A 32,000-square-foot soundstage was built in a Turkish cotton field to handle the elaborate sets required in this movie; 48 unique sets were made to reflect the diversity of the story locations.
Arabian Nights (2000) is a two-part 2000 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 produced by Hallmark Entertainment and originally broadcast over two nights on April 30 and May 1, 2000 on BBC One in the United Kingdom and ABC in the United States.
The series Arabian Nights (2000) 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.
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