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Arabian Nights
2000
A cold-blooded Sultan (Scott) enacts a declaration to avenge his unfaithful wife by beheading the women of his empire. However, the beautiful and clever Scheherezade (Avital) is one woman with a plan to save the people of her beloved kingdom. She tantalizes the Sultan with courageous tales of magical heroes--such as Aladdin and .. Read more
| Starring | John Leguizamo, Rufus Sewell, Jason Scott Lee, Alan Bates |
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| Director | Steve Barron |
| Genres | Drama |
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Arabian Nights
A cold-blooded Sultan (Scott) enacts a declaration to avenge his unfaithful wife by beheading the women of his empire. However, the beautiful and clever Scheherezade (Avital) is one woman with a plan to save the people of her beloved kingdom. She tantalizes the Sultan with courageous tales of magical heroes--such as Aladdin and Ali Baba--for 1,001 nights. An action-packed adventure filled with dazzling special effects from the producers of the hit television mini-series MERLIN.
| Starring | John Leguizamo, Rufus Sewell, Jason Scott Lee, Alan Bates, Mili Avital, James Frain, Tcheky Karyo, Vanessa-Mae, Tchéky Karyo |
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| Director | Steve Barron |
| Studio | WARNER VISION INTERNATIONAL |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 17 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Sep 2004 Production year: 2000 |
| Format | DVD |
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12 out of 13 people found this review helpful
Myth & magic & the power of story telling
Fantasy and magic have attained a greater respectability since the works of J.K.Rowling & Philip Pullman, and the movie version of the Lord of the Rings. It is therefore appropriate that these earliest and most magical stories should be retold for a new generation. Forget pantomime preconceptions, or Disney Americanisation, this plays the story for real; the evil sultan is not evil because he is foreign, corrupt and strange, but is a real human in a real psychological predicament. While aimed at a family audience (overtly erotic stories are omitted) there are sexual themes (jealousy and lust) that remind us of the nature of the original stories. You may feel you know these stories, but the telling is so fresh too make them new; they are told with a gentle humour in magnificent settings and the special effects are state of the art, but not allowed to overwhelm the story telling. Although only a small fraction of the stories are told (and of those that are, Aladdin is a later incorporation), having several stories tied together by the drama of a storyteller fighting for her love and her life, makes this an epic movie. Highly recommended.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Love Hallmark
I love Hallmark's ancient history series of 3 hour films. This includes Cleopatra, Odessey, Jason and the Argonauts and Hercules (while Helen of Troy is not one of theirs but a similar vein). This was great, well acted and visually excellent. I hope Sinbad and Robin Hood are given the treatment sometime soon as these need decent modern adaptations.
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Arabian Nights
A cold-blooded Sultan (Scott) enacts a declaration to avenge his unfaithful wife by beheading the women of his empire. However, the beautiful and clever Scheherezade (Avital) is one woman with a plan to save the people of her beloved kingdom. She tantalizes the Sultan with courageous tales of ...
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