Aladdin (1992)

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Directed by Ron Clements, John Musker.

Starring Gilbert Gottfried, Brad Kane, Linda Larkin, Lea Salonga, Scott Weinger, Frank Welker, Robin Williams, John Freeman.

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Robin Williams's dizzying and hilarious voicing of the Genie is the main attraction of Aladdin, the third in the series of modern Disney animated movies that began with 1989's The Little Mermaid and heralded a new age for the genre. After a sultan (Douglas Seale) gives his daughter, Jasmine (Linda Larkin), three days to find a husband, she escapes the palace and encounters the street-savvy urchin Aladdin (Scott Weinger), who charms his way into her heart. While the sultan's Vizier, Jafar (Jonathan Freeman), weaves a spell so that he may marry Jasmine and become sultan himself, Aladdin discovers the Genie's lamp in a cave, rubs it, and sets the mystical entity free, leading the Genie to pledge his undying loyalty to the dazzled youth. Aladdin begins his quest to defeat Jafar and win the hand of the princess, with the Genie's help. Monsters, Disney's trademark talking animals, and a flying carpet all figure into the ensuing adventures, but Williams' Genie, who can change into anything or anybody, steals the show as he launches into one crazed monologue after another, impersonating figures from Ed Sullivan to Elvis Presley. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

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Trailer of the Day: Kung Fu Panda
by SpoutBlog in SpoutBlog on spout.com

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"I keep forgetting that Kung Fu Panda is a real movie. I mostly relate the computer-animated panda character with his cross-promotional spots for AMC Theatres (memory escapes me again: is it for silencing your cellphone or anti-piracy or something entirely different?). But now that we have this full trailer for the DreamWorks Animation movie, I’m reminded that it is in fact a feature release. Unfortunately, it arrived a few days after the new trailer for The Forbidden Kingdom, and I’ve already laid dibs on my most anticipated martial arts film of 2008. Sure, Kung Fu Panda also features Jackie Chan (or his voice, anyway), here as “Master Monkey”, but when it comes to kung fu beginners, I’ll take Michael Angarano over the voice of Jack Black any day. I shouldn’t be too harsh on Black (especially after yesterday’s unnecessarily mean-spirited trailer-of-the-day), though I couldn’t help but notice his own personal shtick making its way into the anthropomorphic actions of the cartoon bear ... " [More]

Re:Making Money Or Making Art.
by unemployedwaif in Philosophy of Film

loved it.

"Back to the original question, I totally agree that voice work is more or less an easy way for most mainstream (and even some unknowns) to make a decent amount of money without them really being tied to the project. There names appear in the advertising yet once the film is released no one really pays too much attention to it.I know Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and most other A-listers have contributed to at least one animated feature in their careers yet I can't really even think of them. I can only really recall the "better" or more notable films like Aladdin (with Robin WIlliams as everyone knows) and Howl's Moving Castle (with Christian Bale and Billy Crystal), etc. that have been recognized not for simply their entertainment value but the work as a piece of art. " [More]

Disney Continue Their Lucky Streak
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"With two viable hits under their collective belts (The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast), Disney conjured up yet another hit, Aladdin. The songwriting team of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman create yet another stunning soundtrack, but it's mostly Robin Williams unhinged performance as The Genie that steals the show and makes this film so entertaining. It's almost like Williams was MADE for this part - his manic energy in his standup routine could be barely contained by his flesh - and here in animated form, it doesn't have to be. One gripe is the stereotypes present in the film. True, it takes place in the middle east, and most supporting characters look the part - except the two very American looking leads. But what do you expect? It's Disney, for crying out loud. Another gripe is their spinelessness in changing a lyric to the first song of the film because some overprotective mothers wrote tear-blotted letters to Disney telling them it's "inapropriat ... " [More]

Re: Favorite Song?
by PammyK in The Official Disney Group

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"I like "A Whole New World" from Aladdin and "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid. " [More]

The Excuse
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"I was somewhere in between sixth grade and ninth grade because I hadn't kissed a girl yet and I had moved from New Orleans to Covington, a close 30 minute drive from the Big Easy. My brother made new friends and my brother's new friends often skipped high school parties to stay inside, watch movies, and play hide-and-go-seek. His lady friend had a little sister who way age and a younger brother who was my little sister's age. It was like royalty. My parents let us all stay up late at night because we were under their roof and we would just watch movies. Nobody ever found a beer bottle cap, a cigarette butt, or a vibrator-condom-scream, because there never was any. One of the girls would quote Aladdin the entire time and she made me not want to take part in the tradition any longer. " [More]

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It is easy to forget the moribund state of feature-length animation before the 1989 release of The Little Mermaid. Beauty and the Beast kept the revival going and, with Aladdin, Disney proved that the animated film's resurgence was no fluke. Composer and lyricist Alan Menken rubbed his magic lamp once again to produce a toe-tapping (and Oscar-winning) score, including the radio-friendly A Whole New World. But if any one person can be credited with Aladdin's success, it is Robin Williams. With one-liners galore and imitations of everyone from William F. Buckley to Arsenio Hall, Williams' manic (what else?) genie is a comic whirlwind with an animated body that can keep up with the real thing's boundless energy. Not every joke in Aladdin hits, but more than a few adults were surprised to find themselves laughing harder than the little ones they brought in tow. The film falls a little short of the high mark set by its two predecessors, as its plotting and lead characters are somewhat more conventional. And not all viewers felt that Disney's foray into ethnic diversity was without stereotyping. But overall, Aladdin once again proved the Disney magic for creating an animated film worth watching with or without the kids. ~ Matthew Doberman, All Movie Guide

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