Aladdin Trilogy: Aladdin / Return of Jafar / Aladdin - King of Theives

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Triple bill of Disney adaptations from the traditional tale of Aladdin. In 'Aladdin' (1993), the eponymous street urchin meets by chance the beautiful Princess Jasmine in the marketplace after she has sneaked out of the royal palace looking for some fun. The sultan's advisor, the evil Jafar, who is hatching an evil plot to marry Jasmine and become sultan himself, senses her attraction to the youth and immediately gives orders to throw Aladdin (voice of Robin Williams) in jail. But when Aladdin discovers a magic lamp in a cave, his quest begins: to defeat Jafar and win the hand of the princess, with the help of the Genie in the lamp. In the sequel, 'The Return of Jafar' (1994), Jafar the evil sorcerer gets trapped inside the magic lamp, and plots his revenge on Aladdin, who is again accompanied by the beautiful Princess Jasmine and the wise-cracking Genie. In the second sequel, 'Aladdin and the King of Thieves' (1996), Aladdin is worried about his impending marriage to Princess Jasmine, and in particular his future role as a father, as he has never known his own. When the forty thieves steal a magical talisman during the ceremony, Aladdin is forced to put such concerns to one side. However, as he attempts to retrieve the missing jewel, he unwittingly moves closer to finding his long-lost dad...