Aladdin is a street-urchin who lives in a large and busy town long ago with
his faithful monkey friend Abu. When Princess Jasmine gets tired of being forced
to remain in the palace that overlooks the city, she sneaks out to the
marketplace, where she accidentally meets Aladdin. Under the orders of the evil
Jafar (the sultan s advisor), Aladdin is thrown in jail and becomes caught up
in Jafar's plot to rule the land with the aid of a mysterious lamp.
Legend has it that only a person who is a diamond in the rough can retrieve
the lamp from the Cave of Wonders. Aladdin might fit that description, but
that's not enough to marry the princess, who must (by law) marry a prince.