Alladin 2 Home Again With You
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| Music by | Marking Watters |
| Production | Walt Disney Video Premiere |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Home Video |
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| Running time | 69 minutes |
| Countries | United States[1] Australia[ii] Japan[3] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 meg[four] |
| Box part | $300 one thousand thousand+[5] |
The Return of Jafar (as well known equally Aladdin 2 or simply titled Aladdin II: The Return of Jafar ) is a 1994 American direct-to-video animated musical fantasy moving-picture show produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Goggle box. It is the first sequel to the 1992 movie Aladdin, and serves as the pilot to the Aladdin blithe series (beingness an origin story of how the series began as it premiered before this flick). Released on May 20, 1994, it was the first Disney direct-to-video blithe film,[half dozen] and marked the first American direct-to-video blithe flick.[7] Gilbert Gottfried, Jonathan Freeman, Scott Weinger, Frank Welker, and Linda Larkin reprise their roles from the first film, with Jason Alexander, Val Bettin, Liz Callaway, and Dan Castellaneta joining in the cast.
Though the film received mixed to negative reviews, information technology sold 15million VHS tapes, grossing more than $300 million on a upkeep of approximately $five million, making it i of the best-selling films on home video.
Plot [edit]
1 year has passed since the events of the first film. Aladdin and Abu have settled in the palace of Agrabah with Princess Jasmine and her father, the Sultan. Still yearning for adventures, Aladdin foils a criminal grouping led by the dimwitted Abis Mal and returns their stolen loot to the people of Agrabah. Meanwhile, in the desert, Iago escapes from Jafar's lamp. Tired of being taken for granted, Iago refuses Jafar'southward demands to gratis him. Later throwing the lamp into a well, Iago returns to Agrabah, hoping to befriend Aladdin and render to the palace. During a confrontation with Aladdin and Abu, the iii are attacked by Abis Mal and his henchmen; Iago inadvertently saves Aladdin's life. In gratitude, Aladdin keeps Iago on the palace grounds, promising to speak with the Sultan on Iago'southward behalf.
Meanwhile, Abis Mal finds Jafar'south lamp in the well. Hindered past his incompetent new master, Jafar manipulates Abis Mal into wasting his first ii wishes, then enlists his assistance in taking revenge on Aladdin. In exchange he will grant him a special third wish. Abis Mal agrees, too desiring revenge on Aladdin. Meanwhile, the Genie returns to the palace after traveling the globe for one year, though his powers are dimished now that he is gratuitous from the lamp. At the evening banquet, the Sultan announces Aladdin as the new grand vizier. Abu and Rajah discover Iago in the garden and hunt him into the banquet. Aladdin asks the Sultan to pardon Iago, but Jasmine is dismayed that Aladdin never confided in her. The Sultan remains suspicious, withal, but issues Iago a temporary pardon, with the stipulation that Aladdin spotter over him. Genie and Iago help persuade Jasmine to forgive Aladdin for keeping Iago a hush-hush and agrees to give Iago a chance. However, Jafar sneaks into the palace and forces Iago to pull a fast one on Aladdin and the Sultan to travel to a waterfall.
During the trip, the Sultan eventually forgives Aladdin, but Jafar ambushes them, sending Aladdin into the waterfall and capturing the Sultan, with Jasmine, Genie and Abu also caught and locked in the dungeon. Aladdin eventually makes his fashion dorsum to Agrabah to warn Razoul, merely Jafar, posing equally Jasmine, frames Aladdin for the Sultan's alleged murder and sentences him to execution. Feeling guilty for his betrayal, Iago frees the Genie, who saves Aladdin. Jafar now controls Agrabah, merely Aladdin vows to cease him and Genie reveals Jafar can be killed by destroying his lamp. Iago decides to leave, but not earlier Aladdin thanks him.
Aladdin and the group face up Jafar in the treasure room just before Abis Mal can wish him free. However, Jafar knocks both Aladdin and Abis Mal out the tower and sends them hurtling through the Palace trees; Abis Mal dropping Jafar's lamp. Aladdin manages to free himself and the group attempt to get the lamp, but Jafar transforms into his Genie form, incapacitates the Genie, and shatters the Carpet. He splits open the Palace gardens, creating a puddle of lava and traps Aladdin on a sinking rock. Iago returns and grabs the lamp, merely is knocked out by Jafar. Though injured, he kicks the lamp into the lava, to Jafar'due south horror. Aladdin rescues Iago as Jafar'south magic is undone, destroying him forever and restoring the Palace gardens and the Rug. Everyone forgives Iago and he is officially accustomed into the palace. Aladdin ultimately rejects the Sultan'south offer to become the vizier, instead opting to see the globe with Jasmine, much to Iago's chagrin.
In a post-credits scene, Abis Mal, still dangling from the tree, realizes he'll never get his third wish.
Voice cast [edit]
- Gilbert Gottfried as Iago
- Jason Alexander equally Abis Mal
- Jonathan Freeman every bit Jafar
- Scott Weinger as Aladdin
- Brad Kane as Aladdin (singing voice)
- Linda Larkin equally Princess Jasmine
- Liz Callaway equally Princess Jasmine (singing voice)
- Dan Castellaneta as Genie
- Frank Welker as Abu and Rajah
- Val Bettin as the Sultan
- Jim Cummings as Razoul
Production [edit]
Post-obit the success of The Little Mermaid (1989), Walt Disney Boob tube Blitheness subsequently produced an blithe television serial of the same name that aired on CBS. At the same time, The Disney Afternoon had go a success with goggle box serial such as DuckTales and Chip 'north Dale: Rescue Rangers airing in a syndicated ii-hr time slot. Before the theatrical release of Aladdin, Disney commissioned Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove to produce an blithe series of Aladdin that would shepherd its transition from the movie into a telly series.[2]
While conceiving the sequel, Stones became fascinated with the grapheme Iago, commenting that "I said 'I desire the parrot in there,' but he was trapped in the lamp [at the end of the Aladdin picture], so we came up with a story of how he got out and ended up with Aladdin."[3] As mutual with half-hr blithe tv set series at the time, Disney initially planned to begin the series with an hour-long television special, only Stones suggested that the film should instead be released on habitation video.[2] [eight] The idea was initially met with some resistance from then-Disney Feature Blitheness president Peter Schneider so-Disney CEO Michael Eisner who felt information technology would cheapen Disney's make.[3] Ultimately, layout designer Paul Felix conceived the picture show'south opening with the gang of thieves entering into a cave, which was and so later animated at Disney Animation Australia. Impressed with the animation dailies, so-Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg immune for the first one-half to be animated in Australia while the climax was animated in Japan.[2] [3]
Due to a well publicized bitter fall-out over the use of his voice in the marketing campaign for Aladdin, Robin Williams refused to reprise the role of the Genie, and was instead replaced by Dan Castellaneta (best known for voicing Homer Simpson).[9] Stones as well claimed that Williams participated in selecting Castellaneta to phonation the Genie.[10] It was besides the first Aladdin full-length product without the original vox of Sultan, Douglas Seale. He was replaced past Val Bettin, who had previously worked with Disney on The Great Mouse Detective and who would reprise his part in the franchise's blithe series and Aladdin and the King of Thieves.
Songs [edit]
| No. | Championship | Performer(due south) | Length |
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| ane. | "Arabian Nights" | Brian Hannan | |
| 2. | "I'm Looking Out for Me" | Gilbert Gottfried | |
| 3. | "Nothing in the World (Quite Like a Friend)" | Dan Castellaneta, Brad Kane & Liz Callaway | |
| four. | "Forget About Love" | Gilbert Gottfried, Brad Kane & Liz Callaway | |
| 5. | "You're Merely Second Rate" | Jonathan Freeman |
Release [edit]
Instead of the movie receiving a theatrical release, Steve Feldstein, director of public relations for Disney's home video partition, stated the decision to release The Return of Jafar on home video was due to time constraints challenge that "to put the motion picture in the theatrical pipeline would take taken upward to five years", but releasing it on home video would take "less than two years." In addition to that, Feldstein confirmed that financing was also a consideration since producing a direct-to-video feature would exist "less costly to make than Aladdin."[xi] Likewise, due to an expanding video marketplace, Disney claimed demand from theatrical and video audiences for Aladdin and other characters was another reason for a speedy follow-upwardly.[12]
Home media [edit]
The Return of Jafar was first released on VHS in the The states on May 20, 1994, being the outset installment of Walt Disney Home Video collection series.[12] In its first two days, it sold more than than one.5 million VHS copies;[ citation needed ] more than 4.six million VHS copies were sold in less than a week.[11] In the United States, more ten million copies were sold, ranking amongst the top 15 pinnacle-selling videos of all time (at the time), earning $150 million in profits.[xiii] The film eventually sold 15million units and grossed approximately $300million worldwide.[14] The sequel'southward success removed what Los Angeles Times described every bit "the low-quality stigma" from directly-to-video, and caused Disney, Universal Pictures, and other studios to release more than direct-to-video films.[xv]
Originally released on VHS that year, The Return of Jafar was later reissued on Special Edition DVD and VHS (with "Aladdin:" added to the title) on January 18, 2005, the same twenty-four hours as its direct sequel, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, also received a re-release, with digitally restored film and remastered sound. The Special Edition DVD, along with the other two films in the series, were placed on moratorium ("placed dorsum into the Disney Vault") on January 31, 2008, in the Usa, and February 4, 2008, in the Great britain.[xvi] The Return of Jafar, forth with Aladdin and the King of Thieves was released on Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD Combo Pack on January v, 2016, as a Disney Movie Social club exclusive in North America.[17]
Reception [edit]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the picture has an overall approval rating of 33% based on 12 reviews collected, with a weighted boilerplate score of three.91/10.[eighteen]
David Nusair of Reelfilm.com summed upward about of the negative feelings that contributed to this rating:
Notable as the outset direct-to-video Disney sequel, The Return of Jafar follows Aladdin (Scott Weinger) as he attempts to one time again foil Jafar's (Jonathan Freeman) villainous plot to take over Agrabah. And despite the fact that he was freed from his lamp at the cease of the beginning pic, the genie (now voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is dorsum and wackier than ever. It's clear right from the outset that Disney put very lilliputian endeavor into the production of The Return of Jafar, peculiarly in the realm of animation. The picture show has all the mode and fluidity of a Sabbatum morn cartoon, while various songs are bland and forgettable. The repetitive storyline doesn't practise the pic whatever favors, and even at a running time of 69-minutes, doldrums prepare in well-nigh immediately. Castellaneta does the best he can with the material, simply by and large comes up short (especially when compared with Robin Williams's manic performance from the original). The Return of Jafar is a thoroughly needless sequel that may keep small children engaged, but is leap to come off as nothing less than a huge disappointment for fans of the original.[19]
Despite the mostly negative reception, on the television plan Siskel & Ebert, the film received a "two thumbs up" from Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.[20] Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Steve Daly graded the sequel a C− criticizing it every bit a "knockoff" that "carries the Disney label and costs virtually as much equally a record of Aladdin, simply information technology'due south clear from the commencement hasty frame that the aforementioned fourth dimension, care, and inventiveness didn't become into information technology."[21]
Adaptations [edit]
Comic [edit]
When Disney was publishing their own comics in the mid-90s, they produced a two-issue Aladdin comic presenting an alternate version of The Render of Jafar. Information technology was titled The Return of Aladdin. The comic is introduced by the Merchant from the showtime film.
The story starts off showing that Aladdin has been particularly bored of palace life. Meanwhile, Jafar has escaped the Cave of Wonders. Iago is given the task of finding the correct primary for Jafar to dispense. Their search seems hopeless as some people are able to enjoy all three wishes or messing up. They detect someone to use the lamp, who is known equally Isabella, a master magician. Isabella is like in appearance to Jafar (except his clothing is dark-green). His showtime wish is to return to Agrabah Palace (as he performed entertainment to the sultan in #1). His second wish is for an army of soldiers to pursue Aladdin and Jasmine when they catch on to Jafar'due south presence. He is persuaded to use his 3rd wish to trap Jafar and Iago in the lamp again, sending them back to the cave. Due to persuasion past the Genie, the Sultan hires Isabella to a permanent amusement job at the palace. The stop of the story shows the merchant having a black lamp similar to Jafar's, but he claims information technology to be worthless.
Video game [edit]
The plot of the film is loosely used in Agrabah, one of the worlds in Kingdom Hearts 2, and the Peddler appears from the first film. Every bit in the film, Iago escapes from Jafar and does his all-time to respect Aladdin, Jasmine, Sora, Donald and Goofy, although Jafar coerces him into aiding him in his revenge, about damaging Iago'due south friendship with Aladdin and Sora, but he redeems himself later on taking a blow for Aladdin which almost claims his life. The Peddler, at the beginning, comes beyond Jafar's lamp, simply sells it to Aladdin, Sora, Donald and Goofy for a rare artifact in the Cavern of Wonders. Despite Aladdin sealing the lamp in the palace dungeon, the greedy Peddler breaks into the dungeon and frees Jafar, unleashing his fury on Agrabah until he is defeated by Sora and company. The Peddler'due south fate is left cryptic. This was the outset Disney sequel to take its plot adapted into a level in the Kingdom Hearts serial, which was and then followed by the Grid being an adaptation of Tron Legacy, and the Caribbean being one of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
Furthermore, at that place is a balmy allusion to the Agrabah boss battle in Kingdom Hearts. Sora must fight Jafar in Genie grade, surrounded by a lava pit with raising and lowering levels, while Iago flies to a higher place with Jafar's lamp. Only striking the lamp has any effect on Jafar's health. This fight also takes place in the 2nd game, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, and its PlayStation two remake. In both versions of Chain of Memories, the dominate fight is due to the majority of the game being illusions created from Sora's memories. A 2d playable graphic symbol, Riku, besides fights the dominate in his mode. The boxing is once again visited in Kingdom Hearts Coded and Kingdom Hearts Re:coded.
Follow-ups [edit]
The motion picture was followed past a television series titled Aladdin, which served as the overall third installment, and some other direct-to-video sequel, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, which was released in 1996. The franchise was after re-visited in "Hercules and the Arabian Night", a crossover episode with Hercules, and in Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams.
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