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Arabian Nights is a three hour miniseries that was made by Hallmark Entertainment, originally shown over two nights on April 30, and May 1, 2000 on ABC in the United States and BBC One in the United Kingdom. The series was written by Peter Barnes and directed by Steve Barron and is based on the Middle-Eastern literary masterpiece The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. The series consists of five stories which are framed with a sixth, this maintains the traditional style of stories within stories that is synonymous with the Nights. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x655, 46 KB)Arabian Nights Poster. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x655, 46 KB)Arabian Nights Poster. ...
A miniseries, in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ...
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Steve Barron Steve Barron (born May 4, 1956) is a director and producer, best known for directing the films Coneheads and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ...
A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...
Queen Scheherazade tells her stories to King Shahryar. ...
Plot
The series starts in Baghdad, with Sultan Shahryar (Dougray Scott) who has gone mad after his first wife was killed by his own hand during a failed coup d’état, that she planned with Shahryar’s own brother (James Frain). Now, five years later, Shahryar believes that all women want to kill him, unfortunately the Sultan must get married or the thrown will be past to his brother. In his madness, Shahryar decides to take a wife and have her executed the next day. In order to prevent this, the clever Scheherazade (Mili Avital), a childhood friend of Shahryar, who is secretly in love with him, marries the troubled Sultan and tells him stories every night, stopping at daybreak with a cliff-hanger. In order to hear the rest of the story, Shahryar must keep Scheherazade alive until the next night. Cunningly, Scheherazade has hidden a moral within every story, to slowly bring the Sultan out of his madness. Average temperature (red) and precipitations (blue) in Baghdad Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province. ...
The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (كتاب ألف ليلة و ليلة in Arabic or هزار و یک شب in Persian), also known as The book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, 1001 Arabian Nights, or simply the Arabian Nights, is a piece of classic Arabic literature in...
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For the story teller in the Arabian Nights or the 1001 Nights see Shahrazad. ...
Mili Avital (Hebrew:מילי ×ביטל) (born 30 March 1972) is an Israeli actress. ...
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The Stories Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (498x630, 235 KB) Summary Los Angeles Times supplement from April 30, 2000. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (498x630, 235 KB) Summary Los Angeles Times supplement from April 30, 2000. ...
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Ali Baba finds a magic cave filled with the treasures stolen by the Forty Thieves and there malevolent leader Black Coda. Ali Baba takes the riches for himself and goes to Damascus, where he uses the stolen treasure to live in luxury. Enraged by this, Black Coda goes into Damascus, in order to kill Ali Baba and take back his treasure. This is the first of Scheherazade’s cliff-hangers. The adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves was added to the traditional collection of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights by its European transcriber, Antoine Galland, an 18th-century French orientalist who had heard it in oral form from a Maronite story-teller from Aleppo. ...
Damascus by night, pictured from Jabal Qasioun; the green spots are minarets Damascus (Arabic officially دمشق Dimashq, colloquially ash-Sham الشام) is the capital city of Syria. ...
BacBac the Hunchback BacBac is a court jester and the most popular man in Constantinople, so when he accidentally chokes and dies at a dinner party, his hosts panic and try to get rid of the body. The rest of the story follows the body of BacBac as it is passed from person to person, each of whom believes that they have killed the late jester. Map of Constantinople. ...
This story tells the classic tale of Aladdin, a Chinese thief who finds a lamp containing a genie that can grant wishes. This story is perhaps most notable for John Leguizamo's portrayal of two genies, the Genie of the Lamp and the Genie of the Ring. Vanessa Mae, who is best known as a violinist, plays Princess Zobeide in this story. Aladdin in the Magic Garden, an illustration by Max Liebert from Ludwig Fuldas Aladdin und die Wunderlampe Aladdin (a corruption of the Arabic name Alauddin/Ê¿AlÄʾu d-DÄ«n, Arabic: علاء الدين, Chinese: 阿拉ä¸) is one of the tales from 1001 Nights and one of the most famous in Western culture. ...
Aladdin in the Magic Garden, an illustration by Max Liebert from Ludwig Fuldas Aladdin und die Wunderlampe Aladdin (a corruption of the Arabic name Alauddin/Ê¿AlÄʾu d-DÄ«n, Arabic: علاء الدين, Chinese: 阿拉ä¸) is one of the tales from 1001 Nights and one of the most famous in Western culture. ...
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Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson (born October 27, 1978 (She shares a birthday with Niccolò Paganini, one of the greatest violinists who ever lived) in Singapore), known on stage as Vanessa-Mae (in Chinese: 陈美, Chén Měi) is an internationally known classical and pop musician. ...
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Amin the Beggar This story follows Amin, played by Dougray Scott, a beggar from Cairo who is abducted by Sultan Harun al-Rashid, played by James Frain. In order to indulge his cruel sense of humor, Harun tricks Amin into thinking that he is the Sultan, before returning the beggar to the slums, causing him to go insane. Although technically in Giza, The Great Pyramids have become a symbol of Cairo internationally Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة; transliterated: al-QÄhirah) is the capital city of Egypt (and previously the United Arab Republic) and has a metropolitan area population of approximately 15. ...
Persian miniature depicting Hraun al-Rashid. ...
The Three Brothers This, the last story told by Scheherazade, follows the adventures of three brothers, who each travel the world in order to win the affection of their father, the king of Yemen, by obtaining unique treasures. This story contains the famous flying carpet. A magic carpet is a carpet that would transport persons who were on it instantaneously or quickly to their destination. ...
Cast Mili Avital (Hebrew:מילי ×ביטל) (born 30 March 1972) is an Israeli actress. ...
Dougray Scott (born November 25, 1965 in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland as Stephen Scott) is a Scottish actor on television and film. ...
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Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson (born October 27, 1978 (She shares a birthday with Niccolò Paganini, one of the greatest violinists who ever lived) in Singapore), known on stage as Vanessa-Mae (in Chinese: 陈美, Chén Měi) is an internationally known classical and pop musician. ...
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Awards The miniseries won an Artios award for Best Casting and an Emmy award for Outstanding Makeup. An Emmy Award. ...
External links - Official website Hallmark Entertainment
- IMDb site for Arabian Nights The Internet Movie Database
- Fan site on Dougray Scott’s official website
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