movie.
The Genie of the Magic Lamp (played voice of Han Conried) in the 1981 movie 1001 Arabian Nights.
The genie's appearance is similar to that of the genie in the 1940 movie, The Thief of Bagdad. That film's villain, an evil vizier named Jafar, is virtually the same character as Jafar in Aladdin -- from his appearance to his manner of speaking to his actions (bewitching the sultan, wooing the princess so he can become sultan himself). The film also features a human sidekick named Abu.
Some of the original songs before the story was rewritten and half of the characters were cut: "Proud of Your Boy" (supposed to be sung by Aladdin to his mother [who was later removed from the story] while she was sleeping), "Call Me A Princess", "Why Me", "Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim", "Humiliate The Boy" (sung by Jafar, cut as it was considered too cruel for the film), "High Adventure", and "Count on Me" (which was something Aladdin sung to his friends and family), which was changed to "A Whole New World". Rough versions of "High Adventure" and "Proud of Your Boy" can be found in the Special Edition Soundtrack. "Why Me" was recorded in the studio with Jonathan Freeman and can be found on the compilation album Aladdin: Magical Selections.
Vocal doubles were used for the singing voices of the three major characters--Brad Kane for Scott Weinger (Aladdin),Lea Salonga for Linda Larkin (Jasmine), and Bruce Adler for Robin Williams (The Merchant), although Williams did do his own singing voice for the Genie.
In 2003,Disney's California Adventure opened "Aladdin--A Musical Spectacular," a stage show based on the movie. The show has been quite popular due to the fact that while roughly 90% of it is scripted, the dialogue of the Genie constantly changes to reflect popular culture of the time. The show also carries an additional song by Jasmine that was cut from the movie "To Be Free."
While in this film, the Genie only transforms twice into another Disney character; throughout the entire trilogy, he performs such transformations 12 times (not counting a second appearance as Jafar).
In The Story of Prince Ahmed and Periebanou, a story found in the 1001 Arabian Nights, "Prince Ali" is the name of a brother of Prince Ahmed, the hero of the story.
It has been said that Bill Plympton was originally considered to animate the Genie, as his animated shorts tend to feature many transformations.
The Prince bitten by Rajah at the start of the film is addressed by the Sultan as Prince Achmed. Possibly a reference to the 1926 animated film The Adventures of Prince Achmed.
The animated character of Aladdin was originally designed based on actor Michael J. Fox but during production it was decided that he wasn't "appealing enough" and they decided to draw to instead resemble actor Tom Cruise.
Aladdin was one of the American Film Institute's 500 nominees for the 100 Funniest American Movies, but it did not make the final list.
This is the first Disney movie to mention Allah or any other religious figure outside of Christianity.
Plans were to re-release this movie in theaters in Fall 1998 and Spring 2004.

Live Action Film

This will be the eleventh Disney remake.
Production officially ended on January 25, 2018.
The voice of the Cave of Wonders as depicted in the first teaser trailer is archived dialogue of Frank Welker from the original animation.
Smith physically portrays the character when he is in the guise of a human, while his blue genie form is CGI, portrayed through motion-capture performance.
The cave of wonders is a sand guardian that resembles the form of a giant head of a lion instead of being a tiger in the 1992 original.
Prince Ali Reprise is the only song that is omitted.
A Friend Like Me is the ending theme instead of A Whole New World Reprise. However a different version of A Whole New World is heard during the end credits like how it was back in 1992.

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Allusions

As with many Disney animated films, there are several references to the company's previous productions:

The Genie's head briefly turns into that of Pinocchio.
The Genie pulls Sebastian (from The Little Mermaid out of a recipe book as the first few notes of Under The Sea are played).
Beast, from Beauty and The Beast, can be seen among the stack of the Sultan's toy figurines.
Genie dons a Goofy holler hat before leaving on his vacation.
Genie's appearance during the "phenomenal cosmic power" scene and Jafar's appearance as a genie are similar to that of the genie in the Walt Disney educational work Our Friend the Atom.