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== Films -- Live Action ==
* Fakrash al-Amash (Burl Ives) in 1964's ''[[The Brass Bottle]]'' is a djinn who is so grateful to architect Harold Ventimore (Tony Randall) for freeing him from his bottle, that he is continually making extravagant gifts to him -- alll of which only complicate Ventimore's life and make him miserable. [[I Dream of Jeannie|Barbara Eden]] is featured in this film, though not as a djinniyah.
* Josephus in ''[[Bernard and the Genie]]'' befriends the much-harrassed former art dealer Bernard and grants him ''unlimited'' wishes. Although they as expected mess things up at first (Bernard gets arrested for having the Mona Lisa on his wall, not to mention stabbing a policeman with a sword), Josephus later reveals that he can just turn back the clock, and they set everything straight. They then decide that since it's Christmas, they should make a few Christmas miracles and spread good cheer. (This includes getting back at Bernard's cheating ex-girlfriend and ex-best friend, as well as his ex-boss, who is played by Rowan Atkinson.)
** Josephus only became one after the wish "I wish you would stop trying to kill me", however. Before that he was more 'pissed off former thief with a large scimitar who had been trapped in a bottle for thousands of years'.
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