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.
- Wow. - I... I would be honored to call you my son... Ooh! ...if that were something anyone wanted. So, you got the girl. I mean, trust me, I had my doubts after your whole jam debacle. But you pulled yourself back together a little bit. I did, didn't I? I think I finally got the hang of being a prince. Oh, well, that's not exactly what I meant. You were right! People see what they wanna see. Aladdin is gone. I'm Prince Ali now. Wow. Got it all figured out now, huh, kid? And, you know, I was thinking about my last wish... and I just can't do this without you.
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I know I told you I'd use it to set you free, but you heard the sultan. I can't let everything we worked for fall apart. So, you just never tell her the truth? You're gonna keep living the lie? It's not a lie. People can change. Oh, they can change all right. And that's a bad thing? Everything is better now. No one got hurt. You'd rather me be back on the streets stealing to survive? I thought you'd be happy for me. But all you cared about was that I use my last wish to set you free. Well, kid, I don't care nothin' about that wish. This is about you, what's happening to you. You'd rather lie to somebody you love than give all of this up. You don't get it, Genie. People like me don't get anything except by pretending. I think maybe you don't get it. The more you gain by pretending, the less you're actually gonna have.
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