Aladdin (1992) 7.9
Aladdin, a street urchin, accidentally meets Princess Jasmine, who is in the city undercover. They love each other, but she can only marry a prince. |
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Aladdin (1992) 7.9
Aladdin, a street urchin, accidentally meets Princess Jasmine, who is in the city undercover. They love each other, but she can only marry a prince. |
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| Scott Weinger | ... |
Aladdin
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| Robin Williams | ... | ||
| Linda Larkin | ... |
Jasmine
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| Jonathan Freeman | ... |
Jafar
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| Frank Welker | ... | ||
| Gilbert Gottfried | ... |
Iago
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| Douglas Seale | ... |
Sultan
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| Charles Adler | ... |
Gazeem
(voice) (as Charlie Adler)
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Jack Angel | ... |
(voice)
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| Corey Burton | ... |
Prince Achmed
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Philip L. Clarke | ... |
(voice) (as Philip Clarke)
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| Jim Cummings | ... | ||
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Jennifer Darling | ... |
(voice)
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| Debi Derryberry | ... |
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| Bruce Gooch | ... |
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Aladdin is a street-urchin who lives in a large and busy town long ago with his faithful monkey friend Abu. When Princess Jasmine gets tired of being forced to remain in the palace that overlooks the city, she sneaks out to the marketplace, where she accidentally meets Aladdin. Under the orders of the evil Jafar (the sultan's advisor), Aladdin is thrown in jail and becomes caught up in Jafar's plot to rule the land with the aid of a mysterious lamp. Legend has it that only a person who is a "diamond in the rough" can retrieve the lamp from the Cave of Wonders. Aladdin might fit that description, but that's not enough to marry the princess, who must (by law) marry a prince. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
This movie was the biggest film of '92, and it's easy to see why-a lotta fun, as a terrific Robin Williams performance carries it to heights it otherwise would not have gone to. Great animation, fine songs, a decent plot--what is there not to like? I will admit some of the Arab characters seemed to be stereotyped-but no more so than in Mulan or Tarzan or whatever; animation seems to stereotype Everything.
A great movie, ***1/2 outta ****, a fave then and now.