"that Robin Williams brought to ""Aladdin"""". Similarly, ""Chicago Tribune"" film reviewer Gene Siskel, while awarding the film 2 out of 4 stars, complimented that ""the only memorable character in the film is the nicely drawn villain Hades (voice by James Woods), who seeks to turn Hercules to the dark side. Hades supplies the genie-like patter that Robin Williams provided in ""Aladdin."""" Janet Maslin of ""The New York Times"" also praised Woods's performance remarking ""Woods shows off the full verve of an edgy Scarfe villain"", and added ""On any level, earthly or otherwise, the ingenious new animated ""Hercules"" is pretty divine."""
"writer was ""struck by the breadth"" and radical diversity of most roles Williams portrayed. Terry Gilliam, who co-founded ""Monty Python"" and directed Williams in two of his films, ""The Fisher King"" and ""The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"" (1988), said in 1992 that Williams had the ability to ""go from manic to mad to tender and vulnerable ... [Williams had] the most unique mind on the planet. There's nobody like him out there."" Williams voiced characters in several animated films. His voice role as the Genie in the animated musical ""Aladdin"" (1992) was written for him. The film's directors stated that"
"enormous, mustached, genie with gold or orange coloring) was sufficiently distinct from the Disney images (with an enormous, non-mustached, blue genie). Aladdin (1992 Golden Films film) Aladdin is a 48-minute animated film based on the classic ""Arabian Nights"" story, Aladdin and the magic lamp, translated by Antoine Galland. Like all other Golden Films productions, the film featured a single theme song, ""Rub the Lamp"", written and composed by Richard Hurwitz and John Arrias. It was released directly to video on April 27, 1992. A young boy named Aladdin lives a poor life with his mother. A shifty man named Hassim"
"which apparently really ""clashed"" with the Williams' wilder home decor. Williams refused to sign on for ""The Return of Jafar"" so it was Dan Castellaneta that voiced the Genie. When Jeffrey Katzenberg was replaced by Joe Roth as Walt Disney Studios chairman, Roth organized a public apology to Williams. Williams would, in turn, reprise the role in the 1996 direct-to-video sequel ""Aladdin and the King of Thieves"". Composer Alan Menken and songwriters Howard Ashman and Tim Rice were praised for creating a soundtrack that is ""consistently good, rivaling the best of Disney's other animated musicals from the '90s."" Menken and"
"Sullivan, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Groucho Marx, Rodney Dangerfield, William F. Buckley, Peter Lorre, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Arsenio Hall. His role in ""Aladdin"" became one of his most recognized and best-loved, and the film was the highest-grossing of 1992; it won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe for Williams. His performance led the way for other animated films to incorporate actors with more star power. He was named a Disney Legend in 2009. Williams continued to provide voices in other animated films, including """" (1992), ""Robots"" (2005), ""Happy Feet"" (2006), and an uncredited vocal performance in ""Everyone's Hero"" (2006)."
"Linda Larkin Linda Larkin (born March 20, 1970) is an American actress and voice actress. She is best known for voicing Princess Jasmine in Disney's 1992 animated feature film, ""Aladdin"". She later reprised her role in the sequels, ""The Return of Jafar"" and ""Aladdin and the King of Thieves"", as well as in the ""Kingdom Hearts"" and ""Disney Infinity"" video game series. In order for her to voice Princess Jasmine, Disney required her to lower her voice as it was otherwise too high for the role. For her work at Disney, Larkin was honored as a Disney Legend on August"
"Bruce Adler Bruce Adler (November 27, 1944 – July 25, 2008) was an American Broadway actor. After debuting on the Broadway stage in the 1979 revival of ""Oklahoma!"", he went on to a career that saw him nominated for Tony Awards as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for ""Those Were the Days"" (1991) and ""Crazy For You"" (1992). His film work was limited to voice work in animated films, notably providing the singing voice for the narrator of the 1992 Disney film ""Aladdin"" and the 1996 sequel ""Aladdin and the King of Thieves"". Born in New York City, Adler's"
"Aladdin (Disney character) Aladdin is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of Walt Disney Pictures's 31st animated feature film ""Aladdin"" (1992) based on Aladdin, a folk tale of Middle Eastern origin. He is voiced by American actor Scott Weinger, while his singing voice is provided by Brad Kane. He also stars in the two direct-to-video sequels ""The Return of Jafar"" (1994) and ""Aladdin and the King of Thieves"" (1996), as well as the animated television series based on the film. Mena Massoud is set to play a live-action version of the character in a live action adaptation of the"
"19, 2011. A native of Los Angeles, she has been married to actor and musician Yul Vazquez since 2002. Linda Larkin Linda Larkin (born March 20, 1970) is an American actress and voice actress. She is best known for voicing Princess Jasmine in Disney's 1992 animated feature film, ""Aladdin"". She later reprised her role in the sequels, ""The Return of Jafar"" and ""Aladdin and the King of Thieves"", as well as in the ""Kingdom Hearts"" and ""Disney Infinity"" video game series. In order for her to voice Princess Jasmine, Disney required her to lower her voice as it was otherwise"
"14th best animated film character of all time, calling her ""the cool idol that we aspired to be like"" and concluding that ""the movie would truly not be the same if it weren’t for the Princess Jasmine."" ""Cosmopolitan"" placed Jasmine's signature blue outfit at number eight on the magazine's ranking of ""The 37 Best Disney Princess Outfits"", praising her for pulling off ""a wide, jeweled headband, statement earrings, and a heavy necklace all at once without becoming overwhelmed by them"". Princess Jasmine Princess Jasmine is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature film ""Aladdin"" (1992). Voiced"
"Clements, Kirk Wise, and Gary Trousdale, the new guard of Disney artists creating these films included story artists/directors Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, Chris Sanders, and Brenda Chapman, and lead animators Glen Keane, Andreas Deja, Eric Goldberg, Nik Ranieri, Will Finn, and many others. ""Aladdin"", released in November 1992, continued the upward trend in Disney's animation success, earning $504 million worldwide at the box office, and two more Oscars for Best Song and Best Score. Featuring songs by Menken, Ashman, and Tim Rice (who replaced Ashman after his passing) and starring the voice of Robin Williams, ""Aladdin"" also established the trend"
"in the Mt. Eden High School show choir and married her in 2002. James Monroe Iglehart James Monroe Iglehart (born September 4, 1974) is an American stage actor and singer. Iglehart is perhaps best known for his Tony Award-winning performance as the Genie in the original Broadway production of ""Aladdin"". Iglehart assumed the role of Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson in the Broadway company of ""Hamilton"" in April 2017. Iglehart attended Cal State Hayward and started his career in California, performing in ""Bat Boy"" at TheatreWorks, Palo Alto, California and as Teen Angel in ""Grease"" at the American Musical Theatre, San"
"Aladdin (1958 film) Aladdin is a 1958 musical fantasy written especially for television with a book by S.J. Perelman and music and lyrics by Cole Porter, telecast in color on the ""DuPont Show of the Month"" by CBS. It was Porter's very last musical score. Columbia Records issued both monophonic and stereophonic LP's of the songs with members of the original TV cast, which included Cyril Ritchard, Dennis King, Basil Rathbone, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Geoffrey Holder (as the Genie), Sal Mineo (as Aladdin,) and Una Merkel (as Aladdin's mother). Sony Records has digitally remastered the stereo recording for release on"
"James Monroe Iglehart James Monroe Iglehart (born September 4, 1974) is an American stage actor and singer. Iglehart is perhaps best known for his Tony Award-winning performance as the Genie in the original Broadway production of ""Aladdin"". Iglehart assumed the role of Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson in the Broadway company of ""Hamilton"" in April 2017. Iglehart attended Cal State Hayward and started his career in California, performing in ""Bat Boy"" at TheatreWorks, Palo Alto, California and as Teen Angel in ""Grease"" at the American Musical Theatre, San Jose, California. In 2005, he directed ""Bat Boy the Musical"" at Ray of"
"Scott Weinger Scott Weinger (born October 5, 1975) is an American actor, voice actor, writer and producer, best known as the voice of the title character in Disney's ""Aladdin"". Weinger reprised the role in the two direct-to-video sequels, the television series of the same name, and the ""Kingdom Hearts"" and ""Disney Infinity"" video game series. He is also known for playing Steve Hale on the ABC sitcom ""Full House"" and its Netflix sequel ""Fuller House"". He is also a writer and producer for television, including for ABC's ""Galavant"" and ""Black-ish"". He was a co-executive producer of ABC's ""The Muppets"". Weinger"
"Prince Ali (song) ""Prince Ali"" and its reprise are two musical numbers from the 1992 Disney animated film ""Aladdin"". The first part was performed by Robin Williams in his role as the Genie and the reprise is performed by Jonathan Freeman in his role as Jafar. The song performed by Williams was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 50th Golden Globe Awards in 1993. After Williams' death in 2014, the first part of the song received extensive airplay on UK National Radio. The film version cut a conceived intro for the song and two"
"in his street rat clothes. Aladdin, Jasmine, Carpet, Abu and Genie make cameo appearances in the Hong Kong Disneyland version of It's a Small World. In the Broadway musical adaptation, Aladdin is played by actor Adam Jacobs. Aladdin (Disney character) Aladdin is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of Walt Disney Pictures's 31st animated feature film ""Aladdin"" (1992) based on Aladdin, a folk tale of Middle Eastern origin. He is voiced by American actor Scott Weinger, while his singing voice is provided by Brad Kane. He also stars in the two direct-to-video sequels ""The Return of Jafar"" (1994) and"
"Aladdin (1992 Golden Films film) Aladdin is a 48-minute animated film based on the classic ""Arabian Nights"" story, Aladdin and the magic lamp, translated by Antoine Galland. Like all other Golden Films productions, the film featured a single theme song, ""Rub the Lamp"", written and composed by Richard Hurwitz and John Arrias. It was released directly to video on April 27, 1992. A young boy named Aladdin lives a poor life with his mother. A shifty man named Hassim approaches Aladdin claiming to be his long lost uncle and persuades him to come on a journey promising riches. Once in"
"Friend Like Me ""Friend Like Me"" is a song from the 1992 Disney film ""Aladdin"". It was performed by Robin Williams in his role as the Genie. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 65th Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 50th Golden Globe Awards in 1993. The song was originally designed as a Cab Calloway-style big band number. After Robin Williams was cast, it was retooled as a more comedic, pop-culture-filled song. ScreenCrush explains that remnants of the previous version of the film can be"
"and Scott Weinger, voice of Aladdin. Apart from some rough, unfinished storyboards and drawings, Larkin did not see much of her character until the film was finally screened at the Museum of Modern Art. Before discovering Larkin, Disney had been insisting on auditioning exclusively performers who were capable of singing as well as they could act. However, after Williams' recruitment, the studio relented in favor of casting ""strong actors"" instead. When Larkin first auditioned for the role, ""A Whole New World"", Jasmine's only surviving song, had not yet been written; she admitted, ""there's no way I would have even auditioned"
"""Desperate Housewives"". He appeared as the Genie in the ""Aladdin"" sequel ""The Return of Jafar"" and on the 1994 ""Aladdin"" television series. The Genie had been voiced by Robin Williams in ""Aladdin"", and Castellaneta described replacing him as ""sort of like stepping into ""Hamlet"" after Laurence Olivier did it, how can you win?"" He also provided Genie's voice in the ""Kingdom Hearts"" video game series for both Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II (with archived audio used for and its remake as well as for the later HD collections HD 1.5 Remix and HD 2.5 Remix). Castellaneta portrayed Aaron Spelling"
"and Douglas Seale. The film follows Aladdin, an Arabian street urchin, who finds a magic lamp containing a genie. In order to hide the lamp from the Grand vizier, he disguises himself as a wealthy prince, and tries to impress the Sultan and his daughter. Lyricist Howard Ashman first pitched the idea, and the screenplay went through three drafts before then-Walt Disney Studios president Jeffrey Katzenberg agreed to its production. The animators based their designs on the work of caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, and computers were used for finishing the artwork and creating some animated elements. The musical score was written"
"his 2014 death, with critics considering the Genie to have been his most memorable performance. ""Aladdin"" composer Alan Menken lamented that Williams was a ""a brilliant, adorable, hilarious, compassionate, vulnerable manifestation of the human condition."" The Genie first appears in ""Aladdin"", where he is released from a magical oil lamp by the titular character in the collapsed Cave of Wonders. After he explains that he can grant three wishes, Aladdin, knowing that Genie would only grant his wish to get out of the cave if he used one of his wishes, dupes him into freeing Aladdin and Abu from the"
"Aladdin (animated TV series) Aladdin is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation which aired from September 5, 1994, to November 25, 1995, based on the original 1992 Disney film of the same name. The series is set after ""The Return of Jafar"" and picked up where the installment left off. The ""Aladdin"" TV series is considered one of Disney's finest television animation work. The series was produced by Alan Zaslove and Tad Stones, who were already renowned for their work on """" and ""Darkwing Duck"". Many of the films' stars provided the voices of their"
"Bill Melendez José ""Bill"" Cuauhtémoc Meléndez (November 15, 1916 – September 2, 2008) was a Mexican–American character animator, voice actor, film director and producer known for his cartoons for Walt Disney Productions (working on four Disney films ""Pinocchio"", ""Fantasia"", ""Dumbo"" and ""Bambi""), Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA and the ""Peanuts"" series. Melendez provided the voices of Snoopy and Woodstock in the latter as well. A native of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, Melendez was educated in U.S. public schools in Douglas, Arizona. He later attended the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles (which would later become California Institute of the Arts). Following the"
"dubbed it ""Act II’s standout"". This song is playable in the video game ""Just Dance 2014"". Prince Ali (song) ""Prince Ali"" and its reprise are two musical numbers from the 1992 Disney animated film ""Aladdin"". The first part was performed by Robin Williams in his role as the Genie and the reprise is performed by Jonathan Freeman in his role as Jafar. The song performed by Williams was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 50th Golden Globe Awards in 1993. After Williams' death in 2014, the first part of the song received extensive airplay"
"Gilbert Gottfried Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried (born February 28, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor. Gottfried's persona as a comedian features an exaggerated shrill voice and emphasis on crude humor. His numerous roles in film and television include voicing the parrot Iago in Disney's ""Aladdin"", Digit in the children's cartoon/educational math-based show ""Cyberchase"", and Kraang Subprime in ""Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"". Gottfried was also the voice of the Aflac Duck until 2011. Since 2014, Gottfried has hosted a podcast, ""Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast"", which features new episodes each week featuring discussions of classic movies and celebrity"
"Aladdin (1979 musical) Aladdin is a musical written by Sandy Wilson for the newly-refurbished Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Although not a pantomime, it played during the theatre's inaugural Christmas pantomime season of 1979/80 at the theatre, opening on 21 December 1979, and starred Richard Freeman as Aladdin, Joe Melia as Tuang Kee Chung (Widow Twankey), Aubrey Woods as Abanazar, Ernest Clark as The Emperor, Martin McEvoy as The Genie, Elizabeth Welch as Fatima and Christine McKenna as Badr-al-Badur. The Aladdin story (sometimes combined with Ali Baba and other ""Arabian Nights"" tales) had been a traditional pantomime subject in England for nearly"
"Jonathan Freeman (actor) Jonathan Freeman (born February 5, 1950) is an American actor, voice actor, singer and puppeteer, known for puppetering and voicing Tito Swing in ""Shining Time Station"" and for voicing Jafar in Disney's ""Aladdin"" franchise, as well as the ""Kingdom Hearts"" franchise and the 2011 ""Aladdin"" Broadway musical. Freeman was born in Cleveland, Ohio on February 5, 1950. He graduated from Ohio University. As well as being the voice of Jafar in ""Aladdin"", Freeman is also known for being the puppeteer for Tito Swing of the Jukebox Band (Flexitoon Puppets) on the PBS series ""Shining Time Station"". In"
"De Niro, Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone, Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Dustin Hoffman, Charlton Heston and Marlon Brando. His credits include the role of the Genie in the Italian version of the ""Aladdin"" film series and the Dragon in ""Dragonheart"". Gigi Proietti Luigi ""Gigi"" Proietti (born November 2, 1940) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, director, musician and singer. He was born in Rome to Romano Proietti, a man from Umbria, and Giovanna Ceci, a housewife. During his youth he was keen on singing and on playing guitar, piano, accordion and double bass in several Roman night clubs. He enrolled"
"An official music video is available online. Friend Like Me ""Friend Like Me"" is a song from the 1992 Disney film ""Aladdin"". It was performed by Robin Williams in his role as the Genie. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 65th Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 50th Golden Globe Awards in 1993. The song was originally designed as a Cab Calloway-style big band number. After Robin Williams was cast, it was retooled as a more comedic, pop-culture-filled song. ScreenCrush explains that remnants of the"
"by Alan Menken and features six songs with lyrics written by Ashman and Tim Rice, who took over after Ashman's death. ""Aladdin"" was released on November 25, 1992, to critical and commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1992 with an earn of over $504 million in worldwide box office revenue. Upon release, it became the first animated feature to reach the half–billion dollar mark, and was briefly the highest-grossing animated film of all time until it was surpassed by ""The Lion King"". ""Aladdin"" garnered two Academy Awards, as well as other accolades for its soundtrack which had the first"
"March 14, 2011, and announced a casting call for his replacement as the voice of the duck. He was replaced by Daniel McKeague (who did an impression of Gottfried) on April 26, 2011. Gilbert Gottfried Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried (born February 28, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor. Gottfried's persona as a comedian features an exaggerated shrill voice and emphasis on crude humor. His numerous roles in film and television include voicing the parrot Iago in Disney's ""Aladdin"", Digit in the children's cartoon/educational math-based show ""Cyberchase"", and Kraang Subprime in ""Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"". Gottfried was also"