Aladdin (1992)
| Movie | |
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| German title | Aladdin |
| Original title | Aladdin |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1992 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director |
John Musker , Ron Clements |
| script | John Musker, Ron Clements, Ted Elliott , Terry Rossio |
| production | John Musker |
| music | Alan Menken |
| cut | H. Lee Peterson |
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Aladdin is the 31st full-length cartoon from the Walt Disney Studios , was released in 1992 and was released in German cinemas on November 18, 1993. It refers to the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp from the fairy tales from 1001 Nights , with many elements of the traditional narrative being changed for the film. Among other things, Robin Williams was hired as the Dschinni as the speaker . The budget was about $ 28 million; This contrasts with revenues of approximately $ 480 million worldwide, including $ 217 million in the United States.
action
The film begins with a traveling merchant who sings the theme song and then advertises some merchandise (including "original Babylonian Tupperware"). Then he shows the magic lamp and begins to tell the story of the "uncut diamond":
Near the Arab city of Agrabah, Grand Vizier Jafar found a treasure cave in the desert, the entrance of which is shaped like a tiger's head. He sends his henchman Gazzim in to look for an oil lamp . When he wants to enter the cave, the tiger head begins to speak and says that only an "uncut diamond" is allowed to enter the cave. Gazzim ignores the warning and enters the cave, whereupon the gullet closes and devours him. Jafar realizes that he must find the person who is meant by "diamond in the rough". He consults an oracle and is shown the boy Aladdin.
Aladdin is a kind-hearted thief who struggles with his monkey Abu on the streets of the big, bustling city of Agrabah. His life changes from the moment he accidentally meets Princess Jasmin, who has mingled with the people in disguise. Jafar takes the opportunity and arrests Aladdin on the pretext that he had kidnapped the princess. In the dungeon he then approaches him disguised as an old, frail prisoner. He tells about the treasure cave and asks Aladdin to fetch the lamp because he himself is too old and weak to go to the cave. As a reward, he offers Aladdin treasures with which he could ask for the hand of the princess.
Both escape from the prison and go to the cave, where Aladdin is warned by the talking cave mouth not to touch anything but the lamp. When he reached the lamp and found a magic carpet on the way , Abu touched one of the forbidden treasures, whereupon the cave began to collapse. They reach the exit at the last moment, but Jafar takes the lamp from Aladdin and throws him back into the cave. He is about to give up hope when Abu shows him the lamp that he stole from Jafar at the last moment. As Aladdin to an inscription on the lamp to read the dirt rub off of her that appear Genie of the lamp and gives him three wishes. Aladdin gets Genie to take him out of the cave without making it his first wish. He realizes that with Dschinnis' help he can win Princess Jasmin for himself, who according to the law can only marry a prince.
Aladdin's first wish is therefore to become a prince. He moves into town in a pompous elevator, but Jasmin waves it off, because she only wants to get married out of love and not because the law requires it. Aladdin does not give up, however, and invites her to take a nightly stroll on his magic carpet that he has brought from the cave. Jasmin recognizes the prince as the street boy, but Aladdin's low self-esteem leads him to claim that he really is a prince and that he only disguised himself as a simple citizen when they first met to escape the stress in the palace. Jasmin falls in love with Aladdin, but Jafar gets in the way of the two, who has also recognized him. He steals the magic lamp with the help of his parrot Iago. At first he wishes to become sultan and thus dethrones Jasmin's father. As a second wish, he can be transformed into a powerful magician. With the power thus gained, he rules the empire from then on as a tyrant. He tries to win Jasmin for himself, but neither his magic nor Djinni prove to be powerful enough to guide love. When Jafar sees Aladdin in Jasmine's crown, Jasmine is caught in an hourglass by Jafar and is buried by the sand, but can be freed by Aladdin.
However, Aladdin and Genie can overpower the megalomaniac Jafar with a trick. Aladdin persuades the Grand Vizier to become a genie, since he is more powerful than him. When Djinni fulfills this wish, Jafar is trapped in a magic lamp, because even the largest Djinni always has a lamp that makes him a servant. He only comes out of the lamp again if someone should ever rub it, and Jinni banishes Jafar's lamp back to the wonder cave. With his last wish, Aladdin gives Dschinni freedom and finally receives permission from the Sultan to marry Jasmin.
synchronization
The synchronization work took place at Berliner Synchron . Frank Lenart was responsible for the dialogue script and direction , Andreas Hommelsheim for the musical direction.
| role | English speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Aladdin | Scott Weinger | Michael Deffert |
| Aladdin (vocals) | Brad Caleb Kane | Peter Fessler |
| jasmine | Linda Larkin | Maud Ackermann |
| Jasmin (vocals) | Lea Salonga | Sabine Hettlich |
| Djinni | Robin Williams | Peer Augustinski |
| Jafar | Jonathan Freeman | Joachim Kemmer |
| Iago | Gilbert Gottfried | Wolfgang number |
| sultan | Douglas Seale | Gerry Wolff |
| Abu | Frank Welker | Frank Welker |
| Razoul | Jim Cummings | Wolfgang Kühne |
| Tiger skull (entrance to the miracle cave) | Frank Welker | Michael Chevalier |
| Gazzim | Charlie Adler | Santiago Ziesmer |
| teller | Robin Williams | Jürgen Kluckert |
| Narrator (vocals) | Bruce Adler | Bernd Klinzmann |
music
- Arabian Nights (English Arabian Nights ) - opening titles. Sung by a traveling merchant who is beginning to tell the story.
- Schnell weg (English One Jump Ahead ) - Sung by Aladdin on the run from the guards.
- Nur'n Little Friendship Service (English Friend Like Me ) - Sung by Dschinni in the wonder cave as he demonstrates his skills to Aladdin.
- Prince Ali (English Prince Ali ) - Sung by genie, while Prince Ali alias Aladdin parades through the city.
- A dream comes true ( A Whole New World ) - sung by Aladdin and Jasmin. During their flight together on the carpet, they fall in love.
- Prince Ali - reprise (English Prince Ali - reprise ) - this second song is sung by Jafar after he has usurped power with the help of the lamp and exposed Aladdin as a con man.
DVD / Blu-ray
- Aladdin - 2-Disc Special Edition. , DVD, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2004.
- Aladdin - Musical Masterpieces, Limited Edition. , DVD, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2009.
- Aladdin (Special Collection) , DVD, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, 2013.
- Aladdin , Blu-ray, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, 2013.
- Disney Classics: Aladdin , DVD / BD, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, 2017
Conception
The film is largely based on Indian rather than Arab culture. In the case of the figure of Aladdin, the draftsmen oriented themselves to the then young actor Tom Cruise .
A number of elements were taken from the Oscar-winning film The Thief of Baghdad (1940), for example the figures of the naive-infantile, plump sultan, the grand vizier Jaffar and the best friend and constant companion of the hero Abu. Other motifs, such as the big entry into the city, where the litter is carried by an elephant, or the jump from the princess's balcony, can also be found there.
Originally, Genie was supposed to transform into the narrator from the beginning after he is freed. That would explain how he knew the story and owned the lamp. But since a second part would be impossible if one fundamentally changed the figure, this idea was deleted. Dschinnis human form can still be seen in the song Prince Ali . The narrator reappears at the end of Aladdin and the King of Thieves and ends his story from the beginning of the first part, thus creating a real trilogy. Robin Williams sang all the songs with the Djinni himself and even wrote a few lines of them by hand.
When the raw version of the film was shown to Jeffrey Katzenberg, the latter was so disappointed with the result that he had all the scenes reworked and redrawn in order to bring more pep and humor to it. The complete overhaul of the concept also overturned some important figures such as Aladdin's mother.
Due to protests of the Arab-descended population, the text of the initial song was Arabian Nights (English Arabian Nights changed). In the theatrical version, the controversial passage read “you risk your head and it is gone immediately”, later then “and if you get stuck in the sand, you will never get away from there”.
reception
criticism
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"With Aladdin in 1992, a new age of animation dawned, the days of glorified fairy tales were over: Because in this animation extravaganza, which explodes with ingenuity, the possibilities of modern animation technology were fully exhausted."
Kino.de continued to refer to the film as “[r] a gag fireworks display” and found that this was one of the most successful cartoons to date. A "flawless masterpiece" and no longer comparable to the classic Disney productions. In addition, in 1992 Aladdin became “a groundbreaking blockbuster with admirable computer graphics”.
On moviemaster.de it was found that Aladdin is very different from its predecessors such as Arielle, the Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast , because the film is "less of a dreamy fairy tale, but a living, pulsating story". Even the songs used only accompanied the film, while they used to tell part of the stories.
“Anyone who still believes that cartoons are only for children can no longer be helped with Aladdin . Because children should be the ones who enjoy the figures and the brightly colored pictures, but don't notice much of the many allusions and pricks (sic!). "
Awards
- 1995: ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Alan Menken for Best Song *
- 1994: BMI Film Award for Alan Menken for the best song *
- 1994: Grammy for Alan Menken and Tim Rice for Best Song *
- 1994: Grammy for Alan Menken for best film music
- 1993: MTV Movie Award for Robin Williams in the category "Best Comedic Performance"
- 1993: Golden Globe for Alan Menken and Robin Williams
- 1993: BMI Film Music Award for Alan Menken
- 1993: Oscar for Alan Menken for best film music
- 1993: Oscar for Alan Menken and Tim Rice for Best Song *
- 1992: Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for Robin Williams
- 1992: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award in the "Best Animation" category
- 1992: German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) : "Predicate valuable"
- * for A Whole New World
Sequels
- In 1994 Jafar's Return was released on direct-to-DVD
- Aladdin and the King of Thieves followed in 1996
- From 1994 to 1996 the 86-part television series Disney's Aladdin was created , which takes place between the second and third film.
- In 2019, Disney released a real-life remake of the film. The film is directed by Guy Ritchie based on a script by John August . The title role is played by the Canadian Mena Massoud . Other cast members include Naomi Scott , Will Smith , Marwan Kenzari , Navid Negahban , Nasim Pedrad , Billy Magnussen, and Numan Acar .
Computer games
In the year after the film was released, Sega and Capcom, two manufacturers almost simultaneously brought different games under the title Disney's Aladdin to the market. While the Sega title received support from Disney and appeared on numerous other platforms in addition to the Mega Drive, the Capcom title was limited to the Super Nintendo and was only later ported again to Game Boy Advance.
- Disney's Aladdin (1993, Sega / Virgin) - Mega Drive, Amiga, DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, NES
- Disney's Aladdin (1994, Sega / SIMS) - Game Gear, Sega Master System
- Disney's Aladdin (1993, Capcom) - SNES, Game Boy Advance
Disney itself later released another game:
- Disney's Aladdin: Nasira's Revenge (2000, Disney / Argonaut Games) - Windows, PlayStation
There are also other franchise and marketing items with the Aladdin brand.
literature
- Elmar Biebl, Dirk Manthey, Jörg Altendorf: The films of Walt Disney. The magical world of animation. 2nd edition, 177 p. Milchstraße, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-89324-117-5 .
Web links
- Aladdin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official Aladdin website
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK o. A. Video - FSK o. A. DVD by Aladdin at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Aladdin Film (1992) , KINO.de
- ↑ Info See Internet Movie Database
- ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Aladdin. Retrieved February 23, 2018 .
- ↑ a b [1] at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on December 6, 2014
- ↑ Aladdin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Review of moviemaster.de accessed on August 19, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.fbw-filmbeval.com/film/aladdin
- ^ Aladdin ( Memento from June 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on stern.de
