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| Song by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga | |
| from the album Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
| Released | October 31, 1992 |
| Recorded | Early 1992 New York City, NY |
| Genre | Pop music |
| Length | 2:40 |
| Label | Walt Disney |
| Composer(s) | Alan Menken |
| Lyricist(s) | Tim Rice |
| Producer(s) | Alan Menken, Tim Rice |
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| Single by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle | |
| from the album Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
| B-side | “After the Kiss” (instrumental) |
| Released | November 5, 1992 |
| Format | CD, Audio cassette, 7″ |
| Recorded | 1992 |
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| Length | 4:05 |
| Label | Walt Disney, Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | Alan Menken (music) Tim Rice (lyrics) |
| Producer(s) | Walter Afanasieff |
“A Whole New World” is a song from Disney‘s 1992 animated feature film Aladdin, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. The song is a ballad between the primary characters Aladdin and Jasmine about the new world they are going to discover together while riding on Aladdin’s magic carpet. The original version was sung by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga during the film. They also performed the song in their characters at the 65th Academy Awards, where it won Academy Award for Best Original Song as well as the first and so far only Disney song to win a Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards. In 2014, Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed performed the song as Aladdin and Jasmine in the film’s Broadway adaptation.
A single version of the song was previously released that year and was performed by American R&B and soul artists Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle. This version is played in the movie’s end credits and is referred on the soundtrack as “Aladdin’s Theme”. This version peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 6, 1993,replacing Whitney Houston‘s “I Will Always Love You“, which had spent a then record 14 weeks at the top of the chart. It went gold and sold 600,000 copies domestically. The track peaked at number 12 in the UK Singles Chart in 1992. The song is the first and so far only song from a Disney animated film to top the Billboard Hot 100. The single version was later included on Belle’s studio album Passion (1993) and on Bryson’s studio album Through the Fire (1994). The Latin American rendition of the song, “Un Mundo Ideal”, by Ricardo Montaner and Michelle received airplay throughout Latin America. This rendition was later included on Montaner’s greatest hits album Éxitos y… Algo Más (1993).
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| Based on | Aladdin and the Magic Lamp from One Thousand and One Nights[a] |
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| Music by | Alan Menken |
| Edited by | Mark A. Hester H. Lee Peterson |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $28 million |
| Box office | $504.1 million |
Aladdin is a 1992 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film is the 31st Disney animated feature film and was the fourth produced during the Disney Renaissance. It was produced and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, and is based on the Arabic folktale of the same name from the One Thousand and One Nights. The voice cast features Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, and Douglas Seale. The film follows Aladdin, an Arabian street urchin, who finds a magic lamp containing a genie. He disguises himself as a wealthy prince, and tries to impress the Sultan and his daughter.
Lyricist Howard Ashman first pitched the idea, and the screenplay went through three drafts before then-Disney Studios 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 finishing the artwork and creating some animated elements. The musical score was written by Alan Menken and features six songs with lyrics written by both Ashman and Sir Tim Rice, who took over after Ashman’s death.
Aladdin was released on November 25, 1992, to critical and commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1992 with an earn of over $504 million in worldwide box office revenue. Upon release, it became the first animated feature to reach the half-billion-dollar mark, and was the highest-grossing animated film of all time until it was surpassed by The Lion King (1994). Aladdin was also the last film by Disney to be entirely based on a fairytale or folklore until the release of Tangled (based on Rapunzel) in 2010, 17 years later.
Aladdin garnered two Academy Awards, as well as other accolades for its soundtrack, which had the first and only number from a Disney feature to earn a Grammy Award for Song of the Year, for the film’s “A Whole New World” sung by Regina Belle. The film’s home video VHS release also set a sales record and grossed about $500 million in the United States. Aladdin‘s success led to various derived works and other material inspired by the film, including two direct-to-video sequels, The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996); an animated television series of the same name; and a Broadway adaptation. A live-action film adaptation directed by Guy Ritchie was released on May 24, 2019.
Accolades
Aladdin also received many award nominations, mostly for its music. It won two Academy Awards, Best Original Score and Best Original Song for “A Whole New World” and receiving nominations for Best Original Song (“Friend Like Me“), Best Sound Editing (Mark A. Mangini), and Best Sound (Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane). At the Golden Globes, Aladdin won Best Original Song (“A Whole New World”) and Best Original Score, as well as a Special Achievement Award for Robin Williams, with a nomination for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. At the Grammy Awards, the film won for Best Soundtrack Album and Best Musical Album for Children for the soundtrack, and Song of the Year, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television for “A Whole New World”, with “A Whole New World” being the first and only Disney song to win Song of the Year. It also received nominations for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television (“Friend Like Me”) and Record of the Year (“A Whole New World”). Other awards included the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, a MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance to Robin Williams, Saturn Awards for Best Fantasy Film, Performance by a Younger Actor to Scott Weinger and Supporting Actor to Robin Williams, and Best Animated Feature by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
2004: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs:
- “Friend Like Me” – Nominated
- “A Whole New World” – Nominated
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| Directed by | Guy Ritchie |
| Produced by | Dan LinJonathan Eirich |
| Screenplay by | John AugustGuy Ritchie |
| Based on | Disney‘s Aladdin by Ron ClementsJohn MuskerTed ElliottTerry Rossio[1]Aladdin and the Magic Lamp from One Thousand and One Nights[1][a] |
| Starring | Mena MassoudWill SmithNaomi ScottMarwan KenzariNavid NegahbanNasim PedradBilly Magnussen |
| Music by | Alan Menken |
| Cinematography | Alan Stewart |
| Edited by | James Herbert |
| Production companies | Walt Disney PicturesRidebackMarc Platt Productions |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| Release date | May 8, 2019 (Grand Rex)May 24, 2019 (United States) |
| Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $183 million |
| Box office | $1.051 billion |
Aladdin is a 2019 American musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Guy Ritchie, from a script he co-wrote with John August, it is a live-action/CGI adaptation of Disney’s 1992 animated film of the same name, which itself is based on the eponymous tale from One Thousand and One Nights.[1][a] The film stars Mena Massoud, Will Smith, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, Billy Magnussen, and Numan Acar, as well as the voices of Alan Tudyk and Frank Welker, the latter of whom reprises his roles from all previous media. The plot follows Aladdin, a street urchin, as he falls in love with Princess Jasmine, befriends a wish-granting Genie, and battles the wicked Jafar.
In October 2016, Disney announced Ritchie would direct a live-action Aladdin remake. 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 was theatrically released in the United States on May 24, 2019. It grossed over $1 billion worldwide, becoming the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2019. 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 Genie’s CGI and Kenzari’s characterization of Jafar. A sequel is in development.
Production
Development and casting
On October 10, 2016, it was announced that Guy Ritchie would direct a live-action Aladdin film for Walt Disney Pictures, with John August writing the script and Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich attached as producers. The studio said that the film would be “an ambitious and nontraditional” take on the tale of Aladdin that would keep the musical elements of the original film. On the nontraditional aspect, the studio had originally planned for the film to be told in a nonlinear format.
In February 2017, Lin said that they were looking for a diverse cast and that they would not try “to make Prince of Persia.” A worldwide casting call for the lead roles of Aladdin and Princess Jasmine commenced in March 2017, with principal production set to take place in the UK from July 2017 until January 2018. On April 19, 2017, it was reported that either Gabriel Iglesias or Will Smith were in talks to play Genie, for which the latter was confirmed in July.[26][27][28] In May 2017, Little Mix member Jade Thirlwall was in talks for the part of Princess Jasmine.
On July 11, 2017, it was announced that principal production on Aladdin had been pushed back by a month, to August 2017, due to struggles in finding the right actor to portray the titular role. Over 2,000 actors and actresses had auditioned for the roles of Aladdin and Jasmine, but finding a male lead of Middle Eastern or Indian descent in his 20s, who could act and sing, had proven difficult for the producers. Naomi Scott and Tara Sutaria were the final two actresses in the running for the role of Jasmine, but neither could be cast until a chemistry test was done with whomever would be cast as Aladdin. The studio was initially interested in Dev Patel or Riz Ahmed for Aladdin, but later decided to cast a relative newcomer. Achraf Koutet, Mena Massoud and George Kosturos were among the actors being tested for the role. Two musical film veterans, Marc Platt (who would serve as executive producer) and Chris Montan, were consulted before a final decision was made.
At the 2017 D23 Expo, on July 15, it was announced that Massoud would star as Aladdin and Scott as Jasmine, ending the four-month long open casting call. On July 17, 2017, it was announced that Disney had hired Vanessa Taylor to polish the original screenplay by August, specifically some “character work” and what is called “script doctoring.” Meanwhile, Richie and the studio focused on casting the other main roles with filming slated to start in August in London. In August, Dutch actor Marwan Kenzari joined the cast as Jafar, with Nasim Pedrad cast in a newly created role as “a hand maid and friend of Jasmine” who serves as a “comic relief.” Numan Acar was set to play Hakim. The following month, Billy Magnussen joined the cast in a newly created role as Prince Anders, alongside Navid Negahban as the Sultan. In November 2017, Robby Haynes was cast as Razoul, while Frank Welker was announced to reprise his role as Abu the monkey.
When asked about Ritchie’s take on the film, Pasek & Paul described it as “very muscular and action-packed.” On December 20, 2018, Gilbert Gottfried said that he was not asked to reprise his role as Iago, Jafar’s pet parrot. In March 2019, it was announced that Alan Tudyk would voice the character instead. In May 2019, Welker was announced as reprising his role as Rajah, Jasmine’s pet tiger, and the trailer had confirmed that Welker would reprise his role as the Cave of Wonders as well.
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