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Kenneth White
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1.
FADE IN:
SERIES OF SHOTS
SCHEHERAZADE (V.O.)
I am Scheherazade. It is the 500th
night. Ah … halfway home. And this
is yet another of my many wondrous
tales.
SCHEHERAZADE (V.O.)
In a long ago time, in a faraway land,
it is a time of turmoil. The Sultan
Farrukh of Araby and his empire are at
war with Xanadu the Wizard and his
army of darkness.
SCHEHERAZADE (V.O.)
The Sultan has sent his only daughter
… the Princess Fatima … to hide in
a remote desert palace. She carries
with her an ancient magic lamp that
Xanadu covets, for it holds the key to
absolute power. If it falls into the
hands of the Evil Wizard, the world
will be lost.
ARTHUR
The end ist at hand.
OTHELLO
Be still, spineless son of a sea hag.
OTHELLO
I owe thee my life.
ARTHUR
Methinks, we art finally even then.
SOLDIERS of the Sultan's army hurry past them and down the
hallway, taking up fighting positions along the walls.
They anxiously stare at the barricaded door at the far end
of the hallway, waiting.
ARTHUR
Princess Fatima ist surely doomed. As
art we.
MINOTAUR
Surrender or die mortals.
MINOTAUR
By Zeus, I hoped you'd say that.
ARTHUR
Methinks he'll knowest what salami
doth feel like when I am done.
Othello shoves him out of harm's way.
OTHELLO
Souvenir.
Arthur covers his mouth with both hands and stumbles into a
nearby corridor, much to Othello's bemusement.
ALADDIN
Mother! My destiny calls! The Sultan
is recruiting men to fight Xanadu!
SALOME
Men … not boys, Aladdin.
Aladdin throws out his arms in exasperation.
ALADDIN
I'll never become a man stuck in this
crummy shop.
SALOME
You'll never become a man until you
learn to do an honest day's work.
ALADDIN
Work is for peasants. I am the son of
a great warrior!
SALOME
And the son of a poor, widowed
seamstress. With no cloth to sew.
5.
ALADDIN
I can fix that.
SALOME
Please, son. No more stealing.
ALADDIN
Not stealing. Merely sport.
ROCS, VULTURES, and other BIRDS OF PREY dive bomb from the
skies.
Djinn, Efreet, Dao, and Marid GENIES use air, fire, earth,
and water to slaughter their opponents.
XANADU
(HISSES like a snake)
Always finish the job, my pet. A dead
warrior never fights again.
SHOPKEEPER
Gutter spawn. I'll have your hands in
payment.
ALADDIN
Must be a Republican. Democrats get
upset over sex.
ALADDIN
When you come to a fork in the road …
take it.
SHOPKEEPER
Split up. Cut him off. Stop him!
WOMAN
For an old wench like me?
ALADDIN
Beauty, like fruit, is tastiest when
ripe.
WOMAN
You are truly a thief, Aladdin. Of
hearts … as well as goods.
SHOPKEEPER (O.S.)
There he is.
GUARD
Slimy rat in a trap. And I am the
Orkin Man.
WOMAN
Protect it with your life, Arthur.
The world as we know it depends on
you.
ARTHUR
I wilt, mistress. To the death.
BALTHAZAR
He whose sword knows no rest, I wish
you everlasting joy and glory.
BALTHAZAR
My Lord, we have yet to find the lamp.
XANADU
Where is it, worm?
OFFICER
I know nothing.
XANADU
Princess Fatima?
OFFICER
Far from here.
9.
XANADU
The lamp is here. Find it, Balthazar.
And bring the Princess to me …
alive.
SHOPKEEPER (O.S.)
A reward for anyone who stops that
thief.
ALADDIN
Who is that guy?
ALADDIN
That's one ugly snake.
COBRA/XANADU
(HISSES)
Fear me.
ALADDIN
With attitude.
ALADDIN
Close is only good in horseshoes and
hand grenades.
ALADDIN
Takes it off … takes it all off.
He turns the flame thrower on the second guard and sets his
turban on fire. The guard yanks the flaming hat off his
head and tries to throw it away, but can't because the end
of it is still braided into his thick, matted hair. He
races away, trailing flames.
ALADDIN
Reminds me of a singer. Wore this
funny silver glove.
The fire eater finally sputters and flames out. He burps
one last ember.
ALADDIN
Oh, oh … flame out. A multitude of
thanks, cinder breath.
ALADDIN
Now, fellas. I was just trying to get
a present for my mother. It's her
birthday today.
They charge.
ALADDIN
Well, maybe I fudged on the date.
SWORD SWALLOWER
Ooh, that smarts.
ALADDIN
Profound apologies, but I need a
weapon more than you need lunch.
ALADDIN
At last …
ALADDIN
… an equalizer.
WARRIOR
Men are not allowed here.
MERCENARY
Nor are you.
BALTHAZAR
At last, Princess Fatima. We have
been searching for you.
FATIMA
You have found me.
Balthazar PATS his crop against his open palm. The razor-
sharp stones nick his flesh. He seems to enjoy it.
VIZIER
My liege, the great Xanadu, requests
the pleasure of your company.
FATIMA
I would die first.
VIZIER
I cannot allow that, your highness.
BACK TO FATIMA
BACK TO FATIMA
A EUNUCH SCREAMS.
She looks at the eunuch and flashes him a salute with her
sword.
As she spins to exit, an OGRE tosses a net over her.
FATIMA
Unhand me, you foul-breathed slime …
OTHELLO
A magic lamp? What art thou talking
about?
ARTHUR
It ist mine to protect …
OTHELLO
Giveth it to me.
ARTHUR
… even from thou.
Arthur grabs his wounded arm and gives Othello a "You owe
me" look. Othello lunges at the bundle. Arthur jumps back
and …
OTHELLO
Pattycake …
ARTHUR
Pattycake …
OTHELLO
Baker's man …
ARTHUR
Bake me a cake …
OTHELLO
As fast as thou …
OTHELLO/ARTHUR
… canst!
15.
As they pat their two hands flat together on the last word,
they turn and punch out the lights of the fascinated apes.
Arthur and Othello wince with pain and madly shake their
numb fists.
OTHELLO
This wilt lead to no good I am sure.
INT./EXT. AIRSHIP
BALTHAZAR
Some precious booty, All Powerful One.
XANADU
Princess Fatima … at last. I trust
you were not too badly harmed.
BALTHAZAR
Answer his Lordship.
FATIMA
He is no lord of mine. He is closer
to the devil.
Balthazar lashes her across her bare lower back with his
riding crop, drawing blood.
FATIMA
By Allah and all the sands of time, I
swear you will die a thousand most
horrible deaths for that.
BALTHAZAR
It barely shows. A lover will never
notice.
XANADU
Look at me, child. I have no wish to
harm you. I seek only the lamp.
BALTHAZAR
The lamp is not inside the palace,
sire.
(he listens again to
the Captain)
An airship escaped during the assault.
XANADU
Take her away.
XANADU
The Princess would not make a good
card player. From her reaction, I
would say the lamp was onboard that
airship. Find it.
VIZIER
With pleasure, my liege.
XANADU
Do not disappoint me, Balthazar. It
could be … lethal.
INT. AIRSHIP
ARTHUR
Where art we bound?
OTHELLO
Away from that place.
ARTHUR
Dost thou know what thou art doing?
OTHELLO
I am a corsair. I can sail anything.
On the high seas … or the air.
OTHELLO
Air pocket.
18.
ARTHUR
Not quite.
EXT. AIRSHIP
The goat head is pitch black, with glowing amber eyes and
long, ochre horns. The lion head is framed by a brown mane
and has green eyes. The dragon head is covered with orange
scales and has black eyes.
DAHISH
Know then that I am an Efreeti Genie,
by name Dahish. And I am here to
play.
INT. AIRSHIP
OTHELLO
Well, this ist a fine mess thou hast
gotten us into.
EXT. AIRSHIP
INT. AIRSHIP
OTHELLO
Prepare to abandon ship.
19.
ARTHUR
I canst not swim.
OTHELLO
It ist a desert, fool.
EXT. AIRSHIP
The Genie grabs them both and wraps them into a ball.
DAHISH
Fore!
OTHELLO
What didst I do in a previous life to
deserve this?
ARTHUR
This must be where they recycle all
the old hourglasses.
OTHELLO
What art they looking for? I am not
dead yet.
ARTHUR
Those scavengers art carrying Handi
Wipes.
OTHELLO
Praise Allah. I thought we wert
lunch.
ARTHUR
All's well that ends well, I always
sayeth.
OTHELLO
Thou sayest that?
ARTHUR
I certainly didst.
ARTHUR
I love thou, too.
OTHELLO
I dost not love thee.
ARTHUR
Then why didst thou kiss me?
OTHELLO
The devil takest me if I didst.
ARTHUR
Fine.
ARTHUR
Thou didst it yet again.
21.
OTHELLO
Didst what?
ARTHUR
Kissed me.
OTHELLO
I warn thou. This game ist not funny.
ARTHUR
Thou havest a tongue like a wet
paintbrush.
OTHELLO
I didst not use my tongue.
ARTHUR
Then thou didst kiss me.
OTHELLO
I wouldst kill thou, instead.
OTHELLO
Blessed be Allah, the all-seeing.
ARTHUR
A … kangaroo.
Othello hops over the bush and grabs the camel by its loose
reins. As Arthur follows, the camel spits in his face.
OTHELLO
Good girl, good girl.
ARTHUR
Dost this beast have sufficient gas?
OTHELLO
Now I knowest how Ichabod Crane felt.
OTHELLO
This ist the last time I listen to
thee.
ARTHUR
I promised the Princess.
OTHELLO
But I didst not.
OTHELLO
I wilt not be enslaved again. I
wouldst die first.
23.
ARTHUR
Once the slaver, now the slave.
OTHELLO
I never wast. The other Barbary
pirates sold their fellow man into
captivity. I wouldst not.
ARTHUR
And thou payest dearly for it.
OTHELLO
Had I not freed thee, I wouldst never
have felt the chain around my neck.
ARTHUR
And for that, I wilt thank thee until
my dying day. Which, I fearest,
mayest be soon.
ARTHUR
By Sulaiman's beard, I have lost it.
ARTHUR
Alas, I have broken my promise.
OTHELLO
Release it. Unless thou wouldst lose
the other two.
ARTHUR
My life ist not forfeit. Thou art
truly my friend and savior. Time and
again.
OTHELLO
Until this journey ends. Then we art
quit of each other.
24.
As the wagon rolls out of the canyon and into the vast
desert sea.
TURCOPOLE
Whatever fell with this, burned with
it.
NORSEMAN
The Sorcerer will not be pleased.
TURCOPOLE
Perhaps we should not tell him.
NORSEMAN
I fear he already knows.
XANADU
Where are they?
BALTHAZAR
We will find them. We have more men
than there are fleas in the Sahara.
Besides, gold has loosened many a
man's tongue.
XANADU
(to Balthazar)
It will be your tongue … and then
some if they are not in my hands.
XANADU
You have until then.
VIZIER
Alone at last.
TURK
Come, citizens. Behold the rare
treasures we bring you from distant
lands.
ALADDIN
No man can take your freedom.
TURK
Stop! Thief!
ALADDIN
Who's calling the kettle black?
The horse moves at exactly the wrong moment and the Turk
lands flat on his … brains.
BAZAAR STREETS
The sentries lower their spears. The beggars look down the
street toward the commotion.
BAZAAR STREETS
ALADDIN
Comrades … do as I do.
The cart tips up onto one wheel just long enough to scoot
by the clueless clergyman. The cart crashes back down on
both wheels, fishtails, then darts away toward the river.
The friar turns to see Aladdin's dust then turns back just
in time to get corkscrewed into the ground by Aladdin's
pursuers.
DRAWBRIDGE
CART
DRAWBRIDGE
CART
DRAWBRIDGE
A beggar leaps on his back and covers his eyes. The sentry
staggers in circles and plunges into the river.
The second sentry dashes to the lift chain and pulls on it.
CART
DRAWBRIDGE
Two beggars tackle the sentry at the chain, one high and
one low. A third beggar grasps the chain and lowers the
bridge.
CART
DRAWBRIDGE
Land on the far side. But, not quite. Only the horse's
head, forelegs and belly make it safely. The animal's
hindlegs dangle over the edge.
RIVER'S EDGE
CART
DRAWBRIDGE
Aladdin pulls himself over the neck of the horse and onto
the bridge. He yanks on the reins, pulling the horse until
its back legs finally find terra firma.
The horse skids to the base of the elevated bridge and
canters away.
CART
DRAWBRIDGE
TUAREG SLAVER
Two for the price of one, Madame. A
bargain.
SALOME
Where is that lazy boy?
SLAVER
Strong backs, good teeth, sturdy legs,
both eyes. It doesn't get any better
than this.
SALOME
You should thank Allah you do not have
a worthless thief for a son like I do.
SLAVER
Please, mistress, I have my own
problems. Do you wish the slaves or
shall I take my business elsewhere?
SALOME
The price is a little steep for a poor
old widow lady like me …
SLAVER
Take them off my hands and I'll throw
in this fine Moroccan whip to keep
them in line.
SALOME
I'll take them.
She gently touches Othello's arm. He releases the slaver
and hands the whip to his new owner.
SLAVER
Good luck taming this one, my lady.
The slave leader and his men back quickly out of the shop.
BALTHAZAR
You look every inch the blushing bride
to be, your highness.
BALTHAZAR
My lord had best tame this hellcat
before he beds her.
FATIMA
He's not man enough.
BALTHAZAR
Perhaps I am.
FATIMA
Perhaps …
FATIMA
… in your dreams.
He yanks his horse back, leers, then digs his heels hard
into the side of his horse, spurring it forward.
The palace is peopled with MEN and WOMEN going about their
daily business. Except … they are all dead. Where
living eyes should reside, the sockets are filled with
lifeless white orbs.
BALTHAZAR
(to Fatima)
Pretty are they not?
XANADU
These ones will never betray me.
ALADDIN
It was nothing.
ARTHUR
Thou lookest like an empress, mistress
Salome.
OTHELLO
More beautiful than Helen and
Cleopatra combined.
32.
SALOME
You are too kind to one who no longer
remembers how to blush. Thank you.
OTHELLO
It ist thou son who shouldst be
thanked.
ARTHUR
It ist truly a small world after all.
OTHELLO
What art the odds of being sold to the
mother of the one who tried to free
us?
ARTHUR
Even the fabled Omar Khayyam couldst
not have imagined a better tale.
ALADDIN
But … I failed.
OTHELLO
Thou didst try.
ARTHUR
And, for that, we art forever in thy
debt.
ALADDIN
Our paths seem destined to cross.
OTHELLO
It is kismet.
ARTHUR
Indeed, we wert meant to journey
together.
SALOME
Fine garments for lowly slaves.
ARTHUR
We art not slaves.
OTHELLO
We wert captured.
ARTHUR
We art servants of Her Highness
Princess Fat …
33.
ALADDIN
Princess Fatima? The Sultan's
daughter?
OTHELLO
No, Princess Fatima the milkmaid.
SALOME
Princess Fatima, prisoner of Xanadu.
ARTHUR/OTHELLO
(together)
Prisoner!
SALOME
In the market, they say Xanadu holds
her captive in the Ebony Palace.
ARTHUR
She ist surely lost.
OTHELLO
Sniveling faintheart. The Princess
wilt be a scorpion in Xanadu's
pantaloons.
SALOME
Could Xanadu be seeking you?
OTHELLO
Why dost thou asketh?
SALOME
Xanadu's men are searching the city
for two renegade thieves.
OTHELLO
Right. The precious, all-powerful
lamp.
ALADDIN
Lamp?
Othello fishes the lamp from Arthur's sash and holds it up,
regarding it with contempt.
OTHELLO
This … this worthless hunk of junk.
34.
ARTHUR
We must goest to her.
OTHELLO
If thou goest, thou goest alone. I
have had my fill of slavery.
ARTHUR
Fine.
OTHELLO
Fine.
ALADDIN
You there.
WOMAN
May Allah bless you and your children,
young man.
ALADDIN
I should live so long.
SALOME
Come, sit again, my son.
He does, reluctantly.
ALADDIN
It's a pity.
SALOME
What, my pearl?
ALADDIN
When so many have so much, how is it
so many have so little?
35.
OTHELLO
That ist the way it hast been since
time began, master.
ARTHUR
And wilt be until it ends, young
master.
ALADDIN
I am not your master because you are
not slaves. You will earn your food
and shelter here.
ARTHUR/OTHELLO
(together)
As thee wish, ma …
ALADDIN
And the name is Aladdin.
ARTHUR/OTHELLO
(together)
Yes … Aladdin.
ALADDIN
Mother, I plead with you. Sell this
shabby shop and release me from this
boring life.
SALOME
It is all that remains of your father.
ALADDIN
Then let us bury it with him.
ALADDIN
There is a whole world out there. And
all I've seen of it are the dingy
alleys of this dying city.
SALOME
I need you here. Perhaps another
year. If you don't end up in the
dungeon first.
ARTHUR
I dost not know thy son very well,
mistress, but I canst see he ist no
tailor.
OTHELLO
He hast the heart and soul of a
peaceful warrior.
SALOME
Yes, he has much of his father in him.
And I fear that above all.
Salome finishes her prayers and blows out the candle beside
her bed.
OTHELLO (O.S.)
Fearest not, Aladdin.
ALADDIN
You surprised me.
OTHELLO
Then I have not lost my skills.
ALADDIN
Sit with me a moment, friend.
OTHELLO
I wouldst, but there ist not time.
37.
ALADDIN
Ah, but there is world enough and
time.
OTHELLO
Arthur hast escaped.
ALADDIN
That ungrateful …
OTHELLO
Tread lightly, sir. Though thee art
my master, he ist my friend.
ALADDIN
I told you about the "master" word.
OTHELLO
My deepest apologies.
(a beat)
Arthur intends to keepest his holy
promise to the Princess. He wilt
protect that worthless lamp … with
his life.
ALADDIN
It must not be too worthless if he
intends to surrender his life for it.
OTHELLO
We must find him. He is no warrior.
ARTHUR
Open rice!
ARTHUR
Open caraway!
Still nothing.
ARTHUR
Open rye! Open barley!
Nothing.
ARTHUR
Open … all sorts of seed and grain!
And nothing yet again. He kicks at the sand and stubs his
toe on a hidden rock.
ARTHUR
Ah … sesame!
ALADDIN
He went thataway!
They gallop toward the desert mesas.
INT. CAVE
OTHELLO (O.S.)
Arthur …
ALADDIN (O.S.)
Arthur … abandon your dreams.
ARTHUR
Ah …
OTHELLO
Thought thou wouldst get away, did
thou?
ARTHUR
No!
OTHELLO
Exactly.
ARTHUR
No … I mean "No!"
MONGOL LEADER
Kill them!
ALADDIN
If it's schooling you seek, you've
come to the right place.
OTHELLO
Thou shouldst be rewarded for what
thou art teaching today.
ALADDIN
There's your down.
OTHELLO
And that art the balance … in full.
OTHELLO
A grand windmill, thou wouldst maketh,
Aladdin.
ALADDIN
And you a thresher.
OTHELLO
(to Arthur)
Methinks these scalawags need a merry
tune to dance to.
Othello grabs the man by the throat, lifts him in the air,
and crushes his windpipe. He tosses the lifeless body
aside and returns to assist Arthur.
Aladdin and Othello fight off the last of the Mongols with
frenzied fury. The cavern floor is soon littered with
broken bodies. The survivors flee.
OTHELLO
Thou hast the makings of a great
warrior, my friend.
41.
VOICE (FILTERED)
Excuse please.
ALADDIN
Who's there?
VOICE (FILTERED)
Correction, please. Not there, but
here in hand. Inside lamp.
VOICE (FILTERED)
Please to rub lamp. Not bash all
around.
ARTHUR
No … !
Aladdin drops the lamp and jumps back. The three of them
watch spellbound as a TOWERING PILLAR of RUMBLING, thick
green smoke, CRACKLING with LIGHTNING, pours from the lamp.
HANNIBAL
Greetings. Am Hannibal, Genie of the
Lamp. Master of earth and wind, wave
and flame. But …
(he holds up a
finger)
Also slave to the lamp, now rudely
dented.
(he bows toward
Aladdin)
And slave of lamp bearer. Your wish
my command, master.
ALADDIN
I am not your master.
42.
HANNIBAL
Beg forgiveness. You hold lamp, you
the man.
ALADDIN
Then, here.
HANNIBAL
Lamp like ugly Father's Day tie. Not
something can give away.
ALADDIN
Then what I am supposed to do?
HANNIBAL
Suggest leave now, talk more later.
ARTHUR
How dost it feel being the
Thanksgiving goose?
OTHELLO
I saved thy worthless hide. Again!
ARTHUR
Thank thee! Again!
OTHELLO
Thou art welcome! Again!
Arthur touches that old wound on his arm and gives Othello
his hang-dog look. Othello reaches to slap him, but
doubles up in pain.
ALADDIN
Tell me about the lamp, Arthur.
ARTHUR
The Princess explained that it ist
most powerful. She gaveth it to me so
Xanadu, the Evil Sorcerer, wouldst not
have it.
43.
ALADDIN
Why would he have it?
ARTHUR
With it, he couldst rule the world.
OTHELLO
Curse enough for any man, I wager.
ALADDIN
Perhaps he who inhabits it can tell us
more about its power.
ARTHUR
Art thee a sorcerer?
HANNIBAL
Can do things.
ALADDIN
Like what?
HANNIBAL
Cast spells. Disappear. Walk on
wind. Make carpets fly.
ARTHUR
Disney stuff.
HANNIBAL
Can turn men into dung beetles.
Arthur moves closer to Othello.
OTHELLO
(SNORTS)
You? A wee Chinaman. Master of the
elements?
HANNIBAL
You wish demonstration? What be
pleasure? Diamonds rain down from
sky? Butterflies fly out buttocks?
Sumptuous feast with naked hootchie-
cootchie girls?
ARTHUR/OTHELLO/ALADDIN
(together)
Aye!
44.
HANNIBAL
Piece of cake.
HANNIBAL
So. He who release Hannibal from lamp
now get three wishes.
ALADDIN
Any kind of wish?
HANNIBAL
Whatever heart desire. But …
(he holds up a
finger)
Three thing Genie no can do. Kill
person. Bring back dead. Or, make
person fall in love.
ALADDIN
Fair enough. Okay now, lemme think …
HANNIBAL
Suggestion please.
(he holds up his
hand)
Take time. Genie like man on way to
visit mother-in-law. No big hurry.
HANNIBAL
Is that command?
ALADDIN
It will be. When I am ready.
HANNIBAL
Genie would trade all Chinamen in
Teaneck, New Jersey for one wish.
ALADDIN
What would you wish for?
45.
HANNIBAL
Freedom. Hannibal only be free if
master wish it so. Year-to-date,
ain't happened.
ALADDIN
Perhaps someday I can help you.
The rising sun crests the desert mesas. The golden light
of morning races across the desert and past the smoldering
campfire. Aladdin rubs his eyes and YAWNS.
ALADDIN
But, for now, we must return to the
Imperial City. I fear my mother
worries.
Aladdin tucks the lamp in his sash and mounts his stallion.
Othello leaps onto his horse and pulls Arthur up behind
him.
XANADU
The Sultan will defeat us if we do not
have the power of the lamp. We must
have it. Whatever the cost.
BALTHAZAR
It will not come cheaply, your
sovereign.
XANADU
I will … have it.
BALTHAZAR
Yes, your grace.
OTHELLO
The vermin that madest us slaves.
ARTHUR
Had it not been for them, we wouldst
not have met master Aladdin.
OTHELLO
Twice.
ALADDIN
We should bury them.
47.
OTHELLO
Let them rot.
ALADDIN
Who would do such a thing?
OTHELLO
Bounty hunters.
ARTHUR
No … I fearest not.
ARTHUR
I fearest it ist … Xanadu.
OTHELLO
I knew no good wouldst come of this.
ALADDIN
If the slavers talked, Xanadu's men
know who bought you.
ALADDIN
Mother!
OTHELLO
It ist too late, Aladdin. It ist …
ARTHUR
They wilt kill him.
OTHELLO
Because of thou … and that cursed
lamp.
OTHELLO
The next time I am under a wall, let
it fall.
ARTHUR
What doth that mean?
OTHELLO
We art returning to the Imperial City.
48.
CAPTAIN
The lamp, woman.
SALOME
I burn only candles, merciful sir.
The Captain grabs the whip the slaver gave Salome and
thrashes her with it.
CAPTAIN
Lies can kill you.
BALTHAZAR
Pity.
BALTHAZAR
You're on deck, your highness.
FATIMA
Hit me with your best shot, usurper.
XANADU
The location of the lamp, please, and
I will spare you.
49.
FATIMA
I will go to the grave with it.
BALTHAZAR
As you wish.
XANADU
Become my empress and we will rule the
world together.
FATIMA
Death or marriage … death or
marriage. A truly difficult choice.
FATIMA
Keep your wedding gown. I prefer the
shroud.
ARTHUR
There ist nothing thou couldst have
done.
OTHELLO
We wouldst have all been killed … or
enslaved.
ARTHUR
And the lamp wouldst now be in that
madman's hands.
50.
ALADDIN
She's dead because of me. All she
wanted was for me to work harder and
have a better life than she.
ALADDIN
Now, everything she worked for is
gone. And so is she.
He yanks the whip from his sash and cracks it across his
own shoulder and back.
OTHELLO
Place the blame where it truly liest,
Aladdin.
ALADDIN
I have.
ARTHUR
It ist not thee. It ist Xanadu.
OTHELLO
His thirst for power hast killed more
than thy mother.
ARTHUR
And still more wilt die.
ALADDIN
I have nothing left. I must start
again. I must become my own man.
Someone … like my father.
OTHELLO
She feared thou wouldst become him.
ALADDIN
It is my destiny. It is who I am.
HANNIBAL
Hail, hail Rock 'N Roll! Tell me what
you need.
ALADDIN
Hannibal, I just want to talk.
HANNIBAL
Can do that.
51.
ALADDIN
I want to learn the ways of the
peaceful warrior … the ways of my
father. So I can use my power to
destroy all the twisted evil in this
world.
HANNIBAL
Whoa, big picture stuff now.
ALADDIN
It is time.
HANNIBAL
Like song say, "Whatever must be, must
be." Or something.
ALADDIN
So be it.
HANNIBAL
NYT.
They all look at the Genie as if to say, "What the hell are
you talking about?"
HANNIBAL
NYT … Now you talking.
OTHELLO
We must first free the Princess. So
long as Xanadu holds her captive, the
Sultan wilt be at his mercy.
ARTHUR
Perhaps Aladdin couldst wish her free.
HANNIBAL
Suggestion please. Not waste wishes
on what can accomplish ownself.
ALADDIN
Right. Stroll into the Ebony Palace
and waltz out with the Princess. Fat
chance.
HANNIBAL
Wish to be great warrior, yes?
ALADDIN
How did you know?
HANNIBAL
Hannibal like mouse in harem. See
everything.
HANNIBAL
To be great warrior, rule number one.
Believe in ownself. Rule number two.
Fear no challenge.
OTHELLO
Hannibal speakest true. Thou shouldst
savest thy wishes for dire need.
Hannibal takes a 3X5 card from his sash and puts it to his
head, imitating Johnnie Carson's Karnak. Arthur plays Ed
McMahon -- BELLY LAUGHS and all.
ARTHUR
The answer ist.
HANNIBAL
Toshiro.
ARTHUR
The question ist.
HANNIBAL
Who is no friend of Xanadu and know
Ebony Palace well?
(he holds up a
finger)
Seek him out.
OTHELLO (VO)
(SNORTS)
I knowest of this pi-dog, Toshiro. A
once honorable warrior who now sellest
his sword to the highest bidder.
HANNIBAL (VO)
So, bid high.
ALADDIN (VO)
We've nothing to bid with.
HANNIBAL (VO)
Correction please. Have daughter of
Sultan. Rescuing Princess bring way-
high reward.
ALADDIN (VO)
Where would we find this Toshiro?
53.
HANNIBAL (VO)
He like black widow spider. Hide in
low, dark places.
ALADDIN
Time for a nap, Hannibal.
HANNIBAL
Would prefer stay up longer.
ALADDIN
Maybe later.
HANNIBAL
Hannibal never get to play.
INT. TAVERN
ARTHUR
What kind of place ist this?
OTHELLO
The last ring of hell.
ALADDIN
Be careful. There's bound to be a
price on our head by now.
54.
ARTHUR
What now?
OTHELLO
I wilt ask around.
OTHELLO
I seekest the one they callest Lame
Duck.
LAME DUCK
How much I say depends on who's
asking?
OTHELLO
Othello, Barbary Pirate. Son of
Barbarossa. Terror of Tunisia.
LAME DUCK
Oh, that Othello.
OTHELLO
Well?
LAME DUCK
You've found him.
OTHELLO
Yon tavern keeper sayest thou would
knowest where one might find a samurai
warrior by the name of Toshiro. If
one wert looking.
LAME DUCK
Maybe yes, maybe no.
OTHELLO
There ist not time for children's
games.
LAME DUCK
Comrade. These men would like a
moment of your time.
The man looks up. He removes his mask and leans into the
light of a single candle.
Lame Duck easily crosses his legs and squats Sitting Bull
style.
56.
ALADDIN
Salaam … Peace be upon you.
TOSHIRO
On you be peace … and the mercy and
blessings of Buddha.
ALADDIN
We have come seeking a favor.
TOSHIRO
Are you sure I am the man to ask?
ALADDIN
You are known far and wide as a great
and honorable warrior.
TOSHIRO
What is it you wish?
ALADDIN
We seek passage and entry to the Ebony
Palace.
ALADDIN
The genie of the lamp said you were
the one who could accomplish this.
TOSHIRO
What is there within the walls of that
unholy place you would risk your lives
for?
ALADDIN
Treasure. Of the fairest kind.
TOSHIRO
You seek Princess Fatima.
ALADDIN
How … ?
TOSHIRO
Do not play me for the fool, young
man. The entire world knows of
Xanadu's ambition. And of the genie,
the thief, and the two slaves who hold
what he covets.
57.
ALADDIN
Then you realize what's at stake?
TOSHIRO
I do.
ARTHUR
And thou wilt help us save the
Princess and the Sultan's empire …
OTHELLO
… from being destroyed by the
Sorcerer.
TOSHIRO
I am a dangerous man. I have a price
on my head. Are you sure you want to
consort with me?
ALADDIN
You are the only one who can help us.
TOSHIRO
I do not come cheap.
ALADDIN
So we have heard.
TOSHIRO
Let me see the glint of your gold.
BALTHAZAR
At last, Great Lion of the Kingdom.
Each piece is in place.
XANADU
Save one.
Toshiro signals and Lame Duck SNAPS the reins along the
backs of the camels. The camels move off. The Sioux
glances back over his shoulder.
Inside the wagon, Aladdin, Arthur and Othello peek out from
beneath the hatch leading to a secret compartment below the
wagon’s floorboard. They close it.
BALTHAZAR
I would never have thought you so
strong.
HUDDLED MASS
(CROAKS)
Allah watches over the weak.
59.
BALTHAZAR
And the broken.
Away from the rest of the caravaners, our heroes sit around
a fire, finishing a meal.
HANNIBAL
Attention please. Have something of
great value for exalted warrior to be.
HANNIBAL
Sword of black stone. From metal of
fallen meteor. No stronger or sharper
blade in universe. Least universe I
travel in.
ALADDIN
Show me the way.
TOSHIRO
The sword is the warrior's most prized
possession. It contains his soul. It
is who he is. Or hopes to become. To
lose your sword is to lose yourself.
Toshiro takes the sword with equal awe and respect. From
the gleam in his eye, you can tell he likes it. He really
likes it.
60.
TOSHIRO
It is a fine weapon, Aladdin. It will
be handed down from generation to
generation. And this day will be
celebrated in story.
TOSHIRO
The samurai believe a sword can bring
its owner one of eight different
fates. Good fortune, property,
wealth, virtue, long life, fame,
sickness, or poverty.
ALADDIN
What about justice?
TOSHIRO
Depends on the man.
ALADDIN
Teach me.
TOSHIRO
I shall.
Toshiro points the sword at the full moon. Then the fire.
Then the earth.
TOSHIRO
There are two kinds of swords. The
death-dealing sword and the life-
giving sword. An ordinary swordsman
uses the death-dealing sword to line
his pockets or stroke his ego.
TOSHIRO
The peaceful warrior uses the death-
dealing sword only for good. There
are times, because of one man's evil,
that thousands may suffer. You may
kill that man in order that others may
live. When used this way, the sword
is transformed.
TOSHIRO
The blade that deals death … becomes
the sword that gives life.
TOSHIRO
We shall save this weapon for later.
TOSHIRO
We will start with kendo … the way
of the no-sword. And we will use
these … the shinai-bokken.
LAME DUCK
Mortals only.
HANNIBAL
Genie life no walk in park.
TOSHIRO
The key to harmony is found in
conflict.
TOSHIRO
By joining and blending with the
attack, the attack can be redirected
back into the harmony of the universe.
TOSHIRO
The peaceful warrior not only defends
himself, but also defends the attacker
against himself.
ALADDIN
It resembles a dance.
TOSHIRO
It is.
Toshiro helps Lame Duck to his feet and dusts him off.
TOSHIRO
A warrior's dance. A dance that
embodies all the movements of the
universe. The ancient, genetic
choreography of attack and defense,
active and passive, yin and yang,
death-dealing and life-giving.
TOSHIRO
I will show you how one man in harmony
with himself and with nature can throw
several attackers at once.
TOSHIRO
Regardless of how quickly an opponent
attacks, or how slowly I respond, I
cannot be defeated.
TOSHIRO
It is not that my techniques are
faster than those of my enemy. It has
nothing to do with speed or slowness.
Arthur and Lame Duck attack from each side. Toshiro easily
handles their simultaneous assault, alternating blows from
side-to-side.
63.
The two men crack each other across the shoulders, knocking
each other senseless to the ground.
TOSHIRO
I am victorious right from the start.
As soon as the thought of attack
crosses my opponent's mind, he
shatters the harmony of the universe
and is instantly defeated. No matter
how quickly he attacks.
TOSHIRO
The true way is to nourish life and
foster peace, love, respect, and
harmony. The true way demonstrates
that it is the warrior, not the sword,
who is death-dealing or life-
bestowing.
TOSHIRO
True victory is not defeating an
enemy. True victory gives love …
and changes your enemy's heart.
TOSHIRO
The choice is ours.
64.
LAME DUCK
Perhaps the true master can show you
how to ride.
LAME DUCK
Giddy-ap.
The carpet lifts one corner and looks at Lame Duck, then
goes back to snoozing.
LAME DUCK
Gallop like the wind.
And with that, Lame Duck whacks the carpet with the flat of
his hand and …
ALADDIN
(to Toshiro)
Perhaps a great horseman like you can
tame the beast.
65.
TOSHIRO
Not I. I am strong only when my two
feet, or the hooves of my pony, are
firmly planted, like roots of a tree,
in Mother Earth.
ALADDIN
I sense there is a deeper reason.
TOSHIRO
Perhaps.
ALADDIN
Or might it be a higher one? A fear
of flying with the birds of the night?
TOSHIRO
I admit nothing.
XANADU
I have everything and nothing. With
it, I rule the world. Without it, I
rule sand fleas.
TOSHIRO
Carrying a sword does not a warrior
make, Aladdin.
HANNIBAL
Peaceful warrior like movie studio.
Must follow code of conduct.
66.
TOSHIRO
Never break your word. Never run from
a fight.
OTHELLO
A wound from a knife wilt heal. A
wound to a man's honor never does.
TOSHIRO
Be spontaneous instead of calculating.
Romantic instead of idealistic.
Daring instead of cautious.
LAME DUCK
Root for the underdog.
TOSHIRO
It is true courage to live when it is
right to live. And to die, only when
it is right to die.
ARTHUR
Death ist a beginning, not an ending.
OTHELLO
Thou canst know how to live once thou
hast learned how to die.
TOSHIRO
Compare defeat to the scattering of
flower blossoms.
LAME DUCK
Honor your parents and remain loyal to
your family.
Toshiro looks away for a moment.
HANNIBAL
Maintain sense of humor, please. If
not crazy, sure to go insane.
OTHELLO
Freedom ist more precious than life
itself.
ARTHUR
Evil must never be allowed to triumph
over what ist right and good.
OTHELLO
No good or bad deed ever goest unpaid.
67.
HANNIBAL
Call it fate. Call it kismet. Call
it karma. Call it late for dinner.
Whatever name it go by, we all put on
earth for reason.
TOSHIRO
And your destiny, my friend, has been
set.
One can only imagine how magnificent this temple was before
it began to decay. Beside its towering ziggurats and
minarets, the caravan rests for the night.
HANNIBAL
High mana area.
LAME DUCK
Sacred ground.
HANNIBAL
Nose tell Hannibal strange and magical
things happen here.
ALADDIN (O.S.)
Can wishes come true?
HANNIBAL
Depend who asking.
ALADDIN
I would like you to grant me my first
wish.
HANNIBAL
Genie can do.
ALADDIN
I would like to meet my father.
68.
HANNIBAL
Genie no can do. Told before. No
bringing dead back to life.
ALADDIN
I only want to speak with him. Then
he will be free to return to the world
of the gone and forgotten.
LAME DUCK
Help the boy out.
TOSHIRO
How can he honor his father if he
doesn't know him?
HANNIBAL
Hannibal always buckle to peer
pressure.
TOSHIRO
Welcome, traveler.
OTHELLO
By what name art thee known?
MUSTAPHA
Mustapha.
Aladdin's mouth is open and his eyes glued to the very real
apparition.
ARTHUR
Welcome.
MUSTAPHA
Praise be to Allah, the forgiving and
compassionate.
ALADDIN
Praise be to Allah, who knows all
hidden things.
LAME DUCK
We are sojourners like yourself. I am
Lame Duck. That's Toshiro, Arthur and
Othello. The little guy is Hannibal.
And the young man catching flies with
his mouth is Aladdin.
TOSHIRO
Tell us your tale, Mustapha.
MUSTAPHA
This is the story of a fool. So
listen … and learn.
MUSTAPHA (V.O.)
Once in the tide and flow of ancient
time, there was a king named Shahryar,
who ruled his people with kindness and
justice. It was a time of peace and
plenty. Until …
MUSTAPHA (V.O.)
Ishmael, younger brother to the king,
plotted his overthrow. All the young
men rushed to the aid of their king.
To fight the evil usurper. Including
myself.
MUSTAPHA (V.O.)
We swore an oath on the hilt of our
swords to join the brotherhood of the
peaceful warrior.
FLASHBACK – BATTLE SCENES
Of Mustapha at war.
MUSTAPHA (V.O.)
I was a good soldier. Brave when I
was forced to be. Skillful when I had
to be. And compassionate when I
needed to be. But, I was a loner and
much too headstrong. As my power as a
warrior grew, so did my pride.
MUSTAPHA (V.O.)
I feared nothing and no one. And,
thus, I was selected to lead our
forces into battle.
MUSTAPHA
But, my pride made me blind and
reckless. I did not trust my heart or
my comrades-in-arms. I chose to fight
alone. I died that day. At the hands
of a younger man. A brutal, heartless
sorcerer.
ALADDIN
What was his name?
MUSTAPHA
Xanadu the Merciless.
MUSTAPHA
Trust your heart. And your friends,
my son.
XANADU
Bishop to king's rook three.
71.
FATIMA
Rook to king's rook three takes your
bishop.
XANADU
You are a worthy opponent.
FATIMA
You sound surprised.
XANADU
You continue to amaze me.
FATIMA
Enough to honor the stakes of this
game?
XANADU
I do not intend to lose.
FATIMA
And I do not intend to reveal the
location of the lamp. Or marry you.
XANADU
You will make a beautiful corpse.
FATIMA
Do you despise all women? Or just me?
XANADU
Not at all. I love women dearly.
FATIMA
Hard to tell.
XANADU
You remind me of a woman I loved very
deeply. A long time ago. I won her
in battle.
FATIMA
How romantic.
XANADU
More than you can know.
FATIMA
Where is she now?
72.
XANADU
Dead.
FATIMA
Children?
XANADU
A son.
FATIMA
And he … ?
XANADU
Dead as well.
FATIMA
Only slaves and the dead to fill your
life?
XANADU
And you? Is there no prince? Are
there no children?
FATIMA
None. I was to be married on the eve
of Ramadan. But something changed his
plans.
FATIMA
No matter. I've yet to meet one I
would marry.
XANADU
I still have a chance, then.
FATIMA
As if.
EXT. SILK ROAD – LAND LIGHTHOUSE - NIGHT
LAME DUCK
Toshiro. Something's on the wind.
73.
TOSHIRO
Trouble.
LAME DUCK
As sure as my name is Jay Silverheels.
TOSHIRO
Disappear.
LAME DUCK
And you?
TOSHIRO
I'll be in touch.
LAME DUCK
Hide … now.
Aladdin, Arthur and Othello crawl inside the wagon and slip
under the hatch to the secret compartment.
Lame Duck closes, seals and covers it with the magic carpet
and other supplies. He crawls back outside and jumps
inside one of the oil jars, pulls the lid down tight, and
fastens it from the inside.
XANADU
I sense something …
BALTHAZAR
Hail to him, the Beneficent King and
Lord of Three Worlds.
Balthazar approaches.
BALTHAZAR
As we suspected. It is the same
caravan that left Timbuktu.
XANADU
Tell me they have the lamp.
BALTHAZAR
We still search for the thief and his
slaves.
XANADU
The ronin and his red-skinned
sidekick?
BALTHAZAR
It is a large caravan, great one.
XANADU
If they are here, they will attempt to
return the lamp to her.
BALTHAZAR
I knew she was good for something.
EXT. EBONY PALACE - HOLDING AREA
BALTHAZAR
What of this one?
CAPTAIN
A supply wagon. Abandoned at the
lighthouse. The owners fled into the
desert.
BALTHAZAR
Look again.
Two others hop aboard and leap inside the wagon. They yank
away the supplies and rip up the carpet, revealing the
hatch. Two more enter from the rear. They point their
matchlocks at the now clearly visible hatch. We hear
SCRATCHING NOISES beneath the hatch.
SOLDIER
Captain.
CAPTAIN
Sir, there is something after all.
The Captain draws his scimitar, leans down, rips open the
hatch, and …
The lid of one of the oil jars moves, then lifts. Lame
Duck's eyes peep out and scan the area.
LAME DUCK
Knock-knock.
ALADDIN
(from inside the jar)
Who's there?
LAME DUCK
Aardvark.
ALADDIN
(from inside the jar)
Aardvark who?
LAME DUCK
Aardvark a million miles for one of
your smiles, mammy.
ALADDIN
(from inside the jar)
Oh, man.
Lame Duck cuts the sealing wax, pries the lid loose, and
Aladdin emerges.
76.
ALADDIN
Now I know how sardines feel.
LAME DUCK
Good thing we didn't do the obvious.
ALADDIN
Very good thing.
Toshiro.
TOSHIRO
Good knight.
LAME DUCK
Timing is everything.
TOSHIRO
Told you I'd find you.
ALADDIN
And the Princess?
TOSHIRO
Found her as well.
ALADDIN
We must hurry.
TOSHIRO
I want some guarantees.
OTHELLO
Of what?
TOSHIRO
That there's a pot of gold at the end
of this rainbow.
ARTHUR
And if there art none.
TOSHIRO
No gold, no girl.
77.
ALADDIN
You have my word.
TOSHIRO
Not enough.
ALADDIN
All I have.
TOSHIRO
Then it'll do. For now.
Just inside the door, Toshiro leans down and grabs a canvas
bag. He opens it and removes Crusader helmets, tunics and
weapons. He tosses one to each of them.
HUNCHBACK
Who goes there?
TOSHIRO
Knights Templar of Nottingham. With
orders from Xanadu to escort the
Princess to the Wizard's private
chambers.
HUNCHBACK
News to me. Show me the orders.
LAME DUCK
With pleasure.
And with that, Toshiro and Lame Duck cuisinart the poor
bastard.
Aladdin grabs the keys and the four men move through the
portal into the cell block.
78.
As they work their way down the row, they scan each cell
and are repulsed by the filth, squalor and inhumanity. The
INMATES WHINE and WHEEDLE, begging the knights to release
them from their living hell.
TOSHIRO
She's down there. And heavily
guarded.
Toshiro removes his long sword and advances with the point
of his weapon directed at the center guard. The guard
rushes to strike him down. Toshiro parries his blow, spins
and cuts him down.
Lame Duck removes a tomahawk from the rope around his tunic
and pounds his opponent into submission.
ARTHUR
Your majesty.
ARTHUR
Dost thou not know me? It is I …
FATIMA
Arthur.
The rest of the crew crowd into the cell door behind
Arthur. Toshiro and Aladdin try to enter at the same time,
but get stuck side-by-side since shoulder-to-shoulder
they're too wide for the door. Toshiro backs away and
gestures for Aladdin to enter. He does the same. Then,
they both try to enter again and get stuck again.
FATIMA
Butch and Sundance got nothing on
these bozos.
Impatient, Othello pushes his way between them and into the
cell. Toshiro and Aladdin turn sideways and enter
together, not about to let the other get there first.
80.
They turn and see the Princess for the first time. They
are both smitten. It is love at first sight for the two
comrades.
HANNIBAL
(from inside the
lamp)
No can do, lover boy.
ARTHUR
Yes, your majesty.
ARTHUR
Behold the lamp.
Aladdin removes the lamp from his sash and holds it up.
The light streaming through the cell window illuminates it.
HANNIBAL
(from inside the
lamp)
Whoa … cat on hot tin roof.
FATIMA
How many wishes left?
ALADDIN
Two.
FATIMA
Praise Allah. We are saved.
FATIMA
Who are your friends, Arthur?
ARTHUR
Thou knowest Othello.
ARTHUR
This ist Lame Duck, a Lakota Sioux
from the Americas.
ARTHUR
Toshiro … a great samurai warrior.
Toshiro crosses his chest with one arm and bows his head in
obeisance.
ARTHUR
And, Aladdin.
FATIMA
A diamond in the rough.
FATIMA
You must keep it. You are its master
now.
HANNIBAL
(from inside the
lamp)
Maybe we talk about that.
Toshiro and Aladdin lead, bow and sword drawn. Arthur and
Fatima follow. Othello and Lame Duck cover the rear.
BEHOLDER POV
BALTHAZAR
Baiting the bear in his own den.
82.
XANADU
The fools will pay for it.
ARTHUR
What kind of creature ist that?
TOSHIRO
A Beholder. It sees all.
LAME DUCK
And so does its master.
TOSHIRO
You cannot kill it. The best you can
do is confuse it.
CAPTAIN
Divide and conquer.
XANADU
The lamp will soon be mine.
BALTHAZAR
Nothing can stop us now.
Xanadu gives him a look that says, "What do you mean we,
kimo sabe."
83.
HANNIBAL
(from inside the
lamp)
Excedrin headache number sixty-nine.
FATIMA
There is no place to go.
ALADDIN
Then we will make our last stand here.
They fight valiantly, but there are too many of the bad
guys. An especially ghoulish trio of GRIMLOCKS charge.
HANNIBAL
Hannibal one sore puppy.
ALADDIN
Let's hit the silk.
84.
FATIMA
You must save the wishes.
ALADDIN
What good will they do us dead?
HANNIBAL
This one on Hannibal.
Suddenly the floor begins to HUM and the walls THRUM. The
world begins to quake and quiver. The row of attackers
part like the Red Sea to reveal …
LAME DUCK
It's not a good day to die.
TOSHIRO
Let us live to fight another day.
They fire one last volley and run like hell the other way.
As they race down the corridor, they try door after door,
but they're all locked. They dash up to a bookcase that
looks a little out of place. They look at each other,
shrug their shoulders, and begin yanking books off the
shelves.
TOSHIRO
Just like in the movies.
Mustapha.
Just then, Aladdin rushes into the room from a side door,
followed closely by Fatima, Othello and Hannibal. Aladdin
freezes.
ALADDIN
(WHISPERS)
Father?
TOSHIRO
(HISSES)
Father!
TOSHIRO
I have waited many years for this
moment.
XANADU
It has been a long time coming.
TOSHIRO
I vowed revenge on her death bed.
XANADU
Your mother could have shared my
throne. But, she was weak. Like her
bastard child.
SHAPE-SHIFT DUEL
ARTHUR
Helpest him.
HANNIBAL
Hannibal like Swiss. No can meddle in
other people wars.
LAME DUCK
Nothing lives forever. Only the earth
and mountains.
TOSHIRO
How is it that everything I hold dear
turns to death?
87.
HANNIBAL
No need invitation.
ALADDIN
Just like riding a bike.
TOSHIRO
Cannot do that either.
OTHELLO
Close thy eyes.
HANNIBAL
Up, up and away.
SULTAN
Praise Allah for your return, my jewel
of the dawn. I feared I would never
see you again.
FATIMA
There were many moments of doubt, my
father.
SULTAN
I shall never allow you to embark on
such a dangerous mission again.
FATIMA
I am a soldier. I will fight to the
death to defend your honor and this
kingdom.
SULTAN
I should have had a son. Perhaps he
would do as I say.
TOSHIRO
Count your blessings for such a brave
…
ALADDIN
… and beautiful …
TOSHIRO/ALADDIN
(together)
… woman.
FATIMA
I owe them my life. There are no
braver warriors in the realm.
SULTAN
Step forward, then. I would make each
of you amirs in my personal guard.
89.
ALADDIN
What did the Wizard mean about your
mother?
TOSHIRO
Many years ago, an Arabian army
crossed the sea to invade our island.
The army was led by a young general.
ALADDIN
Xanadu.
TOSHIRO
The emperor hoped to save our kingdom
by appeasing him. He offered his
eldest daughter in marriage.
ARTHUR
Thy mother.
TOSHIRO
Xanadu accepted. The moment my mother
and her retainers boarded the Wizard's
ship, he attacked. He laid waste to
the land, killed the emperor, looted,
and left.
OTHELLO
What happened to thy mother?
TOSHIRO
She returned with him. She became his
most favored concubine. They lived
happily for many years.
HANNIBAL
Most fairy tale ending.
90.
TOSHIRO
Not quite. When she no longer pleased
him, he gave her to his soldiers. Her
pride would not allow this. She
committed seppuku. And left me an
orphan.
ALADDIN
Xanadu is your father.
ARTHUR
Did he raise thee?
TOSHIRO
I never gave the vulture the chance.
When my mother died, I should have
challenged him. I did not. I wasn't
man enough. I ran. And never more
looked over my shoulder.
OTHELLO
Did he claim thou as his son?
TOSHIRO
Never.
OTHELLO
Which means thou art still a slave in
this land.
TOSHIRO
He did this. So I would never forget
that day.
ALADDIN
What is it, Toshiro?
TOSHIRO
I could not sleep.
ALADDIN
Nor I. Let us sit.
They do.
ALADDIN
There seems to be something on your
mind.
TOSHIRO
I want you to grant me a wish.
ALADDIN
We must save them.
TOSHIRO
I want you to destroy my father.
ALADDIN
You heard Hannibal. I cannot use a
wish to cause the death of anyone.
TOSHIRO
The loss would be insignificant.
ALADDIN
I cannot.
TOSHIRO
You will not.
ALADDIN
I would give you the world, comrade,
but this wish I cannot grant.
TOSHIRO
Give me the lamp, then.
ALADDIN
I will not, my friend.
TOSHIRO
You do not trust me … "friend"?
ALADDIN
There is much too much at stake.
TOSHIRO
You would do this, in spite of what
your father said?
92.
ALADDIN
I must not.
TOSHIRO
I will have my revenge.
ALADDIN
I know that.
FATIMA
I was worried.
ALADDIN
I am safe. Besides, I have Hannibal.
FATIMA
Good. It is still safe.
ALADDIN
Toshiro asked me for it.
TOSHIRO
I know.
FATIMA
I passed him a moment ago.
ALADDIN
You seem worried, Fatima. What is it?
FATIMA
I fear for my father and his people.
I fear for you. For all of you.
Xanadu is more powerful than any of us
imagined.
ALADDIN
We'll be fine.
FATIMA
I cannot take that chance.
ALADDIN
What do you mean?
93.
FATIMA
I have decided to accept your offer.
I want the lamp. I must return it to
my father. He should have it. It is
his kingdom, after all.
ALADDIN
I'm not sure.
FATIMA
Remember what your father said. Trust
your heart. And your friends.
Aladdin hesitates.
FATIMA
Trust me, Aladdin.
FATIMA
I love you.
ALADDIN
I guess if you put it that way.
Aladdin removes the lamp from his sash and gives it Fatima.
Aladdin spits and rubs his lips like he's just kissed a
tarantula.
XANADU
(HISSES)
The lamp is mine at last. Thank you,
my diamond in the rough.
The cave begins to RUMBLE and shake. Aladdin races for the
exit. The precious stones, gold, and pearls all turn to
ash and dust.
XANADU
I shall rule the world. I shall be
King of Kings. My glory shall
outshine all the great conquerors
before me.
ALADDIN
I should have known better.
FATIMA
But you followed your heart. You
trusted us.
ARTHUR
As thou father counseled thee
shouldest.
TOSHIRO
He didn't trust me.
ALADDIN
But … you were Xanadu. Er …
Xanadu was you.
TOSHIRO
Are you sure?
ALADDIN
No. And, now, all is certainly lost.
TOSHIRO
And losers never pay. Besides, I've
got bigger sushi to fry.
95.
FATIMA
How can you? Can't you see what is
about to happen? We need your sword.
TOSHIRO
Xanadu is too powerful. If I want to
commit suicide, I'll do it myself.
FATIMA
Always looking out for number one.
TOSHIRO
It's kept me in the game.
FATIMA
Running instead of fighting. Seems
you have a long history of doing that.
Fatima puts her hand on the hilt of her sword. She's got
no problem with it.
ARTHUR
Thou canst never change thy stripes.
OTHELLO
What of thy revenge?
TOSHIRO
In my own way, in my own time.
Toshiro leaves the tent. They follow him out into the
night. The samurai leaps astride his stallion and gallops
into the desert night.
ALADDIN
I thought he had changed.
OTHELLO
I hope he knowest what he hath done.
FATIMA
His sword will be missed.
BALTHAZAR
The time has come, lord and master.
XANADU
This day will go down in history.
CHAMBERLAIN
He was a worthy foe before.
RAJAH
Now that he has the lamp, he is nearly
invincible.
97.
EMIR
All is lost … unless we can retrieve
the lamp.
SHEIK
If we can take back the lamp, we have
a heartbeat's chance of destroying the
palace.
VIZIER
And vanquishing the evil Wizard before
he turns his hounds loose upon us and
the Imperial City.
ATAMAN
Not an easy task, sire.
SULTAN
Please explain, my son.
RAJAH
The palace is nearly impossible to
breach from the outside. The walls
are high and made of rock as smooth as
glass and strong as iron. Cannonballs
and explosives hurled from land or sea
are but butterflies to this tiger.
SHEIK
The gates are many. But, they are
hidden and can be opened only from
within.
ATAMAN
The palace is covered edge to edge
with a canopy of steel. Airships and
their torpedoes are powerless.
RAJAH
We suspect the Ark and the lamp lie in
the very heart of the beast.
Somewhere inside a subterranean
labyrinth. The likes of which no
mortal man has ever seen.
SHEIK
Or survived.
SULTAN
Is there nothing to be done?
98.
FATIMA (O.S.)
There is.
XANADU
Blast her eyes.
BALTHAZAR
And such lovely ones they are, too.
FATIMA
It must be conquered from within.
EMIR
How is that possible, your highness?
FATIMA
The Wizard is a vain man. He is more
arrogant than almighty Allah is
compassionate.
FATIMA
And just as blind. Perhaps we can use
his greatest weakness … to expose a
weakness in his stronghold.
SULTAN
Brilliant, my pearl. Absolutely
brilliant.
ATAMAN
Three cheers for Princess Fatima.
99.
SULTAN
And now, my children. It is time to
prepare for judgment day.
RAJAH
To your stations. In the name of
Allah, the Creator of the Universe,
may victory be ours.
ALADDIN
She's unlike anyone I've ever known.
Brave, reckless, yet gentle.
ARTHUR
And lovely as the Rose of Sharon.
ALADDIN
She is beautiful, isn't she?
OTHELLO
And thou art in love with her.
ALADDIN
I've not known this feeling. When
you're in love, is it hard to think of
anything else?
ARTHUR
Aye, and there art many a sleepless
night.
ALADDIN
Does food lose its appeal?
OTHELLO
And thou wouldst be by her side every
waking moment.
OTHELLO
I am the son of Barbarossa, after all.
100.
ALADDIN
And, when you're with this person, do
your legs feel like water?
ARTHUR
When she lookest at thee, thou feelest
all tingly and goose bumply?
OTHELLO
There ist no mistake about it then,
lad.
ALADDIN
Mistake about what?
ALADDIN
My lady, you shouldn't be out here
alone.
FATIMA
But I'm not now, am I?
OTHELLO
(to Arthur)
Let us takest our leave.
OTHELLO
With thou permission, your highness.
FATIMA
Goodnight to you both.
FATIMA
How do your legs feel now?
ALADDIN
Like Jell-O.
101.
FATIMA
Then I was not mistaken. You do love
me.
ALADDIN
I must go.
FATIMA
No, please stay.
ALADDIN
You are a Princess. And I am but a
pauper.
FATIMA
You are a great warrior. That changes
everything.
ALADDIN
I am not worthy of your love.
FATIMA
I will judge that.
ALADDIN
Your father will never approve.
FATIMA
He will do what I tell him.
FATIMA
And so will you.
ALADDIN
I am your slave. I will do as you
bid.
Fatima steps close to Aladdin. She grasps his hands and
lifts him to his feet.
FATIMA
Then kiss me.
XANADU
We march at dawn.
102.
BALTHAZAR
To victory.
EXT. ENCAMPMENT
FLAT NOSE
I fought with your father when I
wasn't much older than you.
Aladdin stands.
FLAT NOSE
He was a great warrior.
ALADDIN
So I've been told.
FLAT NOSE
Do not disgrace his name.
ALADDIN
I will not.
EXT. ENCAMPMENT
XANADU
Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who's the
baddest bad-ass of them all?
103.
The mirror SHATTERS. And Xanadu throws his head back and
CROWS.
SULTAN
Lead us to victory, my child.
Fatima stands, takes the sword, salutes her father with it,
and slides it home in its scabbard. The assemblage CHEERS.
FATIMA
Evil shall never win.
ALADDIN
We fight in the name of dignity and
freedom.
OTHELLO
The thief said it wouldst take us
where we want to go.
ARTHUR
How wouldst he know?
OTHELLO
He and his band used it in the days
before the Wizard came.
ARTHUR
This ist truly madness.
OTHELLO
Then callest me a madman.
ARTHUR
Thou hast no idea where thou art
going.
104.
OTHELLO
I must findest the lamp.
ARTHUR
Let master Aladdin findest a way.
OTHELLO
Time and tide waitest for no one.
ARTHUR
Now he ist the philosopher.
OTHELLO
It ist thy turn.
ARTHUR
It ist a reason. Not a good one. But
a reason.
FATIMA
The man confessed to showing them the
tunnel.
ALADDIN
Are they inside?
FATIMA
So we are told.
ALADDIN
That is how true comrades-in-arms show
their allegiance. Unlike the one I
believed was my comrade.
ALADDIN
Please, leave me. I must decide what
to do.
FATIMA
They would do anything for you. Even
lay down their lives.
105.
ALADDIN
That is what I fear most.
FATIMA
They are brave and honorable men.
They will return.
ALADDIN
I pray you are right.
XANADU
(HISSES, to himself)
Imagine what I could do … if I were
Genie.
XANADU
You said all entrances were sealed.
BALTHAZAR
I was misinformed.
Arthur and Othello have placed their own heads atop the
last two pedestals. Blank-eyed, they move in rhythm with
the rest of the mechanical heads.
XANADU
Dispose of your mistake.
BALTHAZAR
As you wish.
XANADU
Find them. Start in this room.
BALTHAZAR
That was much too easy.
XANADU
Who are you?
107.
OTHELLO
Othello, Corsair. Dog tag number
MOD1966.
BALTHAZAR
Who sent you?
ARTHUR
(to Othello)
Arthur, squire to Sir Gawain. What
ist a dog tag?
XANADU
They know nothing. Blindfold them and
take them away.
OTHELLO
What of thy renowned desert
hospitality?
ARTHUR
Aye, hospitality.
OTHELLO
It hast been told that guests in these
lands art treated with the respect and
generosity due royalty.
ARTHUR
Aye, like kings.
XANADU
Forgive me. Balthazar, how could we
forget our manners?
BALTHAZAR
Indeed.
XANADU
Show our royal guests to our finest
suite.
BALTHAZAR
With pleasure, oh sly one.
SULTAN
A magnificent, if deceptive, strategy
my doe.
FATIMA
An ancient trick I learned from the
Greeks.
ALADDIN
Xanadu's pride will surely cloud his
judgment.
SULTAN
We can only pray it is so.
FATIMA
Even should they allow it through the
gates, we still do not know the
location of the lamp.
ALADDIN
Allah will guide us.
VOICE (O.S.)
I have something far better.
A hand extends into the light of a flickering torch. It
holds a piece of parchment.
VOICE (O.S.)
A map.
FATIMA
Welcome home, Toshiro.
109.
ALADDIN
Glad you came back … friend.
TOSHIRO
I, too.
TOSHIRO
I was a boy there. I know it like my
childhood. I grew up inside those
walls. Until the day I ran.
TOSHIRO
I will never run again. This will be
the last stand.
FATIMA
NYT.
ARTHUR
I toldest thou so.
OTHELLO
Aladdin wilt save us.
ARTHUR
Forever the optimist.
OTHELLO
Better than the alternative.
ARTHUR
What doth it say?
OTHELLO
It ist gibberish.
ARTHUR
It soundest like … "Aladdin."
SULAIMAN
What madness is this? As the Greeks
before, I fear them even when they
bear gifts.
SULAIMAN
Beware, there is some trickery in this
offering.
ASSASSIN
It is a sign from Allah. Allah be
praised.
BALTHAZAR (O.S.)
Hail to Xanadu, Lord of the Earth,
Water and Sky.
The crowd turns and bows down to the Wizard where he stands
beside Balthazar atop the gate portcullis.
XANADU
A flattering likeness, don't you
agree?
111.
BALTHAZAR
The real thing is much more dangerous.
XANADU
Who would be so powerful as to send
such a magnificent gift?
BALTHAZAR
Imagine the surprises it must hold
inside.
XANADU
Bring it to me.
SULAIMAN
You will live to regret it, Xanadu.
XANADU
You won't.
Far out to sea, two SERPENTS appear. They glide across the
angry red waters toward the palace. The snakes slither
from the surf, up the shore, past the cobra, and up to the
Oracle. They attack, winding their bodies around him.
ASSASSIN
Allah has punished the Oracle for
questioning his gift. We must take it
inside or suffer the same fate.
With his thumb, Toshiro checks the tip of the sword where
it still sticks in the wood.
TOSHIRO
The game would have been up had they
listened to the wise man.
FATIMA
Come, sit. We must make final plans.
112.
FATIMA
We will wait until they sleep. We
will exit through the trap door. When
all are safely down, Toshiro will lead
us to the lamp.
TOSHIRO
A simple plan.
ALADDIN
The best kind.
FATIMA
Questions?
FATIMA
Death to the usurper.
MEN
Death.
FATIMA
What is it, Aladdin?
ALADDIN
You shouldn't be here.
FATIMA
When will you … when will all of you
… realize it is I who decide?
ALADDIN
You're a woman.
FATIMA
With a man's heart.
ALADDIN
What if you don't return?
FATIMA
We all will.
FATIMA
You are our last hope.
XANADU
They're back.
He points his staff and the Grand Beholder zips toward the
exit door, followed by the Sentry Beholders.
LABYRINTH
TOSHIRO
Another Greek trick. It's our ticket
out of here.
LABYRINTH
Our heroes inch through the thick, hot air. They pass a
brick wall that looks different than the other stone walls.
DEATH WALL
Toshiro and the others draw their swords and back away.
It's not a brick wall after all, but a rotting bulwark of
limbs, ribs, hands, bones, and faces twisted and fused
together. All the melded bodies of HUMANOIDS and MONSTERS
unfortunate to die within the reach of the wall. Each hand
holds a weapon and is watched over by a single eye.
A SHEIK steps forward and challenges a cadaverous arm.
He's immediately set upon by every weapon in the wall and
veg-o-maticked into a thick bloody mist.
TREASURE ROOM
LABYRINTH
ALADDIN
So much for the element of surprise.
It slits open two men with its raking claws. It grabs one
of the bleeding corpses and stuffs it in its maw. As it
swallows, Fatima grabs a spear from an Amazon and hurls it
through the throat of the Ammut. The beast GURGLES and
crashes to the ground.
TREASURE ROOM
LABYRINTH
Led by Toshiro, Aladdin and Fatima, our heroes hack and hew
their way through wall after wall of BEASTS, CREATURES, and
HORRORS. Their hands become slippery with gore, their eyes
blinded by blood, their feet mired in muck.
XANADU
Lick your lips, girls. It's show
time.
It's the last stand. And it's every man for himself.
CAPTAIN
Your mother … (he feints and lunges,
but misses) … has more courage than
you.
Aladdin jumps back, confused. Suddenly, he realizes that
this is the man who killed his mother. He wades into the
fight again, like a man possessed.
ALADDIN
You will pay dearly … (sword moving
like a flail) … for what you did to
her.
ALADDIN
A little taste of your own madness.
Behind him, the battle rages back and forth across the
inner sanctum. The Elite Guard is beaten back toward the
Treasure Room door.
BALTHAZAR
I hoped … (fast cut and parry) …
we might see each other once more.
FATIMA
And I … (lunging, swirling attack)
… as well.
BALTHAZAR
I promised … (hacking blow) … you
something.
FATIMA
And I owed … (strike, feint, strike)
… you something in return.
FATIMA
Do you know any prayers?
BALTHAZAR
I'll say them for you.
Balthazar knocks her legs out from under her with a hard
swipe of the flat of his sword. She falls.
118.
He leaps to his feet and stands over her. He runs the crop
cruelly along her cheek, drawing blood. He licks his lips,
then raises his sword to finish her.
FATIMA
The sands have run out.
TOSHIRO
Did I … (cut and parry) … steal
your thunder?
XANADU
Do not … (presses him) … flatter
yourself, boy.
XANADU
You seem stronger … (a whirling
stroke) … than when last I saw you.
TOSHIRO
No thanks … (parries a hellacious
slash) … to you.
XANADU
Perhaps I should … (slash, parry,
slash) … give that scarlet patch a
mate.
TOSHIRO
It is a scar … (wheel stroke and
scarf sweep) … I wear with pride.
119.
TOSHIRO
Whatever it takes, father?
XANADU
All's fair …
TOSHIRO
Not that.
XANADU
What, then?
TOSHIRO
You've been … (he GASPS) … eating
garlic.
Xanadu bolts into the room and SLAMS the door behind. He
strides to the Ark and touches the lamp where it rests. He
rubs it and Hannibal appears.
HANNIBAL
Most happy to serve …
HANNIBAL
Genie like wet hen. Pretty pissed
off.
120.
XANADU
I feel for you, but I can't reach you.
HANNIBAL
What you want?
XANADU
It is my wish that you kill Aladdin
and all who stand with him.
Hannibal hesitates.
XANADU
Slave … you have but one master and
it is I.
HANNIBAL
Your wish … my command.
INNER SANCTUM
ALADDIN
Hannibal boy? Is that you?
HANNIBAL
(BOOMS)
Nirvana awaits, slipper-wearer.
TOSHIRO
And we are all that you aspire to.
HANNIBAL
Appreciate sentiment, but …
(BOOMS)
Your time has come today.
ALADDIN
He will never grant you your freedom.
HANNIBAL
Good point …
121.
ALADDIN
I will.
HANNIBAL
… and true.
HANNIBAL
Hannibal like Beltway politician …
make big mistake. Do before think.
XANADU
Not so fast.
Xanadu exits through the Treasure Room portal and into the
light of the Inner Sanctum. He holds the lamp.
XANADU
Slave … return to the lamp.
HANNIBAL
Good intentions sometimes go bad.
TOSHIRO
Your time is running out, Wizard.
XANADU
I'm just getting started.
XANADU
I have a few more cards left up my
sleeve.
XANADU
Perhaps we can do a little old-
fashioned horse trading.
OTHELLO
Do not. I wouldst die before being
the reason this jackal lived.
ARTHUR
Aye, me too.
XANADU
Enough of this nauseating, self-
sacrificing loyalty.
XANADU
This card you cannot ignore.
He rips the slimy rags from the face of the thing and …
ALADDIN
Mother!
She tries to crawl to her son, but Xanadu clubs her flat to
the ground. He points his staff at her and …
TREASURE ROOM
The very top of the Ark breaks loose and crashes down upon
Xanadu, crushing him. All that we can see among the rubble
is his clutching hand, reaching for the lamp that has
rolled away and clear of the debris.
HANNIBAL
Master. So nice to see again.
ALADDIN
Bad time for hellos. Good time to go.
123.
HANNIBAL
Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
Aladdin and Fatima help his mother onto the carpet, then
Fatima hops on board. Othello gives Arthur a leg up and
jumps up behind him. Aladdin turns to Toshiro.
ALADDIN
(SHOUTING above the
din)
Let's roll.
TOSHIRO
I told you. I get air sick.
ALADDIN
Get over it.
The carpet clears the palace. At last, they can see the
true source of all the destruction.
The Sultan's armada pounds the palace from the sea. The
fleet of airships bombards from the sky.
And the ground troops storm from the desert. Saddam had it
easier than this.
Our heroes CHEER, clap each other on the backs, and there's
hugs all around.
VOICE (O.S.)
(stuttering HISS)
As they say. It ain't over till it's
over.
XANADU
You miserable wretches. You thought
you could beat me. No one can
outsmart the Great Xanadu.
ALADDIN
The way I see it, Great. Someone
already has.
FATIMA
You're in second place.
OTHELLO
And that makest thou the first loser.
XANADU
(CROAKS)
Who's in first?
ARTHUR
He ist.
TOSHIRO
And always will be.
Toshiro crosses his arms and glares at the man who should
have been his father.
XANADU
Not for long.
XANADU
Slave, I want my third and final wish.
125.
HANNIBAL
Most unfortunate. Hannibal still
slave of lamp. Bad dude remain pilot
of Genie's soul.
XANADU
I wish … to be an all powerful
Genie.
HANNIBAL
(suddenly all smiles)
Most happy to cross that bridge.
XANADU
No, wait. I meant …
ALADDIN
Slave, return to the lamp.
TOSHIRO
You are a clever lad.
HANNIBAL
Too smart goose sometime get own self
cooked.
FATIMA
Over, at last.
HANNIBAL
Excuse, please. No leave unfinished
business. Aladdin have one wish to
go.
ALADDIN
And my own promise to keep.
ARTHUR
Thou canst rule the universe.
OTHELLO
With a lovely Princess at thy side.
126.
ALADDIN
I could. But, I must trust my heart.
And my friends. So, with my last wish
… I free you, Hannibal.
HANNIBAL
Free at last. Great Allah almighty,
Hannibal free at last. A thousand and
one thank yous, young master.
Aladdin gives him that "Don't use that word again" frown,
then smiles.
ALADDIN
You are your own master now.
FATIMA
What of us?
ALADDIN
I will do as your father bids.
FATIMA
I told you before, I make all the hard
calls in this family.
FATIMA
Told you so.
127.
FATIMA
So that you may play a song of peace.
FATIMA
What are your plans, Toshiro?
TOSHIRO
I have much to do to step from the
shadow of my father and atone for the
damage done.
FATIMA
Will you return?
TOSHIRO
Someday.
FATIMA
A speedy journey, then.
FATIMA
To give you the wisdom to lead.
FATIMA
To slay fear in all its forms.
FATIMA
To remind you where you came from.
Othello, Arthur and Hannibal kneel as one.
FATIMA
I am honored that you will remain to
serve Aladdin and I.
OTHELLO
We have comest too far to part now.
ARTHUR
I must keepest my eye on him.
128.
HANNIBAL
Hannibal like water-boy. Just happy
to be part of team, mistress and
master.
Fatima and Aladdin give him that look and they all LAUGH.
SULTAN
My first command to you, young man …
SULTAN
… is to marry my one and only child.
ALADDIN
NYT.
SCHEHERAZADE (V.O.)
That was one long night.
(she EXHALES)
There is nothing so strange it cannot
be true, and no story so unlikely it
cannot be told. No story is a lie,
for a tale is a bridge that leads to
the truth.
SCHEHERAZADE (V.O.)
This has been the story of all
stories. The wise will understand it.
The happy will take delight in it.
The fools will be bamboozled by it.
SCHEHERAZADE (V.O.)
Which shall you be?
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