

Aladdin gives the lamp to Jafar, who throws him and Abu back into the cave, though not before Abu steals the lamp back. Aladdin, Abu, and the carpet rush to escape the cave as it collapses. Forgetting the cave's rule, Abu grabs a jewel. After being told to touch nothing but the lamp, Aladdin finds a magic carpet inside, and obtains the lamp.

Jasmine confronts Jafar to demand Aladdin's release, but he lies and says Aladdin has been executed.ĭisguised as an aging man, Jafar frees Aladdin and Abu and brings them to the cave, ordering them to retrieve the lamp. The palace guards then capture Aladdin on Jafar's orders. She escapes the palace, and meets Aladdin and his pet monkey, Abu, who save her from an angry merchant. Meanwhile, Princess Jasmine becomes upset that the law requires her to marry a prince instead of marrying for love. He is told that only one person is worthy to enter: "the diamond in the rough," whom Jafar later identifies as Aladdin, an Agrabah street urchin. Jafar, the Royal Vizier of the fictional Middle Eastern city of Agrabah, seeks a lamp hidden within the Cave of Wonders. 3.3 Robin Williams' conflicts with the studioĪ merchant shows the viewers a lamp that is up for sale, and begins to tell a story.A live-action film adaptation directed by Guy Ritchie was released on May 24, 2019. Aladdin 's success led to various derived works and other material inspired by the film, including two direct-to-video sequels The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), an animated television series, and a Broadway adaptation. The film's home video VHS release also set a sales record and grossed about $500 million in the United States.

Upon release, it became the first animated feature to reach the half-billion-dollar mark and was the highest-grossing animated film of all time until it was surpassed by The Lion King (1994).Īladdin garnered two Academy Awards, as well as other accolades for its soundtrack, which had the first and only number from a Disney feature to earn a Grammy Award for Song of the Year, for the film's " A Whole New World," sung by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle. The musical score was written by Alan Menken and features six songs with lyrics written by both Ashman and Sir Tim Rice, who took over after Ashman's death.Īladdin was released on November 11, 1992, to critical and commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1992 with an earning of over $504 million in worldwide box office revenue. The animators based their designs on the work of caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, and computers were used for both finishing the artwork and creating some animated elements. Lyricist Howard Ashman first pitched the idea, and the screenplay went through three drafts before then-Disney Studios president Jeffrey Katzenberg agreed to its production. He disguises himself as a wealthy prince and tries to impress the Sultan in order to marry his free-spirited daughter, Princess Jasmine. The film follows the titular Aladdin, an Arabian street urchin, who finds a magic lamp containing a genie. The voice cast features Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, and Douglas Seale. It was produced and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, and is based on the Arabic folktale of the same name from the One Thousand and One Nights. The film is the 31st Disney animated feature film and was the fourth produced during the Disney Renaissance. Aladdin is a 1992 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
