Robert Carradine portrays Aladdin, the foolish boy who finds himself at odds with an evil magician (
Leonard Nimoy), in love with a princess (
Valerie Bertinelli), and in luck with the discovery of a mysterious lamp.
James Earl Jones portrays the daunting genie in the lamp. This installment of
Faerie Tale Theatre was directed by a then relatively unknown
Tim Burton, who later went on to direct such imaginative and stylistic films as
Beetlejuice and
Edward Scissorhands. ~ Carrie Downes, All Movie Guide