Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Sam Wanamaker

Writers:

Beverley Cross (screenplay)
Beverley Cross (story) ...

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 | Witch | Princess | Monkey

Awards:

5 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

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:

Jordan

Company:

Andor Films

Trivia:

After the live action filming was done, it took animator Ray Harryhausen almost 1½ years to do the animation, all from his own home studio.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Sinbad is sailing through the icebergs he calls 2 degrees to port, but points to starboard.

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)

Excellent third and final Sinbad movie from Ray Harryhausen

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger was the third and final Sinbad movie with Ray Harryhausen creatures.

In this one, a prince is turned into a stop-motion baboon and Sinbad and crew go on an expedition to Ademaspai to restore him back to human form. They face plenty of dangers on the way including several giant creatures, some of them prehistoric (more on those later). He is being followed by an evil witch with magic powers, Zenobia, along with her son and a stop-motion metal creature, Minoton. On one occasion, she turns herself into a seagull to spy on Sinbad and on return to her ship as she transforms back, she is left with a webbed foot as she has ran out of potion. She is defeated at the end in the form of a Sabre-toothed Tiger and the prince is restored back to human form.

Now to those creatures: we start with a trio of ghouls and other creatures include a giant wasp, a giant walrus, a Troglodite and the above mentioned Sabre-toothed tiger. The other two stop-motion creatures, Minoton and the baboon appear throughout the movie. All of them look impressive, thanks to Ray Harryhausen.

Sinbad is played well by the Duke's son Patrick Wayne (The People That Time Forgot) and the rest of the cast includes Dr Who actor Patrick Troughton, Bond girl Jane Seymour (Live and Let Die), Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting as Zenobi and Nadim Sawalha.

Though not as good as the first Sinbad movie, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, I still enjoyed watching this one. Excellent.

Rating: 4 stars out of 5.