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Arabian Nights   2000         TV, 175 min. Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy Director: Steve Barron   Cast: Mili Avital, Dougray Scott, Alan Bates, James Frain, Tcheky Karyo, Jason Scott Lee, John Leguizamo, Vanessa Mae, Rufus Sewell, Jim Carter, Peter Guinness, Andy Serkis, Hugh Quarshie, Amira Casar, Pik Sen Lim   This made-for-TV miniseries captures the spell of Scheherezade's (Mili Avital) stories that she tells to the Sultan (Dougray Scott). She drags out her tales night after night—leaving each ending for the following evening's fare—in an effort to cure the Sultan's madness and save her own life as well. Cast Mili Avital Scheherezade Dougray Scott Sultan Shahryar/Amin Alan Bates Storyteller James Frain Schahzenan/Harun al-Rashid Tcheky Karyo Black Coda Jason Scott Lee Aladdin John Leguizamo Genie of the Lamp&Ring Vanessa Mae Princess Zobeide Rufus Sewell Ali Baba Jim Carter Ja`Far Peter Guinness Chief Executioner Andy Serkis Kasim Hugh Quarshie Mustappa Amira Casar Morgiana Pik Sen Lim Aladdin`s Mother