00:00Aladdin wasn't even in the Arabian Nights.
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00:05The story of Aladdin probably did not exist in the earliest manuscripts of the Arabian Nights.
00:09Aladdin is often thought to be a traditional Middle Eastern tale.
00:12In reality, when the French orientalist Antoine Galland translated the Arabian Nights at the beginning of the 18th century,
00:19He adds several stories that are absent from the Arabic manuscripts he owns.
00:23Among them, Aladdin and the magic lamp.
00:25Galland claims to have heard this story from a Syrian storyteller named Anna Diab,
00:31whom he met in Paris around 1709.
00:34But in the 20th century, Anna Diab's manuscripts and memoirs were rediscovered.
00:39He confirms that the latter did indeed tell several stories to Galland, including that of Aladdin.
00:44Another surprise is that in the early versions, Aladdin does not live in Arabia but in China.
00:49A completely imaginary China where the characters nevertheless bear Arabic names.
00:53and live according to Eastern customs.
00:56Disney later took up this story, creating the fictional kingdom of Agraba.
01:00which is a mixture of Arab, Persian and Indian influences.
01:43I already wanted to be king!
01:47Well, originally this song was supposed to be much longer.
01:49Originally, the song was several minutes longer, and Disney eventually removed several verses.
01:55This song is one of the most dynamic moments in The Lion King.
01:58But during development, it became much more ambitious.
02:01The early storyboards show more gags between Simba, Nala, and Zazu.
02:05Some of the choreographies that involved animals are much longer and several transitions are different.
02:10The animators even imagined additional acrobatics with the giraffes, rhinoceroses and elephants.
02:16And they cut everything out. The filmmakers realize that this sequence comes just before the dramatic turning point of the
02:21movie,
02:22Mufasa's death. If the song is too long, the emotional contrast works less well.
02:27They therefore decided to shorten it to speed up the narrative and prepare the viewer for the approaching tragedy.
02:33Well, this decision enhances the film's effectiveness.
02:36Simba's carefree joy is interrupted almost abruptly, and this is what makes the following events even more...
02:43significant.
02:43Who didn't cry when Mufasa died?
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