Having murdered his wife because he learned she was having an adulterous affair with his own brother, the insomniac and half-crazed Sultan Schahriar (Dougray Scott) is forced by custom to take a new bride. Although he plans to have his betrothed, Scheherezade, (Mili Avital), strangled on their wedding night, lovestruck Scheherezade determines to distract him from honeymoon homicide with these bedtime stories: Ali Baba (Rufus Sewell) outsmarts a master thief after overhearing the password to his treasure cave; the accidental killing of a beloved court jester results in buck-passing by a terrified populace; Aladdin (Jason Scott Lee) must match wits with the tricky geni...
Released:
2000
Rated:
NR
Length:
175 mins