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The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
Country of Origin: UK / USA
Year of Production: 1974
Running Times: 105 mins
Format: Eastmancolor 35mm
Dynarama
Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures Corporation a Charles H. Schneer
Production
Production Executive: Andrew Donally
Producers: Charles H. Schneer, Ray Harryhausen
Production Supervisor: Roberto Roberts
SCRIPT
Script: Brian Clemens
Story: Brian Clemens,
Ray Harryhausen
DIRECTION
Director: Gordon Hessler
Assistant Director: Miguel A. Gil Jr
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ted Moore
Camera Operator: Salvador Gil
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Roy Watts
Assistant Editor: Jeremy Thomas
MUSIC
Music: Miklós Rózsa
SOUND
Sound Recordists: George Stephenson, Doug Turner
Dubbing Editor: Peter Elliott
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Jose Antonio Sanchez
Costume Designers: Verena Coleman, Gabriella Falk
SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Masks: Colin Arthur
VISUAL EFFECTS
Creator of Special Visual Effects: Ray Harryhausen
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: John Stoll
Art Director: Fernando Gonzalez
Set Dresser: Julian Mateos
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Eva Del Castillo
Assistant Continuity: Lesley J. Silver
CASTING
Casting: Maude Spector
CAST
John Phillip Law (Sinbad)
Caroline Munro
(Margiana)
Tom Baker (Koura)
Douglas Wilmer (Vizier)
Martin Shaw (Rachid)
Grégoire Aslan (Hakim)
Kurt Christian (Haroun)
Takis Emmanuel (Achmed)
John D. Garfield (real name: David Garfield) (Abdul)
Fernando Poggi (Kali stand-in)
Aldo Sambrell (Omar)
Robert Shaw (The Oracle of all Knowledge (uncredited))
PLOT SUMMARY
Sinbad comes into possession of a homunculus carrying a golden tablet
that has been created by the evil magician Koura. He wants the tablet
back and pursues Sinbad who has set off on a quest to find the answer
to a mysterious golden map given to him by the Vizier. Along the way,
Sinbad and his crew battle all manner of monsters as well as the increasingly
mad Koura.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Not the best of the Harryhausen / Schneer Sinbad movies but still a
lot of fun. John Phillip Law is rather ineffectual as Sinbad, but Tom
Baker is great as the villain and Caroline
Munro is suitably easy on the eyes as the heroine. But of course,
the real stars are Harryhausen's menagerie of animated creatures, including
a centaur, a griffin, a living statue of Kali and an animated ship's
figurehead. Even in these CGI-saturated days, the animation is outstanding
and are a lot more fun than million dollar digital effects.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Video Distributor: Video Collection International
Laserdisc Distributor: Encore (EE 1030)
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Video Distributor: RCA / Columbia
Laserdisc Distributor: RCA / Columbia (30199); Columbia / Tristar (09916
- box set); Pioneer Special Edition (PSE 91-20)
DVD Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (04747); Columbia / Tristar (05352
- box set)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-12
Sweden
Rating: 11
UK
Rating: U
USA
Rating: G
AWARDS
1974
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA
Golden Scroll Best Fantasy Film - winner
TIMELINE
1974
April
5: USA – theatrical release (in New York City, New York)
December
21: Sweden – theatrical release
1978
July
30: Finland – theatrical release
1991
December
12: USA - laserdisc release (Pioneer Special Edition (PSE 91-20))
1995
May
9: USA - laserdisc release (Columbia / Tristar (09916 - box set))
2000
June
6: USA - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (04747))
July
11: USA - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (05352 - box set))
POSTER TAGS
Sinbad battles the creatures of legend in the miracle
of Dynarama!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
A Nova Viagem de Sinbad - Portugese title
Sinbad, merten sankari - Finnish title
Sinbads fantastiska resa - Swedish title
Sinbad's Golden Voyage - working title
Sindbads gefährliche Abenteuer - West German title
Il viaggio fantastico di Sinbad - Italian title
El viaje fantástico de Simbad - Spanish title
Le voyage fantastique de Sinbad - French title
LINKS
SEQUEL TO
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
SEQUEL
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
SEE ALSO
Bongshin Bang (1963)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
The Lady with the Torch (1999)
Precious Images (1986)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Shivers no.29 p.14 (UK)
review
BOOKS
Horror and Science Fiction Films Volume II p.158
credits
Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.169
credits
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
arabian nights, caverns, centaurs, dreams, fountains, griffins, homunculi,
horses, human sacrifices, invisibility, islam, legends, masks, medallions,
monsters, oracles, quests, ship figureheads, ships, slaves, sorcerers,
statues, storms, sword and sorcery, swordfights, talismans, tattoos,
temples, treasure maps, underwater
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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