Arabian Nights (disambiguation)
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Arabian Nights is a commonly used English title for One Thousand and One Nights, a Middle-Eastern folk tale collection.
Arabian Nights or Knights may also refer to:
Arabian Nights or Knights may also refer to:
Films
- Arabian Nights (1942 film)Arabian Nights (1942 film)Arabian Nights is a 1942 adventure film starring Sabu, Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Leif Erickson and directed by John Rawlins. The film is derived from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights but owes more to the imagination of Universal Pictures than the original Arabian stories...
, a 1942 Technicolor film starring Jon Hall and Maria MontezMaría MontezMaría Montez was a Dominican-born motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as an exotic beauty starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume adventure films. Her screen image was that of a hot-blooded Latin seductress, dressed in fanciful costumes and sparkling... - Arabian Nights, English title of Il fiore delle mille e una notteIl fiore delle mille e una notteArabian Nights is a 1974 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Its original Italian title is Il fiore delle mille e una notte, which means "The Flower of the One Thousand and One Nights"....
, a 1974 Italian film - Arabian Knight, alternate title of The Thief and the CobblerThe Thief and the CobblerThe Thief and the Cobbler is an animated feature film, famous for its animation and its long, troubled history. The film was conceived by Canadian animator Richard Williams, who worked 28 years on the project. Beginning production in 1964, Williams intended The Thief and the Cobbler to be his...
, a 1995 animated film
Television
- Arabian Nights (1994 TV special), an animated telefilm based on The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
- Arabian Nights (TV miniseries)Arabian Nights (TV miniseries)Arabian Nights is a two-part 2000 American/British miniseries, adapted by Peter Barnes from Sir Richard Francis Burton's translation of the medieval epic One Thousand and One Nights. Mili Avital and Dougray Scott stars as Scheherazade and Shahryar respectively...
, a 2000 television miniseries adaptation of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights - Arabian KnightsArabian KnightsArabian Knights is an animated segment of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series is based on Arabian Nights, a classic work of Middle Eastern literature.-Plot :...
, an animated segment of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
Other media
- The Arabian Nights Trilogy, radio dramas produced for National Public Radio and XM Radio, telling the tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sindbad
- The Arabian Nights (play), by Mary ZimmermanMary ZimmermanMary Zimmerman is an American theatre director and playwright, born in Lincoln, Nebraska.-Career:Zimmerman is a member of the Lookingglass Theatre Company and is an Artistic Associate of the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. She received her BS, MA and PhD from Northwestern University, where...
- Arabian Nights (play), by David IvesDavid IvesDavid Ives is a contemporary American playwright. A native of South Chicago, Ives attended a minor Catholic seminary and Northwestern University and, after some years' interval, Yale School of Drama, where he received an MFA in playwriting...
- Arabian Nights (And Days), the seventh trade paperback collection of the comic book series Fables (comics)Fables (comics)Fables is a comic book series created by writer Bill Willingham, published by DC Comics's Vertigo imprint beginning in 2002. The series deals with various characters from fairy tales and folklore – referring to themselves as "Fables" – who have been forced out of their Homelands by "The...
- Arabian Knight (comics)Arabian Knight (comics)Arabian Knight is a title used by three fictional characters appearing in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. All three characters are superheroes from Saudi Arabia.-Abdul Qamar:...
, a Saudi Arabian super hero in the Marvel Comics universe
Music
- "Arabian Nights", a song by Beck from his 1999 album Midnite VulturesMidnite VulturesMidnite Vultures is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock artist Beck, released in November 1999 by Geffen Records...
- "Arabian Nights", the main song from the 1992 animated movie Aladdin
- "Arabian Nights", a song from the 1985 Tales of Terror (Stormwitch album)Tales Of Terror (Stormwitch album)Tales of Terror was the second album released by the German heavy metal band Stormwitch, released in 1985. The album is often considered one of their best, along with its successor and predecessor, and some of the songs from this album were featured on the later released compilation "Priest of...
- "Arabian Knights" (song)Arabian Knights (song)"Arabian Knights" is a song recorded by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1981. The track was written by the Banshees and co-produced with Nigel Gray...
, by Siouxsie & the Banshees - Arabian Knight (producer)Arabian Knight (producer)Sulayman Ansari, better known as Arabian Knight, is a hip hop producer affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan. He has also been credited as Q-Base.- Production credits :- References :...
, a hip hop producer affiliated with Wu-Tang Clan
Gaming
- Arabian NightsArabian Nights (video game)Arabian Nights is a 1994 platform game first released on the Commodore Amiga which was highly rated from reviewers receiving 90% from CU Amiga and 83% from Amiga Joker...
, video game for the Commodore Amiga - Arabian Nights: Sabaku no Seirei-ōArabian Nights: Sabaku no Seirei-ōis a 1996 Japan-exclusive Role-playing video game developed by Pandora Box and published by Takara for the Super Famicom.-External links:* * * at uvlist.net...
, Japan-exclusive Super Famicom video game - Arabian Nights (Magic: The Gathering)Arabian Nights (Magic: The Gathering)Arabian Nights was the fourth Magic: The Gathering set and the first expansion set. The set is composed entirely of new cards. The setting of Arabian Nights is inspired by the themes and characters of the Thousand and One Arabian Nights with some of the characters and places coming directly from...
, an expansion to the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game
Terrorism
- Operation Arabian KnightOperation Arabian KnightOn June 5, 2010, in a covert anti-terrorism operation named "Operation Arabian Knight", Mohamed Mahmood Alessa and Carlos "Omar" Eduardo Almonte, two Muslim men from New Jersey, were arrested at Kennedy International Airport in New York City...
, an anti-terrorism sting resulting in the arrest of New Jersey men bound for Somalia in 2010
See also
- New Arabian Nights, a collection of short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson first published between 1877 and 1880
- Two Arabian KnightsTwo Arabian KnightsTwo Arabian Knights is an American comedy film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring William Boyd and Mary Astor. A silent film, Two Arabian Knights was produced by Howard Hughes and was distributed by United Artists.-Plot:...
, a 1927 comedy film - 1001 Arabian Nights, a 1959 animated film starring Mr. MagooMr. MagooQuincy Magoo is a cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced by Jim Backus, Quincy Magoo is a wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of sticky situations as a result of his nearsightedness, compounded by his stubborn refusal to admit the problem...
- One Thousand and One Arabian Nights (film)One Thousand and One Arabian Nights (film)is a 1969 anime feature film directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, conceived by Osamu Tezuka. The film is part of Mushi Production's Animerama, a series of films aimed at an adult audience....
, a 1969 Japanese anime film - "1001 Arabian Nights", a song by Ch!pzCh!pz- Singles :- External links :* * *...
- Tales of the Arabian Nights, an adventure board game published by West End GamesWest End GamesWest End Games was a company that made board, role-playing, and war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania...
in the late 1970s - Tales of the Arabian Nights, home computer video game based on Arabian (arcade game)Arabian (arcade game)is a platform arcade game created in by Sun Electronics and published by Atari Inc. The player assumes the role of an adventurous Arabian prince whose goal is to rescue the princess from her palace...