1 00:01:15,975 --> 00:01:18,385 In the twinkling of an eye. 2 00:01:38,965 --> 00:01:41,235 More, more!! 3 00:01:53,865 --> 00:01:55,105 More, more!! 4 00:01:55,375 --> 00:02:03,325 Later... Magic is very exhausting, and I am 542 years old. 5 00:02:04,495 --> 00:02:06,905 Oh... You don't look a day over 200. 6 00:02:07,175 --> 00:02:12,585 Yes, I'm still as bad as ever I was. 7 00:02:18,665 --> 00:02:23,015 We'll continue after I've got my rest. 8 00:02:56,565 --> 00:02:58,395 Thank you for not telling your friend the Demon. 9 00:02:59,375 --> 00:03:02,385 He's not my friend, he's my husband. 10 00:03:02,755 --> 00:03:05,325 He keeps me in that box because he's so jealous. 11 00:03:06,365 --> 00:03:07,595 I saved you from him... 12 00:03:09,905 --> 00:03:13,755 And now you must make love to me, while my husband sleeps. 13 00:03:15,255 --> 00:03:20,035 If you don't, I'll wake him up, and he'll rip your head off. 14 00:03:46,685 --> 00:03:48,495 Oh, not again, Sayyidi. 15 00:03:49,595 --> 00:03:51,975 Giafar, I had that dream again. 16 00:03:52,235 --> 00:03:55,275 The Demon's wife, she tried to kill me, so I killed her. 17 00:03:55,545 --> 00:03:57,015 You've had it now for five years... 18 00:03:57,285 --> 00:03:59,455 Ever since your late wife tried to do the same thing. 19 00:03:59,725 --> 00:04:01,895 - I murdered her... - It was an accident, Sayyidi. 20 00:04:02,165 --> 00:04:04,375 It was an accident! 21 00:04:04,635 --> 00:04:07,745 Allah is just... you're free of her Sayyidi. 22 00:04:08,015 --> 00:04:10,425 I'll never be free of her she haunts me still. 23 00:04:10,685 --> 00:04:11,785 Don't let her. 24 00:04:12,055 --> 00:04:14,935 Don't you forget, I have to take a wife by the next full moon, 25 00:04:15,195 --> 00:04:17,445 Or the kingdom will be given to my dear brother. 26 00:04:17,735 --> 00:04:19,405 May he rot in hell! 27 00:04:19,675 --> 00:04:21,285 Your father wanted you to marry. 28 00:04:21,545 --> 00:04:24,185 I can't take another wife, she'll try to kill me too. They all will! 29 00:04:24,455 --> 00:04:25,125 You must. 30 00:04:25,395 --> 00:04:28,705 You lose the kingdom unless you marry as quickly as possible. 31 00:04:28,965 --> 00:04:31,315 I know what it means even the Demon was betrayed. 32 00:04:31,575 --> 00:04:33,075 The dream tells me all wives are treacherous. 33 00:04:33,395 --> 00:04:35,315 No, no, you just had a bad experience, Sayyidi. 34 00:04:35,525 --> 00:04:37,905 There's only one way to deal with wives, they have to be executed. 35 00:04:37,935 --> 00:04:40,465 Well, I'm sure we've all felt like that. 36 00:04:40,675 --> 00:04:43,235 I will marry. There will be a wedding and a wedding night. 37 00:04:43,445 --> 00:04:45,675 But in the morning, I'll have my wife executed. 38 00:04:45,885 --> 00:04:47,785 I'll kill her before she kills me. 39 00:04:48,685 --> 00:04:52,185 She can't be a princess of the blood, her death would cause problems. 40 00:04:53,065 --> 00:04:55,095 Pick me a woman from the Harem, Giafar. 41 00:04:55,335 --> 00:04:59,695 Someone bright and happy, and with no thought for the future. 42 00:05:00,275 --> 00:05:03,805 And in secret... now send for the Chief Executioner. 43 00:05:33,295 --> 00:05:38,955 He was loaded with riches and honours... but that was not the end of the story. 44 00:05:40,795 --> 00:05:44,925 After Douban was beheaded, the King licked his fingers 45 00:05:45,135 --> 00:05:47,465 And turned to the page in the dead man's book. 46 00:05:47,775 --> 00:05:53,275 He stared at the words, and then slumped forward 47 00:05:53,355 --> 00:05:56,985 - dead! The pages of the book had been poisoned 48 00:05:57,795 --> 00:06:02,735 So that the King, wetting his finger, had executed himself. 49 00:06:12,255 --> 00:06:16,495 Here again, mistress. That's the sixth time this week. 50 00:06:16,695 --> 00:06:21,665 These people sit for hours just listening... it's a miracle. 51 00:06:22,265 --> 00:06:28,535 People need stories more than bread itself. They tell us how to live, and why. 52 00:06:39,865 --> 00:06:41,305 Sorry I'm late, father. 53 00:06:41,505 --> 00:06:44,675 This is my daughter, Scheherazade. She's my strong right arm, 54 00:06:44,875 --> 00:06:48,415 You may speak freely in front of her. How is the Sultan? 55 00:06:48,615 --> 00:06:51,595 The Sultan is being eaten by the worm of madness. 56 00:06:51,825 --> 00:06:54,625 It reminds me a little of the case of Gilgamesh 57 00:06:54,835 --> 00:06:56,955 The king of Urak when his friend, the grand warrior... 58 00:06:57,005 --> 00:06:58,935 Can you cure the Sultan? 59 00:06:58,935 --> 00:07:01,405 No... Only Allah can do that. 60 00:07:01,615 --> 00:07:04,705 - How was Gilgamesh cured? - It was a young woman who did it. 61 00:07:04,915 --> 00:07:09,455 No one knows how... a complete amateur. Beginner's luck. 62 00:07:09,865 --> 00:07:12,625 That sort of thing can be really, really distressing. 63 00:07:12,835 --> 00:07:15,275 For an experienced professional like myself. 64 00:07:15,475 --> 00:07:17,375 When did Schahriar become so ill? 65 00:07:17,575 --> 00:07:21,035 When I played with him as a child in the palace he was always so happy. 66 00:07:21,355 --> 00:07:22,585 Everybody loved him. 67 00:07:22,785 --> 00:07:25,785 Madness creeps in unseen and floods the soul. 68 00:07:25,995 --> 00:07:27,125 You're no help! 69 00:07:27,335 --> 00:07:29,195 Patients often say that, but what do they know. 70 00:07:29,405 --> 00:07:30,765 Should I get a second opinion? 71 00:07:30,965 --> 00:07:33,305 Why not? I can come back tomorrow. 72 00:07:38,815 --> 00:07:40,725 I didn't know Schahriar was this ill. 73 00:07:40,925 --> 00:07:43,055 I've been trying to keep it from everybody. 74 00:07:44,265 --> 00:07:45,695 You look terrible father. 75 00:07:45,905 --> 00:07:49,865 Oh, it's only natural. I have to deal with the worst kind of madman... 76 00:07:50,375 --> 00:07:52,745 a madman with power! 77 00:07:53,315 --> 00:07:54,845 You understand what is needed? 78 00:07:55,055 --> 00:08:00,935 I know my job Sayyidi. You wish your bride to be executed the morning after the wedding. 79 00:08:01,065 --> 00:08:02,155 Early. 80 00:08:02,905 --> 00:08:08,915 There are certain procedural problems, Sayyidi... as I will be executing her after the wedding 81 00:08:09,115 --> 00:08:11,315 It means she will be Sultana, 82 00:08:11,525 --> 00:08:14,985 Who by tradition cannot be hung or beheaded. 83 00:08:15,195 --> 00:08:16,825 Details... details! 84 00:08:17,025 --> 00:08:20,235 Never fear, Sayyidi, where there's a will, there's a way. 85 00:08:20,445 --> 00:08:22,635 - I can strangle her. - That's what I want. 86 00:08:22,845 --> 00:08:25,785 But, I can't use hemp rope... 87 00:08:25,985 --> 00:08:28,545 not on a royal throat. - Must I be crossed at every turn? 88 00:08:29,155 --> 00:08:35,135 But there's no objection to silk! A silk rope would fulfill all legal requirements... 89 00:08:35,935 --> 00:08:37,735 rely on me, Sayyidi. 90 00:08:43,585 --> 00:08:46,285 They haven't seen each other for years... 91 00:08:46,695 --> 00:08:48,895 That's enough, girls. 92 00:08:55,915 --> 00:08:57,575 The Sultan's going to kill us! 93 00:08:57,875 --> 00:08:59,155 - Who told you that? - My mother. 94 00:08:59,525 --> 00:09:00,605 She got it from the cook... 95 00:09:00,755 --> 00:09:03,725 who got it straight from the Chief Executioner's Assistant, it's a secret. 96 00:09:03,925 --> 00:09:06,035 And her mother's never wrong. I heard it from a handmaid 97 00:09:06,065 --> 00:09:07,385 who heard it from one of the guards. 98 00:09:07,415 --> 00:09:08,165 He's going to marry one of us. 99 00:09:08,375 --> 00:09:10,745 In the morning after the wedding he is going to have the bride executed. 100 00:09:10,775 --> 00:09:11,795 He's mad, isn't he? 101 00:09:12,455 --> 00:09:13,795 And it won't stop there. 102 00:09:14,005 --> 00:09:15,945 He'll get a taste for it and kill us all! 103 00:09:16,145 --> 00:09:18,545 I'm sure it's just a rumor. 104 00:09:21,525 --> 00:09:23,245 Don't worry, I'll talk to my father. 105 00:09:26,055 --> 00:09:28,605 - Father, I must speak with you. - What are you doing here, child? 106 00:09:28,635 --> 00:09:30,145 Put some clothes on Father, it's urgent. 107 00:09:30,175 --> 00:09:31,475 I blame your late lamented mother... it's all her fault. 108 00:09:31,505 --> 00:09:35,045 Please be quick, Father, or they'll say you're meeting women in the steam room. 109 00:09:36,985 --> 00:09:40,245 The women in the Harem are frightened that it won't stop at one girl... 110 00:09:40,455 --> 00:09:42,395 The Sultan may get a taste for killing them. 111 00:09:42,595 --> 00:09:46,295 If Schahriar wasn't the Sultan, he'd be locked away till the madness passed. 112 00:09:46,935 --> 00:09:48,935 He was such a loving boy... 113 00:09:50,215 --> 00:09:52,805 We used to climb his father's favorite peach tree. 114 00:09:53,515 --> 00:09:55,855 One day I fell and cut myself. 115 00:09:57,195 --> 00:09:59,025 He bound up the wound. 116 00:09:59,725 --> 00:10:04,135 Oh, what am I going to do child? I can't go through with this. 117 00:10:04,335 --> 00:10:08,805 I can't pick a poor girl from the Harem knowing I'm condemning her to death! 118 00:10:09,985 --> 00:10:12,425 I may have a way out for you, father. 119 00:10:13,785 --> 00:10:16,325 I'll marry Sultan Schahriar myself. 120 00:10:29,015 --> 00:10:31,055 I won't let you sacrifice yourself for me. 121 00:10:31,265 --> 00:10:32,605 I'm not doing it for you, father... 122 00:10:32,635 --> 00:10:34,925 I'm not even doing it to save the girls in the Harem... 123 00:10:35,265 --> 00:10:37,645 I'm doing it for Schahriar and myself. 124 00:10:38,245 --> 00:10:39,245 I love him. 125 00:10:39,445 --> 00:10:42,895 No, you love the boy he was, not the man he is. 126 00:10:43,115 --> 00:10:44,595 That boy is still there in him. 127 00:10:44,795 --> 00:10:46,675 You'd have to dig very, very deep to find him... 128 00:10:47,005 --> 00:10:48,015 He's changed completely! 129 00:10:48,395 --> 00:10:50,655 It's not just betrayal by his wife and brother... 130 00:10:50,855 --> 00:10:53,565 absolute power has eaten his soul. I know him... 131 00:10:53,775 --> 00:10:56,105 you think you can change him, but you can't. No one can. 132 00:10:56,305 --> 00:11:00,255 - I don't believe that. - Scheherazade, listen to me, listen! 133 00:11:00,455 --> 00:11:08,025 You are all I have. I beg you, I beg you! Don't do this! 134 00:11:08,305 --> 00:11:12,105 I can save him from himself... I don't know how, 135 00:11:12,315 --> 00:11:15,075 But I've made up my mind. I know I can do it. 136 00:11:34,055 --> 00:11:36,425 Daughter, when you walk out onto that balcony, 137 00:11:36,845 --> 00:11:40,805 You will be married and you will have signed your own death certificate. 138 00:11:41,165 --> 00:11:43,865 If you love me, please, please, please... 139 00:11:44,075 --> 00:11:46,465 please, don't do this. - I know what I'm doing, father. 140 00:11:46,675 --> 00:11:50,445 You don't. You have no idea what you're doing. 141 00:12:11,285 --> 00:12:18,755 - Sayyidi, your brother, wishes to offer his blessings. - May they choke him. 142 00:12:19,665 --> 00:12:25,545 He wants to be reconciled... it would be good, Sayyidi, for peace. 143 00:12:54,635 --> 00:12:58,635 Think of the people. Show them you're brothers again. 144 00:13:55,065 --> 00:13:57,725 I hope you have better luck this time, brother. 145 00:13:58,365 --> 00:14:01,635 Your late wife loved me from the first. 146 00:14:18,605 --> 00:14:20,405 How will we know when Sultan's ready? 147 00:14:20,915 --> 00:14:22,175 He'll call... 148 00:14:23,885 --> 00:14:30,355 I think... pink will suit the Sultana. 149 00:14:31,595 --> 00:14:33,425 You have such good taste, Chief. 150 00:14:55,615 --> 00:14:57,775 Sayyidi, do you remember me? 151 00:14:59,925 --> 00:15:01,475 From when we were children. 152 00:15:02,535 --> 00:15:06,455 We played together here in the palace... then I went away. 153 00:15:06,655 --> 00:15:08,625 I don't remember anything about my childhood. 154 00:15:50,965 --> 00:15:52,525 What is it, Sayyidi? 155 00:16:17,915 --> 00:16:18,925 I don't trust you. 156 00:16:21,055 --> 00:16:23,725 There's something going on I don't know about. 157 00:16:25,525 --> 00:16:28,095 Your Giafar's daughter, yet he let you... 158 00:16:29,805 --> 00:16:31,275 Marry me. 159 00:16:36,185 --> 00:16:38,245 Oh, I dream too much... 160 00:16:39,325 --> 00:16:40,825 Forty nights... 161 00:16:41,965 --> 00:16:47,145 Can't sleep, so I dream. 162 00:16:49,115 --> 00:16:52,905 My father always takes a glass of wine and a biscuit before going to bed. 163 00:16:53,115 --> 00:16:56,585 This isn't a night when a man is supposed to sleep. 164 00:17:01,575 --> 00:17:02,735 There. 165 00:17:08,225 --> 00:17:09,615 Is something the matter? 166 00:17:12,795 --> 00:17:20,805 That biscuit has sesame seeds... I don't like sesame seeds... 167 00:17:24,985 --> 00:17:28,925 - Did I say something funny? - No. 168 00:17:29,565 --> 00:17:33,085 It's just that "sesame" remind me of this wonderful story... 169 00:17:33,835 --> 00:17:35,505 Would you like to hear it? 170 00:17:38,275 --> 00:17:39,675 I don't like stories. 171 00:17:40,145 --> 00:17:44,925 You will this one. It's about Ali Baba and the forty thieves. 172 00:17:47,595 --> 00:17:48,825 Forty thieves? 173 00:17:51,105 --> 00:17:53,065 Forty nights of dreaming, and now Forty Thieves... 174 00:17:53,365 --> 00:17:54,605 That's strange! 175 00:17:54,705 --> 00:17:58,685 Yes, but no stranger than the story itself. 176 00:18:00,875 --> 00:18:05,375 You see, Ali Baba was a poor young man who lived outside Damascus. 177 00:18:07,325 --> 00:18:13,635 His best friend had a hump, four legs, and very big teeth. 178 00:18:14,645 --> 00:18:17,945 Saffron was one of the wisest camels in all Syria. 179 00:18:25,765 --> 00:18:29,395 Ali Baba's only family was an older brother, Cassim. 180 00:18:30,405 --> 00:18:32,965 I know Saffron, I know. 181 00:18:33,545 --> 00:18:34,805 Cassim! 182 00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:37,515 Wake up 183 00:18:38,495 --> 00:18:40,785 It's time to get up. Come on. 184 00:18:43,095 --> 00:18:46,505 Unlike his young brother, Cassim was so lazy. 185 00:18:46,805 --> 00:18:50,535 I told you I don't like stories. 186 00:18:53,585 --> 00:18:55,815 A master storyteller once told me, 187 00:18:56,195 --> 00:18:58,485 The audience must be hooked in the first moments, 188 00:18:58,695 --> 00:19:01,225 Otherwise you've lost them. 189 00:19:01,435 --> 00:19:02,835 I'm lost. 190 00:19:10,485 --> 00:19:16,955 That's because I haven't told you about Black, Black Coda. 191 00:19:19,065 --> 00:19:22,635 At the time the kingdom was being ravaged by savage gangs. 192 00:19:24,785 --> 00:19:27,845 Black Coda led the most murderous of them. 193 00:19:29,455 --> 00:19:30,615 A monster. 194 00:19:30,925 --> 00:19:34,195 Black.... Coda. 195 00:19:36,105 --> 00:19:37,595 No one was safe. 196 00:19:38,375 --> 00:19:40,605 What's he got to do with Ali Baba? 197 00:19:40,815 --> 00:19:43,115 He made Ali Baba rich and famous. 198 00:19:54,635 --> 00:19:57,135 No caravan could travel without fear. 199 00:19:58,485 --> 00:20:02,355 They never knew when or where Black Coda would strike next. 200 00:20:03,525 --> 00:20:05,925 He was a master of disguise. 201 00:20:58,865 --> 00:21:03,725 Meanwhile, Ali Baba was collecting firewood to sell in the local market. 202 00:21:04,095 --> 00:21:06,475 He was a really good-hearted young man. 203 00:21:07,345 --> 00:21:10,105 It's a slow way to make a fortune, Saffron 204 00:21:12,925 --> 00:21:15,555 And I've so many good ideas for making money... 205 00:21:16,425 --> 00:21:20,535 Like my scheme for watering plum trees with alcohol to grow stewed plums. 206 00:21:27,625 --> 00:21:30,455 I don't care what you think, Saffron, I think it's a good idea. 207 00:21:41,785 --> 00:21:43,425 You think that's trouble, do you Saffron? 208 00:21:44,525 --> 00:21:45,525 I think you're right. 209 00:21:53,475 --> 00:21:55,875 Saffron's warning saved Ali Baba. 210 00:21:56,345 --> 00:21:59,855 Animals can be cleverer than their masters. 211 00:22:00,395 --> 00:22:02,255 And you can trust them. 212 00:22:04,795 --> 00:22:06,325 Open Sesame! 213 00:22:34,415 --> 00:22:35,485 Down! 214 00:22:52,675 --> 00:22:54,505 That must be Black Coda. 215 00:22:57,485 --> 00:22:58,525 What do you think of that? 216 00:22:59,225 --> 00:23:02,755 Sesame... that's the seeds that Mother used to make those biscuits with, aren't they? 217 00:23:02,875 --> 00:23:03,875 Why would it be... 218 00:23:05,905 --> 00:23:06,905 Sesame? 219 00:23:34,345 --> 00:23:35,835 Open Sesame! 220 00:23:52,235 --> 00:23:53,395 Down boys! 221 00:23:56,245 --> 00:23:57,335 Down? 222 00:25:39,085 --> 00:25:40,945 Open Sesame! 223 00:25:54,845 --> 00:25:55,975 Saffron! 224 00:25:56,345 --> 00:25:57,765 Saffron! 225 00:25:58,075 --> 00:25:58,825 We're rich! 226 00:25:59,095 --> 00:26:00,955 Have you ever seen anything like it? 227 00:26:01,165 --> 00:26:04,535 Only in your wildest dreams! Well, not in your dreams, in mine. 228 00:26:13,485 --> 00:26:14,685 It's raining. 229 00:26:16,185 --> 00:26:17,395 Mother, bring in the washing. 230 00:26:17,595 --> 00:26:20,275 No it's not raining, your mother's been dead for five years. Get up! 231 00:26:21,405 --> 00:26:22,895 - What's for breakfast? - Fresh air. 232 00:26:23,105 --> 00:26:24,835 Why are you sleeping on the edge of the bed? 233 00:26:24,885 --> 00:26:26,105 So I can just drop off. 234 00:26:26,315 --> 00:26:29,015 Well, get up... I've got something to show you. 235 00:26:40,375 --> 00:26:41,815 We're going to have to move house... 236 00:26:42,175 --> 00:26:44,645 In case the robbers find out who was in their cave. 237 00:26:45,855 --> 00:26:48,445 - I want my share. - Of course. I don't want it all for myself. 238 00:26:48,645 --> 00:26:50,545 - What half-and-half? - Half-and-half. 239 00:26:50,745 --> 00:26:53,095 - I'm going to the cave to get my share. - No, it could be dangerous. 240 00:26:53,125 --> 00:26:54,555 I can take care of myself. 241 00:26:54,925 --> 00:26:56,665 If you must go, take Saffron, she knows the way. 242 00:26:56,695 --> 00:26:58,165 She'll see you don't get into any trouble. 243 00:26:58,195 --> 00:26:59,695 Saffron's a camel! 244 00:27:00,405 --> 00:27:03,535 "You don't think I need a camel to look after me, do you?" 245 00:27:03,805 --> 00:27:06,005 Both Ali Baba and Saffron nodded. 246 00:27:06,225 --> 00:27:07,595 There was no question in their minds... 247 00:27:07,625 --> 00:27:10,385 that Cassim certainly needed someone to look after him. 248 00:27:11,095 --> 00:27:13,595 Why was Cassim any different from Ali Baba? 249 00:27:14,305 --> 00:27:16,825 Ali had something Cassim never had... 250 00:27:17,035 --> 00:27:18,505 a good heart. 251 00:27:19,235 --> 00:27:21,375 You think a good heart can protect people? 252 00:27:21,585 --> 00:27:24,715 Have you ever known anyone with a good heart? 253 00:27:24,915 --> 00:27:25,915 No. 254 00:27:26,115 --> 00:27:31,165 Well, anyway, with Saffron's help, Cassim found the robber's cave. 255 00:27:37,845 --> 00:27:38,935 Open! 256 00:27:41,625 --> 00:27:42,645 What is it? 257 00:27:44,865 --> 00:27:46,155 Open.. Open.. 258 00:27:46,365 --> 00:27:50,935 Ali Baba has given Cassin two biscuit to remind him of the password. 259 00:27:51,115 --> 00:27:53,875 "Open sesame!" 260 00:28:10,755 --> 00:28:13,915 Down boys! Down! 261 00:28:39,445 --> 00:28:40,665 I must get Saffron. 262 00:28:43,985 --> 00:28:45,785 Open.. Open! 263 00:28:47,125 --> 00:28:50,355 How was it, then? Open... 264 00:28:54,965 --> 00:28:57,095 Open.. Open.. 265 00:29:06,235 --> 00:29:10,655 Open.. Open.. Open corn! 266 00:29:14,745 --> 00:29:16,045 Open barley! 267 00:29:18,725 --> 00:29:20,585 Open Sesame! 268 00:29:47,005 --> 00:29:48,765 Open Sesame... 269 00:29:49,105 --> 00:29:52,535 That was it. Open Sesame... 270 00:30:11,015 --> 00:30:14,215 Meanwhile, whilst Cassim was getting himself Killed... 271 00:30:14,425 --> 00:30:21,135 Ali Baba had hired himself a young serving girl, Morgiana... to help him now he had money. 272 00:30:21,345 --> 00:30:23,205 What was this Morgiana like? 273 00:30:23,405 --> 00:30:25,305 Some said she was beautiful. 274 00:30:25,505 --> 00:30:27,635 But she was certainly clever... and very independent. 275 00:30:27,845 --> 00:30:29,115 She sounds like you. 276 00:30:30,055 --> 00:30:31,215 Like me? 277 00:30:31,885 --> 00:30:35,565 Oh, no, she wasn't like me. Not like me at all! 278 00:30:37,175 --> 00:30:38,655 That's everything, sir. 279 00:30:43,845 --> 00:30:45,075 Saffron... 280 00:30:47,385 --> 00:30:48,715 Where's my brother? 281 00:30:52,295 --> 00:30:53,295 Where's Cassim? 282 00:31:01,195 --> 00:31:02,875 That should scare off anyone nosing about. 283 00:31:03,805 --> 00:31:06,995 - Do you think he was with anybody else? - Nah! They's still have been with him. 284 00:31:07,325 --> 00:31:09,535 And get rid of those two dragons, they're useless. 285 00:31:19,835 --> 00:31:22,165 Oh... Oh, poor Cassim! 286 00:31:23,465 --> 00:31:25,875 I should have tried harder to stop him. 287 00:31:26,845 --> 00:31:29,285 Oh no, Don't blame yourself. 288 00:31:30,795 --> 00:31:33,025 Come, we should leave as soon as possible. 289 00:31:33,195 --> 00:31:37,055 No... No, we must take him with us. 290 00:31:39,005 --> 00:31:40,075 Is that wise? 291 00:31:40,375 --> 00:31:42,375 When the robbers come back and see the body's gone, 292 00:31:42,575 --> 00:31:44,545 They'll know Cassim had friends or family... 293 00:31:45,085 --> 00:31:47,255 They might try and find you, and do to you what they did to your brother. 294 00:31:47,285 --> 00:31:50,225 I know you're right Morgiana, but he must have a decent burial. 295 00:31:50,695 --> 00:31:55,565 We can't... we can't leave him for the vultures to pick on his bones. 296 00:31:55,775 --> 00:31:57,065 He's my brother. 297 00:32:02,295 --> 00:32:07,335 Cassim had a wonderful funeral. It was the talk of the city for weeks after. 298 00:32:17,545 --> 00:32:21,785 Cassim must have been very popular. He had many friends. 299 00:32:35,005 --> 00:32:38,885 - I hope we gave complete satisfaction - Very good job sir. 300 00:32:39,025 --> 00:32:43,905 The "Damascus Mourners Association" has a reputation second to none. 301 00:32:44,435 --> 00:32:47,895 Did you see how Mustaffa threw himself into the grave? 302 00:32:48,485 --> 00:32:51,355 You only get that with the "Damascus Mourners". 303 00:32:52,085 --> 00:32:55,165 We not only provide all the funeral arrangements, 304 00:32:55,305 --> 00:32:57,905 But the weeping and gnashing of teeth too. 305 00:32:58,245 --> 00:33:01,925 Remember us, if you have more deaths in the family. 306 00:33:06,615 --> 00:33:08,125 Somebody else knows. 307 00:33:10,135 --> 00:33:13,765 I made a mistake. I have to correct it. 308 00:33:14,495 --> 00:33:17,935 We had been robbed chief jewels and gold coins are missing. 309 00:33:20,545 --> 00:33:21,545 What should we do? 310 00:33:25,145 --> 00:33:26,145 How much? 311 00:33:26,585 --> 00:33:27,935 Only a couple of sackfuls. 312 00:33:31,755 --> 00:33:33,915 That means there was only two or three thieves at most. 313 00:33:36,245 --> 00:33:38,195 We'll have to search for them in Damascus now. 314 00:33:38,845 --> 00:33:40,245 But where do we look? 315 00:33:41,515 --> 00:33:44,115 They took the body for burial, so we find out 316 00:33:44,285 --> 00:33:47,195 who's come into money recently and could afford a rich funeral. 317 00:33:47,525 --> 00:33:50,345 That's very clever, Chief... I would never've thought of that. 318 00:33:50,535 --> 00:33:51,645 No "nor me." 319 00:33:54,575 --> 00:33:56,285 Spare me your "nor mes." 320 00:33:58,695 --> 00:34:02,665 We go into the city in ones and twos and in disguise, 321 00:34:03,695 --> 00:34:05,395 Or they'll hang us on sight. 322 00:34:21,565 --> 00:34:25,165 Black Coda's men drifted inconspicuously into the city. 323 00:34:32,525 --> 00:34:39,025 Robbers find nothing wrong in robbery, except when it happens to them. 324 00:35:19,305 --> 00:35:23,075 - I feel... sad. - But don't you like your new house? 325 00:35:23,285 --> 00:35:24,545 Of course I do. 326 00:35:26,325 --> 00:35:28,775 I just wish Cassim were here to enjoy it with me. I miss him. 327 00:35:29,665 --> 00:35:32,495 It's natural... he was your brother. 328 00:35:33,255 --> 00:35:35,025 Everyone should have good fortune... 329 00:35:37,305 --> 00:35:38,795 But it just much better, 330 00:35:39,935 --> 00:35:41,745 If there's someone to enjoy it with. 331 00:35:47,805 --> 00:35:49,955 Coda's men were hot on the trail. 332 00:35:53,375 --> 00:35:56,345 They dug up Cassim's body to make sure they had the right man. 333 00:36:09,595 --> 00:36:13,025 This belonged to the late Cassim, brother of Ali Baba, 334 00:36:13,395 --> 00:36:14,555 Who has just come into money. 335 00:36:16,805 --> 00:36:18,635 You know where this Ali Baba lives? 336 00:36:19,495 --> 00:36:22,215 An expensive villa on a hill overlooking the City Park. 337 00:36:22,875 --> 00:36:25,315 That's a particularly desirable residence, with a view of... 338 00:36:25,405 --> 00:36:26,405 I don't want to buy it! 339 00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:34,205 I just want to kill him and everyone else in the house. 340 00:36:34,885 --> 00:36:36,825 How many of us do you want for the job? 341 00:36:37,615 --> 00:36:41,825 All of us... we don't know how many we'll have to kill. 342 00:36:41,935 --> 00:36:43,815 How're forty of us going to get past the guards? 343 00:36:44,055 --> 00:36:50,275 I know how... I want Ali Baba and his brood slaughtered by this time tomorrow night! 344 00:37:00,205 --> 00:37:04,365 And so the evil Black Coda walked up to the city gates... 345 00:37:04,575 --> 00:37:09,875 ready to slaughter Ali Baba and everyone in his house... 346 00:37:12,935 --> 00:37:14,355 What's the matter? 347 00:37:15,895 --> 00:37:17,425 Nothing, Sayyidi. 348 00:37:18,405 --> 00:37:22,175 What happened to Ali and Morgiana? What happened next... 349 00:37:22,385 --> 00:37:25,205 and did Black Coda kill them... and.. and.. 350 00:37:25,995 --> 00:37:27,525 And... don't you know? 351 00:37:27,725 --> 00:37:31,115 Of course I know, but I'm tired. 352 00:37:31,725 --> 00:37:33,295 It's already morning. 353 00:37:35,875 --> 00:37:39,735 It can't be morning, morning never comes for me, it's always night. 354 00:37:40,115 --> 00:37:42,105 I've lost track of time. 355 00:37:44,525 --> 00:37:47,995 So... you won't go on? 356 00:37:48,705 --> 00:37:53,495 Yes... yes.. But storytelling's best done at night... 357 00:37:53,915 --> 00:37:55,375 at least for me... 358 00:37:55,485 --> 00:37:59,435 I mean, it's hard to create the right atmosphere with the sun shining... 359 00:38:03,365 --> 00:38:04,725 Don't you think? 360 00:38:18,925 --> 00:38:21,995 It's a trick! A trick to trick me!! 361 00:38:25,375 --> 00:38:28,055 No!! No!!! 362 00:38:29,075 --> 00:38:32,065 - What is it, Sayyidi? - I want... 363 00:38:32,275 --> 00:38:35,035 you.. to meet.. Somebody! 364 00:38:38,795 --> 00:38:40,055 Who are these men? 365 00:38:40,255 --> 00:38:42,285 Friends, Sultana. 366 00:38:44,335 --> 00:38:46,235 Please, stay calm. 367 00:38:46,605 --> 00:38:49,575 Stay back! Sayyidi! 368 00:38:52,255 --> 00:38:56,795 Sayyidi! Sayyidi! 369 00:38:57,535 --> 00:39:05,545 No... No!! 370 00:39:08,275 --> 00:39:11,015 - Please, stay calm. - Stay back! 371 00:39:11,795 --> 00:39:13,125 Sayyidi! 372 00:39:17,635 --> 00:39:19,165 Sayyidi, no.. 373 00:39:27,955 --> 00:39:32,855 You will finish the story of Ali Baba.. tomorrow night. 374 00:40:00,225 --> 00:40:04,355 I sit in the bazaar, telling stories, but if the audience isn't interested in 375 00:40:04,425 --> 00:40:06,495 what I'm saying, it walks away. 376 00:40:07,675 --> 00:40:12,045 But if your audience isn't interested... you're dead. 377 00:40:14,625 --> 00:40:19,415 I thought it would be easy but it isn't. I almost lost it before I got started. 378 00:40:19,525 --> 00:40:22,835 I've told you before, the first moments are vital. 379 00:40:23,035 --> 00:40:27,685 I paused at a good point... with the thieves sneaking into Damascus to kill Ali Baba. 380 00:40:27,985 --> 00:40:29,285 Sneaking in how? In what? 381 00:40:29,585 --> 00:40:31,315 - A wagon. - Too ordinary. 382 00:40:31,585 --> 00:40:36,365 It has to be something more exotic... your starting your story again... 383 00:40:36,565 --> 00:40:39,195 you have to hook your audience... again. 384 00:40:39,975 --> 00:40:43,205 - How? - I was walking last night past... 385 00:40:43,315 --> 00:40:45,985 the Great Mosque in the street of Sighs... 386 00:40:46,185 --> 00:40:48,485 exactly an hour after sundown, 387 00:40:48,695 --> 00:40:52,325 when I came face to face... with Death. 388 00:40:55,445 --> 00:40:57,005 Had he come for you? 389 00:40:58,215 --> 00:41:02,105 You see... you're hooked! 390 00:41:04,555 --> 00:41:07,335 He's still insane and he'll kill you... 391 00:41:07,535 --> 00:41:08,825 Now I've made arrangements for your escape. 392 00:41:08,855 --> 00:41:12,335 It's too late... if I fled he'd punish you and then pick the poor girls in the Harem. 393 00:41:12,505 --> 00:41:14,055 So you'll stay and risk your life. 394 00:41:14,225 --> 00:41:18,155 I promised I'd help... if I can make him listen to my stories, maybe he'll change. 395 00:41:18,355 --> 00:41:20,125 You don't sound as certain as you were. 396 00:41:20,345 --> 00:41:21,345 I'm not. 397 00:41:37,565 --> 00:41:41,425 As I was saying, Black Coda brought his whole gang into Damascus, 398 00:41:41,635 --> 00:41:44,035 in a wagon, to murder Ali Baba. 399 00:41:45,305 --> 00:41:47,105 But it was no ordinary wagon. 400 00:41:54,595 --> 00:41:57,425 The wagon was carrying an amount of stone jars. 401 00:41:59,135 --> 00:42:01,505 How did Black Coda explain the jars? 402 00:42:02,235 --> 00:42:04,035 What's this, old man? 403 00:42:04,245 --> 00:42:07,915 Forty jars of lamp oil for the royal palace. 404 00:42:09,085 --> 00:42:10,675 Forty jars of oil? 405 00:42:12,795 --> 00:42:15,355 That's clever... that's very clever... 406 00:42:15,805 --> 00:42:19,845 obviously Black Coda had a black heart but a very bright brain. 407 00:42:21,185 --> 00:42:22,845 He had that, alright. 408 00:42:24,985 --> 00:42:28,285 Naturally, Ali had no idea of the danger he was in. 409 00:42:29,395 --> 00:42:33,135 He didn't tremble... when he should have trembled. 410 00:42:41,285 --> 00:42:45,585 How're we going to protect him, Saffron? He's a dreamer! 411 00:42:46,705 --> 00:42:49,165 What about all those schemes for making money? 412 00:42:53,815 --> 00:42:55,815 He needs someone to look after him... 413 00:43:01,495 --> 00:43:04,435 Yeah... I love him... 414 00:43:06,235 --> 00:43:07,675 but does he love me? 415 00:43:10,945 --> 00:43:13,035 Your a camel, what do you know about love? 416 00:43:16,125 --> 00:43:17,255 I'm sorry... 417 00:43:20,995 --> 00:43:22,635 Your a wise camel, aren't you? 418 00:43:43,315 --> 00:43:44,875 Turn to right to Ali Baba's house. 419 00:43:52,085 --> 00:43:54,355 I thought you'd like some hot lemon and nutmeg, sir. 420 00:43:57,135 --> 00:43:58,135 Thank you, Morgiana... 421 00:44:00,725 --> 00:44:02,485 I think it's time you started calling me Ali. 422 00:44:06,975 --> 00:44:07,975 Salute this. 423 00:44:09,455 --> 00:44:11,785 I'll stay up late tonight thinking of money-making schemes. 424 00:44:12,945 --> 00:44:13,945 Why sir? 425 00:44:15,335 --> 00:44:16,335 Ali? 426 00:44:16,735 --> 00:44:18,415 Why think up such schemes? You're rich. 427 00:44:20,375 --> 00:44:23,125 I know, but that was luck... I'm not going to stay lucky all my life. 428 00:44:24,785 --> 00:44:26,975 I want to know I can survive if my luck turns. 429 00:44:32,825 --> 00:44:37,535 I'll be back in two hours when it's quiet... then we'll kill everyone in the house. 430 00:44:38,235 --> 00:44:39,585 It will be a pleasure, chief! 431 00:44:42,875 --> 00:44:45,145 There's a wagon parked in the street outside. 432 00:44:45,345 --> 00:44:48,615 It's a merchant, lady, with jars of oil for the palace... 433 00:44:49,755 --> 00:44:53,055 he asked permission to leave his wagon there for a few hours. 434 00:44:54,265 --> 00:44:56,095 Did you check him closely? 435 00:44:56,295 --> 00:44:57,295 Yes lady. 436 00:44:58,605 --> 00:45:01,605 - How much did he give you? - Nothing, lady, nothing! 437 00:45:23,555 --> 00:45:26,375 Isn't there any more oil in the house? 438 00:45:26,785 --> 00:45:27,955 We have to buy some tomorrow. 439 00:45:28,805 --> 00:45:30,895 Didn't you say that merchant had some jars of oil? 440 00:45:31,105 --> 00:45:32,125 Yes. 441 00:45:33,305 --> 00:45:35,405 Hm, he won't mind us talking a little for the night. 442 00:45:35,655 --> 00:45:37,115 We'll pay him in the morning. 443 00:45:39,215 --> 00:45:43,765 Life often turns on such small things as a flickering oil lamp... 444 00:45:45,195 --> 00:45:49,005 Praise be to Allah... it can't be long before the killing starts. 445 00:45:52,075 --> 00:45:54,445 Morgiana, this man's got a marvelous idea 446 00:45:54,645 --> 00:45:56,745 for breeding termites with wooden legs. 447 00:45:57,395 --> 00:45:59,445 - I think I should invest... - They've come, Ali! 448 00:46:00,125 --> 00:46:01,125 Who? 449 00:46:01,325 --> 00:46:03,135 The murderers you stole the money from. 450 00:46:24,575 --> 00:46:26,175 I've got an idea... 451 00:46:28,085 --> 00:46:29,585 follow me. 452 00:46:48,725 --> 00:46:49,725 Chief? 453 00:46:50,535 --> 00:46:55,655 - Chief? Is that you? Chief? - Any moment now. 454 00:46:55,765 --> 00:47:01,835 - Hear that men? Any moment now! - Excellent. 455 00:48:27,205 --> 00:48:28,845 The Black Coda's men. 456 00:48:58,485 --> 00:49:01,915 Black Coda's men hung like ripe fruit. 457 00:49:02,685 --> 00:49:04,625 It was all over. 458 00:49:05,655 --> 00:49:06,655 Well, not quite. 459 00:49:08,795 --> 00:49:11,105 Ali Baba threw a magnificent party, 460 00:49:11,305 --> 00:49:14,175 to celebrate the defeat of Black Coda and his gang. 461 00:49:16,045 --> 00:49:21,015 The chief attraction was the most famous entertainer in all of lslam. 462 00:49:21,255 --> 00:49:25,035 - The Jokes of man Gibtail? - It day to celebrate, 463 00:49:25,235 --> 00:49:29,195 because with the help of my good friend, Morgiana, 464 00:49:29,405 --> 00:49:35,245 Black Coda's gang have been crushed like.. a.. beetles. 465 00:49:40,865 --> 00:49:43,355 Ask if Morgiana will dance for you, Ali Baba, 466 00:49:44,135 --> 00:49:46,665 she's a beautiful dancer! 467 00:49:48,115 --> 00:49:52,015 I didn't know that, Morgiana... I can't dance a step. 468 00:49:53,325 --> 00:49:55,055 I'll show you. 469 00:50:06,355 --> 00:50:07,615 Morgiana! 470 00:51:20,185 --> 00:51:24,195 That's not funny. Not funny at all. 471 00:51:28,065 --> 00:51:29,545 Morgiana, what have you done? 472 00:51:29,945 --> 00:51:33,395 They all kill! Women are born to hell! 473 00:51:33,775 --> 00:51:35,765 They kill without reason! 474 00:51:35,975 --> 00:51:38,215 She had her reasons. 475 00:51:41,295 --> 00:51:45,425 I... I saw.. The tattoo when I offered him wine. 476 00:51:49,345 --> 00:51:51,515 Oh, what would I do without you? 477 00:51:57,545 --> 00:51:59,535 What happened to Ali Baba and Morgiana? 478 00:52:01,145 --> 00:52:03,215 Ali Baba finally had one good idea, 479 00:52:06,295 --> 00:52:07,745 He married Morgiana. 480 00:52:11,095 --> 00:52:12,825 He wasn't clever but he was lucky. 481 00:52:14,275 --> 00:52:18,115 I suppose, he needed someone like Morgiana's to make sure he made the most of it. 482 00:52:19,485 --> 00:52:20,915 Something like that. 483 00:52:21,845 --> 00:52:23,525 It could've been a man who befriended him. 484 00:52:24,145 --> 00:52:27,445 Yes, but she proved to be a very good wife, Sayyidi. 485 00:52:28,725 --> 00:52:30,845 I suppose it can happen, but not likely. 486 00:52:30,845 --> 00:52:33,005 Just because you had a bad experience once... 487 00:52:34,415 --> 00:52:40,135 Bad? Bad! Do you know what she tried to do to me? And I loved her! 488 00:52:40,465 --> 00:52:41,615 Do you still love her? 489 00:52:41,815 --> 00:52:44,975 She rots down, deep down, deep down, six feet down! 490 00:52:45,115 --> 00:52:46,385 Death doesn't change it. 491 00:52:46,545 --> 00:52:47,545 She tried to kill me. 492 00:52:47,665 --> 00:52:50,895 It doesn't matter... if you love somebody enough, 493 00:52:52,995 --> 00:52:55,345 you can forgive them anything! 494 00:53:08,535 --> 00:53:11,505 Is that the end of the story? 495 00:53:11,745 --> 00:53:15,545 No.. no.. no.. 496 00:53:17,775 --> 00:53:22,075 Fasil and his wife, Safil, 497 00:53:22,285 --> 00:53:25,975 from Constantinople, were at Ali Baba's wedding. 498 00:53:26,185 --> 00:53:28,665 Fasil had designed Morgiana's wedding dress. 499 00:53:29,665 --> 00:53:32,755 He was one of the best tailors in the East, 500 00:53:33,205 --> 00:53:39,075 but both he and his wife always looked like they'd been stuffed by a good taxidermist. 501 00:53:41,085 --> 00:53:46,655 At the wedding they met an extraordinary friend they hadn't seen for years... 502 00:53:47,025 --> 00:53:48,515 Who? 503 00:53:53,205 --> 00:53:58,715 A hunchback. His name was... Bacbac... 504 00:53:59,795 --> 00:54:02,735 Good name, Bacbac. 505 00:54:03,305 --> 00:54:05,025 Bacbac liked it too, 506 00:54:05,235 --> 00:54:09,805 in fact, Bacbac liked most things about himself, even his hump, 507 00:54:10,015 --> 00:54:14,105 without it, he may not have become the Sultan's favorite Jester. 508 00:54:14,385 --> 00:54:18,525 I've always supported my family, they've never wanted for anything, 509 00:54:18,725 --> 00:54:23,575 apart from uncle Abdulah, he's wanted for bigamy and murder, in that order. 510 00:54:24,845 --> 00:54:27,775 Anyway, back in Constantinople, 511 00:54:27,975 --> 00:54:32,415 Fasil invited Bacbac to supper... and Bacbac never turned down a free meal. 512 00:54:32,625 --> 00:54:34,285 You know Prince Sinbad? 513 00:54:34,495 --> 00:54:39,595 Oh, he is so ugly even starvation won't look him in the face! 514 00:54:39,805 --> 00:54:42,605 I tell you, I tell you... no tide would take him out... 515 00:54:42,805 --> 00:54:46,345 when he eats a banana, he eats it sideways. 516 00:54:47,215 --> 00:54:52,485 And his wife! Oh! Her face is all dried and wrinkled like a prune! 517 00:54:53,095 --> 00:54:55,365 She's the sort of woman you have to look at twice. 518 00:54:55,565 --> 00:54:57,995 The first time, you don't believe it! 519 00:54:58,365 --> 00:55:01,605 At her wedding, everyone kissed the groom! 520 00:55:19,425 --> 00:55:21,285 Bacbac? 521 00:55:33,315 --> 00:55:37,845 - I think he's dead. - Dead? He can't be dead. 522 00:55:38,285 --> 00:55:41,955 You're fooling us, aren't you, Bacbac? Another one of your jokes! 523 00:55:42,165 --> 00:55:44,155 He must have suffocated. 524 00:55:44,365 --> 00:55:48,005 Probably a bone, a fish bone got stuck in his throat. 525 00:55:48,215 --> 00:55:52,045 Oh.. poor Bacbac. We must tell the authorities. 526 00:55:52,245 --> 00:55:53,835 They'll blame us. 527 00:55:54,045 --> 00:55:56,025 - It was an accident! - They'll still blame us, 528 00:55:56,225 --> 00:55:57,655 he was the Sultan's favorite... 529 00:55:57,855 --> 00:56:01,385 "There they go, the people whom killed poor little Bacbac." 530 00:56:01,595 --> 00:56:05,395 - We'll lose all our customers! - Reputation shattered... 531 00:56:05,595 --> 00:56:10,375 credit destroyed, income lost. What're we going to do? 532 00:56:11,275 --> 00:56:14,835 We could take him to that old physician next door. 533 00:56:15,055 --> 00:56:17,455 It's too late for a physician, he needs an undertaker. 534 00:56:17,655 --> 00:56:19,525 I mean leave him there... 535 00:56:19,955 --> 00:56:21,725 Let someone else take the blame... 536 00:56:23,105 --> 00:56:24,335 that sounds good! 537 00:56:31,785 --> 00:56:35,305 Calm! Come on! 538 00:56:40,765 --> 00:56:41,855 He is heavy! 539 00:56:47,745 --> 00:56:49,445 - We'll leave him here. - Good. 540 00:56:51,495 --> 00:56:53,125 Come on. Let's go. 541 00:56:54,265 --> 00:56:55,285 Who's that? 542 00:56:57,905 --> 00:57:01,035 - Can I help you? - We came to see Dr. Ezra... 543 00:57:01,245 --> 00:57:03,435 for our friend, if it's not too late. 544 00:57:10,625 --> 00:57:14,075 It's never too late with Dr. Ezra. 545 00:57:14,935 --> 00:57:16,595 - You wanna bet? - I'll get him. 546 00:57:18,085 --> 00:57:20,745 Your friend doesn't look too good. 547 00:57:21,015 --> 00:57:25,525 - Let's go. - Come on, hurry. 548 00:57:25,795 --> 00:57:28,235 Ezra, we have a customer. 549 00:57:28,435 --> 00:57:32,845 - Another penniless vagrant? - No... he's paid. 550 00:57:33,245 --> 00:57:34,545 He's outside on the landing. 551 00:57:34,745 --> 00:57:37,715 Show him to me, my dear, before he gets away! 552 00:57:40,955 --> 00:57:43,885 - He's waiting on the stairs. - Be careful! 553 00:57:44,095 --> 00:57:46,195 I can't see where he.... ahh! 554 00:57:47,845 --> 00:57:53,915 Ezra... Ezra, Ezra, speak to me! 555 00:57:54,525 --> 00:57:58,355 You must wear your glasses, Ezra? 556 00:57:59,665 --> 00:58:01,225 How do you feel? 557 00:58:01,435 --> 00:58:04,425 - I don't know. - You don't know, you're a physician! 558 00:58:04,635 --> 00:58:06,395 So I'm a physician... 559 00:58:06,615 --> 00:58:09,015 so what else you want you should tell me? 560 00:58:09,215 --> 00:58:12,145 Sir... your friends said you don't feel very well. 561 00:58:12,345 --> 00:58:14,055 I'm sure my husband can help you. 562 00:58:14,265 --> 00:58:16,885 - No, he can't. - Of course you can. 563 00:58:17,095 --> 00:58:22,135 No, I don't think so. He's dead. 564 00:58:24,145 --> 00:58:27,045 - The fall down the stairs! - A terrible accident! 565 00:58:27,245 --> 00:58:28,775 It's worse than that. 566 00:58:28,985 --> 00:58:31,925 He comes here for medical treatment and he ends up dead! 567 00:58:32,125 --> 00:58:35,435 What will this do to your reputation, Ezra? 568 00:58:36,275 --> 00:58:39,235 He looks familiar. 569 00:58:39,735 --> 00:58:41,375 Oh... The Sultan's Jester! 570 00:58:41,585 --> 00:58:47,605 - Alas, poor Bacbac.- I knew him well. - We're doomed! 571 00:58:47,815 --> 00:58:50,985 We'll be blamed... we're foreigners! 572 00:58:52,165 --> 00:58:54,565 Help me carry him upstairs... hurry! 573 00:58:54,765 --> 00:58:58,425 It's amazing how quickly people can improvise when they have to... 574 00:58:58,635 --> 00:59:00,935 the Ezra's had to take a gamble, 575 00:59:01,135 --> 00:59:07,085 forgetting that gambling is only a way of getting nothing... for something. 576 00:59:09,535 --> 00:59:13,825 There's nothing worse than being alone in a strange city. 577 00:59:19,675 --> 00:59:23,845 Lift his arms up, so he'll slide down easier. 578 00:59:26,425 --> 00:59:28,655 It's as if he doesn't like what we're doing. 579 00:59:28,855 --> 00:59:31,705 Nonsense! He'd see the funny side of it. 580 00:59:36,375 --> 00:59:41,875 Oh, Buddha, send me a sign... say I'm not forsaken in a foreign land. 581 00:59:53,345 --> 00:59:55,585 Robbers! Thieves! 582 00:59:55,585 --> 00:59:56,775 Ha! 583 00:59:59,195 --> 01:00:01,685 My hands are lethal! 584 01:00:07,175 --> 01:00:08,575 Dead. 585 01:00:08,775 --> 01:00:12,155 I told you about my hands! 586 01:00:16,295 --> 01:00:17,625 I know you... 587 01:00:17,825 --> 01:00:22,395 the famous Bacbac... the Sultan's Jester... 588 01:00:25,815 --> 01:00:29,275 Why you come down my chimney? 589 01:00:29,655 --> 01:00:32,615 It's a joke to set the whole town laughing, 590 01:00:32,835 --> 01:00:35,995 well, the laugh's on you, Jester Bacbac... 591 01:00:36,195 --> 01:00:38,635 No, the laugh's on me... 592 01:00:39,535 --> 01:00:43,445 they'll say I murdered you. I'll be hanged. 593 01:00:43,745 --> 01:00:46,725 Think of something, Hi-Ching, think of something. 594 01:01:30,215 --> 01:01:32,335 Help! Murder! I'm being attacked! 595 01:01:32,545 --> 01:01:35,205 You'll get no money from me! 596 01:01:35,425 --> 01:01:38,855 You'll get not a penny from me... 597 01:01:40,925 --> 01:01:43,995 Guards, guards, seize this man... 598 01:01:44,205 --> 01:01:47,135 he just tried to kill me! 599 01:01:47,635 --> 01:01:51,745 - Instead, you killed him. - I... I did... splendid! 600 01:01:51,945 --> 01:01:53,305 You're drunk. 601 01:01:53,505 --> 01:01:55,235 - This is Bacbac... - Drunk? 602 01:01:55,445 --> 01:01:56,975 The Sultan's Jester. 603 01:01:57,285 --> 01:02:00,125 - Bacbac? - And you killed him. 604 01:02:00,325 --> 01:02:04,295 Why should I kill him, we haven't even been introduced? 605 01:02:04,735 --> 01:02:07,165 That is for a judge to decide. 606 01:02:07,375 --> 01:02:11,075 And when he has, we'll hang you! 607 01:02:13,555 --> 01:02:17,585 The trial of Jerome Gribbin was the social event of the season. 608 01:02:17,795 --> 01:02:21,455 The judge in the case was the venerable Judge Zadic. 609 01:02:22,435 --> 01:02:25,075 Judge Zadic was totally incompetent, 610 01:02:25,275 --> 01:02:28,265 but being a judge, nobody had noticed. 611 01:02:29,115 --> 01:02:32,755 which I suggest is death, death by hanging. 612 01:02:37,625 --> 01:02:39,435 Why did you kill him? 613 01:02:39,805 --> 01:02:41,675 I thought he was trying to rob me. 614 01:02:46,185 --> 01:02:48,385 Bacbac rob you? 615 01:02:49,425 --> 01:02:52,165 Forty years administering justice... 616 01:02:52,465 --> 01:02:54,935 worst excuse I ever heard! 617 01:02:55,135 --> 01:02:58,035 - I made a mistake. - You certainly did... 618 01:02:58,235 --> 01:03:00,945 all Constantinople will miss poor Bacbac... 619 01:03:01,145 --> 01:03:05,875 we will never see the like of him again. A fellow of infinite jest... 620 01:03:06,825 --> 01:03:09,555 "infinite jest," that's a good one, 621 01:03:10,565 --> 01:03:13,045 write that down, clerk, before I forget it. 622 01:03:14,945 --> 01:03:17,375 Bacbac lightened our lives... 623 01:03:17,575 --> 01:03:19,635 he gave us laughter, rich and overflowing... 624 01:03:19,845 --> 01:03:23,685 laughter from the heart. A heart as big as he was small. 625 01:03:25,095 --> 01:03:31,135 We knew him, we loved him, we laughed with him, 626 01:03:31,875 --> 01:03:34,285 we'll remember him all our days. 627 01:03:39,055 --> 01:03:42,465 I sentence you to hang. 628 01:03:44,705 --> 01:03:49,165 Assassin! 629 01:03:49,385 --> 01:03:52,175 No.... No, no, no, no. 630 01:03:55,925 --> 01:03:58,915 - No, no, please! No. - Who is this Chinese person? 631 01:03:59,125 --> 01:04:02,265 I killed the poor hunchback. I stuffed him in the alcove. 632 01:04:02,475 --> 01:04:04,605 No! No! 633 01:04:04,805 --> 01:04:08,575 I killed poor Bacbac, and dropped him down Hi-Ching's chimney. 634 01:04:08,785 --> 01:04:11,415 No! I killed poor Bacbac. 635 01:04:11,925 --> 01:04:13,525 - I don't understand... - I killed him... 636 01:04:13,555 --> 01:04:16,505 my hands are lethal! - I tripped over him in the dark! 637 01:04:16,705 --> 01:04:19,495 He's very short-sighted. You can't hang a man for that! 638 01:04:19,705 --> 01:04:21,135 It was a fishbone! 639 01:04:21,335 --> 01:04:23,745 I'm still the best tailor in Constantinople! 640 01:04:23,945 --> 01:04:27,405 - My head's splitting... - Order in the Court! Order! Order! 641 01:04:27,615 --> 01:04:29,105 I'll have a lamb shish-kebab! 642 01:04:35,095 --> 01:04:36,835 Your Majesty. 643 01:04:38,145 --> 01:04:41,335 Who killed my funny man Jester Bacbac? 644 01:04:43,215 --> 01:04:44,625 I did! 645 01:04:50,485 --> 01:04:52,795 Who do I hang, Sayyidi? 646 01:04:54,665 --> 01:04:55,895 Nobody. 647 01:04:56,765 --> 01:04:58,005 It was an accident! 648 01:04:59,075 --> 01:05:02,235 Besides being my Jester, Master Bacbac was my friend, 649 01:05:02,445 --> 01:05:04,605 and if I knew him right he would've appreciated, 650 01:05:04,825 --> 01:05:07,955 the manner of his death, it was his final jest, 651 01:05:09,295 --> 01:05:12,465 dear Bacbac didn't have to be alive to be funny, 652 01:05:12,675 --> 01:05:14,605 even dead, he made us laugh! 653 01:05:24,065 --> 01:05:25,695 Is that the end of the story? 654 01:05:26,055 --> 01:05:29,225 Not quite... as they were walking away they saw... 655 01:05:29,295 --> 01:05:30,715 It's a different story! 656 01:05:32,495 --> 01:05:35,875 It's the best one yet, it's extraordinary... 657 01:05:35,885 --> 01:05:38,715 - full of excitement and thrills and... - Don't trick me again! 658 01:05:38,975 --> 01:05:42,745 Once you start I want to know how it ends! 659 01:05:42,785 --> 01:05:46,095 There's something... devilish in there. 660 01:05:46,285 --> 01:05:48,485 I see... demons in them! 661 01:05:48,675 --> 01:05:52,615 Our Mullahs say, every good story has a moral. 662 01:05:52,875 --> 01:05:54,575 What's the moral of Bacbac's death? 663 01:05:54,735 --> 01:05:59,045 Faisal, Dr. Ezra and the others learned to take responsibility for their actions... 664 01:05:59,755 --> 01:06:00,765 we all should. 665 01:06:01,285 --> 01:06:05,795 But if they had, Bacbac wouldn't have fulfilled his destiny to make people laugh, 666 01:06:05,805 --> 01:06:06,935 even when he was dead. 667 01:06:07,475 --> 01:06:10,825 That's true, stories're less simple than we think they are... 668 01:06:11,885 --> 01:06:13,445 this new story for instance... 669 01:06:15,775 --> 01:06:23,785 No! No! No! No! No! 670 01:06:40,995 --> 01:06:44,995 What's the matter, Sayyidi? What can I do for you? 671 01:06:45,595 --> 01:06:51,645 I just missed killing you, and you ask if there's something you can do for me? 672 01:06:52,045 --> 01:06:53,715 I'm concerned for you. 673 01:06:54,525 --> 01:06:57,605 Be concerned about yourself, Scheherazade. 674 01:06:58,205 --> 01:06:59,645 I'm concerned about you, my love. 675 01:07:00,765 --> 01:07:01,765 Why? 676 01:07:03,615 --> 01:07:04,615 I love you. 677 01:07:07,335 --> 01:07:08,335 Why? 678 01:07:09,495 --> 01:07:10,935 You need me. 679 01:07:26,115 --> 01:07:30,665 It's going badly... The Sultan's missed another chance... 680 01:07:31,235 --> 01:07:36,815 his brother wouldn't have. Schehzenan... never hesitated, 681 01:07:37,395 --> 01:07:39,415 he was the Executioner's friend. 682 01:07:40,965 --> 01:07:44,305 There're some who think the wrong brother is the Sultan. 683 01:07:45,635 --> 01:07:47,865 You spoke before about meeting death. 684 01:07:48,035 --> 01:07:50,825 I didn't meet him, I passed him on the Street of Sighs... 685 01:07:51,925 --> 01:07:53,805 I told a close friend what had happened, 686 01:07:54,165 --> 01:07:59,845 and he said he'd seen Death too in the street and Death had given him a terrible look... 687 01:08:00,775 --> 01:08:01,845 he was so frightened, 688 01:08:02,045 --> 01:08:03,885 he was leaving for Samara that night... 689 01:08:04,125 --> 01:08:08,135 I went to see death to find out what was going on... 690 01:08:10,375 --> 01:08:11,525 And? 691 01:08:12,905 --> 01:08:19,295 Another time, perhaps.. you must learn how to leave your audience in suspense... 692 01:08:21,095 --> 01:08:23,615 As the crowd were leaving the courtroom... 693 01:08:23,835 --> 01:08:27,365 the most famous magician in Africa, Mustappa... 694 01:08:27,575 --> 01:08:30,205 passed by on his way to Samarkand. 695 01:08:30,415 --> 01:08:33,975 He was a charismatic man with piercing eyes a seductive voice... 696 01:08:34,195 --> 01:08:37,025 and a manner that would freeze friends at twenty paces. 697 01:08:37,825 --> 01:08:41,165 When he came into a room the mice jumped on chairs... 698 01:08:42,005 --> 01:08:44,305 but he isn't the hero of this story. 699 01:08:44,635 --> 01:08:45,665 Who is then? 700 01:08:46,245 --> 01:08:47,535 Eh... Sinbad... 701 01:08:50,315 --> 01:08:52,695 mmmm... Aladdin. No... 702 01:09:14,485 --> 01:09:15,795 Cheat... It's all a cheat. 703 01:09:18,135 --> 01:09:19,395 That race was fixed! 704 01:09:19,595 --> 01:09:21,755 No question... anyone could see that, Aladdin! 705 01:09:21,965 --> 01:09:23,815 Honest men like us go for a day at the races... 706 01:09:23,945 --> 01:09:25,545 and get cheated blind out of our hard earned money. 707 01:09:25,575 --> 01:09:29,035 - It just shows honesty doesn't pay. - Let's get back to work. 708 01:09:31,665 --> 01:09:32,855 Sorry, excuse me. 709 01:09:33,525 --> 01:09:35,995 My purse! I've been robbed! 710 01:09:36,875 --> 01:09:38,675 - What's the matter, sir? - That young rogue... 711 01:09:38,705 --> 01:09:41,005 the one who bumped into me picked my pocket! 712 01:09:41,405 --> 01:09:43,475 I saw which way he went. This way follow me! 713 01:09:44,205 --> 01:09:45,665 Stop thief! 714 01:10:04,906 --> 01:10:06,376 Who's in the coach? 715 01:10:08,716 --> 01:10:10,006 Let's find out. 716 01:10:30,286 --> 01:10:31,316 Who's that? 717 01:10:31,866 --> 01:10:34,356 Princess Zubaïda, the Caliph's daughter. 718 01:10:34,566 --> 01:10:37,096 - Come on. Let's get out of here. - I'm in love! 719 01:10:44,476 --> 01:10:46,076 Come on! 720 01:10:48,886 --> 01:10:50,076 There they are. 721 01:11:32,836 --> 01:11:34,206 Where did you come from? 722 01:11:34,416 --> 01:11:37,346 From the other side of the world... Africa. 723 01:11:37,546 --> 01:11:40,416 - What do you want with me? - Stay calm, Aladdin... 724 01:11:40,616 --> 01:11:42,616 do I look like I'm with the Caliph's guards? 725 01:11:42,826 --> 01:11:45,266 I'm always calm. How do you know my name? 726 01:11:45,466 --> 01:11:50,066 - I was a friend of your late father. - I didn't know he had any friends. 727 01:11:50,276 --> 01:11:52,576 Oh, very few... just me. 728 01:11:53,146 --> 01:11:55,556 Your father was so crooked... 729 01:11:55,756 --> 01:11:58,626 he could hide in the shadow of a corkscrew. 730 01:11:59,356 --> 01:12:00,626 You did know him! 731 01:12:02,276 --> 01:12:05,996 - Do you want to become rich? - Yes, but quick! 732 01:12:06,206 --> 01:12:07,606 It's the best way. 733 01:12:08,306 --> 01:12:10,546 Business? Shady business? 734 01:12:10,756 --> 01:12:13,846 Shady... shifty... shadowy... 735 01:12:14,056 --> 01:12:15,386 but profitable. 736 01:12:15,586 --> 01:12:16,726 What do I have to do? 737 01:12:18,266 --> 01:12:21,706 First of all, I have to check your suitability... 738 01:12:22,436 --> 01:12:27,006 Good. Meet me tomorrow outside the city gates at dawn. 739 01:12:27,986 --> 01:12:31,226 Here's a small token of my good faith. 740 01:12:49,056 --> 01:12:50,656 That's the first thing I did, Mother. 741 01:12:50,856 --> 01:12:54,576 It never hurts to get a second opinion. They taste right. 742 01:12:55,626 --> 01:12:58,986 He says he knew your father... did you believe him? 743 01:12:59,036 --> 01:13:00,946 No, I believed his money. 744 01:13:01,136 --> 01:13:03,306 He must want something big from you, 745 01:13:03,406 --> 01:13:06,666 twenty gold coins is a mighty expensive introduction, 746 01:13:06,876 --> 01:13:09,996 he could have four men killed for that kind of money. 747 01:13:11,756 --> 01:13:13,516 There's only nineteen coins here. 748 01:13:13,886 --> 01:13:16,796 Are you accusing your poor old mother? 749 01:13:16,806 --> 01:13:18,476 I'm accusing you of palming a piece. 750 01:13:18,576 --> 01:13:19,766 Did you see me? 751 01:13:19,826 --> 01:13:21,116 No, I know by the weight. 752 01:13:21,826 --> 01:13:24,846 Oh, I thought my hands had lost their cunning! 753 01:13:27,836 --> 01:13:30,326 Your pick-pocketing hands I'll never do that Mother... 754 01:13:30,876 --> 01:13:32,086 you're still the best! 755 01:13:32,736 --> 01:13:36,276 You know how to flatter a body, you young rogue! 756 01:13:37,426 --> 01:13:39,716 Take care tomorrow morning, when you meet Mustappa! 757 01:13:40,016 --> 01:13:41,296 Trust me Mother. 758 01:13:41,856 --> 01:13:45,686 That's what you're dear father used to say, but nobody ever did! 759 01:13:48,196 --> 01:13:50,956 And so Aladdin and Mustappa left Samarkand. 760 01:13:51,156 --> 01:13:55,726 He didn't trust Mustappa, but when there was money involved... 761 01:13:56,036 --> 01:13:58,736 Aladdin was prepared to take a few risks. 762 01:13:58,946 --> 01:14:01,076 I don't want to boast, but I've never met anyone 763 01:14:01,286 --> 01:14:04,846 who can live with me in a straight fight, magic to magic... 764 01:14:05,056 --> 01:14:07,246 So what do want me for if you're so powerful? 765 01:14:07,736 --> 01:14:09,596 All power has its limits... 766 01:14:10,036 --> 01:14:13,336 I want you to retrieve an object for me... 767 01:14:13,636 --> 01:14:17,776 I can't get it myself, for reasons too complicated to get into... 768 01:14:17,986 --> 01:14:19,676 its to do with the rules of magic... 769 01:14:19,886 --> 01:14:22,386 they're tiresome, but they must be obeyed. 770 01:14:22,596 --> 01:14:23,596 So why pick me? 771 01:14:24,166 --> 01:14:26,096 You didn't believe I was a friend of your father's? 772 01:14:26,126 --> 01:14:28,766 Not for a moment... so why me? 773 01:14:29,176 --> 01:14:31,536 I saw larceny in your soul. 774 01:14:33,016 --> 01:14:34,406 What do you want me to do? 775 01:14:34,816 --> 01:14:36,876 I want you to go into a tomb... 776 01:14:37,126 --> 01:14:39,886 You'll find an old lamp there. I want you to bring it to me. 777 01:14:40,226 --> 01:14:41,386 What tomb? 778 01:14:44,336 --> 01:14:45,926 - There. - How much? 779 01:14:46,136 --> 01:14:49,266 - We'll discuss that when you get back. - No, we discuss it now, or I don't go. 780 01:14:49,986 --> 01:14:51,846 Fifty gold pieces. 781 01:14:52,056 --> 01:14:54,276 Please... don't insult me, and don't ask me to trust you. 782 01:14:54,306 --> 01:14:57,556 I don't even trust my own shadow... Two hundred! 783 01:14:57,866 --> 01:15:00,556 Done! Here's half. 784 01:15:01,066 --> 01:15:03,946 You gave me to easily. I should have asked for more. 785 01:15:04,076 --> 01:15:07,046 You do so remind me of me when I was young! 786 01:15:07,286 --> 01:15:13,156 Here now take this ring... rub it if you get into any kind of trouble. 787 01:15:13,896 --> 01:15:15,796 Trouble? What sort of trouble? 788 01:15:16,096 --> 01:15:17,766 Two hundred is not enough! 789 01:15:18,006 --> 01:15:24,976 A deal is a deal! Don't try and betray me... if you do, I swear by Hector's feathers, 790 01:15:25,186 --> 01:15:26,846 you'll never see your wedding day. 791 01:15:27,056 --> 01:15:28,056 Who's Hector? 792 01:15:28,256 --> 01:15:30,446 My pet raven and my best friend. 793 01:15:55,516 --> 01:15:58,606 Aladdin didn't know what kind of trouble he was getting into... 794 01:15:58,886 --> 01:16:01,686 if he had, he wouldn't have taken the two hundred... 795 01:16:04,196 --> 01:16:06,636 on the other hand, he probably would... 796 01:16:08,606 --> 01:16:10,196 Go on... go on! 797 01:19:59,876 --> 01:20:01,626 Aladdin - have you got the lamp? 798 01:20:04,456 --> 01:20:07,346 Hand it up to me... it'll be easier for you to get out. 799 01:20:07,456 --> 01:20:11,456 - It's no trouble, I can get up myself. - Pass it up to me... there's a good boy. 800 01:20:11,566 --> 01:20:12,886 I'm not a good boy! 801 01:20:13,206 --> 01:20:15,656 Give it to me or you will make me very angry. 802 01:20:15,776 --> 01:20:19,266 I'm angry already! Do you think I'm gullible enough to fall for that old trick? 803 01:20:19,516 --> 01:20:22,546 You get the lamp and ride off without paying what you owe me... 804 01:20:22,856 --> 01:20:25,146 It's an insult to my professional integrity. 805 01:20:25,266 --> 01:20:27,516 You get your lamp when I get my gold! 806 01:20:28,166 --> 01:20:31,096 - You think I'd ride off? - Yes! You've got those shifty eyes! 807 01:20:31,206 --> 01:20:35,936 - You cheap street scum! - I resent the word "cheap" 808 01:20:36,446 --> 01:20:40,486 I was going to raise you up, now I cast you down into the depths! 809 01:20:40,596 --> 01:20:44,086 You want the lamp? Keep it, damn you! 810 01:20:55,546 --> 01:20:58,796 Rot in darkness... Ingrate! 811 01:21:03,506 --> 01:21:05,246 Mustappa... Musatappa... Mustappa... 812 01:21:05,516 --> 01:21:08,766 why, why, why must you always lose your temper? Why? 813 01:21:10,316 --> 01:21:11,406 Now you lost the lamp! 814 01:21:15,196 --> 01:21:17,646 Plenty more wonders in the world for me to steal... 815 01:21:18,196 --> 01:21:19,546 Iet's go home. 816 01:21:49,006 --> 01:21:54,066 This was a crisis. And in a crisis, there's nothing more effective than magic... 817 01:22:01,006 --> 01:22:02,116 Who're you? 818 01:22:03,466 --> 01:22:07,216 Omar Khayyam! I'm the Genie of the Ring... who else? 819 01:22:07,336 --> 01:22:14,476 Look... Stamp of authenticity! But before I answer anymore questions, 820 01:22:14,596 --> 01:22:16,246 what color was my smoke? 821 01:22:17,266 --> 01:22:21,616 Was it blue? If it was blue, it means that I am melancholy and sanguine. 822 01:22:21,996 --> 01:22:24,316 That means that I need more "me" time. 823 01:22:25,606 --> 01:22:29,366 What do you want? I have enemies, I have a migraine... 824 01:22:29,486 --> 01:22:30,696 What do you think I want? 825 01:22:32,486 --> 01:22:33,796 I want out! 826 01:22:33,916 --> 01:22:38,646 I, I, I, I, I, I, always about you, what about me? 827 01:22:38,796 --> 01:22:42,726 Get me out of here, take me home, put me out, I'm on fire. 828 01:22:47,076 --> 01:22:51,236 Allah! Allah! We're going to die! I don't want to die! 829 01:22:51,356 --> 01:22:52,726 Come on, pull yourself together! 830 01:22:52,726 --> 01:22:56,106 Please spare me, I'm only seven hundred and nineteen years old! 831 01:22:56,336 --> 01:22:59,756 I was going to repent, I was going on a diet, oh, please... 832 01:22:59,876 --> 01:23:00,986 Get us out of here! 833 01:23:01,506 --> 01:23:04,406 Have you ever heard of the magic word please? 834 01:23:05,186 --> 01:23:07,176 Because I work for you doesn't mean 835 01:23:13,266 --> 01:23:14,716 Are we understood? 836 01:23:20,416 --> 01:23:23,526 Ouh.. The light! The light! I cannot see! 837 01:23:23,646 --> 01:23:26,616 I am blind! It's too bright! 838 01:23:27,226 --> 01:23:33,396 My body is aching! I shall go home. Salam. 839 01:23:41,026 --> 01:23:43,476 I don't understand. 840 01:23:44,256 --> 01:23:49,656 Why would Mustappa pick the best rogue in all Samarkand... to get this piece of junk? 841 01:23:49,766 --> 01:23:54,966 - It's demeaning! - It must be worth something or he wouldn't have gone to all that trouble. 842 01:23:58,416 --> 01:24:03,786 Hmmm... You're right, son. Maybe it's a priceless antique! 843 01:25:16,776 --> 01:25:20,026 Don't just stand there like a leaning tower of jelly! 844 01:25:20,446 --> 01:25:22,436 - Talk to him! - Why me? 845 01:25:22,586 --> 01:25:26,906 I'm just a poor, weak widow-woman! It's your lamp! 846 01:25:27,856 --> 01:25:29,786 Good evening. 847 01:25:30,736 --> 01:25:38,166 - Friend? - Speak up insignificant mortal lowly one! 848 01:25:38,616 --> 01:25:42,106 - Who are you? - Who am I? 849 01:25:42,386 --> 01:25:48,616 Who am I?! Have you not heard of me? 850 01:25:48,966 --> 01:25:56,196 I am the Lamp Genie. The Lamp Genie. 851 01:25:56,346 --> 01:26:04,456 Wishes, avarice, dreams, power, premature and violent death... 852 01:26:05,876 --> 01:26:09,626 Well... scratch the last one. 853 01:26:09,736 --> 01:26:11,896 You're like the Genie of the Ring? 854 01:26:12,356 --> 01:26:20,456 Like the Genie of the Ring??? I who oppose the will of Heaven? 855 01:26:21,636 --> 01:26:29,636 - Never! His powers are as nothing as compared to mine! 856 01:26:30,786 --> 01:26:38,886 - Are you two related? - No. Maybe. I don't know. The tests were inconclusive. 857 01:26:41,006 --> 01:26:45,656 - What can you do? - What can I do? 858 01:26:46,016 --> 01:26:51,046 What can I do? I don't know. 859 01:26:51,326 --> 01:26:56,756 How about anything, for starters? 860 01:26:59,876 --> 01:27:01,936 And that was the beginning of it... 861 01:27:03,836 --> 01:27:08,066 Aladdin, a rogue, a son of a rogue, from a family of rogues... 862 01:27:08,186 --> 01:27:14,586 found he could have everything he ever wanted. All he had to do was ask. 863 01:27:18,136 --> 01:27:23,156 So? So? So what did he ask for? 864 01:27:23,216 --> 01:27:28,016 - We can save that for tomorrow night. - I want to know now! 865 01:27:28,136 --> 01:27:31,456 Not tomorrow night! It's your fault! 866 01:27:32,206 --> 01:27:37,566 You made the story so gripping with your wit and your charm and... and your beauty. 867 01:27:37,686 --> 01:27:39,576 What's my beauty got to do with story-telling? 868 01:27:39,586 --> 01:27:43,016 Because if I lose interest for a moment, I see your face and I can't leave.. 869 01:27:43,126 --> 01:27:45,206 Please tell me what happened to Aladdin! 870 01:27:45,426 --> 01:27:48,926 - Sayyidi, Tomorrow night. - I order you! 871 01:27:49,046 --> 01:27:51,596 It wouldn't be the same story if I was ordered to tell it! 872 01:27:51,706 --> 01:27:53,406 - It's all tricks! - Remember what happened... 873 01:27:53,406 --> 01:27:55,906 to Mustappa when he lost his temper. 874 01:27:56,026 --> 01:27:58,406 - He lost his wonderful lamp! - Tell me. 875 01:27:58,526 --> 01:28:00,546 Tomorrow night. 876 01:28:02,866 --> 01:28:05,396 Chief! Now! 877 01:28:12,276 --> 01:28:19,806 Just wait till tomorrow night. Tomorrow night. Tomorrow night!