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The Making Of Walt Disney's Aladdin.
Aladdin is an award-winning 1992 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 25, 1992. The 31st animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, based on the Arab folktale Aladdin and the Magic Lamp from One Thousand and One Nights.
As is usual with Disney film adaptations, many aspects of the traditional story were changed for the film. For instance, the setting is changed from a mythical Islamic "China" to a fictional Arabian city, Agrabah. It was released at the peak stretch of the era known as the Disney Renaissance beginning with The Little Mermaid. It was the most successful film of 1992, with over $217 million in domestic revenues and over $504 million worldwide.
Aladdin was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, both of whom had just finished writing and directing The Little Mermaid (1989). The musical score was created by Alan Menken, which received the 1992 Academy Award for Original Music Score for his work. The song lyrics were written by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. The main soundtrack song "A Whole New World" won a Grammy Award as well as the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Menken and Rice in 1992.