Aladdin Discussion

[D82]

How sad and unexpected. I listened to a podcast with him and Alan Menken not that long ago and he sounded fine there, but I guess he was already suffering from that illness. I agree, he was great as Iago. Definitely one of the best Disney villain sidekicks.

[Kyle]

This really sucks. He'll was known for many things, but of course iago is what I'll instantly always go to. I'm surprised someone like James earl Jones can live to be as old as he is, yet Gillbert has to die so young. I tend to think barring some kind of freak accident most celebs will just keep going until they're 80 or 90 something. I didn't even know he was sick.

Aladdin was my childhood crush! Next was Flynn but Aladdin still beats him everyday (probably cuz he doesn't wear a shirt lol)

aladdin with nipples is so cursed.

[Farerb]

30th Anniversary DMC exclusive:

[Disney Duster]

That's one beautiful cover.

[blackcauldron85]

Alan Menken on 'Aladdin' turning 30 and the journey of an animated classic
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/24/entertai ... index.html

“Aladdin” 30th Anniversary Celebratory Performances to Be Held at The Soraya In Los Angeles
https://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/20 ... he-soraya/

[Sotiris]

I recently discovered that Lea Salonga had recorded the pop version of "A Whole New World" with Jose Mari Chan in English for the Filipino release of Aladdin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlEuEpZW_ts

[Sotiris]

I knew about the anagram, but not about the expo trip.

[John Musker] recalls that on Aladdin, which debuted amid the Gulf War, he had to disguise the name Baghdad with its anagram Agrabah: “Because of the war, we couldn’t even go there to do research. Our big research took place at the Saudi Arabian expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center.”

Source: https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024 ... ncess.html