The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Gordon Hessler

Writers:

Brian Clemens (screenplay)
Brian Clemens (story) ...
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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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Rietty	...	Haroun / Omar / Koura's Ship Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Robert Shaw	...	The Oracle of all knowledge (uncredited)

Directed by
Gordon Hessler

Writing credits
Brian Clemens		(screenplay)
Brian Clemens		(story) and
Ray Harryhausen		(story)

Produced by
Ray Harryhausen	....	producer
Charles H. Schneer	....	producer

Original Music by
Miklós Rózsa		(as Miklos Rozsa)

Cinematography by
Ted Moore		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Roy Watts

Casting by
Maude Spector

Production Design by
John Stoll

Art Direction by
Fernando Gonzalez

Costume Design by
Verena Coleman
Gabriella Falk

Makeup Department
José Antonio Sánchez	....	makeup artist (as Jose Antonio Sanchez)

Production Management
Roberto Roberts	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Miguel Gil	....	assistant director (as Miguel A. Gil Jr.)
Carlos Gil	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Julián Mateos	....	set dresser (as Julian Mateos)
Benjamín Fernández	....	assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Peter Elliott	....	dubbing editor
George Stephenson	....	sound recordist
Doug E. Turner	....	sound recordist (as Doug Turner)

Visual Effects by
Ray Harryhausen	....	creator of special visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Salvador Gil	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Jeremy Thomas	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Lawrence Ashmore	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Colin Arthur	....	special masks
Eva Del Castillo	....	continuity
Andrew Donally	....	production executive
Lesley J. Silver	....	assistant continuity

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation (presents) (as Columbia Pictures)
• Ameran Films (uncredited)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1974) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures Corporation (1974) (UK) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1977) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Video Ltd. (1988) (UK) (VHS)
• Video Collection International (1991) (UK) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2000) (UK) (VHS)
• Warner Bros. / Columbia Pictures (1978) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Film (1975) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (USA) (DVD)
• Egmont Entertainment (????) (Finland) (DVD)
• Esselte Video (????) (Finland) (video)
• Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Pioneer Entertainment (laserdisc)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• TV3 (1989) (Finland) (TV)

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:

The captioner for this movie decided to have some fun with Prince Koura's lines. When he is mumbling "foreign words" to cast a spell, the captions are backwards lines from Cocoa Puffs and Trix commercials.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the figurehead sinks to the ocean floor and resurfaces, the map being held changes hands (flipped shots).

Quotes:

Sinbad: Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Nightmare Theatre's Late Night Chill-o-Rama Horror Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)

It's a kid's adventure movie with imaginative animation

Ignore pointless comparisons about how it pales in comparison to Lord of the Rings. This isn't Lord of the Rings, nor is it Citizen Kane. Why some fools insist that every movie must be measured by the yardstick of their own personal favorite I will never understand.

If you're so spoiled by state-of-the-art computer graphics where each creature has an entire team of people working on it, and can't appreciate the human creativity and craftsmanship of great stop-motion animation, don't waste your time on this movie, go watch the latest Pixar release.

Harryhausen's work is remarkable not because it's the most realistic animation ever, but because he was able to achieve remarkable things with sculpture and movement on a budget comparable to today's 30 second ad spots.

Tom Baker steals the movie. He's terrific as the evil sorcerer, villainous but with enough humanity to his character to make him at least somewhat sympathetic.