Aladdin (1992)
Lyricist Howard Ashman first pitched the idea, and the screenplay went through three drafts before Disney president Jeffrey Katzenberg agreed to its production. The animators based their designs on the work of caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, and computers were used for both colouring and creating some animated elements. The musical score was written kwa Alan Menken and features six songs with lyrics written kwa both Ashman and Tim Rice, who took over after the former's death.
Aladin was released on November 25, 1992 to positive reviews and was the most successful film of 1992, earning over $217 million in revenue in the United States, and over $504 million worldwide. The film also won many awards, most of them for its soundtrack. Aladdin's success led to many material inspired kwa the film such as two direct-to-video sequels, The Return of Jafar and Aladin and the King of Thieves, an animated televisheni series, toys, video games, spin-offs, and merchandise. Jafar, Grand Vizier to the Sultan of Agrabah, is attempting to retrieve a magical oil lamp containing a genie from the Cave of Wonders. After seeing a petty thief's failed attempt to enter the cave, Jafar and his parrot, Iago, learn that only a "Diamond in the Rough" can enter the cave.
Jasmine, the Sultan's daughter, frustrated with her life in the palace, flees to Agrabah's marketplace. There she meets mitaani, mtaa panya Aladin and his monkey, Abu. The two discover they have a lot in common. When Aladin is detained for thievery, jimmy, hunitumia orders him released, but Jafar lies to her that Aladin has been executed.
Disguised as an elder, Jafar releases Aladin and Abu from prison and leads them to the Cave of Wonders. The tiger-shaped head of the cave says to touch nothing but the lamp. Aladin and Abu enter the cave, where a magic carpet guides them to the lamp. Abu's attempt to steal a ruby causes the cave to start collapsing, but the carpet flies them to the entrance. As Aladin delivers the lamp, Jafar tries to kill him, but Abu bites Jafar in the arm and gets the lamp back as he, the carpet, and Aladin fall back into the cave just as it closes.
In the collapsed cave, Aladin rubs the lamp, unexpectedly unleashing a genie, who reveals he will grant Aladin three wishes—with the exception of murder, romance, au revival of the dead. Aladin tricks the Genie into freeing them from the cave without using a wish. While contemplating his wishes, Genie admits he would wish for freedom, since he is a prisoner to his lamp. Aladin promises to free the Genie for his last wish. After talking about jimmy, hunitumia with the Genie, Aladin decides to use his first wish to become a prince so he can woo Jasmine.
Aladin returns to Agrabah just as Jafar tries to trick the Sultan into arranging a marriage between himself and Jasmine. When Aladin parades into the Sultan's palace as "Prince Ali", jimmy, hunitumia rejects Ali as a suitor. Despite the Genie's suggestion that Aladin to tell the princess who he really is, Aladin remains as a suave prince, and takes jimmy, hunitumia around the world on the magic carpet. During the trip, jimmy, hunitumia exposes Ali as a commoner, Aladdin, and demands the truth from him. Aladin instead fabricates a story that he sometimes dresses as a commoner to escape palace life. The couple kisses as Aladin returns her home.
Afterwards, Aladin is captured kwa Jafar and thrown into the ocean, but the Genie rescues Aladin as his sekunde wish. Aladin returns to the palace and exposes Jafar's plot; and Jafar flees after noticing the lamp in Aladdin's possession, realizing who Aladin is. As Aladin gets doubtful about revealing who really is, Iago steals the Genie's lamp and brings it to Jafar, who becomes the Genie's new master. Jafar uses his first two wishes to become Sultan and the most powerful sorcerer in the world. Using his new powers, Jafar forces jimmy, hunitumia and her father to bow, exposes Aladin as a mitaani, mtaa rat, then exiles him and Abu to a frozen wasteland.
Aladin uses the magic carpet to return to Agrabah, where Jafar has imprisoned both jimmy, hunitumia and the Sultan as his slaves. jimmy, hunitumia distracts Jafar with a seductive act as Aladin tries to steal back the lamp, but Jafar confronts him. He imprisons jimmy, hunitumia in a large hourglass and turns himself into an enormous cobra. As Jafar traps Aladin in his coils, he boasts to be "the most powerful being on Earth", which causes Aladin to shout out that the Genie is zaidi powerful. Faced with this realization, Jafar uses his final wish to become a genie. However, Jafar discovers that genies are not free entities as he is sucked into a black lamp, dragging Iago with him. The Genie flicks the lamp into the Cave of Wonders.
After Aladin realizes that he cannot keep pretending to be something he is not, he decides to keep his promise and wish for the Genie's freedom. Seeing Jasmine's upendo for Aladdin, the Sultan changes the law to allow her to marry whomever she deems worthy. The newly free Genie leaves to explore the world while Aladin and jimmy, hunitumia celebrate their engagement.
Muppet Treasure Island is a 1996 American musical film based on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. It is the fifth feature film to nyota The Muppets and was directed kwa Jim Henson's son Brian Henson.
Similarly to the earlier Muppet krisimasi Carol, the key roles were played kwa live-action actors, with the Muppets in supporting roles. The live-action actors consisted of Tim curry, bizari as Long John Silver, Billy Connolly as Billy Bones, Jennifer Saunders, and introducing Kevin Bishop as Jim Hawkins. Kermit the Frog appeared as Captain Abraham Smollett, Fozzie kubeba as Squire Trelawney, Sam the Eagle as Mr. Samuel Arrow, and Miss Piggy as the gender-flipped castaway "Benjamina" Gunn. Following their success as the narrators of The Muppet krisimasi Carol, The Great Gonzo and Rizzo the panya appeared in specially created roles as Jim's best friends. The film was released on February 16, 1996 before Muppets Tonight aired on ABC in March. Jim Hawkins (Kevin Bishop) is a young orphan living with his Marafiki Gonzo and Rizzo at the Admiral Benbow inn in England. Dreaming of sea voyages, Jim only has the tales of Billy Bones (Billy Connolly) to help, Bones telling Jim and the inn patrons of Captain Flint (David Nicholls), his old captain, burying his treasure on a remote island and killing all of his crew, and that no one knows the whereabouts of the map. One night, Blind Pew, a fellow pirate, arrives and gives Bones the black spot. Bones dies of a moyo attack but reveals to Jim, Gonzo and Rizzo he had the map all along beforehand. Blind Pew returns with an army of pirates, but the boys escape with the map.
Going to a harbour town, the boys meet the half-wit son of Squire Trelawney (Fozzie Bear) who decides to fund a voyage to find Treasure Island and Flint's fortune. Accompanied kwa Dr. Livesey (Dr. Bunsen Honeydew) and his assistant Beaker, the boys and Trelawney hire the Hispaniola, commanded kwa Captain Abraham Smollett (Kermit the Frog) and his overly strict first mate Mr. Arrow (Sam the Eagle). The boys meet the cook Long John Silver (Tim Curry), a one-legged man who Bones warned the boys about before dying. The ship sets sail, but Smollett is concerned kwa the pirate-like crew, learning they were hired on Silver's suggestion. Jim and Silver bond, but Gonzo and Rizzo are captured kwa the pirates Polly Lobster, Mad Monty and Clueless morgan who demand they surrender the map but Mr. Arrow catches them in the act and imprisons them in the brig. Smollett locks the map in his salama upon ordering Jim to give him the map for safekeeping.
Eventually it becomes apparent that Silver is leader of the pirates and plots a mutiny, fooling Mr. Arrow into leaving the ship to test a lifeboat for safety precautions, and faking his death. Jim, Gonzo and Rizzo learn of Silver's plan and inform Smollett. Smollett planned to leave Long John Silver and those involved on Treasure Island. However, Silver captures Jim upon arrival at Treasure Island (where he tricks him into giving him his crutches) with the other pirates stealing the map from Smollett's safe. Smollett, Gonzo and Rizzo go to save Jim but are captured kwa the local tribe of native pigs ruled over kwa Benjamina Gunn (Miss Piggy), Smollett's ex-fiance who he left at the altar. Jim, Silver and the pirates find the hiding place of Flint's treasure only to find the treasure missing, Silver sending Jim away as a fight breaks out among the pirates. The pirates come across Smollett and Benjamina. Smollett is then suspended from a cliff until Benjamina tells Silver the treasure is hidden in her home, but when Benjamina spits out a kiss from Silver, he leaves the two to dangle, allowing the pair to fall in upendo again.
Jim, Gonzo and Rizzo find Mr. Arrow who aids them sneaking on board the ship and scaring off the pirates still onboard kwa posing as his ghost and freeing Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Beaker, before the figureheads of the Hispaniola (Statler and Waldorf) save Smollett and Benjamina (though Waldorf notes that they "didn't save the movie"). A battle breaks out between the Heroes and the pirates where Sweetums defects to Smollett's side kwa taking out some of the pirates. Smollett then fights Silver in a sword battle but loses. Jim and the others rally to their captain's aid, Silver surrendering honourably. All the pirates are stuffed into the barakinya, brig but Silver escapes using Mr. Arrow's keys. Jim catches him in the act, but allows Silver to leave for the sake of their friendship. However, Mr. Arrow informs Jim and Smollett that the longboat Silver took was damaged, forcing Silver to abandon ship and swim to Treasure Island. The crew of the Hispaniola sail off into the sunset while some scuba diving rats discover the treasure.
During the credits, it is shown that Silver is marooned on the island with only a wisecracking Moai head for company as the Moai tells him a joke.
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
