Aladdin
Aladdin is a 2019 American musical fantasy film directed by Guy Ritchie from a screenplay he co-wrote with John August. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Rideback, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1992 animated film Aladdin, itself based on "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp", a French addition to the Middle Eastern folktale collection One Thousand and One Nights. The film stars Will Smith, Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott with Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, and Billy Magnussen in supporting roles. The plot follows Aladdin, a street urchin, as he falls in love with Princess Jasmine, befriends a wish-granting genie, and battles the wicked sorcerer Jafar. In October 2016, Disney announced Ritchie would direct a live-action remake of Aladdin. Smith was the first member of the cast to join, signing on to portray Genie in July 2017, and Massoud and Scott were confirmed for the two lead roles later that month. Principal photography began that September at Longcross Studios in Surrey, England, also filming in the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan, and lasted until January 2018. Additional filming and pick-ups took place in August 2018. Aladdin premiered at the Grand Rex in Paris on May 8, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on May 24. It grossed over $1 billion worldwide, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of 2019. Amongst Disney's live-action remakes, the film is the sixth-most-expensive and third-highest-grossing readaptation to date. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its music, costume design, and the performances of Smith, Massoud, and Scott but criticism for Ritchie's direction, the CGI, and Kenzari's characterization of Jafar.
I never said I was all-knowing. I said I was all-powerful. The most powerful being in the universe. Look, whatever I don't know, I know I can learn it. Outside in the sun. Why are you playing hard to wish? I know you can't tell, but I am very pale. This is sky blue. My natural pigmentation is navy. Give us some sun.
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Whoa. Man, look at this world. It's so big! Inside the lamp, everything is, like, brass, brass, brass! You're like, "Oh! Is that some copper?" Nope, brass! Sorta the problem with the genie life... phenomenal cosmic powers, but itty-bitty living space. So, is this magic, or are you magic? Eh, kind of a package deal.
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Okay. So, what would you wish for? Mmm. No one's ever asked me that before. It's an easy one, though. I'd wish to be free. To not have to say, "Poof! Can I help you?" "Poof! What would you like?" "Poof! Welcome to the lamp. "May I take your order, please?" Freedom. I wish to be... to be human. Why don't you just set yourself free? Carpet! Did you hear what this boy said? Why don't I set myself free? Only way a genie gets to be free... is if the owner of the lamp uses one of his wishes to set him free... and the last time that happened was, like, the fourth of Never-ary.
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