Extended Preview: ALADDIN (not that one)
Added 2020-05-16 22:23:33 +0000 UTCLong before there was a terrible Disney live-action version of Aladdin, there was a terrible Disney live-action version of Aladdin! This one came out two years before the classic animated version, and has been rightfully scrubbed from history. In fact, Disney was so eager to suppress it that the guy who played Aladdin never acted again! Or before! This was his only role, and after ten seconds of his performance, you will realize it was one too many.
The role of the Genie is played by Barry Bostwick, who appears to be doing an impression of the ventriloquist dummy Madame if she were operated by Charles Nelson Reilly. The music fares no better, possibly an effort by director and noted Monkee Micky Dolenz to make the movie Head look better by comparison. Also the whole thing takes place in China. We know this because the cast of midwestern white people repeatedly reminds us that they are in China, often with a sensitive gong sound effect for emphasis.
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You can download this extended preview right here.
P.S. Sorry for the delay folks! The service that powers the embedded videos/URLs was down for the last day or so. We'll be posting the Talkin' RiffTrax for this soon, so stay tuned!
Comments
Well, see Aladdin is poor, so he lives on the bad side of China. It's about half a block from the good side of China--there's not a lot of China here,
Dianne & Lizbet
2020-06-06 00:34:38 +0000 UTChe lives down the street from the emperor and isn't aware of it?
Justin Comer
2020-05-19 18:56:21 +0000 UTC* The "The Wonderful Land of Oz" era Barry Mahon, not the "Fanny Hill Meets Dr. Erotico" era Barry Mahon. Which, after looking it up, appears to be exactly the same era.
Steve Hoefer
2020-05-17 18:23:48 +0000 UTCThis has such a Barry Mahon* vibe to it! The breadth of its cheapness, the Community Center Players earnestness of the actors. Punching so, so above their weight.
Steve Hoefer
2020-05-17 18:21:38 +0000 UTCProduced by the Disney Channel-- I'm really impressed that Rifftrax got the rights to it.
Mark Burger
2020-05-17 17:58:45 +0000 UTCPS. I loved Jack the Giant Killer. What do you suppose might be done with another offering from'62,The Wonderful World of The Brothers Grimm, in Cinerama! (Features the young Barbara Eden! gr-r-r-r!)
Karl Hamann
2020-05-17 16:26:05 +0000 UTCThe tale of Aladdin & the Wonderful Lamp is an Arabic folktale, but,set in China. Pick up the book, people! And thanks to MKB and all, for everything you do, especially now!
Karl Hamann
2020-05-17 16:24:11 +0000 UTCThis is "movie" is so wrong on so many levels it boggles the mind. Thanks Rifftrax for this new level of Deep Hurting.
Samuel Smith
2020-05-17 15:25:16 +0000 UTCThis is gonna be DEEP HURTING I fear. But also funny!
Debra J Manrique
2020-05-17 04:48:55 +0000 UTCI... I feel that, despite the dangers of this pandemic we face... I feel I want to hold the entire RiffTrax team and say, Thank you... and... I'm sorry... You give so much and you make me laugh so hard... (Honestly, without MST3k and RiffTrax when my fiance died of cancer I don't know what I would have done without your laughs)... But ... I had no idea of how far you will suffer for us, to keep us together, to keep us sane in this crazy mixed-up world of 2020... You do so much for us... Thank you... The Great Flying Spaghetti Monster will welcome lovingly in one day... (oh snap... that last part kinda sounded creepy... eh, I'll blame it on covid fever)... Seriously... Thank you all for making it all still work and sending us these horrible but now funny films...
Ken Malinski
2020-05-17 04:02:13 +0000 UTCAn amount of people greater than zero decided it was a good idea to spend perfectly good money creating this movie. I will never, ever, understand humankind.
Karel P Kerezman
2020-05-17 03:57:17 +0000 UTCTake the last train to .. China?
John Judge
2020-05-16 23:09:02 +0000 UTC
