Aladdin (2019 film)

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## *Aladdin*

### Produced by

Dan Lin
Jonathan Eirich

### Written by

John August (Screenplay)
Guy Ritchie (Screenplay)

### Starring

Will Smith
Mena Massoud
Naomi Scott
Marwan Kenzari
Navid Negahban
Nasim Pedrad
Billy Magnussen

### Music by

Alan Menken (Score and Songs)
Benj Pasek (Songs)
Justin Paul (Songs)
Howard Ashman (Songs)
Tim Rice (Songs)

### Studio(s)

Walt Disney Pictures
Rideback

### Followed by

*Aladdin 2*

**Aladdin (2019 film)** is a 2019 American musical fantasy film directed by Guy Ritchie and written by John August. It was a live-action adaptation of the 1992 film of the same name. The film was released by Walt Disney Pictures on May 24, 2019 and was uploaded on Disney+ on January 8, 2020.

The plot follows the story of a young street rat called Aladdin (Mena Massoud) who falls in love with Agrabah's princess, Jasmine (Naomi Scott). Aladdin then befriends a wish-granting genie (Will Smith) and fights the wicked vizier Jafar in order to get the lamp and restore peace in Agrabah.

In October 2016, Disney announced Ritchie would direct a live-action *Aladdin* remake. Smith was the first member of the cast to join, signing on to portray Genie in July 2017, and Massoud and Scott were confirmed for the two lead roles later that month. Principal photography began that September at Longcross Studios in Surrey, England, also filming in the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan, and lasted until January 2018. Additional filming and pick-ups took place in August 2018.

Upon its theatrical release in the United States on May 24, 2019, *Aladdin* grossed $1 billion worldwide, becoming the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2019, and the 34th highest-grossing film of all-time during its theatrical run. The film received mixed reviews from critics; while the musical score, visual effects, humor, costumes, and performances of Smith, Massoud, and Scott were praised, criticisms were aimed at Ritchie's direction, the deviations from the original film and Kenzari's performance as Jafar. A sequel is in development, but may be disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Synopsis

*"Aladdin is a lovable street urchin who meets Princess Jasmine, the beautiful daughter of the sultan of Agrabah. While visiting her exotic palace, Aladdin stumbles upon a magic oil lamp that unleashes a powerful, wisecracking, larger-than-life genie. As Aladdin and the genie start to become friends, they must soon embark on a dangerous mission to stop the evil sorcerer, Jafar, from overthrowing young Jasmine's kingdom."*

## Plot

In the streets of the Kingdom of Agrabah lived a kind-hearted, thieving, parentless, street rat named Aladdin.

One day, while strolling around the streets, looking for food as usual, Aladdin spots a beautiful girl, whom he immediately falls in love with. The girl was in trouble after giving away bread for free to children, causing the merchant to get frustrated. Aladdin stops the merchant, Jamal, before he could get this girl's bracelet, but they then get chased around by the Palace Guards when Jamal realises that Aladdin conned him. Aladdin sings the song, *"One Jump Ahead*" as they are getting chased.

Once the guards were out of reach, the two goes to Aladdin's place, where Aladdin initially thinks this woman is Dalia, the handmaiden of the princess of Agrabah. Suddenly, Dalia has to leave, due to another suitor for the princess, Prince Anders, arrives in the kingdom. It turns out, Dalia was actually Princess Jasmine, and Dalia the handmaiden and best friend of Jasmine.

Meanwhile, Jafar, the Sultan's royal vizier is plotting to kill the Sultan and become one in place, but this can only happen when he acquires the Magic Lamp. But, it is hidden in the Cave of Wonders, and only the so-called "Diamond in the Rough" could enter and seek the lamp. So, Jafar spends weeks looking for him.

One night, after Jasmine turned down Prince Anders's hand in marriage, Aladdin somehow sneaks into the palace, catching the eye of Iago, Jafar's parrot. Jasmine is shocked to see Aladdin, who has returned Jasmine's bracelet, still thinking that she was Dalia. Aladdin promises that they will meet again the next day when the moon is up, but upon his exit, Aladdin was caught by some guards. Notably, Jafar.

The next day, Aladdin is at the Arabian desert with Jafar, who assumes that he is the diamond in the rough, because of Iago. Aladdin tells Jafar of the "handmaiden" when Jafar saw the hair clip of Jasmine, correcting that she was no handmaiden but the princess, much to Aladdin's shock. By evening, it was shown that Jasmine was waiting for Aladdin to meet up with her, saying he promised. They then sing the deleted song, "Desert Moon". When Aladdin and Jafar reach the Cave, Aladdin was permitted to enter. However, they were warned to only grab the lamp. In the Cave, they met Magic Carpet to help them find the lamp. But midway, Abu gets greedy by a big, shiny, ruby and touches it. This threatens the Cave's spirit and the cave begins to crumble. Aladdin and Abu nearly make it back, but end up trapped after Jafar steals the lamp.

In the cave, Abu reveals that he stole the lamp back from Jafar, Aladdin sees the dusty lump and gives it a small rub, causing an all-powerful, wish-granting Genie to come out. Genie could grant three wishes, as long as Aladdin holds the lamp. Genie explains the rules in the song, "Friend Like Me". Aladdin's first wish was to get out of the cave (though he outsmarted Genie by not holding nor rubbing the lamp). Soon he, Abu, Carpet, and Genie are out and in the middle of the desert. Seeing that Genie can make him into anything, Aladdin wishes that he could turn into a prince so that he could marry Princess Jasmine. Genie then turns him into Prince Ali and parade to the Sultan's Palace, while sing "Prince Ali". The Sultan gladly welcomes Ali.

In the palace, Ali starts off awkwardly being a prince and trying to make Jasmine impressed. Ali then reveals that he brought gifts of golden camels, jams, and tiny spoons. But Ali makes the wrong impression on Jasmine causing her to leave, the Sultan though, invited Ali to the party of harvest. While at the party, Jasmine shows lack of interest for the princes coming to court her. Ali and Genie, meanwhile, have an argument with Genie sliding Ali to where Jasmine and Dalia were talking. Jasmine invites Ali to dance, which he agrees, and as Genie controls Ali in dancing, hoping Jasmine would be impressed. When Ali does the backflip, however, Jasmine left.

Later, Aladdin decides to pay Jasmine a visit in her room. Genie, who took Dalia out on a night stroll, was secretly controlling the map when Jasmine asked Ali where Ababwa was. Genie tells Ali to be himself, but Aladdin scowls. By finally being himself, Ali takes Jasmine on a carpet ride where they began to bond. While on the carpet, Jasmine figures out Ali was actually Aladdin, but he manages to convince her by saying he is really a prince and that he dresses as a commoner to escape palace life. Then he takes Jasmine back to the palace and they share their first kiss.

But the next day, Ali was kidnapped by Jafar, who figured out he was Aladdin and had the magic lamp. Jafar tells Ali to hand over the lamp, which Aladdin denies, so Jafar pushes Ali out the window, dropping him to the ocean. Abu and Carpet, seeing this, grab the lamp and drops it in the ocean, causing Genie to save Aladdin. After talking with Jasmine about Jafar's treachery, they go to the Sultan to find him hypnotized by Jafar. Aladdin breaks the snake staff of Jafar, causing the Sultan to go back to normal. The Sultan was enraged at Jafar and ordered him to be arrested. But Jafar escapes with Iago's help.

Meanwhile, the Sultan is thanking Aladdin and tells him he would be happy if he and Jasmine were to get married. This makes Aladdin break his promise to set Genie free, saying he can not keep being a prince if there is no Genie to help him. Genie is disappointed and retreats to his lamp. Aladdin goes back to his hovel, deep in thought. He knew he had to tell Jasmine. Just then, while walking, an old man bumps into Aladdin, stealing the lamp. At his hovel, Aladdin realises that Jafar has the lamp.

Back in the palace, Jafar wishes to become the Sultan, making the real Sultan enraged. But when the guards stop serving Jafar uses his second wish to become the most powerful sorcerer in the world and noticing Aladdin, sends him off to the ends of the earth, threating to kill Dalia and the Sultan if Jasmine does not marry him. However, Carpet saves Aladdin and Abu.

As they proceed with the wedding ceremony, Jasmine notices Aladdin coming on carpet. She plays along with the wedding and once she gets close enough to Jafar, she swipes the lamp from him and jumps onto carpet. Jafar sends Iago after them, turning him into a giant parrot. They almost lose the lamp during the chase, but get it back. However, Iago steals it back, but then loses it when the Sultan interrupts Jafar's sorcery on him. He changes back into a regular parrot. However, Jafar then casts a sand twister that capture Aladdin and Jasmine and brings them back to him. Jafar now has them at his mercy, declaring him the most powerful man in the world. However, Aladdin retorts by claiming Jafar is not as powerful as he wishes to believe. The Genie remains the most powerful being in the universe as he gave Jafar his power in the first place and can also take it away. Realizing what Aladdin says is true and that he is still just "second-best", Jafar uses his final wish to become an all-powerful being. Seeing Aladdin's cunning plan, Genie grants his wish, turning Jafar into a monstrously powerful genie. With phenomenal, cosmic power at his command, Jafar declares himself ruler of the universe, while he plans to use his newly-obtained powers to destroy Shirabad. However, as pointed out by Aladdin, the power of a genie comes with a price. Jafar receives his own golden shackles and a lamp prison, which sucks him inside along with Iago.

Trapped in the lamp, Jafar's magic is undone and Genie sends his lamp flying to the Cave of Wonders, as prisoners. Aladdin then apologizes to Jasmine for deceiving them, and wishes for Genie to be free. Genie, who was now a complete human, decides to spend his freedom exploring and seeing the world with Dalia, whom he has now fallen in love with. Dalia reminds him that she wants a boat and children.

The Sultan then decides to make Jasmine the Sultan of Agrabah and tells her that she should go with Aladdin. Meanwhile, Aladdin sneaks out of the palace unnoticed, still thinking he was not a prince for Jasmine. But she catches up with Aladdin and the two have their first kiss later marrying.

## Cast

* Will Smith as Genie and the Mariner
* Mena Massoud as Aladdin
* Naomi Scott as Jasmine
* Marwan Kenzari as Jafar
* Navid Negahban as The Sultan
* Nasim Pedrad as Dalia
* Billy Magnussen as Prince Anders
* Numan Acar as Hakim
* Alan Tudyk as the voice of Iago
* Frank Welker as the voices of Abu, Rajah, and the Cave of Wonders

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1. ↑ Brian Welk (May 22, 2019). ‘Aladdin’ Remake Rubs Critics Differently, From ‘Rip-Roaring Spectacle’ to ‘Cinematic Karaoke’. Retrieved on May 22, 2019.