The film, Aladdin, which turned 30 last weekend, is based on a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales called One Thousand and One Nights, often known in English as simply Arabian Nights.

1. The "Arabian Nights" song at the film's start is completely revamped and expanded. This version of "Arabian Nights" is much more family friendly from its original incarnation. Disney ...

Updating the "Aladdin" song score involved a touch of Will Smith's hip-hop sensibilities and new songs from Alan Menken and Pasek & Paul.

While another song from the animated film, “A Whole New World,” wound up winning the best song Oscar, “Friend Like Me” remains the most hilarious sequence in the “Arabian Nights” fantasy.

Some may remember that in 1993, the animated film’s opening song, “Arabian Nights,” offered a lyric change in the home video release, following complaints of racism by the American-Arab Anti ...

She laments over this with the song, “Speechless,” which was written specifically for this 2019 film. This movie also has the Genie introduce the movie on his boat, singing the song “Arabian ...

The Real Deal With The Street Peddler Who Introduces Aladdin Aladdin begins with the now-controversial song “Arabian Nights” (more on that later) sung by a character known as The Peddler.

Khan uploaded a video to his Vine and Instagram accounts showing himself dressed as Aladdin on his “magic carpet,” cruising down the street, browsing through Wal-Mart and even hitting up the ...

The original lyric in the first verse of the song Arabian Nights described Arabia as “ Where they cut off your ear if they don’t like your face”.

Disney Theatrical Productions has announced that original Broadway cast members Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), Michael James Scott (Genie - also original Australian Genie) and Courtney Reed (Jasmine) will ...

‘Aladdin’: Will Smith Is the Live-Action Movie’s Best Special Effect Guy Ritchie's family-friendly, CG-enhanced live-action version of Disney’s animated hit surprises in all the right ways ...