Aladdin vizier. Characters of the animated cycle "The Adventures of Aladdin

• This film was nominated for an award for best script. But he never received this award - he was not allowed to compete. The reason was that instead of the script there was only general scheme development. Robin Williams invented all his dialogues literally on the go.
• Robin Williams first voiced the character, and the animators then drew Gene's facial expressions to match his words. Moreover, out of all Robin's improvisations, the funniest lines were chosen. There was so much improvisation in total that after the end of work on the film, the creators still had more than sixteen hours of material left. This material was planned to be used in subsequent Gene films. In particular, Disney had plans to expand this franchise into several films, such as a prequel that would tell about how Genie was imprisoned in a lamp. And Williams' voice was one of the most valuable things for this project. But after the suicide of Robin Williams, the matter was complicated by the fact that in his will the actor forbade the use of his achievements in commercial projects for twenty-five years after his death. And all this material is now practically useless.
• The opening scene with the street vendor and the merchandise he was describing was also completely improvised. When the recording took place, Robin Williams simply stood at the table, on which various objects lay under the sheet. Robin was asked to get an object from under the sheet and tell about it, as his character would tell - a dealer in all sorts of mystical trash. Then they chose those that the public liked the most. But there are still many different replicas left behind. By the way, most of the descriptions he voiced would not have been allowed into the Disney cartoon for censorship reasons.
• During the creation of the script and storyboards, the creators primarily focused on the fact that Gina would be voiced by Robin Williams. Despite the fact that the actor did not even have an idea about this film. To make sure he was convinced, Eric Goldberg, lead animator on the project, created an animation of Gene, which was then overlaid with some Robin Williams stand-ups, as if Gene was performing on stage. And this performance impressed Williams so much that he almost immediately signed a contract.
• Although the role of Gene meant Robin Williams, other actors were offered as a safety net in case he did not agree. Among them were Albert Brooks, John Canty, Matt Frewer, John Goodman, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy and Martin Snort.
• Robin Williams, for all his ability to imitate various celebrities, was very wary of singing in this film. But the director told him: "If you imitate all these celebrities, then why don't you imitate the singer?" Robin did just that and all of Gene's songs were performed by himself. But the opening song, sung by the second character, voiced by Williams - a merchant, was actually performed by Bruce Adler (uncredited) - a famous Broadway actor.
• Robin Williams agreed to voice Gene for the lowest possible fee (he received only 75 thousand dollars for this work, which is a penny compared to millions in fees). However, he made a strict stipulation that his voice would not be used for advertising and related merchandise, such as toys. And besides that, he asked that his character not be given a lot of space on posters, billboards and trailers. As he said himself, “I do this because, first of all, I want to become part of the animation tradition, and I also want to do something for my children. I don't want to sell anything." When, after the completion of the work, it turned out that the company's management might not fulfill these conditions, Robin was very offended. He severed his relationship with Disney. That is why in the book "The Art of Aladdin" his name is not mentioned even once (in this book, he is referred to as the "voice of Genie"), and besides this, he categorically refused to voice the second part of the film and the series "Aladdin". Instead, Jean in these films was voiced by Den Castellaneta. In order to somehow try to improve relations with the actor, Disney CEO Michael Eisner sent Williams the original painting by Pablo Picasso. But Williams, still pissed off at Disney's betrayal, refused the gift. This attitude continued until Joe Root took over as Chairman of the Board of Directors, Jeffrey Katzeberg. Ruth first publicly apologized to Williams. Touched by the apology and the admission of mistakes, the actor agreed to voice Genie in the feature film Aladdin and the King of Thieves. This inspired the staff so much that they promptly withdrew all of Dan Castellanet's recordings that he had made for the film.
• The role of Iago was planned to take Danny DeVito and Joe Pesci. They couldn't get DeVito because he was busy on another project. But they still managed to get him for dubbing in the film "Hercules".
• In the first draft of the script, Jafar was very short-tempered - he quickly lost patience and exploded with his rage. But Iago was his complete opposite - cold-blooded, arrogant and calm. But in the process, the creators realized that Jafar, every time he lost his patience, did not look sinister, but rather funny. While his parrot, on the contrary, seemed more dangerous. Therefore, these two characters changed characters.
• Jafar was to be voiced by Partick Stewart. But there was a conflict with his filming in the film " Star Trek: Next generation. Therefore, he was forced to give up this role. As Patrick himself later admitted in an interview, this is still his biggest regret.
• Robin Williams committed suicide on August 11, 2014. To honor his memory, Disney showed Aladdin for three days in a row on three channels that are owned by this corporation: Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior. At the end of each show, just before the credits, they showed the inscription: "In memory of Robin Williams, who made us laugh."
• In World of Warcraft, after the death of Robin Williams, an NPC called Robin was added, who was a genie. To draw even more parallels between the film, this character inserted quotes from Genie from Aladdin into his speech.
• List of all celebrities parodied by Gene, in order of appearance in the film: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ed Sullivan, Groucho Marx, William F. Buckley, Senor Vences, Robert De Niro, Carol Channing, Arsenio Hall, Walter Brennan, Mary Hart, Ethel Merman, Rodney Dangerfield, Jack Nicholson, Peter Lorre and Alec Guinness.
• During the parade in honor of the appearance of "Prince Ali", two commentators in releases for different countries voiced by local celebrities. So for the release in India, Disney offered to voice these famous cricket commentator characters.
• In general, Jin turns into various creatures more than seventy times during the entire film.
• Several celebrity parodies were not included in this film. For example, John Wayne, and George W. Bush. In addition, Jin had to turn into Elmer Fudd, Obi Wan Kenobi and Mickey Mouse himself.
• Every time Aladdin, in the form of Prince Ali, lies, a large purple feather from his turban covers his face.
• When Robin Williams was working on this film, he often received calls from Steven Spielberg, who was working on Schindler's List at the time. Spielberg put Williams on speakerphone and asked him to tell jokes to cheer up the film crew. Some of these jokes later made their way into Aladdin.
• To animate Aladdin with his baggy pants, Glen Keane used footage from M.C. Hammer.
• The film was the fourteenth film to gross over $200 million. And at the same time - the first animated film that could reach this indicator.
• The animators wanted the focus group to applaud during the preview after a long musical numbers. Therefore, in one of the subsequent versions, one of the animators inserted a joke with the "Applause" sign, which appeared after Jin's song. It worked, the audience started clapping and laughing. The creators liked the reaction, and they included this joke in the final version of the cartoon.
• When this movie was first released on VHS in October 1993, it sold over 10 million copies within a week. In total, over 25 million copies have been sold. This record was only broken two years later by The Lion King.
• For this film, designer Richard Vanedre Wende used a simple color scheme. When creating it, he was inspired by the desert. Therefore, blue (water) meant something good, red (heat) meant something bad, and yellow (sand) meant neutral. So, you can see that Jasmine in her blue clothes is good, Jafar in a red cloak is bad, In the Cave of Wonders, the place where the lamp is located is blue, and the ruby ​​that Abu steals and which then leads to the destruction of the cave is bright red. The rest of the color schemes were inspired by old Persian miniatures and paintings of the Middle East from the Victorian era.
• Jasmine's appearance was inspired by actress Jennifer Connelly and the sister of one of the animators.
• Iago was based on one of the animators' pet parrot. This parrot, like Iago, had a habit of abruptly moving from a state of rest to a state of restlessness, in which he made wild movements and uttered terrible cries.
• Gilbert Gottfried was cast as Iago after seeing his work in Beverly Hills Cop 2. And that is why the parrot Iago has teeth - the animators did not figure out how to convey the charisma of this character otherwise, without his signature smile with a demonstration of all the teeth.
• One of the storyboard artists, Rasul Azidani, traveled to his hometown of Ispahan, located in Iran, where he wanted to get inspiration for the creation of Agrabah. As a result of this trip, he brought with him more than two thousand photographs of this city and provided invaluable assistance to artists. In honor of such works, they wanted to immortalize him in the film. His name was supposed to be used in the spell that Jafar uses to open the Cave of Wonders. But this spell was never fully included in the final version of the script. However, the award still found a hero - the captain of the guard, who had previously been nameless, was named after him.
• Two people in the crowd, with Aladdin standing next to him (full with a red beard and tall with a gray mustache), during the passage of Jasmine's new fiancé - caricatures of the film's directors (John Musker and Ron Clements). By the way, the directors even voiced these characters. True, according to the original idea, in their place were the heroes who were drawn from the critics - Gene Siskel and Robert Ebert. But Disney was never able to get their permission to use the images.
• Some of the original lyrics in the opening song "Arabian Nights" were changed after the film's release. A group of Arab citizens said the song was racist and the line was changed. If you listen carefully, you can hear that the old line sounds on the backing vocals. This song originally sounded like “Oh, I come from a land From a far away place Where the caravan camels roam. Where they cut off your ear If they don "t like your face It" s barbaric, but hey, it "s home." (I come from a distant place where camels scream in a caravan, where they can cut off your ear if they don't like your face. It's a barbaric place, but it's our home.) Understandably, the concept of ear cutting offended the Arabs quite a lot, and although the film had already came out, Disney agreed to replace the opening song for the VHS variant and some theaters.
• In April 1991, just 19 months before the film's release, Disney boss Jeffrey Katzenberg ordered the animation team to destroy all the work they had been creating for several months, because they did not suit him at all. He didn't like the script, he didn't like the characters, and in general most of work went into the trash. Therefore, the team had to start from the very beginning, while the release date of the film remained the same. This day Disney animators called "Black Friday". The directors fortunately managed to create a new story and script in just eight days.
• The idea to adapt Aladdin's story as an animated musical came to Howard Ashman in 1988 when he and Alan Menken were working on The Little Mermaid and were starting work on Beauty and the Beast. Ashman wrote proposals for the project and even sketched out six songs. When directors John Musker and Ron Clements finished working on The Little Mermaid, they took notice of the work and soon found themselves directing Aladdin.
• In the scene in which Iago hurriedly takes the picture of himself and Jafar out of his cage, he says the line: “What about this picture? I don’t know, I have a strange face on it.” This line was completely improvised by Gilbert Gottfried and made Robin Williams laugh when he heard it recorded.
• Robin Williams had to record most of the scenes between his filming of Captain Hook and Toys.
• Jaffar was supposed to be voiced by Tim Curry, Kelsey Grammer, John Hurt, Christopher Lloyd and Ian McKellen.
• Jonathan Freeman, who voiced Jafar, said that this character is what you get when you mix Boris Karlov and Vincent Price.
• Jonathan Freeman was cast as Jafar immediately after listening to his audition tape without even seeing him in person. And after the director met him live on the set, he was very surprised. Later, he admitted that he did not expect at all that a person who "performs" the role of a villain and has such a voice actually has a completely innocent and good-natured appearance.
• In the first draft of the script, Aladdin was aware that Jasmine was a princess when he first met her. There he watched her, entering the palace garden, where Jasmine openly said that she would like to break out of captivity and feel free. But the introduction scene was changed in the final version, as it was decided that the audience might think that main character fell in love with Jasmine, having learned that she is a princess and only for the sake of money and power.
• Jasmine went through several changes while working on the script. In the beginning, she was supposed to be an openly spoiled girl who wanted to marry the richest prince. But then she met Aladdin and fell in love with him, after which she understood her mistakes and changed under the influence of this love. The song "Call me a Princess" was even written for her. But this version of the heroine was rejected, because the audience was unlikely to sympathize with such a character. In the future, Jasmine was to become more active in her actions. On the one hand, she had to argue with her father, and even call him for a conversation in a separate room. But this was opposed by the animators, who would have to draw a separate location for this scene, so they agreed that Jasmine would just burst into tears. In the scene with Jasmine imprisoned in the hourglass, she had to break free on her own by cutting the glass with the help of a diamond in her jewelry. But then that scene was simply replaced with her drowning in the sand until Aladdin saves her. According to the creators, this scene with gradually expiring time was supposed to escalate tension.
• In the original script, Aladdin was supposed to have an unlimited number of wishes, which he used for almost everything. But then, they were limited to only three. Just so that the plot feels tension, and the hero has a moral choice.
• In the scene when Jafar wished to become the ruler of Agrabah, the main idea was that the historical line itself had changed. All the inhabitants have forgotten all the events of the past, everything that happened to them before, and would only remember that Jafar is the Sultan. And the memories of Aladdin, Abu and Rug would remain unchanged only because during the creation of magic the Rug would wrap around them. But this idea seemed to the writers difficult for the audience to understand and was abandoned.
• This film was the second Disney animated film to use the technology of combining hand-drawn animation and 3D computer graphics for "backs". The first such film was Beauty and the Beast. The successful use of this technology in Aladdin led to an entirely new Deep Canvas technique, which was used to its fullest in Tarzan, where drawn characters actively interacted with objects created using computer animation.
• The rug, by the way, also had a partially computer origin. The fact is that his pattern was very difficult to draw by hand - it would require a lot of strength - to calculate how the pattern would look, depending on its position. Therefore, the Rug was first drawn empty, and only then, “processed” with the help of a computer, applying the necessary pattern over the void. By the way, it depicts the Cave of Wonders in the form of tiger heads in the corners, a flame and in the center - a lamp with a Genie. That is, when this rug appears in the film for the first time, he predicts what will happen in the future.
• To make an exciting scene with a carpet flying through a cave, the creators visited the attraction several times " magic mountain”, which, in essence, was a rollercoaster. And the funny thing is that it was not located in Disneyland. They filmed all their trips on camera, and then used these footage to work on this scene. As the artists said, they had to make several extra trips because it turned out that they forgot to remove the lens protection from the camera.
• The story was supposed to take place in Baghdad, but due to possible political allusions (the Gulf War), the fictional city of Agrabah was invented. It got its name from the Indian city of Agra (the city where the famous Taj Mahal is located).
• To create the most realistic Abu monkey animation possible, the artists went to the Los Angeles Zoo and filmed many hours of video with the usual activities of capuchin monkeys.
• Jasmine is the only one Disney princesses who kissed the villain.
• The opening song was planned to be used throughout the film, as it tells the plot of this film, commenting and adding details to the narrative. But this idea had to be abandoned, because it turned out that the visual component copes quite well with this, and the song would only distract the audience.
• Initially, Aladdin was planned to draw from actor Michael J. Fox. But in the process of creation, they decided that this character was not attractive enough for women, although by his nature he should be just that. Therefore, Jeffrey Katzenberg suggested taking Tom Cruise as the basis. By the way, in some scenes, during the song “Friends like me”, old developments are used, and there you can see how Aladdin should have been copied from Michael J. Fox.
• In one of the first drafts of the script, Aladdin had to use his second wish to get through the obstacle course that Jasmine built to test her suitors. But while the animation team was thrilled with the scene, it turned out that it would have taken too long to complete. Therefore, I had to limit myself to a more “budget” option - Aladdin simply jumps over the guards when he appears in front of Jasmine. And he spends his second wish on saving his life.
• Part of the plot of this film echoes the plot of another cartoon: The Rescuers (1977). Jafar needs a man with pure soul, which could fall into the Treasure Cave. Medusa, the villain of The Rescuers movie, needs a girl from an orphanage who is small enough to get into a pirate cave where the treasure is kept. Both heroes, after getting into the vault, get the item they are looking for and almost die after they get it - Aladdin gets the lamp and escapes from the collapsing cave, Penny from the "Rescuers" along with precious stone escapes at the last second from the rising water. In both films, the villain, having found what he was looking for, bursts into a completely identical cry “It's mine! It's all mine!"
• In this film, you can hear the famous "Wilhelm Scream" - a sound effect often used in films of a screaming man. It was first used in 1951, and has since become " easter egg in many films. The number of films and video games where it has been used exceeds a quarter of a thousand. In this cartoon, it is issued by one of the residents when Jin, at the request of Jafar, lifts the palace into the air.
• While the main elements of the story were taken from the original Aladdin tale, many plot details were created specifically for the film. For example, the scene where Aladdin goes to jail and meets Jafar in disguise, who tells him about the treasure. And the scene where Aladdin uses the extracted lamp to become a prince and take revenge on Jafar. The funny thing is that these details are very similar to those used in Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo. The funny thing about them is that the novel also draws parallels with the story of the Thousand and One Nights. Thus, the found treasures are compared with the treasures of Ali Baba, and Edmond Dantes once calls himself Sinbad the Sailor.
• Originally, the love song that sounds while flying on a magic carpet was called " The World at Your Feet" (The world is at your feet).
• Director and animator Bill Plimpton turned down an offer to work on this picture. Although the contract guaranteed him a seven-figure fee, he refused because, according to the contract, all the ideas and concepts that he created while working under the contract would belong to the Disney Corporation. Even if they did not concern his current project.
• Gilbert Gottfried (voiced by Iago) and Robin Williams recorded their roles separately from each other and never met on the set of the film. But later, these two created a joint stand-up show.
• But Gottfried and Jonathan Freeman (Jafar) recorded their dialogues together, which was a rarity in those days. That is why in their dialogues, many viewers feel a special connection between these two characters. On the other hand, this practice led to the fact that many of their joint improvisations ended with long pauses, just so that the cast and crew could laugh at the next joke. Some of these pauses were up to 15 minutes.
• While flying over Greece on a magic carpet, Aladdin throws an apple to Jasmine. AT Ancient Greece such an act was regarded as a marriage proposal.
• Aladdin has no nipples on his body.
• In this film, there is a fairly large number of Easter eggs from Disney films. For example, during the creation of a turret of animals by the Sultan, you can see the Beast from Beauty and the Beast. When Genie accuses Aladdin of cheating, he takes on the appearance of Pinocchio. In the Aladdin skin selection scene, he pulls out Sebastian the crab from The Little Mermaid. AT game room In the corner of the Sultana there is a closed tent, through which you can see a doll in Cinderella's dress. When Jin is released and going on vacation, he can be seen wearing a goofy hat. In the scene where Raja turns back into a tiger after being enchanted by Jafar, he goes through the "Mickey Mouse" stage. During the princess's walk through the bazaar, in the upper part of one of the stalls, past which she passes, you can see some fruits, in the form of three combined circles - Mickey's head and two ears. The latest Easter egg is a long tradition of Disney animators hiding the Mickey symbol in their cartoons. Another Easter egg will surely pass by the domestic audience. At the end of the movie, Genie asks Aladdin, "You just won the princess's heart! What are you going to do next?" This is a replica from the famous Disney advertising company. Sports celebrities were asked a question in the format: “You just did something. What will you do next? and they said, "I'm going to Disney World!" And although Aladdin does not say this in the film, in the background we hear musical theme from this advertisement.
• There was an extended version of the scene where Aladdin takes the lamp from the Cave of Wonders. In it, when Aladdin reaches out to the lamp for the first time, he sees everyone who wanted to take this lamp before him, including Gazim from the beginning of the film. Realizing that this lamp is not real, he takes a step back and only then gets a true lamp with Jin.
• AT final scene Jin is going on vacation, wearing a bright shirt and a Goofy hat. A similar image is a reference to Robin Williams himself, as he was in the short film "Back to Neverland" (1989).
• The scene when Aladdin first takes the lamp with the Genie in the Cave of Wonders reminded everyone watching the scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade so much that the filmmakers even apologized to Steven Spielberg for this "borrowing". To which Spielberg said - nothing, I also "borrowed" this scene from some movie.
• When Howard Ashman first started making this film, he came up with a story about a teenager trying to impress his parents. But in 1991, Ashman died and this story seemed strange to many. Therefore, it was reworked into the story of a teenager who, instead of impressing others, first of all tries to learn to respect himself and sensibly assess his strengths.
• There were several songs in this film that were cut later. One of them was connected just with the Aladdin family. The song "Be proud of your boy" was supposed to be performed by Aladdin to his sleeping mother at the end of the film. The song “Call me a princess” was cut out because Jasmine had already changed her character by that time. The song "Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim" was supposed to be performed by the main character's friends, who were then also cut out and replaced with Abu. The song "Humiliate the Boy" was supposed to be sung by Jafar when he shows the true face of Aladdin, but it was considered too cruel for the film and was simply replaced with a cover of the song "Prince Ali". Another song by Jafar, "Why Me" - was too time-consuming. "Count on me" - Aladdin was supposed to sing this song to his friends and relatives, but since they were cut out, the song was also deleted. Some of these songs were included in the musical, which was later staged based on this cartoon.
• The names of friends that were cut from the film were later used for sequels. Omar became one of the merchants in the animated series, the name Kassim was used in the third film "Aladdin and the King of Thieves" as the name of the father of the protagonist. In the subsequent Broadway musical, these friends were again included in the plot, and they became the main assistants of the protagonist.
• The man who walks on fire during the song "One Step Ahead" is based on T. Hee, a former Disney screenwriter who then "retrained" as an animator.
• One day, the animators asked for a visual reference for Aladdin's famous trick of tossing an apple and then throwing it away with his elbow. But it suddenly became clear that no one could repeat such a trick in reality.
• Aladdin was the very first film to be officially dubbed in Icelandic.
• Animator Eric Goldberg used cartoons by artist El Hirschfeld as the basis for Gene's portrayal.
• In the mid-90s, a rumor spread that in the balcony scene, when Jasmine goes out to find out what the noise is, and in the background Aladdin is trying to free himself from Raja's grip, in fact, a hidden message. Allegedly, Aladdin in the background said: " Good Teens Take off your clothes” (Good teenagers, take off your clothes). This rumor was spread by one of the groups who believe that Disney films corrupt teenagers and secretly insert hidden sexual messages into their films. The filmmakers insisted that what he actually said was: “Nice kitty, take off and go, go on.” But the rumor got so widespread that a Disney representative even issued a statement that deeply religious people worked on this scene, who simply could not insert such a phrase. But in order not to produce further rumors, this phrase was simply cut out in the VHS version of the cartoon.
• The first draft of the script for this film was written by Linda Woolverton, the writer who wrote the script for the animated film Beauty and the Beast.
• In fact, many of the details from Aladdin appeared in another film, which began work on much earlier, although it came out later. In the 1960s, animator Richard Williams, after directing his famous movie"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and received a bunch of awards for him, decided to realize his old dream. This dream was in feature-length cartoon based on Arabic tales. The film was called "The Thief and the Shoemaker". But due to the technological complexity and ambitiousness of the project, the work was delayed, although the director's fame made it possible to receive quite a lot of finance from various sources, both studios and individual patrons. Even Disney has invested in this project. However, in production hell, this project was brewing for about thirty years. Most of the project participants moved to Disney and began working on the Aladdin cartoon. As it turned out, they carried with them many of their developments. So, the character of the Sultan and much in the appearance of Jafar migrated to this film precisely from The Thief and the Shoemaker. Therefore, when, finally, the film "The Thief and the Shoemaker" was released in 1993, the public considered it a bad copy of the already thundered "Aladdin" and sent it into oblivion.
• After the release of the film, it was criticized by the Islamic Commission for Human Rights. In their opinion, the inhabitants of Muslim countries in the form of heroes of this cartoon were shown mainly as rude and greedy people.
• Much of this film was inspired by the old Hollywood movie"The Thief of Baghdad" (1940). It was from there that Abu migrated to the film - the assistant to the main character and the villainous vizier Jafar.
• More than 60 voices were auditioned to select the voice actor for Aladdin, and several months were spent just casting. And Scott Wanger, when he auditioned, didn't even know he was auditioning for the next big Disney movie.
• Scott Wanger, who voiced Aladdin, was only 17 years old when he worked on the film. His voice was appealing because it sounded grown-up enough to make it clear that he might already have feelings for women, which meant he didn't sound funny in his love scenes, but still remained teenage.
• Although Scott Wanger, who voiced Aladdin, and Linda Larkin, who voiced Jasmine, are good singers, completely different people performed the songs instead - Brad Kane sang for Aladdin, and Lia Salonga sang for Jasmine. This film was the first of the Disney films in which the voice actors did not perform their song numbers themselves. By the way, the song "Whole new world”, despite the complexity, was performed by Brad Kane from the first recording. And he himself sang it three times in his life - once on the record, the second time at his wedding and the third time - twenty years later, together with Lia Salonga live.
• The editor-in-chief of the voice acting, who was also responsible for translating the cartoon into other languages, said that the Hungarian voice actor Karoli Kassay did the best job with the role of Iago. Everyone agreed that his voice sounded exactly as the creators intended. He got into the role much more accurately than Gilbert Gottfried. But to their regret, they could not find such a voice among English-speaking actors.
• This film was planned to be re-released for the IMAX format, but decided not to do so due to financial difficulties.
• Giving character to the rug was one of the most difficult tasks. After all, he had no facial expressions, no voice, no limbs. And he, according to the animators, was something like origami. So to solve this problem, the animators had to watch old Charlie Chaplin films many times in order to learn body language.
• The Aladdin series, which followed the success of this film, was so popular that eighty-six episodes were made, despite the fact that, according to Disney's rules, a series cannot exceed sixty-five episodes.
• Frank Welker, who "voiced" Abu and Raju in this film, is known for his non-verbal voiceovers. Usually his characters are various animals and creatures that do not utter words. But this film was the second (the first - "Oliver and company") feature film Disney, where he had a role with words. Here, the Cave of Miracles has become such a “character”.
• Crazy Hakim, the salesman at the beginning of the film, is a caricature of animator Tom Sito.
• The merchant at the beginning of the film and Jean not only "shared" the voice actor, Robin Williams, they are the same being. Many viewers noticed that their design has similar details - for example, eyebrows, a beard and, importantly, they have 4 fingers on their hands. All the other people in the movie have five fingers on their hands. It is known that this scene was created the very first and even before many details of the plot and script were still unknown and this could explain this error. But many fans of the film did not believe in the error. When the filmmakers were approached with a similar question, they confirmed that yes, these two characters are the same being. In one version of the script, there was a scene where the genie turns into this merchant, but it was simply not included in the final version, giving the viewers the opportunity to solve this mystery for themselves ..
• Jafar is in many ways similar to another iconic Disney villain, Maleficent. First, Jafar's design was based on the appearance of an evil sorceress. Secondly, they both carry staves with which they perform their evil magic. Thirdly, they have birds as assistants - Maleficent has a raven, Jafar has Iago. And finally, for the final confrontation with the hero, they turn into huge reptiles - Jafar into a snake, and Maleficent into a dragon. In the list of Disney villains, they are ranked number one (Maleficent) and number two (Jafar).
• During the final battle, Genie openly cheers for Aladdin in one scene (turning into cheerleaders). But several more scenes were created with similar support scenes. They were not included in the film because the authors decided that such frequent switching between humor and intense battle would negatively affect the dynamics of this scene.
• The creators were very worried that last scene The battle between Aladdin and Jafar turned out to be very dark and tense. And that because of her, the Motion Picture Association of America, which gives ratings to films, can give a film a PG rating (for children over thirteen years old). But this did not happen and the film, without any problems, received a G rating (no age restrictions). After this decision, the creators began to worry that this scene was not as dark and tense as they wanted.
• The film was nominated in four Oscar categories and won two. Best Song and Best Original Score. Won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year - "A Whole New World". As well as the MTV Channel Award for Best Comedy Role - Robin Williams. It became the highest grossing cartoon of 1992.
• Most of the dance scenes were filmed with a video camera. They were performed by hired gymnasts, and then, artists and animators redrawn their movements.
• The sequel to this film, The Return of Jafar, was also unique for Disney - for the first time they tried to create a film that would be delivered to stores and video rentals, bypassing cinemas. And this attempt was so successful that Disney happily began to apply a similar scheme in the future.
• Robin Williams became the first "star" who participated in the voice acting of the main characters of the cartoon. Before him, most of these eminent actors disdained such work, considering it unworthy. But after the success of Aladdin, everything has changed - now star actors happy to share their voices with drawn characters.

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• At the beginning of the movie's intro, the merchant on a camel for some reason does not cast a shadow. He moves through the desert, then the camera moves to a hole in the rocks, and after that he already has a long shadow.
• The oddities with the shadows continue on and on. The shadow of the merchant on the camel for some reason abruptly changes its direction. While the song lasted, the merchant and the camel cast a shadow on the wall they are walking past. But as soon as the song ends, the shadow moves right under their feet.
• The robber Gazim brings to the meeting with Jafar the half of the key he obtained in the form of a scarab. When he takes out this half, it is clear that this half is with a notch in the middle. But Iago grabs the piece from his hand and brings it to Jafar. And suddenly it suddenly turns into a half with a ledge.
• When Jafar connects the two halves of the scarab and begins his pursuit through the desert, he does not have his famous staff in the form of a snake in his hands, and indeed nowhere near him. But when he stops near the Cave of Wonders, the staff is already in his right hand. True, later, when he grabs the robber with this hand, the staff again disappears somewhere.
• Running away from the guards, with stolen bread, Aladdin jumps down and during the whole flight, rips off clothes from the ropes, leaving nothing behind. But when he is already looking up at the guards from the street, all these torn clothes hang on the ropes again, and there is not a single empty one among them.
• Aladdin lands after a rope ride and we are shown that three women are laughing at him. But when he comes closer to them, there are only two of them left.
• He disguises himself as a woman, wrapping himself in a piece of selected cloth. Then he joins the women. But the guard who came up behind grabs him from behind by the scruff of the neck, tearing him out of this fabric. And in the next frame, the guard is holding Aladdin by the breasts.
• The captain of the guard has a tooth in his mouth that appears and disappears throughout the film, in different scenes. But this is best shown in the Aladdin chase scene.
• On the poor clothes of Aladdin, you can see a patch on his right leg, below the knee. She disappears and reappears throughout the film.
• During the song "One Step Ahead", Aladdin is near the door, from where a woman appears. Her bangs are combed to the right side. But when we are shown a large frame of this woman, the bangs are already combed to the left.
• The guards are running after Aladdin, and the captain running in front can see a sword hanging from his belt. But when he runs over the coals, the sword from the belt disappears, only to reappear in the following frames.
• with swords and small details there are also many problems. For example, it is clear that all the guards are armed. But when several of them run into the room where Aladdin grabs the carpet to jump out the window, all of the guards suddenly find themselves without a single sword. They even disappear from their belts.
• After running around the streets with a stolen bun, Aladdin gives his half to a boy on the street. Abu, after some hesitation, gives his half to his elder sister. Then the kids run outside. Half of the roll is in the girl's left hand. In the background, this bread disappears from her hand. And when she reaches Prince Ahmed, she has a whole loaf in her right hand.
• When we are shown the curtain on the "window" in Aladdin's dwelling, it is more of a canvas, with a couple of patches and is rectangular in shape. But when he brings Jasmine there and shows her the "view from the room", this curtain now looks like some kind of rags. irregular shape.
• Aladdin enters his apartment, and Abu first of all fits on his pillow. When we are then shown how Aladdin is looking at the palace, the monkey pillow is already much further away from where it was before.
• The scene with Prince Ahmed, who wooed Jasmine, ended in embarrassment - the Raja tiger tore off a piece from him ... But what exactly the piece is is not clear. Prince Ahmed wears under purple bloomers Underwear in a heart. Big hole in the pants. So, Raja must have a purple piece of pants fabric in his teeth. But for some reason he has a piece of white fabric in a heart - that is, underwear. But the prince's underwear is intact.
• For the first time in the scene at the fountain, you can see that the fountain looks like two peacocks with tails from the stream of water. These peacocks look in opposite directions, but one of them looks exactly towards the palace. But when Jasmine leaves the palace in the evening, this fountain changes. Now the peacocks are rotated 90 degrees from their original position - not one of them is looking at the palace.
• When the Sultan, dissatisfied with the way Jasmine treated the prince, descends to her, you can see that a large birdcage stands to the right of the fountain. But when Jasmine runs away from the palace at night, instead of this cage there is an arbor, completely different from a cage.
• In the scene in the garden, when the Sultan is discussing her marriage with Jasmine, Jasmine's turquoise clothes change color several times. On some planes they are closer to gray, on others (usually large ones) they are more intense turquoise.
• During a conversation with the Sultan, Jasmine takes a bird from the cage. But then the Sultan takes this bird away from her. He holds the bird in his right hand for a while and covers it with his left. But when Jasmine passes by him, closing him for a split second, the hands of the Sultan change - now the bird sits in his left hand, and he covers it with his right.
• When Jasmine approaches the fountain, we are shown that it has crystal clear water. But when she sits on the side and leans towards the water, water lilies suddenly appear from somewhere.
• When Jafar bows to the Sultan, Iago on his shoulder is clearly above the head of the Sultan. But when we are shown this scene in close-up, Iago is on a par with his head, which makes it possible for the Sultan to feed him a cracker.
• When the Sultan asks Jafar for help, there is no blue diamond ring on his hand. And throughout this scene, he appears on this hand only at the moment when Jafar asks for this particular ring, in order to "help" the Sultan in solving the problem. By the way, it also travels between the fingers. On the close-up it can be seen that the Sultan wears it on his little finger. But in the background, for some reason it is worn on the nameless one.
• The first time to get into his secret room, Jafar opens the door by pulling on the secret lamp. And we are shown that the door opens from left to right. But the next time we are shown Jafar leaving this room, he closes the door in the opposite direction.
• When Jafar enters his secret laboratory, in addition to the secret door, he also opens the usual door. The handle on it is located on the right and looks like a round ring. But when Jafar flees from Aladdin, he finds himself back in his lab. But now the handle on the door is on the left and looks like regular pen.
• Raja helps Jasmine get out of the palace. In the middle plans, you can see that her trousers reach almost to her ankles. But when he helps her up the fence, a close-up shows that her legs are bare.
• Jasmine, fleeing the palace in the form of a tramp, hangs from the fence to say goodbye to Raja. And though we hear her say goodbye, her lips don't move.
• When the fishmonger holds out his goods to Jasmine, he holds the fish in two hands, but literally in the next frame, it turns out that he already has the fish in one hand, and the other leans on the counter.
• When the close-up boy turns to Jasmine, you can see that the apples are in the blue bag. But on the other plans, this bag is not on the counter - only a basket with apples.
• Jasmine treats the boy with an apple. It can be seen that the awning of the fruit vendor rests on a forked pole. But in the scene where Aladdin returns the apple and in subsequent scenes, this pole is now a regular one, without a fork.
• When the merchant catches Jasmine for giving the apple to the boy, his hands are so large that he is able to hold Jasmine literally by the entire half of his hand. But then, in the scene where he threatens to cut off her hand, you can see that his hand has clearly shrunk in size.
• When Aladdin saves Jasmine in the bazaar from an evil merchant, he gives the princess his saber. She hides it behind her back, and in the next frame, the saber disappears somewhere. The princess is already without this saber in her hands, and there are no traces of her nearby either.
• Aladdin and Princess Jasmine for the entire film cannot decide on their height. In the scenes in the marketplace and while jumping on the rooftops, it can be seen that Jasmine is shorter than Aladdin. In the scene in Aladdin's house, you can see that they are almost the same height. But when Jafar reveals Aladdin's true parentage, he is standing next to Jasmine, on a flat floor, and Jasmine is seen to be about ten centimeters taller than Aladdin.
• Aladdin takes Jasmine to his quarters. On the way, they need to jump across the street from rooftop to rooftop. When Jasmine is shown to us in this scene, her hair is securely hidden under a scarf. She then jumps across the street and is seen flying with her hair loose and a scarf over her shoulders. But when in the next frame we are again shown the princess - she is again in a headscarf with her hair covered.
• When the guards burst in on Aladdin, he and Jasmine are about to jump out of the window. For this, he holds out Jasmine right hand and asks if she believes him. She answers yes, and takes him, again by his outstretched right hand. But in the next frame, when she is preparing to jump, she is already holding him by left hand.
• Jasmine, looking for Jafar, comes into his room. In this room there is a table with a hookah and pillows. However, when she runs out of the room in tears, this structure disappears somewhere.
• Jafar leaves the secret hall, but Jasmine enters the room and has to close the door, accidentally pinning Iago the parrot. An engraving can be seen on the bottom of the door at this point. But when Iago begins to say that he has nothing to breathe, the engraving disappears. And then reappears when Jafar kicks Iago back.
• In prison, the light of the moon falls on Aladdin through the bars. But in different scenes, the shadow from this lattice changes its location and shape all the time.
• Aladdin is about to enter the Cave of Wonders. The cave changes quite a lot in the scene when he is standing in front of it, and in the scene when he enters it. Lost teeth, disappears somewhere yellow, the form of the entrance changes, and instead of a pharynx we now have a large and empty cave.
• Aladdin and Abu enter the Cave of Wonders in its part where the treasures are kept. It can be seen that in the vault on the sides of the passage are heaps of treasures, and the passage leads to a large golden arch. Later, we are shown how Aladdin walks towards it, but never crosses it during his entire journey.
• When Rug first meets Abu, he steals his hat. While he is having fun with her, she changes her size, becoming either larger or smaller. This continues until Abu returns her to himself.
• Abu, in an attempt to escape from the lava, runs over the rocks, which begin to explode. He stops on a stone, looks around, behind him all the stones explode, in front of him all the stones also explode. But when Aladdin flies up to him on a magic carpet, we are again shown how the stones that are located not far from him explode.
• Jafar, swings a knife at Aladdin, but the faithful Abu manages to bite his hand with a knife. We are not shown how the knife falls out of the hand, but in the next frame this knife is no longer anywhere nearby.
• When Abu wakes up Aladdin in the Cave of Wonders, he clearly says in his "monkey voice": "Aladdin, wake up." But his mouth doesn't move. However, in the future, he also does not show his talkativeness.
• Jin breaks out of the lamp for the first time and a thick gold earring can be seen in his right ear. But throughout the film, this earring disappears, then reappears.
• The “Friends Like Me” scene was the very first scene, and it was not yet clear how Aladdin should look like – as an adult or as a teenager. Therefore, here the proportions of the hero are quite different from his own proportions in the later film. So, for example, in some scenes, it is seen that Abu is about half as tall as Aladdin, and in the rest of the film, his height is about 10% of Aladdin's height.
• During Prince Ali's parade, Genie, using one of the spectators as a wheelbarrow, gathers eight other spectators and rolls this pyramid towards Aladdin. He shakes hands with them, and five of them fall right on top of him. But the next second, Genie gives him super strength, and Aladdin builds an acrobatic figure out of them. But there are already six people in this figure.
• After Genie turns Aladdin into a prince, Aladdin admires himself in the mirror with his right hand raised. The mirror reflects the fact that he raised his left hand.
• In the famous scene, when the Sultan exposes the pyramid of animals, Jafar enters and destroys it. For some time, a table with these figures is visible on the stage - to the right of the throne. But after a while they just forget to finish it.
• When Jafar and Sultan read the scroll, they read from left to right. But Agrabah is an Arab city and the culture is Arabic. Arabic script is read from right to left.
• Just as the parade begins, Jin, disguised as the master of ceremonies, runs into a man who is drinking some liquid from a flask. Judging by the color of the liquid, it is wine. But Islam prohibits the consumption of alcohol, especially in public.
• When Aladdin, in the guise of a prince, arrives in Agrabah, four girls with purple fans are seen sitting on the back of the elephant Abu. While this parade lasts, they will either disappear or appear.
• As "Prince Ali" arrives, he rides an elephant past a balcony with three girls. It can be seen that he is walking from right to left (judging by the shadow on the wall), which means that to Jin, who is also on this balcony, he is located on the right side. But when we are shown how he is trying to show off his muscles, Jin's magical charge comes from somewhere to the left, although Jin is still to his right.
• When "Prince Ali" shows up at the Sultan's palace, Jafar doesn't want to open the door for him. But Abu, in the form of an elephant, simply knocks it out, thereby pinning Jafar to the wall. One scene later, we see the door open and a squatted Jafar appears on the wall. And for some reason, Iago is visible above him, although when the door opened, the parrot was not even there.
• When Prince Ali bursts into the palace, we are shown that in addition to various riches, he has a huge cage filled to the top with colorful birds. And when Jafar pushes all this farce out the door, this cage looks much poorer - it is almost empty with a few small birds.
• When Prince Ali appears in the palace, he is seen flying up to the Sultan's throne on a carpet. To the left and right of the throne are three columns, and behind them is a balcony. It can be seen that Aladdin flies up to one of the columns closest to the throne and stops the flight. But in the next frame, when he bows to the Sultan, he is already standing against the background of the wall, and not against the background of the balcony.
• The Sultan wants to ride the magic carpet, but Jafar nails the carpet with his staff. We are shown that Iago is sitting on this staff and holding on to it. His three fingers stick out forward. But Iago has only three on his legs. Two in front and one in the back. He just couldn't hold on to the staff like that.
• When Aladdin asks Jasmine if she believes him to fly away together on a carpeted plane, he holds out his hand to her. And this hand is bare. Although before and after this shot, it is clear that the robes of "Prince Ali" reach almost to the wrists.
• While flying on a magic carpet through Agrabah, Carpet flies up to a pot of flowers. It can be seen that it has only three flowers. But then, when we are shown a close-up of how he picks a flower to give to Aladdin, there are already about nine of these flowers.
• During the performance of the song and the flying carpet, there is a moment when Jasmine sings, but her mouth does not move. This happens at the moment when they drop sharply after a turn.
• When the magic carpet flight begins, Aladdin gives Jasmine a flower plucked by the Carpet. Jasmine pins it to her hair on the left, where it stays throughout the flight, except for one scene when she strokes the foal. At this point, the flower disappears, only to return again later. But when the flight is over, they circle over the pond, and we are shown their reflection in the water. The flower in the reflection should be on the left, but it is reflected on the right side of her head. Just like the face of Aladdin. This image obviously forgot to mirror.
• The magic carpet flight ends in China. But in the background, Aladdin and Jasmine are sitting much further from the edge of the roof than in the middle shot.
• During the film, Aladdin's turban brooch changes size and position quite often. But it's best seen during the China scene. There, during the entire dialogue, in a few seconds, the brooch changes its size and its location, either literally breaking away from the golden garter, or running into it.
• When Jasmine and Aladdin are watching fireworks in China, Jasmine grabs his hat and starts wrinkling it - it looks like it's empty. But then, when Aladdin is thrown into the water, a lamp floats out of this hat, which, apparently, has been there all this time. And at the same time, it occupies almost the entire cap, it is so big. Why didn't Jasmine find her then?
• Princess Jasmine learns that Prince Ali and Aladdin are the same person. But before this meeting, Jasmine thought that Aladdin was beheaded on the orders of Jafar. Wouldn't she have asked Aladdin first of all what really happened and how he managed to escape? Yes, she was not even surprised by this meeting.
• After Jin turned Abu into an elephant, he wore his famous fez and vest all the time. But when Aladdin is captured by the guards, Abu hangs in the net without these elements of clothing.
• Aladdin, in the guise of Prince Ali, is grabbed by a guard, and a bandage is pulled around his mouth. The bandage passes over pieces of cloth that hang from his turban. But in the next frame, this bandage is already passing under them.
• When Aladdin in the clothes of a prince is thrown into the water, for some reason his turban changes very much, turning, in fact, into an ordinary, albeit high, hat.
• At the moment when Aladdin is grabbed by the guards, they immediately shackle him, putting on bracelets with a chain between them. But when he loses consciousness under water, and the lamp falls into his hands, it is clear that there is no longer a chain between his hands - only bracelets remain.
• The guards, on the orders of the Sultan, grab Jafar and the swords on their right sides. But when Jafar uses a smoke potion and disappears, the sword of one of them moves to the left side.
• Frustrated, Aladdin enters the room and throws the turban on the bed. Then he quarrels with Jin and his friends. During this time, the turban appears and disappears. Well, in the process of showing the whole scene, he also moves around this entire bed.
• Aladdin's friends watch the quarrel through the window. When Aladdin breaks down and at them, Abu and Rug turn around in disappointment and leave. But for some reason, when they leave, they are not visible through the lattice shutters.
• When Aladdin first enters the snowy land, he immediately finds Abu's hat. He takes it in his hand, and then she disappears from there, literally before our eyes. Then he finds Abu himself, stuffs him under his vest, but for now Abu sits there without a hat. But when the time comes to dig out the Rug - Abu immediately finds himself in a hat.
• The size and position of the window of the tower, with which Aladdin finds himself in a snowy desert, changes all the time. Depending on the plan - it is either small, somewhere at the top of the tower, or medium, somewhere closer to the center of the building. By the way, why is this tower empty inside? Shouldn't there be some stairs or ceilings there?
• To seduce the princess, Jafar gives her golden crown, in the reflection of which he later sees Aladdin. When Jasmine tries to wrest the staff from Jafar's hands, he pushes her away, and it becomes clear that the crown is no longer on her, although she was there a couple of frames ago.
• When Jasmine is captured by Jasmine, a snake bracelet appears on her right forearm. But when Jafar knocks her to the floor, after Jasmine tries to take the staff from him, the bracelet moves to her left arm. Apparently this happened because there was a mirroring of an existing frame, so as not to waste time drawing a new one. By the way, when Jasmine is trapped in an hourglass, the bracelet is no longer on any of the forearms.
• During the final showdown, Jafar encases Jasmine in an hourglass with three small legs to stand on. But when Aladdin breaks this clock at the end of the fight, their legs are already gone - the clock is on a flat area.
• As Aladdin fights Jafar, Abu tries to get to the lamp. But Jafar turns him into a toy monkey, which ends up next to the lamp. But when a rug flies up to the lamp, this toy monkey disappears somewhere, although before that it was nearby.
• In the final battle, Aladdin goes for a trick and tells Jafar that Genie is much stronger than him. Jafar, in the form of a snake, begins to talk about this, and at that moment some unusual things are happening with his lower jaw. Its form is constantly changing, and sometimes disappears altogether.
• The moment Jin turns Jafar into an evil genie, he grows in size and breaks the roof of the tower in the process. But when, after a few seconds, Jafar is shown being drawn into the lamp, this break is clearly smaller than the one he made when demonstrating his strength.
• Jafar is imprisoned in a black lamp by cunning. When he is sucked in there, you can see that Aladdin holds this lamp by the stand with one hand, and he slowly removes the other from the lamp. But in the close-up, he again has both hands on the lamp.
• When during the fight, Jafar turns Abu into a toy and Rug into a skein woolen thread. But these two heroes are far from each other, they are never shown next to each other. But when Jafar is defeated, and Abu and Rug turn back into themselves, they are already next to each other.
• Genie invites Aladdin to become a prince again. But why does he do this, because Aladdin is still a prince, no one has canceled this desire. Jafar, in the scene of Aladdin turning into a vagabond, simply showed that Aladdin used to be poor, without depriving him of his status as a prince.
• With desires here in general it is rather strange. After all, logically, after Jafar was his master, now Aladdin is again new owner for Jin and he again has three wishes. By the way, there is a fan theory that these rules about three wishes and the impossibility of fulfilling a number of them (return from the dead, kill and fall in love) are something Jin came up with for himself.
• When Jasmine and Aladdin are standing on the balcony and waving to the departing Genie, in the background they stand about a meter from the edge of the balcony, then in the middle shot, they come closer to the railing, almost touching it. And in the next scene, they are again standing about a meter from the railing.

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Plot

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Aladdin lives in the eastern city of Agrabah, a homeless child who trades in petty theft to provide for himself. In all the tricks he is helped by his only friend, a monkey named Abu.

One day a young man meets a beautiful girl in the market. Jasmine runs away from her father, the Sultan, not wanting to marry under duress. Young people fall in love with each other.

The insidious adviser to the ruler Jafar, dreaming of unlimited power, accuses Aladdin of kidnapping the princess, imprisons him and forces him to get a magic lamp. With the help of the faithful Abu and the magic carpet, Aladdin finds the lamp and gets out of danger. Becoming the master of the Genie, enclosed in a lamp, the young man turns into a prince and can marry his beloved. Recognizing him as her friend, Jasmine agrees. The vizier's people attack Aladdin and his friends and throw them into the water, but the Genie, having fallen in love with a good young man, saves him. Jafar, with the help of his parrot, steals the lamp and becomes a sultan, forcing the princess to marry him.

The hero returns to the palace to save his beloved and fight the sorcerer. With the help of the Genie, the vizier turns into a powerful wizard, then into a snake. Having defeated Jafar, Aladdin gives the prisoner of the lamp freedom and receives the Sultan's permission to marry Jasmine. Evil vizier, own will turned into a genie, imprisoned in a lamp and sent to the cave of miracles for ten thousand years.

The Persian folk tale served as the plot for several versions of films and cartoons about the adventures of a poor Arab boy from Baghdad, Aladdin.

A fairy tale about an evil Maghrebian wizard who tricked Aladdin out of his house to get him a genie. Aladdin is the tailor's son. The family lived very poorly, the father died, and the mother was left completely without support. Then a sorcerer appeared who introduced himself as Aladdin's uncle and tricked him into helping himself.

But in the end, the evil in the fairy tale will be punished, and the genie who lives in the lamp will help the boy. This tale belongs to the series of stories by Scheherazade "A Thousand and One Nights". Based on her motives, the Walt Disney company shot a cartoon, which already bears little resemblance to the original version.

Aladdin, his beloved Princess Jasmine, the mischievous parrot Iago, the monkey Abu, a cheerful and frivolous genie, as well as a flying carpet that also has thinking and feelings. Aladdin met Jasmine in the market and immediately fell in love. But there is a whole abyss between them: he is a poor young man, and she is the daughter of the Sultan. Oddly enough, Jasmine loves him back. " Magic lamp Aladdin is a cartoon that proves that love and friendship can conquer and overcome everything.

The evil vizier of the Sultan Jafar interferes with the relationship of lovers. In addition, he wants to take possession of the princess's hand for money and power. Aladdin can only be helped by his dexterity, courage and ingenuity, as well as his faithful friends including gin.

Genie in the cartoon "Aladdin's Lamp", of course, is not the same as in a fairy tale. He is cheerful, stupid, can not always find a way out, but he really wants to help his friends. All his ideas look ridiculous, but thanks to this character, the cartoon turned out to be very original, bright and lively. You can have a good laugh looking at the genie's funny attempts to get out of a difficult situation. He constantly changes clothes, tries on different images. It's also fun to watch Iago, the red parrot, who is always grumbling and arguing with Abu. Well, as for the main characters, it's just nice to watch their idyll. Jasmine - a dark-haired and black-browed Arab beauty - cannot leave indifferent little girls who want to be like her.

In 1966, the film "Aladdin's Lamp" was also filmed in the USSR. Director Boris Rytsarev sought to convey the plot of the folk tale as accurately as possible, and he succeeded. There is an evil sorcerer from the Maghreb, and the history of the Aladdin family, and the almighty terrible genie.

Both versions of the famous fairy tale are good in their own way. And kids love them both. The cartoon is definitely attractive. bright colors, unusual adventures, each time with new heroes-villains and their intrigues. Everyone is well aware of the soundtrack to the cartoon - "Arabian Night", which very vividly conveys the national flavor and immerses in the atmosphere of ancient Baghdad.

"Aladdin's Lamp" is not only an entertaining story and exciting adventures, but also an instructive film. He teaches friendship, mutual assistance, love, self-confidence. He shows what is good and what is bad, sets the right guidelines for children.

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Jasmine is an oriental princess. The heroine of the Disney cartoon "Aladdin".

Characteristic:

Jasmine is the only one of the Disney cartoons who is of Arabic origin. She first appeared in the 1992 cartoon Aladdin, based on Arabic fairy tales.

The heroine had long black hair and brown eyes. The girl was very quick-tempered, brave, stubborn, independent and kind. She wasn't afraid to say what was on her mind. She was worried about almost everything in her hometown, she could sacrifice a lot for the safety of her people.

Story:

She spent her whole life behind the walls of the castle. Her best friends The princess had the Raja's pet tiger.

When the girl turned 16, her father ordered her to marry, although the princess dreamed of freedom and refused all suitors.

Encounter with a thief:

One day, Jasmine dressed up as a beggar, climbed over the castle wall and ended up in the bazaar. She wanted to treat the boy with an apple, but was called a thief. He saved the sad fate of the girl by a boy thief named Aladdin.

They talked a lot, found a lot in common, but the guards grabbed her and the guy. Jasmine took off her hood and ordered to let her go. The princess was taken to the palace, and the guy was taken into custody, as they could not disobey the order of Jafar, the chief vizier. When the princess came to Jafar, he told her that the thief had already been executed.

Meeting with the prince:

The princess cried all night, and in the morning Prince Ali Ababwa arrived at Agroba's palace, whom Jasmine considered narcissistic.

At night, the prince flew up to the balcony of the princess on his magic carpet, took off his turban and reminded Jasmine of that boy from the market. That's the only reason she agreed to take a ride and see the world from above.

The princess enjoyed the trip so much that she gave Prince Ali a kiss and decided that she would marry him. The Sultan was incredibly happy for his daughter. Preparations for the wedding were in full swing, but everything did not go as smoothly as they wanted.

A happy ending:

When Ali was being introduced to the people of Agroba, Jafar appeared with a magic lamp. He said that Prince Ali is the same ragamuffin from the Aladdin Bazaar. Jafar summoned the Genie from the lamp and wished to become a sultan, and sent Aladdin to the icy desert.

The vizier tried to make Jasmine his wife, but Aladdin appeared, who escaped thanks to the magic carpet. The villain ordered the Genie to make him a genie too. In a heated battle, Aladdin managed to defeat Jafar and save Agroba.

The Sultan was infinitely grateful to the guy, and allowed his daughter to marry him. At the wedding of Aladdin and Jasmine, the whole Agrob was walking.

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Name: Aladdin (Aladdin)

Country: Agrabah

Creator: Arabic folklore

Activity: magic lamp owner

Family status: married

Aladdin: Character Story

A beggar youth, a beautiful princess and a genie who grants any wish - the tale of Aladdin's adventures is known to children all over the world. The legend of the poor man with a heart full of love, proves that the fulfillment of cherished desires is possible. To do this, you just need to believe in yourself ... and rub the old lamp.

History of creation

The author of legends about a smart poor man named Aladdin is a beauty. The daughter of the vizier told the legend of the young man and the magic lamp to the bloodthirsty husband-sultan. The man planned to get rid of his wife in the morning, but the captivating narration captured the tyrant, giving the girl hope to survive another night. Exactly a thousand and one tales were told by a cunning girl to her master.

The Arabic legend was included in a collection entitled "1000 and One Nights", translated and published by Antoine Gallant. But the researchers believe that the work was not included in the original version of the collection, the legend was added later. Perhaps the author of the tale is a friend of the translator named Hannah (a Syrian traveler):

"Yesterday I started reading Arabian tale about a lamp that more than a year ago was written for me in Arabic by a Maronite from Damascus - Monsieur Lucas brought it with him. It will have to be translated into French. By morning I had read it in its entirety. Here is its full title: "The story of Aladdin, the tailor's son, and the adventures that fell to his lot through the fault of an African sorcerer and through the lamp."

The possibility that Antoine Galland himself wrote the fairy tale is not ruled out. The man lived in the East for a long time. After the death of the translator, the original text of the legends was not found among the rest of the French archives.

Biography

Aladdin was born into the family of a poor tailor. From childhood, the father taught his son to work, but the boy was not interested in the craft. The child spent his free time outdoors with friends. This behavior upset the parent, and the man died of great grief. Aladdin stayed with his mother.

At the age of 15, a mature young man did not change his habits. The guy did not like to work, an old mother earned money in the family. One unremarkable day, a sorcerer approached Aladdin on the street. The man introduced himself as the boy's uncle. For more than a month, the man visited a poor family, gave the young man gifts and promised to make the guy rich.

During the usual walk, the sorcerer led the unintelligent young man into the desert and ordered him to open a strange hatch. Aladdin obeyed the words of "uncle" and ended up in the treasury. Taking the old lamp, which the sorcerer asked the guy for, the hero tried to get out of the cave. But the weight of the treasures taken along the road did not allow the young man to cope on his own. The sorcerer demanded a lamp, which Aladdin hid deep in his clothes. An easy dispute turned into a scandal:

“And I, mother, put the lamp in my pocket and stuffed my pockets with fruits from the trees from the garden, and therefore I could not get the lamp and give it to the Maghrebian.”

In a rage, the sorcerer slammed the entrance to the cave, burying the youth and the lamp. Aladdin was saved by a ring that a fake uncle gave the guy. Returning home, the guy told about the adventures of his mother. To feed his family, the young man decided to sell the old lamp. The sudden appearance of a creature from the lamp confused the cards.

It turned out that a genie lives in the lamp, which fulfills any desire of the owner of the lamp. From that moment on, Aladdin entrusted the care of his daily bread to an unusual slave. One day, walking around the square, the poor young man saw the daughter of the Sultan - Mrs. Badr-al-Budur. The young man was captivated by the beauty of the girl and lost his peace.

The young man persuaded his mother to marry the daughter of the Sultan, and as a dowry he collected a plate of incredible gems. The courtship ended in success - the sultan promised his daughter's hand, leaving three months to prepare for the wedding. Two months later, Aladdin accidentally found out that the ruler had not kept his word. The son of the vizier became the new bridegroom of the beauty. To break up the marriage, Aladdin gave the genie an unusual task:

“This is what I want from you: when you see that the young, husband and wife, lie down together, take both and bring them to me.”

Separating the newlyweds, Aladdin prevented the first wedding night. Just a few such antics - and the marriage of the beauty and the vizier's son was terminated at the behest of the Sultan. Aladdin reminded the great ruler of the promise. The Sultan demanded a new dowry from the young man, and when the young man complied with the request (with the help of a genie), he agreed to the marriage.

So the poor young man became the husband of a beautiful and noble woman. Aladdin built a palace for his wife and helped the Sultan to administer justice. Soon the whole city started talking about the young ruler.

The old sorcerer, about whom Aladdin safely forgot, returned. The villain found out what changes had taken place in the fate of the guy, and realized that the reason for the youth's victories was the genie. Careless Aladdin left the lamp in the house and went hunting. By cunning, the sorcerer got a lamp and transferred the castle and Princess Budur to his hometown.

And then the hero was again rescued by an unusual ring. magic item carried the young man to the sorcerer. The young wife put the villain to sleep, and Aladdin cut off the head of the cruel wizard.

It would seem that now the young lovers are not in danger. But another sorcerer finds out about the death of his brother, who is not ready to forgive the upstart for the murder of a close relative. This time, the resident of the lamp warns about the danger of Aladdin. Jin opens the young man's eyes to the old woman who pretends to be a sorcerer:

“If I knew that you would have such a request, I would have breathed on you and your wife, and you would have taken off and ended up between heaven and earth. But the reason for this is not in you, but in this damned brother of the Maghreb, who is in your palace and pretends to be Fatima the pilgrim.”

Aladdin kills another enemy. Now there are no secrets and barriers between lovers. The main characters live a long and happy life filled with fun and pleasure.

Screen adaptations

In 1961, the first motion picture was released, dedicated to the adventures of a poor young man. The film "A Thousand and One Nights" is a joint creation of France, Italy and the United States. Donald O'Connor played the title role. Despite the loud title, the tape only touches on the story of Aladdin.

In 1966, the film "Aladdin's Magic Lamp" was released on the screens of the cinemas of the USSR. Filming took place in the Crimea. The image of a charming slob was brought to life by an actor.

In 1992, the most famous work dedicated to Aladdin. The cartoon of the same name won two Oscars. The adventures of an orphan boy and his friend, a monkey named Abu, grossed $504 million at the box office. The successful project was continued: later the cartoon "The Return of Jafar" and the animated series were released. The heroes of the fairy tale remained the same - Aladdin, his girlfriend Jasmine, a restless genie, a monkey and a parrot.

On the wave of transformations of popular cartoons into equally popular films, Pictures launched the shooting of a new film, Aladdin. Tape director. The main role will be played by actor Mena Massoud, Jasmine will play. In the form of a charming genie, he will perform. Estimated year of release of the picture - 2019.

• Aladdin became a resident of Agrabah after the release of the cartoon of the same name. The collection "1001 Nights" states that the young man was born and raised in China.
• AT original fairy tale the number of desires for the main character is not limited by anything.

• Aladdin's pants in the cartoon are copied from the costume.
• The Walt Disney Company took the hero as a prototype, but the character turned out to be too young. The prototype of the second and final version of Aladdin became.

Quotes

“To live, you need to eat, and to eat, I have to steal!”

“If you want, take all the treasures for yourself, but remember - gold has a terrible power. It disfigures both the soul and the body.

“I want a lion to attack you and I will kill him. To set fire to all of Baghdad, and I would take you out of the fire. And so that the earthquake, and so that everyone fails, and only you and I remain.

“Someday, Abu, everything will change. We'll get rich, we'll live in a palace, and we won't have any problems."

“Love for her entered deep into my heart, and it’s impossible for me not to get her as a wife, and I decided to ask her from her father, the Sultan, according to the law of the great Allah.”