Aladdin - Special Edition

Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical

Scott Weinger	Aladdin (voice)
Robin Williams	Genie (voice)
Linda Larkin	Jasmine (voice)
Jonathan Freeman	Jafar (voice)
Frank Welker	Abu (voice)
Gilbert Gottfried	Iago (voice)
Douglas Seale	Sultan (voice)
Bruce Adler	Narrator/Merchant (singing voice)
Brad Kane	Aladdin (singing voice)
Lea Salonga	Jasmine (singing voice)

Director	Ron Clements; John Musker
Producer	Ron Clements; John Musker
Writer	Roger Allers; Ron Clements

Aladdin, a street urchin, accidentally meets Princess Jasmine, who is in the city undercover. They love each other, but she can only marry a prince.

Disney's 1992 animated feature is a triumph of wit and skill. The high-tech artwork and graphics look great, the characters are strong, the familiar story is nicely augmented with an interesting villain (Jafar, voiced by Jonathan Freeman), and there's an incredible hook atop the whole thing: Robin Williams's frantically hilarious vocal performance as Aladdin's genie. Even if one isn't particularly moved by the love story between the title character (Scott Weinger) and his girlfriend Jasmine (Linda Larkin), you can easily get lost in Williams's improvisational energy and the equally entertaining performances of Freeman and Gilbert Gottfried (as Jafar's parrot). --Tom Keogh