The Movie That Inspired Disney’s Aladdin: The Thief Of Bagdad (1940) Review - Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2026

About this episode

Mike and Spider-Dan review the 1940 film 'The Thief Of Bagdad' and its influence on Disney's 'Aladdin' during the Forbidden Worlds Film Festival.

We’re onto the Day 4 of Forbidden Worlds Film Festival; the final day! We move onto review number 9 (both reviews from Day 3 are on Spider-Dan’s feed), where Dan & Mike discuss 1940’s The Thief Of Bagdad; a movie that heavily inspired Disney’s Aladdin, as it too was based on the story from One Thousand and One Nights. Over the coming weeks, be sure you subscribe & tune into both podcast feeds (or YouTube channels) so you don’t miss any of their FWFF coverage! YouTube will have the video versions and clips will be on YT, TikTok & Instagram. Mike & Spider-Dan reviewed 13 movies from the film festival, and have 6 interviews to release, catch the first (1985’s Ladyhawke), on the feed of Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores. Make sure you follow @FWFilmFestival on social media and visit their website for more information and future events: www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk Mike & Spider-Dan’s first FWFF ’26 episode on Ladyhawke is found here: https://pod.fo/e/40954b For video versions, check out this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51H9VeN6CKk&list=PLy_ca4KI17VBXnk-HtPBK12mJQKbDa8M- Join Mike’s Patreon at the free tier for monthly bonus…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Burton

Guest: Spider-Dan

Topics covered

• film review
• Disney inspiration
• Forbidden Worlds Film Festival
• classic cinema
• movie analysis

Keywords

• The Thief Of Bagdad
• Aladdin
• film festival
• movie review
• Disney

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Forbidden Worlds Film Festival, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Patreon, Ko-Fi

Books & works: The Thief Of Bagdad, Aladdin, Ladyhawke

Places: UK

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