Arabian Nights (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Steve Barron

Writer (WGA):

Peter Barnes (written by)

Release Date:

30 April 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Fantasy | Adventure

Tagline:

When Night Falls, the Adventure Begins!

Plot:

To cure a prince's murderous madness, Scheherezade tells him a series of wonderous stories.

Plot Keywords:

Harem | Arabian Nights | Paranoia | 1001 Nights | South Asian

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Mili Avital	...	Scheherezade
Alan Bates	...	Storyteller
James Frain	...	Schahzenan / Harun al-Rashid
Tchéky Karyo	...	Black Coda
Jason Scott Lee	...	Aladdin
John Leguizamo	...	Genie of the Lamp / Genie of the Ring
Vanessa Mae	...	Princess Zobeide
Dougray Scott	...	Sultan Shahryar / Amin
Rufus Sewell	...	Ali Baba
Jim Carter	...	Ja'Far
Peter Guinness	...	Chief Executioner
Hugh Quarshie	...	Mustappa
Pik Sen Lim	...	Aladdin's Mother (as Pik-Sen Lim)
Amira Casar	...	Morgiana
Andy Serkis	...	Kasim
Ayesha Dharker	...	Coral Lips
Alexis Conran	...	Prince Ali
James Callis	...	Prince Ahmed
Hari Dhillon	...	Prince Hussain
John Hallam	...	Demon
Alexei Sayle	...	BacBac
Jamila Massey	...	Safil
Nadim Sawalha	...	Judge Zadic
Leon Lissek	...	Dr. Ezra
Junix Inocian	...	Hi-Ching
Stanley Lebor	...	Faisal
Jane Lapotaire	...	Miriam
Stefan Kalipha	...	Nonz (as Stephan Kalipha)
Benedict Wong	...	Hassan
Orgun Gitir	...	Executioner's Assistant
Inday Ba	...	Heart's Delight
Melanie Gutteridge	...	Fair Face
Burt Kwouk	...	Caliph Beder
Henry Goodman	...	Sultan Billah
Maureen O'Farrell	...	Sultana Billah
Tony Osoba	...	Sultan Badr Al-Din
Emma Lewis	...	Sultana
Roger Hammond	...	Jerome Gribben
Kulvinder Ghir	...	Ali's Servant
David Yip	...	Assad
Don Warrington	...	Hari Ben Karim
Cyril Nri	...	Schaca
Bhasker Patel	...	Carpet Seller
Adrian Pang	...	Gulnare
Simon Gregor	...	1st Robber
Oded Fehr	...	2nd Robber
Simon Finney	...	2nd Guard
Nasser Memarzia	...	Prosecuting Lawyer
Chiaki Yamauchi	...	Head Maid
Peter Bayliss	...	1st Physician
Sara Houghton	...	Hand Maiden
Barry Kamen	...	1st Guard
Ysé Tran	...	Bubble Dancer (as Yse Tran)
Hassani Shapi	...	1st Army Captain
Yaman Türcet	...	Elderly Mourner (as Yaman Tuzcet)
Ufuk Asiliskendar	...	Clerk

Directed by
Steve Barron

Writing credits (WGA)
Peter Barnes		(written by)

Produced by
Peter Barnes	....	associate producer
Howard Ellis	....	supervising producer
Robert Halmi Jr.	....	executive producer
Robert Halmi Sr.	....	executive producer
Dyson Lovell	....	producer
Nigel Wooll	....	line producer

Original Music by
Richard Harvey

Cinematography by
Remi Adefarasin

Film Editing by
David Yardley

Casting by
Allison Cowitt
Mike Fenton
Nina Gold

Production Design by
Tony Burrough
Ben van Os

Art Direction by
Choi Ho Man

Set Decoration by
Dominic Smithers

Costume Design by
Maurizio Millenotti

Makeup Department
Diane Chenery-Wickens	....	makeup artist
Mark Coulier	....	special makeup designer
Massimiliano Duranti	....	hair stylist
John Henry Gordon	....	makeup artist
Giorgio Gregorini	....	hair stylist
Duncan Jarman	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Marina Marin	....	hair stylist
Ferdinando Merolla	....	hair stylist
Daniel Phillips	....	makeup artist (as Darren Phillips)
Alessio Pompei	....	hair stylist
Nadia Rosati	....	hair stylist
Simon Rose	....	prosthetic sculptor
Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore	....	contact lens technician
Jenny Sharpe	....	makeup artist
Aldo Signoretti	....	key hair stylist
Matthew Smith	....	prosthetic makeup technician
Anne Spiers	....	hair designer
Anne Spiers	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Zakaria Alaoui	....	production manager
Adam Goodman	....	production manager
Lawrence Morgan	....	production manager
Y. Murat Ozguc	....	assistant production manager
Ron Purdie	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Phil Booth	....	second assistant director: second unit
Ben Burt	....	second assistant director
Ali Cherkaoui	....	second assistant director: Morocco
Geoff Dibben	....	additional second assistant director
Rachid Gaidi	....	assistant director
Sallie Anne Hard	....	key second assistant director (as Sallie Hard)
Simon Moseley	....	first assistant director
Alex Oakley	....	third assistant director
Osbert Parker	....	second unit director

Art Department
Mark Baldwin	....	scenic artist
Conor Dennison	....	set designer
Glyn Dillon	....	storyboard artist
Richard Field	....	art director: second unit
Barry Gibbs	....	property master
Simon Hague	....	scenic artist
Rebecca Holmes	....	assistant art director
Kamlan Man	....	assistant art director
Niall Moroney	....	assistant art director
Darryl Paterson	....	chargehand prop
Rachid Quiat	....	assistant art director
Ussal Smithers	....	prop buyer
Karen Wakefield	....	draughtsman
Marcus Williams	....	scenic artist
Remo Tozzi	....	model maker (uncredited)

Sound Department
Tim Alban	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jens Christensen	....	adr recordist
Felicity Cottrell	....	foley artist
Matt Grimes	....	supervising sound editor
Tony Jackson	....	sound mixer
Alex Joseph	....	assistant adr editor
Karym Ronda	....	boom operator: Morocco
Sandra Roth	....	foley editor
Sandra Roth	....	foley recordist
Mags Scholes	....	boom operator
Bjorn Ole Schroeder	....	sound editor
Jack Stew	....	foley artist
Richard Todman	....	adr/special sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Garry Cooper	....	special effects technician
Stuart Frossell	....	senior special effects modeller
Asa Shoul	....	mastergrade colourist
Gareth Wingrove	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Hal Bertram	....	visual effects
William Burdis	....	digital effects artist
James Cooper	....	visual effects editor
Ben Cronin	....	visual effects artist
Andrew Daffy	....	senior animator
Michael John Davis	....	visual effects coordinator
Michael Davis	....	visual effects coordinator: Framestore CFC
Nick Drew	....	visual effects coordinator: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
François Dumoulin	....	digital compositor
Karen Halliwell	....	rigger
Tim Keene	....	visual effects line producer
Sharon Lock	....	digital paint artist
Andy Lomas	....	lead CGI animator
Bruno Maillard	....	digital artist
Alex Parkinson	....	research and development
Eve Ramboz	....	visual effects supervisor
Pedro Sabrosa	....	senior visual effects artist
Sharon Smith	....	creature concept designer
Michael Turoff	....	visual effects producer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Val Wardlaw	....	visual effects
Richenda Wheeler	....	animator
David Hulin	....	CG animator (uncredited)

Stunts
Faycal Attougui	....	stunts
Gérard Lesage	....	stunts
Greg Powell	....	stunt coordinator
Tracey Caudle	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nick Chopping	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bradley Farmer	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Dave Fisher	....	stunts (uncredited)
Luke Kearney	....	stunts (uncredited)
Theo Kypri	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Lee Millham	....	stunts (uncredited)
Brian Nickels	....	stunts (uncredited)
Peter Pedrero	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
John Adefarasin	....	second camera loader
Rene Adefarasin	....	second camera loader: second unit
John Arnold	....	key grip
Ian Franklin	....	best boy
Mark Funnell	....	electrician
Tamas Nyerges	....	Steadicam operator
Iain Struthers	....	clapper loader
Ben Wilson	....	first assistant camera
Jimmy Wilson	....	gaffer
Rupert Power	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Lynn Glaser	....	casting assistant (as Lynn Emblem)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Giovanni Casalnuovo	....	assistant costume designer
Giovanni Casalnuovo	....	costume supervisor
Marcus Love-McGuirk	....	key wardrobe master
Abdelfattah Qzaibar	....	costume assistant
Maria Antonietta Salvatori	....	wardrobe supervisor
Salvatore Salzano	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Bryon Fear	....	post-production coordinator
Alastair Grimshaw	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Daryl Griffith	....	composer: additional music
Daryl Griffith	....	orchestrator
Robin Morrison	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Redouane Fihi	....	transportation

Other crew
Mustapha Adidou	....	location assistant
Rosie Bedford-Stradling	....	unit nurse
Diane Chittell	....	production coordinator
Ben Fogg	....	assistant to producer
Steven Forrester	....	production runner
Arzu Gurdamar	....	production coordinator: Turkey
Andrew Jack	....	dialogue coach: adr
Ilhan Kizilkaya	....	co-location manager
Khadja Koulla	....	production coordinator
Louise Kramskoy	....	assistant to director
Myriam Loukili	....	accountant
Jill McCullough	....	dialect coach
Jon Miller	....	assistant accountant
Tony Miller	....	production accountant
Della Moore	....	financial controller
Angus More Gordon	....	location manager
Maureen O'Farrell	....	choreographer
Lisa Vick	....	script supervisor
Chris Warren	....	video coordinator
Kirsten Wing	....	assistant production coordinator

Production Companies

• Golden Horn Films
• Hallmark Entertainment
• International Traders

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2000) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Special Effects

• Framestore (digital visual effects)
• Jim Henson's Creature Shop (dragon sequence)
• Medialab (flying carpet sequence)

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting equipment
• ARRI Media  camera equipment provided by
• Studios CTS  score recording facilities

Runtime:

175 min | Germany:156 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Antalya Studios, Turkey

Company:

Golden Horn Films

Trivia:

Last film of Peter Bayliss.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Harun al-Rashid was the Caliph of Baghdad, not the Sultan of Cairo.

Quotes:

Sultan Schariar: Look into my eyes. What do you see, Scheherezade?
Scheherezade: Me. Looking at you, my love.

Quality entertainment for all the family

One could think of a TV series, especially one intended for young audiences, that its quality will not match that of a movie for the big screen. That is false for Arabian Nights. Starting with a solid and well-balanced plot, good acting, superb photography and truly inspired music, plus beautiful filming locations, fantastic dressings, special effects and some touches of humor on an epic drama, all you get is top quality entertainment for all the family.