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Jafar (Disney)
Jafar is a fictional character in and the main antagonist of Walt Disney Pictures' animated film ''Aladdin (1992 Disney film), Aladdin'' (1992). He is voiced by Jonathan Freeman (actor), Jonathan Freeman, who reprised the role in the Aladdin (2011 musical), Broadway musical adaptation. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. Jafar also appears in the sequel ''The Return of Jafar'' and the ''Hercules (1998 TV series), Hercules'' crossover episode "Hercules and the Arabian Night". An inspiration to the character is the villain Jaffar, played by Conrad Veidt in ''The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film), The Thief of Bagdad'', from which ''Aladdin'' borrows several character ideas and plot elements. The Jafar of Disney's ''Aladdin'' plays essentially the same part as the character from the 1940 film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aladdin (franchise)
''Aladdin'' is a The Walt Disney Company, Disney media franchise comprising a film series and additional media. It began with the 1992 Cinema of the United States, American Animation, animated feature Aladdin (1992 Disney film), of the same name, which was based on the Aladdin, tale of the same name, and was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. The success of the film led to two direct-to-video sequels, a Aladdin (animated TV series), television series (which had a crossover episode with ''Hercules (1998 TV series), Hercules: The Animated Series''), a Aladdin (2011 musical), Broadway musical, a Aladdin (2019 film), live-action remake, various rides and themed areas in Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Disney's theme parks, several video games, and merchandise, among other related works. Films Animated feature films ''Aladdin'' (1992) ''Aladdin'' is the original film of the franchise. It was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Feature Animation, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vizier (Abbasid Caliphate)
The vizier () was the senior minister of the Abbasid Caliphate, and set a model that was widely emulated in the Muslim world. Many viziers came to enjoy considerable power, even at times eclipsing the Abbasid caliphs and using them as puppets. The majority of the viziers were of non-Arab origin, and several were also notable patrons of poets and scholars, sponsoring the Translation Movement as well as religious works. History The term originally meant 'helper', and appears in this sense in the Quran. It was later adopted as a title, in the form of () by the proto-Shi'a leaders al-Mukhtar and Abu Salama. Under the Abbasid caliphs, the term acquired the meaning of 'representative' or 'deputy'. Early period The exact origins of the office of vizier are not entirely clear. Some historians have suggested that it should be traced to pre-Islamic practices in Sasanian Persia (cf. ), but others have stressed an independent evolution in the Arab-Islamic world, from the position of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Ashman
Howard Elliott Ashman (May 17, 1950 – March 14, 1991) was an American playwright, lyricist and stage director. He is most widely known for his work on feature films for Walt Disney Animation Studios, for which Ashman wrote the lyrics and Alan Menken composed the music.. Ashman has been credited as being a main driving force behind the Disney Renaissance. His work included songs for '' Little Shop of Horrors'', '' The Little Mermaid'', '' Beauty and the Beast'', and '' Aladdin''. Tim Rice took over to write the rest of the songs for the latter film after Ashman's death in 1991. Early life and education Ashman was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Shirley Thelma (née Glass) and Raymond Albert Ashman, an ice cream cone manufacturer. His family was Jewish. He started his theater experiences with the Children's Theater Association (CTA), playing roles such as Peter Pan. Ashman first studied at Boston University and Goddard College (with a stop at Tufts University's Summer T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Menken
Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer and conductor. Over his career he has received List of awards and nominations received by Alan Menken, numerous accolades including winning eight Academy Awards, a Tony Awards, Tony Award, eleven Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Awards, Daytime Emmy Award. He is one of 21 recipients to have won the competitive EGOT, EGOT (Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony). He is best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Menken's contributions to ''The Little Mermaid (1989 film), The Little Mermaid'' (1989), ''Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), Beauty and the Beast'' (1991), ''Aladdin (1992 Disney film), Aladdin'' (1992), and ''Pocahontas (1995 film), Pocahontas'' (1995) won him two Academy Awards for each film. He also composed the scores and songs for ''Little Shop of Horrors (film), Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986), ''Newsies'' (1992), ''The Hunchback of Not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and science. In response to the increasing Technological and industrial history of the United States, industrialization of the United States, William Barton Rogers organized a school in Boston to create "useful knowledge." Initially funded by a land-grant universities, federal land grant, the institute adopted a Polytechnic, polytechnic model that stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. MIT moved from Boston to Cambridge in 1916 and grew rapidly through collaboration with private industry, military branches, and new federal basic research agencies, the formation of which was influenced by MIT faculty like Vannevar Bush. In the late twentieth century, MIT became a leading center for research in compu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tech (newspaper)
''The Tech'', first published on November 16, 1881, is the student newspaper at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Editions are published biweekly on Thursdays throughout the academic year and about once a month over the summer. ''The Tech'' established an early presence on the World Wide Web, and continues to publish online in tandem with the print edition.Kristina Grifantini"The Tech, Then and Now" ''MIT Technology Review'', June 23, 2008. Organization ''The Tech'' is a completely student-managed, and largely student-written publication, officially recognized as a student activity by the administration of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The newspaper is largely self-supporting financially, deriving most of its income from advertising. The publication has an advisory board composed primarily of ex-staffers who are alumni of MIT. Print edition Printed copies are distributed throughout the MIT campus on the morning of publication. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Hirschfeld
Albert Hirschfeld (June 21, 1903 – January 20, 2003) was an American caricaturist best known for his black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars. Early life and career Al Hirschfeld was born in 1903 in a two-story duplex apartment at 1313 Carr Street in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Isaac, was a German Jewish traveling salesman, while his mother Rebecca was from a family of strict, Russian Orthodox Jews; his maternal grandparents refused to eat in his parents' non-kosher home. Hirschfeld described how the family would not permit bread in the house during Passover, and during this time the family would eat matzah and ham sandwiches. He moved with his family to New York City in 1915, where he received art training at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design. In 1924, Hirschfeld traveled to Paris and London, where he studied painting, drawing and sculpture. When he returned to the United States, a friend, fabled Broadway press agent R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Deja
Andreas Deja (born 1 April 1957) is a Polish-born German-American character animator most noted for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Deja's work includes serving as supervising animator on characters in several Disney animated films, including the Disney villains King Triton And Vanessa in '' The Little Mermaid'', Gaston in ''Beauty and the Beast'', Jafar in ''Aladdin'', and Scar in ''The Lion King'', the titular character in ''Hercules'', Lilo Pelekai in '' Lilo & Stitch'', Mama Odie and Juju in ''The Princess and the Frog'', and Tigger in '' Winnie the Pooh''. Early life Deja credits seeing Disney's ''The Jungle Book'' as an 11-year-old with inspiring him to become an animator."Deja views" Features, '' |
Conrad Veidt
Hans Walter Conrad Veidt ( , ; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German and British actor. He attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and ''The Man Who Laughs (1928 film), The Man Who Laughs'' (1928). After a successful career in German silent films, where he was one of the best-paid stars of UFA GmbH, UFA, Veidt and his new Jewish wife Ilona Prager left Germany in 1933 after the Nazis came to power. The couple settled in Britain, where he took citizenship in 1939. Veidt subsequently appeared in many British films, including ''The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film), The Thief of Bagdad'' (1940). After emigrating to the United States around 1941, he was cast as Major Strasser in ''Casablanca (film), Casablanca'' (1942), his last film role to be released during his lifetime. Early life Hans Walter Conrad Veidt was born on 22 January 1893 in his parents' home at Tieckstraße 39 in Berlin to Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercules And The Arabian Night
The following is a list of episodes from ''Hercules'', an American animated television series made by Walt Disney Television Animation, based on the 1997 Disney animated feature film of the same name and Greek mythology. All major voice actors from the 1997 film reprise their roles, except for Zeus and Philoctetes who are respectively voiced by Corey Burton and Robert Costanzo. The series ran for 65 episodes, with 52 having aired in syndication and 13 more having aired on ABC as part of the '' Disney's One Saturday Morning'' block. The syndicated and ABC episodes constituted a single production season, but they are listed separately here. A direct-to-video film, '' Hercules: Zero to Hero'', was released in 1999 and reformatted four episodes of the series. One episode, titled "Hercules and the Arabian Night", serves as a crossover with Disney's ''Aladdin''. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1998–99) What follows is the list of ''Hercules'' episodes that aired in synd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercules (1998 TV Series)
''Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series'', simply known as ''Hercules'', is an American animated television series that is based on the 1997 film of the same name and the Greek myth. The series followed Hercules as a teenager, in training to be a hero, prior to the events of the film. The series premiered in syndication on August 31, 1998, and on ABC through its Disney's One Saturday Morning block on September 12, 1998. The syndicated run lasted 52 episodes, while the ABC run lasted 13 episodes. Plot The series follows Hercules, as a teenager, training as a hero, while trying to navigate everyday life. With his free-spirited friend Icarus, his future-seeing friend Cassandra, and his trainer Philoctetes ("Phil"), he battles his evil uncle Hades. Like all teenagers, though, Hercules has to worry about peer pressure when the snobbish prince Adonis ridicules him. The series notably contradicts several events and plot points in the original film. A notable example is Hades kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of Jafar
''The Return of Jafar'' (retroactively titled ''Aladdin: The Return of Jafar'' on later releases) is a 1994 American direct-to-video animated musical film, musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures Disney Television Animation, and Television. It is the first sequel to Disney's 1992 animated feature film, ''Aladdin (1992 Disney film), Aladdin'', made by combining the planned first five episodes of the Aladdin (animated TV series), ''Aladdin'' animated television series into a feature-length film. Released on May 20, 1994, in North America, it was the second Disney animated feature film sequel, after ''The Rescuers Down Under'' (1990), and the first List of Disney feature-length home entertainment releases, Disney direct-to-video animated feature film. It also marked the first American direct-to-video animated feature film. Gilbert Gottfried, Jonathan Freeman (actor), Jonathan Freeman, Scott Weinger, Frank Welker, Brad Kane and Linda Larkin reprise their roles from the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
