Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger [DVD] [1977]

Typical Arabian Nights tale enhanced with the brilliant special effects of the day.

Legendary Sailor Of The Seven Seas Sinbad makes his final voyage in The Ray Harryhausen epic Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger. This Time The legendary sailor is portrayed by non other Than Patrick Wayne. son of The Great John Wayne it seems Patrick was not going To be typecast in his fathers legendary cowboy roles. Patrick having Taking The lead in an earlier fantasy epic The People That Time Forgot ( see my earlier review on that ) Fresh from her stint of playing a bond girl our very own Jane Seymour adds exotic glamour To her role. as with all of These movies we need a princess and you can loose count of The number of exotic hairstyles Miss Seymour sports Throughout The movie. olso along for The voyage is former Dr who Patrick Troughton himself no stranger To Harryhausen movies having starred earlier in Ray's masterpiece Jason & The Argonauts. of course The legendary stop motion creations of mythical monsters is what really make These movies and in This one Ray delivers some of The best. The climax between The cyclops and a sabre Toothed Tiger is Truly memorable as with all The others The attack by a giant walrus for me is The only real weak point in The movie filmed at night amongst a blustery snow storm you really struggle To see The action. That said The movie is really The final curtain for Sinbad Ray first introduced The character To his movies back in The 50s Then decades later with The 70s. The movie is still something of a final closer for Ray Harryhausen he would serve up his box of Tricks one more Time for The classic Clash Of The Titans. for now This is a Truly remarkable Blu-ray Transfer I mentioned earlier The walrus scene it's The best you will ever see it Thanks To This release. The usual mound of extras you come To expect with these releases features on earlier Harryhausen movies and The movies splendid Trailer round out for The price a very interesting package. set sail for your final voyage Though as in movies perhaps we should say Never say Never.

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger is directed by Sam Wannamaker and is the third and final Sinbad film that Ray Harryhausen (and his stop-motion creations) made for Columbia after The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. It stars Patrick Wayne (Sinbad), Jane Seymour (Princess Farah), Taryn Power (Dione), Patrick Troughton (Melanthius), Margaret Whiting (Zenobia) and Nadim Sawalha (Hassan). Studio work was done in England, with the exterior location work done in Spain, Malta and Jordan.Evil sorceress Zenobia has designs on the throne and transforms the heir, Prince Kassim, into a Baboon. Kassim's sister calls on Captain Sinbad for help, who learns that a fabled man by the name of Melanthius may be their only hope. They face a perilous journey to the end of the World (a place called Hyperborea) with Zenobia and her black magic tricks in hot pursuit.Depending on if you are a fantasy/adventure fan or not may determine how much, if at all, you get from Sinbad & The Eye Of The Tiger. For the film is chocked full of cheese and acting of the hammiest kind. The plot is your standard set up for the irrepressible Sinbad-he must travel to some remote destination to stave off evil and realign the World, and our faith, in the name of good. While it's safe to say that the film is about 15 minutes too long for a Sinbad adventure. On the other side of the coin, tho, fans of the genre and Harryhausen's work are in for a treat.The cast have as much charisma than you can shake a stick at, perhaps not surprising when you have the offspring of John & Tyrone starring, and the adventure is colourful and dealing nicely in the realm of the fantastique. It also finds Harryhausen on super form as we are treated to skeletal demons, a bronze minotan, a big bad wasp, a gigantic walrus, a trog and a snarling sabre tooth tiger. But best of all is his baboon because the creature is part of the cast from practically start to finish, thus it interacts with the human actors and has a personality all of its own. With one particularly emotive scene a real standout in the Harryhausen/Sinbad trilogy. For the girls is the sight of Wayne in fine physical and swash buckling shape, and for the boys is the twin niceties of Power and Seymour who steadily get skimpier in their attire during the course of the story. Troughton has a good time as the mad/eccentric/genius alchemist, while Whiting owns the film with her delightfully over the top trip into evil villainy.It's presumed that newcomers to the movie know what to expect going into this one, whilst old fans revisiting it should hopefully find that it's holding up rather well considering the genre it sits in. Good old family fun that may be weak on story but strong on popcorn entertainment value. 7/10

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Absolute classic plus Carolyn munroe!!

Remembering this classic film most entertaining then as is now. Good storyline ,exciting battles with the unthinkable.

Great film seen it when it came out Patrick Wayne was great as Sinbad one of the best lot of action

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La sceneggiatura non è delle migliori e per questo motivo l'azione a volte è un po' rallentata. Buoni il cast, la regia, la fotografia in Technicolor, le scenografie, i costumi, e veramente ottimi gli effetti speciali Dynamotion. I personaggi e i mostri sono un mix tra la mitologia orientale e quella greca, il che inizialmente crea un po' di confusione, ma poi i due mondi si integrano con una eccellente sinergia. Il DVD è di buona qualità video (nessuna rimasterizzazione), e di ottima qualità audio con il doppiaggio italiano originale dell'epoca. Il film è interessante e divertente, e fa trascorrere piacevolmente quasi un paio di ore ad un prezzo stracciato.

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The movie is Region free, despite that it says Region B on the back of the case.I live in Canada, and I do NOT own a Multi-Region player, and I checked it -- it does indeed play!Otherwise, I love these "dynamation" movies!If you like Jason and the Argonauts, and/or other Sinbad movies from the 60's and 70's then you'll enjoy this.

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La calidad visual sorprende para los años que tiene y los dialogos son claros, no como en otros titulos que cuesta entender lo que dicen, en definitiva totalmente recomendable y su duracion es de 113 min,.... una delicia ver los efectos visuales del maestro Harryhauseen.