A powerful sultan named King Shahryar must find a wife before the full moon or else his kingdom will be given to his evil brother. Still traumatized by the betrayal of his first wife, Shahryar decides he will marry to save his kingdom, and then he will execute his new wife before she has a chance to be unfaithful. The beautiful Scheherezade tries to postpone her execution by telling him a different story each night. The magical stories of "A Thousand and One Nights" come to life as she tells them. Cast: Mili Avital as Scheherezade, Dougray Scott as Schahriar, Jason Scott Lee as Aladdin, Rufus Sewell as Ali Baba, Tcheky Karyo as Black Coda, Alan Bates as the Story Teller, and John Leguizamo in the dual roles of the Ring Genie and the Lamp Genie.