Arabian Nights is a two-part 2000 American/British miniseries, adapted by Peter Barnes (his last film) from Sir Richard Francis Burton's translation of the medieval epic One Thousand and One Nights. Mili Avital and Dougray Scott star as Scheherazade and Shahryar respectively. Produced by Dyson Lovell and directed by Steve Barron, the serial was made by Hallmark Entertainment and originally broadcast over two nights on 30 April and 1 May 2000 on BBC One in the United Kingdom and ABC in the United States.
The series consists of five stories from One Thousand and One Nights, which are framed within a sixth, maintaining the traditional style of stories within stories that is synonymous with the Nights. The series cast includes Alan Bates, Rufus Sewell, Andy Serkis, James Frain, John Leguizamo (in a dual role), Jason Scott Lee, Vanessa-Mae, Alexei Sayle, Jim Carter, James Callis, and Oded Fehr.
^ "Rufus roughs it in Arabia". BBC News. 28 April 2000. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
^ Winslow, Harriet (2000-04-20). "Good Night Stories From Arabia; Scheherazade Postpones Death One Tale at a Time". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 November 2011.Synopsis
La belle Schéhérazade prend tous les risques pour sauver le Sultan Schariar, son ami d'enfance, de la folie qui le ronge depuis qu'il a découvert le complot de sa femme et qu'il l'a assassiné de ses propres mains.
pour se faire, elle lui narre un conte chaque nuit, espérant le guérir de sa démence par la magie de ses récits....
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