ALADDIN

USA | 1992 | COLOR | DCP | 90’ | ENGLISH

Aladdin, a good-hearted urchin from the ‘Arabian Nights’ finds for the despicable Jafar the magic lamp. From it comes out the greatest voice performance ever an interplanetary Robin Williams genie in an unsurpassed acting lesson. The fact that Aladdin and Princess Jasmine fall in love seems a coincidence. The film that catapulted Disney into the new era was an inconceivable blockbuster 1 out of 5 Americans saw in the theaters, making it the most commercial film of 1992. It also brought in half a billion dollars in video rentals. Amazing songs and soundtrack (Oscars, both) make you sad for its contemporaries, unforgettable sidekick characters, dreamy fairytale atmosphere, wild but perfectly edited rhythms and, again, Robin Williams. What an achievement, indeed. I.D.

DIRECTORS: John Musker, Ron Clements
SCREENWRITERS: Ron Clements, John Musker, Ted Elliot, Terry Rosio
MUSIC: Alan Menken
EDITOR: H. Lee Peterson
VOICES: Christos Stasinopoulos, Katerina Yiamali, Zano Danias, Nikos Pogkas, Spyros Bibilas

JOHN MUSKER
American animator, director, producer and screenwriter, born in 1953. He studied English at Northwestern, where he sketched for the university paper. He got his MA in Fine Arts in California and apprenticed for two years with the legendary Disney animator, Frank Thomas. A known figure of the studio, several of his works are now considered classics.

RON CLEMENTS
American animator, director, producer and screenwriter, born also in 1953. Collaborators with John Musker. He started working as an animator for Hanna-Barbera, before joining the Disney talent program and working also with Frank Thomas. Important in the genre, a short film of his (‘Shades of Sherlock Holmes’) has a place in the archive of the Academy of Arts and Sciences for its significance.
 
FILMOGRAPHY (SHARED)
2016 Moana
2009 The Princess and the Frog
2002 Treasure Planet
1997 Hercules
1992 Aladdin
1989 The Little Mermaid
1986 The Great Mouse Detective