71 Aladdin (1992)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
71 Aladdin (1992)
- Bears a similar plot and characters to
"The Thief of Bagdad, The (1940)" (qv).
- The genie appears in the following guises: a nightclub entertainer, a
Scotsman, a Scots dog, 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv), 'Senor Wences' (qv),
'Ed Sullivan' (qv), a slot machine, 'Groucho Marx' (qv), a boxing trainer,
a fireworks rocket, a French maitre d', a roast turkey, a pink rabbit, a
dragon, a certificate, a pair of lips, 'Robert De Niro' (qv), a flight
attendant, 'Carol Channing' (qv), a sheep, a hammock, a muscle man,
Pinocchio, a magician, a frenchman in a beret and striped shirt, a chef,
Julius Caeser, 'Arsenio Hall' (qv), a tailor, a game-show host, a drum major,
'Walter Brennan' (qv), a little boy, a fat man, TV parade hosts, a tiger, a
goat, a harem girl, 'Ethel Merman' (qv), 'Rodney Dangerfield' (qv),
'Jack Nicholson' (qv), a teacher, a talking lampshade, a bee, a submarine,
a one-man band, a script prompter, a ventriloquist, a
"Fantasia (1940)" (qv)-like devil, 'William F. Buckley' (qv), Jafar,
cheerleaders, a baseball pitcher, a tourist with a Goofy hat, and the moon.
For release in India, Disney replaced the game show host with a cricket
commentator.
- In early drawing, Aladdin resembled 'Michael J. Fox' (qv). As the story
developed, 'Jeffrey Katzenberg' (qv) didn't think Aladdin had enough appeal
to weomen, so he asked Aladdin to be beefed up a bit to resemble
'Tom Cruise' (qv).
- Jasmine's appearance was influenced by 'Jennifer Connelly' (qv), as well
as the sister of her animator, 'Mark Henn' (qv).
- The stack of blocks that Jasmine's father plays with is sitting on a toy of
the Beast from "Beauty and the Beast (1991)" (qv), another Disney animated
movie. Sebastian from "The Little Mermaid (1989)" (qv) and
"Pinocchio (1940)" (qv) can also be spotted.
- Aladdin's animator claimed she based his character on 'Tom Cruise' (qv).
- When the Genie changes Abu into a car, the license plate reads ``ABU 1''.
- The lyrics of the opening song, ``Arabian Nights'', were changed for the
video release due to pressure from groups who were offended by the original
lyrics. The original lyrics were: ``Where they cut off your ear if they
don't like your face. It's barbaric, but hey it's home.'' The new lyrics
are: ``Where it's flat and immense and the heat is intense, it's barbaric,
but hey it's home''.
- The two men in the crowd that Aladdin pushes through are caricatures of a
couple of the animators ('John Musker' (qv) and 'Ron Clements' (qv)); the
original plan was to use film critics 'Gene Siskel' (qv) and
'Roger Ebert' (qv), but they couldn't get permission.
- The rumor that after Aladdin climbs up the balcony and gets confronted
by the tiger he whispers ``Take off your clothes'' is false. He actually
says ``Take off and go.''
- Early scripts included Aladdin's mother, who sang a song called ``Proud of
Your Boy'', and another song for Jafar called ``Humiliate the Boy''. Jafar's
song was cut, as it was considered too cruel for Disney.
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