The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Gordon Hessler

Writers:

Brian Clemens (screenplay)
Brian Clemens (story) ...

Release Date:

12 April 1974 (West Germany)

Genre:

Family | Adventure | Fantasy | Action

Tagline:

Dynarama Means Supreme Adventure!

Plot:

Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic...

Plot Keywords:

Sinbad | Slave | Slave Girl | Tattoo | Quest

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

John Phillip Law	...	Captain Sinbad
Caroline Munro	...	Margiana
Tom Baker	...	Prince Koura
Douglas Wilmer	...	Vizier
Martin Shaw	...	Rachid
Grégoire Aslan	...	Hakim (as Gregoire Aslan)
Kurt Christian	...	Haroun
Takis Emmanuel	...	Achmed
David Garfield	...	Abdul (as John D. Garfield)
Ferdinando Poggi	...	Kali stand-in (as Fernando Poggi)
Aldo Sambrell	...	Omar

Also Known As:

Sinbad's Golden Voyage (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:105 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:G (Ontario) | Singapore:PG | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-12 (1978) | Finland:K-16 (1974) | Ireland:G | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Caves of Arta, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

When Sinbad and the others land on Lemuria there is a cliff along the left side of the beach with carvings on it. According to an interview given by Ray Harryhausen this cliff doesn't actually exist. The scene was shot on a popular beach in Spain and the cliff is a matte painting that was put in to hide all the spectators.

Goofs:

Continuity: The tips on the swords that the animated Kali are holding are different from the tips on the swords used in the close-up scenes.

Quotes:

Haroun: [Wakes up] Are you a merchant? How long will we be gone for, a week?
[Sinbad raises his eyebrows]
Haroun: Two weeks? Three weeks? A month?
[Sinbad raises his eyebrows]
Haroun: More than a month! How long?
Sinbad: Two or three years.
Haroun: Two or three years! That's horrible.
[the men laugh]
Haroun: We'll be ancient.
[the men laugh again]

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How can you not love this film .. it's difficult to imagine that anyone could pan the astounding performance of John Phillip Law as Sinbad ..

His turn as the beloved Arabic pirate is more adventureous than the boring and cardboard studio fave, Kerwin Matthews and far better than the bland and horrific Patrick Wayne ..

The special FX of Ray Harryhausen are his best to date ..

The plot is solid and the talent pull this tale off without a hitch or glint of camp which is generally the norm in a cult film such as this..

This is Saturday afternoon television at its best ...

Onward and upward with John Phillip Law all the way ..