Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-07-07
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 87 minutes

Amazon.co.uk
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

Synopsis
Aladdin is a common street rat with aspirations of greatness, but after a chance encounter with the beautiful Princess Jasmine, he and his mischievous monkey Abu find themselves battling to save her life and the palace--with a little help from Genie of course. Join them and take a magic carpet ride through a fireworks display of incredible animation in this unforgettable Disney classic.

From the Back Cover
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Spanish, Norwegian, Danish
Subtitles: English, English Hearing Impaired, Spanish, Norwegian, Danish

Customer Reviews

Disney at it's best!
This film has to be one of if not THE best Disney film there is. The story is great, the voices perfect, the songs brilliant! My favourite song from Aladdin is probably Friend Like Me but that's because I love Genie. However, all the songs are great in this film, there's none that you roll your eyes to because Disney have that great way of including a lovely slowie into a film but still having the humour there (like with A Whole New World).

Loved this film when I was little and chuffed now that my littl'un loves it too. Great fun for family viewing and still funny for adults!

Great film...but why released like this?
Based on the classic fairy-tale from the Arabian Nights, "Aladdin" is one of the best Disney films; it is a tour-de-force of lovely animation and magical music. There's plenty of heart, as well, and whilst the story may not be the strongest in the Disney canon, the film overall deserves a good five stars.

Having said that, but this DVD edition (the Musical Masterpiece Edition) is a bit pointless. I hate to nitpick and sound all geeky, but I shall be. A few years ago, it was released for the first time on DVD in a splendid two-disc edition featuring a whole two-hour documentary on the film's production, as well as audio-commentaries, trailers, production galleries and a tribute to Alan Menken (who wrote the songs for not just "Aladdin", but "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", "Enchanted", "Pocahontas" etc). However, quicker than you could say Scrooge McDuck is your uncle, it went back into the infamous Disney vault. And now the film has "returned from the Disney vault" but in this edition, which simply has a "sing along" feature and not much else.

I understand that some people will just want the movie, but as someone seriously considering going into the film/TV industry, I find it a bit depressing that studios should just be mediocre when it comes to releasing films, especially when they've done better in the past.

Disney Genius
This was already a great film! Originally released in 1992, it is the portrayal of Ali Baba and Arabian Nights all rolled into one. Songs and wonderful, voice casting is perfect and Genie (voiced by Robin Williams is hillarious).

This is the new edition containing bonus features and commentaries etc as standard which just make this a fabulous DVD to own.