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Arabian Nights (2000) Cast & Crew
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Alan Bates as
Storyteller -
James Frain as
Schazzenan -
Tcheky Karyo as
Black Coda -
John Leguizamo as
Genie of the Lamp / Genie of the Ring -
Dougray Scott as
Sultan Schariar -
Rufus Sewell as
Ali Baba -
Hugh Quarshie as
Mustappa -
Andy Serkis as
Kasim - Mili Avital as
Scheherezade - Jason Scott Lee as
Aladdin - Vanessa Mae as
Princess Zobeide - Jim Carter as
Ja'Far - Peter Guinness as
Chief Executioner - Pik Sen Lim as
Aladdin's Mother (as Pik-Sen Lim) - Amira Casar as
Morgiana
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In this made-for-TV retelling of the classic tale A Thousand and One Nights, a woman discovers the ability to spin a good yarn is literally a matter of life and death. Schahriar (Dougray Scott), a powerful sultan who rules Bagdad, has developed a bitterness and distrust of women ever since he discovered his first wife was unfaithful to him. He no longer trusts the fair sex and has vowed to never marry again, but circumstances force him to wed Scheherezade (Mili Avital), a beautiful girl he's known since he was a child. Schahriar decides that if he must marry Scheherezade, he will murder her after their wedding night. Scheherezade, however, is understandably unenthusiastic about this idea, and to postpone her execution, begins regaling Schahriar with a long series of fascinating stories; by keeping him intrigued with her fables of adventure and honor, she hopes his heart will soften and she will be allowed to live. Scheherezade's stories include the tales of Ali Baba (Rufus Sewell), BacBac the Hunchback (Alexei Sayle), Aladdin (Jason Scott-Lee), the Genie of the Lamp (John Leguizamo), and many more. Arabian Nights was originally shown as a two-part miniseries, with the first episode airing on ABC on April 30, 2000.
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Arabian Nights Summary
Long ago, the Sultan Schariar has gone mad after his traumatizing near assassination in which his wife collaborated and died at his hands as a result. Now he has a paranoid suspicion of women which he plans to express in a diabolical plan, and that is to marry a woman from the harem and then have her executed the very next morning. To prevent this, the Grand Vizier's daughter and a childhood friend of the Sultan, Scheherezade, offers herself to be that bride. Now, she must gamble that her plan will work as she tries to cure his madness by telling him story after wondrous story which include the tales of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp. All the while, the Sultan's villainous brother is making plans of his own and Scheherezade's stories are more useful against him than anyone can anticipate.
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