Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

Director:

Sam Wanamaker

Writers:

Beverley Cross (screenplay)
Beverley Cross (story) ...
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Release Date:

15 July 1977 (West Germany)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

New!! Sinbad's Boldest And Most Daring Adventure!

Plot:

Sinbad The Sailor sails to deliver a cursed prince to a dangerous island in the face of deadly opposition from a powerful witch.

Plot Keywords:

Prince | Sinbad | Princess | Witch | Baboon

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Patrick Wayne	...	Sinbad
Taryn Power	...	Dione
Margaret Whiting	...	Zenobia
Jane Seymour	...	Princess Farah
Patrick Troughton	...	Melanthius
Kurt Christian	...	Rafi
Nadim Sawalha	...	Hassan
Damien Thomas	...	Prince Kassim
Bruno Barnabe	...	Balsora
Bernard Kay	...	Zabid
Salami Coker	...	Maroof
David Sterne	...	Aboo-Seer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Mayhew	...	Minoton (uncredited)

Directed by
Sam Wanamaker

Writing credits
Beverley Cross		(screenplay)
Beverley Cross		(story) and
Ray Harryhausen		(story)

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

Original Music by
Roy Budd

Cinematography by
Ted Moore

Film Editing by
Roy Watts

Casting by
Maude Spector

Production Design by
Geoffrey Drake

Art Direction by
Fred Carter
Fernando Gonzalez

Costume Design by
Cynthia Tingey

Makeup Department
Colin Arthur	....	makeup designer
Jan Dorman	....	hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Miguel Gil	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jack Carter	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Philip Bothamley	....	sound editor
Terry Poulton	....	sound editor
George Stephenson	....	sound recordist
Doug E. Turner	....	dubbing mixer (as Doug Turner)

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

Camera and Electrical Department
Salvador Gil	....	camera operator
Bob Kindred	....	camera operator
Maurice Gillett	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Mike Roberts	....	focus puller (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Michael Redfern	....	assistant editor
Nigel Galt	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Roy Budd	....	conductor

Other crew
John Beach	....	technical assistant
Constance Willis	....	continuity (as Connie Willis)
Albert Galea	....	production accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Andor Films
• Columbia Pictures Corporation (presents) (as Columbia Pictures)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1977) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia-Warner Distributors (1977) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. / Columbia Pictures (1978) (Finland) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1980) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1991) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• Egmont Entertainment (2002) (Finland) (DVD)
• Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Oy Europa Vision AB (1991) (Finland) (VHS)
• Pioneer Entertainment (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Video Ltd. (1988) (UK) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Video Collection International (1994) (UK) (VHS)

Other Companies

• De Lane Lea Sound Centre  re-recorded at (as De Lane Lea, London)
• Devon/Persky-Bright  production services by (as Devon Company/Persky-Bright)
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment (uncredited)

Also Known As:

Sinbad at the World's End

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:G (Ontario) | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | Finland:K-12 (1977) | Finland:S (1991) | Ireland:G | USA:G | Australia:G | Sweden:11 | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Andor Films

Trivia:

According to Ray Harryhausen's memoirs, British singer/actor Paul Jones was among the various British and American actors short-listed for Sinbad.

Goofs:

Continuity: During Dione's introduction on "Casgar" (after she calls off the rock-throwers) there are two reaction shots, one of Hassan, the other of Maroof. These are obviously from the later "Hyberborea" segment. The hilly backgrounds and the fact that Maroof is suddenly bare-chested give the inserts away.

Quotes:

Hassan: [Encountering a giant bee] Look at that bee
Zabid: That's not a bee, it's a mosquito

Movie Connections:

Featured in Science Fiction Film Awards (1978) (TV)

For children when wonder and Imagination were still in vogue!

(Minor Spoilers)

Let's be honest and a tad realistic about this film, shall we?

By TODAY'S standards, this is a "cheesy" kinda film compared to what technology we've got. And I think at the time of this release we had gotten "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Star Wars" so our expectation levels were running higher for "special effects" and "whimsy" than this.

But I still can get entertainment out of this film.

How?

By remembering how old I was when I saw it and WHOM I was with when I saw it. My family.

I was a child. This film wasn't in my all time top ten, but it was...fun. It was one of those movies local channels threw on Sunday afternoon before or after a televised ball game..or when a ball game was rained out. Come on, admit it..you remember!

And that's the point. This film's special effects were nice..not spectacular..not even up to Ray Harryhausen's standards, but the Harryhausen mark was there which made it entertaining (Admit it, you LOVED the walrus scene!! How 'bout that Cyclops?!?! As a child this was all good! You remember!!).

For very young girls, this Sinbad was REALLY nice to look at back then. For the very young guys, so was Miss Jane Seymour and Miss Taryn Power. Then there was the story which was kinda fun, the adventure which was kinda whimsical and the happy ending where the bad guys got theirs'.

This was done at a time of assuming children would love this kinda stuff. Back then, more would have. Now, most children don't even think "Spy Kids" can give them a buzz.

This movie is about childhood and remembering what it was like to have an imagination and watch a story unfold for nothing but the sheer enjoyment of it...the fun of eating "Good 'n' Plenty", "Snowcaps", "Malted Milk Balls" and Popcorn without thinking about calorie content to make this even more fun to watch...and the "eye candy" of Wayne, Seymour and Power help a so-so story that's really better than a lot of stuff I've seen today that they charge ya $10 a ticket for! Parents may not have liked it as much as the children but that too is part of the fun!

Have a heart when watching this. Watch this as a "fun" romp....as remembering when families watched shows together (..or in my case my dad mumbling under his breath about how the game was due on and he had to sit through this 'crap' first!), the pre-teen tingles of watching a handsome Wayne, young Seymour and/or Power (...ya know...before having breast implants and weighing 95 pounds was mandatory in Hollywood for women to do this kind of film work?!?) and telling your parents you were REALLY interested in the story...really.

Maybe I've got a more "nostalgic" view about this film..its because I'm not looking for academy award winning material with this kind of film, but it does its job of...entertaining...and if you have children and want them to be children for a tad longer, this may be the film fare for them. Or just for you, if you want to curl up with some popcorn and remember "the good old movie fluff days" where special effects were done by hand and stop motion photography by the "grand-daddy" of the genre and a Sinbad movie where Sinbad actually looked like you might imagined him to look like back then and evil characters who were evil and got theirs....pretty much simplified.

Open your mind and when you have a moment...enjoy. Don't take it seriously just sit back... watch...and HAVE FUN..with your children, as a family.