25 years ago today Aladin arrived to the theatres!!!
Lets do a revisit.
Yes part of this is a "Reblog" from 2 years ago but....it's freaking Aladdin who cares!!!!
ALADDIN
Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker
Music by Alan Menken
FUN AND NOT SO FUN FACTS!!!
- There were two voices for Aladdin and two voices for Jasmine. One for singing and one for voice.
For Aladdin, Scott Weinger did the voice while Brad Kane did the singing. For Jasmine, Linda Larkin did the voice and Lea Salonga did the singing.
Here is a behind the scenes cut of the first time Brad Kane and Lea Salonga did A Whole New World. It is crazy good and Lea says..."That was good for a start". That was a start???!! At the 3:15 mark watch Brad raise an eyebrow at the camera like saying...Holy crap!!
-Lea salonga was also the singing voice of Mulan. Making her the only person to be two Disney Princesses.
-Robin Williams voiced the Genie and the peddler
-Bad blood between Disney and Robin Williams: Robin Williams provided the voice for the Genie, at union scale rate (the lowest legal pay rate a studio can give an actor), on the promise that his voice was not used for merchandising ( toys and such), and that the Genie character not take up more than 25% of the space of a poster, ad, billboard, or trailer. When these wishes were not granted, he withdrew his support for Disney and the film. As a result, his name was not included in "The Art of Aladdin" book (it makes constant references to "the voice of the Genie"), and he was not available for the direct-to-video sequel. In an attempt to get back on good terms with Williams, Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner apologized to him with a peace offering of an original Pablo Picasso painting. Still angered and feeling betrayed by Disney, Williams would not accept the gift. It was not until Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg was fired and replaced by Joe Roth that Williams returned to Disney. Through Roth, a public apology was given. Promises to right wrongs were kept, and Williams was so touched that he came back as the Genie for the second direct-to-video sequel, Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996).
-Patrick Stewart was suppose to do the voice of Jafar but Star Trek The Next Generation got in the way so he turned it down.
-To see the movements of Aladdin's pants the animators studied MC Hammer's movements.
-Jasmine's appearance was influenced by actress Jennifer Connelly.
-In the original script Aladdin was not an orphan, he had a mother, His main goal in that script was to make his mother proud while trying to meet the beautiful princess. In fact one of the songs Proud Of Your Boy was left on the floor because Aladdin's mother was cut from the script. This song was later used for Hercules and Aladdin the Broadway Musical. Well here is what it would have looked like in the film you see how it was emotional for everyone to let the song go for Howard Ashman.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW:
Well we know Robin Williams sadly passed, but where is everyone else??!!
Scott Weinger the voice of Aladdin: He did the Voice for Aladdin in all the sequels and video games. He is also known as Steve in Full House and will be in the new Fuller House.
Brad Davis the singing voice for Aladdin: He was one of the producers for Fringe. He is a writer and producer for the show Black Sails. He also was in the film Starship Troopers.
Linda Larking the voice of Jasmine: She pretty much has made a living out of voicing Jasmine in film sequels and video games.
Lea Salonga the singing voice of Jasmine: She has a Tony for Miss Saigon. She does work on the Philippines version of The Voice and has returned to Broadway with a new show opening next month.
Jonathon Freeman as Jafar: He is right now on Broadway playing Jafar in Aladdin The Musical.
Gilbert Gottfried played Iago: He has made a living with just that annoying voice either by commercials or voicing Iago in sequels and video games.
As for the film. Shockingly I a not the biggest fan. I like it but do not love it. I love the music. I just thought the second half of the film turned into a Saturday morning cartoon. Plus, I thought Jafar was creepy like pervy creepy. Yes I know, I am the minority here, not saying I do not love it....I am saying it is not perfect.
As always from the shadows thanks for your time.
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