Aladdin (1992 Golden Films film)

Aladdin
Aladdin
	Aladdin and the genie
Directed by	Masakazu Higuchi; Chinami Namba
Written by	Jack Olesker
Based on	Aladdin and the magic lamp from One Thousand and One Nights
Produced by	Diane Eskenazi
Starring	Jeff Bennett; Corey Burton; Cam Clarke; Candi Milo;
Music by	Richard Hurwitz; John Arrias
Production; companies	Golden Films; American Film Investment Corporation
Distributed by	GoodTimes Home Video
Release date	April 27, 1992 (US);
Running time	48 minutes
Countries	Japan; United States
Language	English

Aladdin is a 1992 animated fantasy film.^[1] It is based on the classic Arabian Nights story Aladdin, translated by Antoine Galland. Aladdin was produced by Golden Films and the American Film Investment Corporation. Like all other Golden Films productions, the film featured a single song, "Rub the Lamp", written and composed by Richard Hurwitz and John Arrias. It was released directly to video on April 27, 1992 by GoodTimes Home Video (7 months before Disney's version was released) and was reissued on DVD in 2002 as part of the distributor's "Collectible Classics" line of products.

Plot

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 the desert amid some ruins, Hassim performs an incantation to open a cave and Aladdin realizes that Hassim is not his uncle. Hassim only brought him here because he is the only one who can enter the cave interior. Aladdin reluctantly enters the cave and finds what Hassim was looking for: an old lamp. Fearing that Hassim will kill him after he gets what he wants, Aladdin refuses to hand over the lamp and Hassim closes the cave trapping Aladdin. Unwittingly, Aladdin rubs the lamp and releases a powerful genie who can grant any wish. Aladdin makes a wish to return to his home. After his safe return, Aladdin's mother disregards the lamp and Aladdin keeps it hidden and remains silent about it.

Four years later, Aladdin is captivated by the Sultan's daughter Layla and sneaks into the bathing house to see her. Aladdin escapes the guards and returns home to tell his mother his wish to marry the princess. The next day, Aladdin's mother presents a sack of jewels he obtained from the cave before the sultan. The sultan's conniving vizier (who has plans to have his own son marry the princess) convinces the sultan that his daughter is worth more than the jewels and that Aladdin should bring bigger riches and many servants. With the aid of the lamp, Aladdin accomplishes this. The sultan allows Aladdin to marry Layla and Aladdin has the genie build a palace by the city for the married couple to live in peacefully.

Hassim hears about Aladdin's success with the lamp from the medicine woman Fatima. Hassim travels to Aladdin's palace. With Aladdin out on a hunt, Hassim tricks Layla into swapping the genie's lamp for a new one and makes a wish for the palace and princess to be transported to Marrakesh. Hearing about his daughter's disappearance, the sultan has Aladdin arrested. Before Aladdin can be sentenced, Fatima (who did not get her end of the bargain with Hassim) approaches and reveals the whereabouts of Layla. With his mother in the sultan's custody and one month to put things right, Aladdin travels to Marrakesh, sneaks into his palace and swipes the lamp from a sleeping Hassim. With the lamp back in his possession, Aladdin wishes his wife and palace to be returned to his homeland.

Hassim notices Aladdin's liberation and swears revenge. He holds Fatima at knifepoint and steals her clothes to disguise himself as her, then beckons the princess to have Aladdin wish for the egg of the fabled Roc to bring them good luck. The genie is not able to grant this wish as the Roc is superior to him and reveals that Fatima is actually Hassim. Aladdin feigns illness to bring Hassim right where he wants him. Aladdin and Hassim duel, ending up with Hassim tripping on his robe and is accidentally impaled by his own sword, killing himself. Aladdin and the princess then live happily ever after without the fear of anyone stealing the lamp again.

Cast

Jeff Bennett – The Genie, Hassim, Sultan, Additional Voices
Corey Burton – Ali, Additional Voices
Cam Clarke – Aladdin, Additional Voices
Candi Milo – Fatima, Aladdin's Mother, Additional Voices

Disney lawsuit

Shortly after its appearance as a VHS by GoodTimes, the Disney Company brought an unfair competition and infringement lawsuit, claiming that the GoodTimes packaging deliberately imitated the style of the images used by Disney to promote its own Aladdin theatrical film thereby deceiving consumers into thinking they were buying the Disney film (which had not yet been issued on VHS). However, a federal court dismissed the suit on the grounds that Aladdin was a public domain work and the GoodTimes packaging (with an enormous, mustached, genie with gold or orange coloring) was sufficiently distinct from the Disney images (with an enormous, non-mustached, blue genie).^[2]^[3]

References

^ Aladdin knock off movie, retrieved 2022-04-15
^ Walt Disney Co. v. Goodtimes Home Video Corp., vol. 830, August 27, 1993, p. 762, retrieved 2020-03-25
^ Nichols, Peter (1993-09-17). "Disney loses suit over Good Times' 'Aladdin' video". Bangor Daily News. Bangor Publishing Company. Retrieved 2013-12-03.

External links

[1] Aladdin knock off movie, retrieved 2022-04-15

[2] Walt Disney Co. v. Goodtimes Home Video Corp., vol. 830, August 27, 1993, p. 762, retrieved 2020-03-25

[3] Nichols, Peter (1993-09-17). "Disney loses suit over Good Times' 'Aladdin' video". Bangor Daily News. Bangor Publishing Company. Retrieved 2013-12-03.

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v t e Aladdin
Key people	Hanna Diyab Antoine Galland
Films	Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917) The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939) A Thousand and One Nights (1945) Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag (1952) Alif Laila (1953) Alladin Ka Beta (1955) Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp (1957) Aladdin (1958) 1001 Arabian Nights (1959) The Wonders of Aladdin (1961) Sindbad Alibaba and Aladdin (1965) Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1967) A Thousand and One Nights (1969) Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1970) Adventures of Aladdin (1978) Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum (1979) Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1982) Superfantagenio (1986) Aladdin (1992) Aladdin (Golden Films) (1992) The Return of Jafar (1994) Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) Son of Alladin (2002) Aladin (2009) Ashchorjyo Prodeep (2013) The New Adventures of Aladdin (2015) Alad'2 (2018) Aladdin (2019) Adventures of Aladdin (2019) Wish Dragon (2021)
Television series	Alif Laila (1993–1997) Aladdin (1994–1995) Arabian Nights (2000) Aladdin – Naam Toh Suna Hoga (2018–2021) Once Upon a Time season 6 (2016)
Theatre	The New Aladdin (1906) Aladdin (1979 musical) (1979) Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular (2003) Aladdin (2011 musical) (2011)
Video games	Disney's Aladdin (Sega Genesis; 1993) Disney's Aladdin (SNES; 1993) Disney's Aladdin (SIMS; 1994) Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge (2001) Kingdom Hearts (2002)
Other	Disney franchise Disney character The Magic Carpets of Aladdin Arabian Coast Le Passage Enchanté d'Aladdin Aladdin (Nielsen) Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

v t e The animated releases of GoodTimes Entertainment
Burbank Films Australia's Dickens Family Classics	Oliver Twist (1982) The Old Curiosity Shop (1984) The Pickwick Papers (1985)
Golden Films' Animated Classics	Aladdin (1992) Sinbad (1992) Thumbelina (1992) The Jungle King (1994)
Jetlag Productions' Children's Classics	Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle (1994) Pocahontas (1994) Hercules (1995) Heidi (1995) Little Red Riding Hood (1995)
Co-productions	Camelot: The Legend (1998) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys (2001) Ben Hur (2003) Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone (2005)