Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
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| Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger | |
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 "The Troglodyte" stop-motion animation created by Ray Harryhausen |
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| Directed by | Sam Wanamaker |
| Produced by | Charles H. Schneer Ray Harryhausen |
| Written by | Beverley Cross Ray Harryhausen |
| Starring | Patrick Wayne Jane Seymour Taryn Power Patrick Troughton Margaret Whiting |
| Music by | Roy Budd |
| Cinematography | Ted Moore |
| Editing by | Roy Watts |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Running time | 113 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.5 million |
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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger is a 1977 fantasy movie, the final installment of Ray Harryhausen's Sinbad Trilogy and the penultimate movie in which Harryhausen would use the stop-motion technique which he had pioneered since the late 1940s. The movie was directed by Sam Wanamaker and cost 7 million dollars to make, being the most costly of the Sinbad series. The live action was filmed in Spain, Malta, and Jordan (at the tombs of ancient Petra) between June-October of 1975, with Harryhausen's stop-motion animation work lasting from October, 1975 up to March, 1977.
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[edit] Plot summary
Starring Patrick Wayne in the title role of Sinbad, sailor and Prince of Baghdad who is seeking permission from Prince Kassim to marry his sister Princess Farah (Jane Seymour). A spell is placed on Kassim by their evil stepmother Zenobia (Margaret Whiting) turning him into a baboon (one of Harryhausen's stop-motion creations in the movie) just when he was going to be crowned caliph. Sinbad sets off with Princess Farah to find a wizard named Melanthius (Patrick Troughton), who knows where to discover a cure to break the evil spell. Sinbad and his crew eventually find Melanthius and his daughter Dione (Taryn Power) who agrees to help them in their quest. Melanthius tells Sinbad and his crew that they must travel to the land of Hyperboria to find the ancient pyramid where Kassim can be cured. While on their quest, Zenobia, her son Rafi, and the Minaton (mechanical version of the Minotaur) secretly stalk them. On their quest, Sinbad and his crew encounter creatures such as a giant walrus, a troglodyte (a creature that is friendly to Sinbad and his crew), a smilodon, a trio of ghouls, and a killer wasp.
[edit] Trivia
- Taryn Power's grandfather Tyrone Power, Sr. starred in The Big Trail (1930) with Patrick Wayne's father John Wayne. It was Power's only talkie and his last picture, and the first starring role for Wayne. It was also the first movie to be filmed in widescreen.
- Originally Laurence Naismith was considered for the part of Melanthius but at the time he was busy with another production.
- The exterior of Zenobia's palace was a 16-inch model matted into the Almeria coastline, with the actors standing on the rocks.
- For the film Ray Harryhausen visited London Zoo and spent hours observing the baboons and tigers, making sketches and filming them on 8mm.
- Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger took three years to complete and cost $3.5 million, almost three times as much as The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
- Sinbad's ship in the film, is the exact same ship used in Ray Harryhausen's previous Sinbad film, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. In fact, there is brief sequence in the film, where the figurehead from the previous film, that was brought to life, and attacked Sinbad's crew, is clearly visible.
- The stop motion model of the Troglodyte, was later dismantled, so that the armature could be used to create Calibos in Clash of the Titans.
- A fourth film, Sinbad's Voyage to Mars, was written and locations were scouted, but the film was never made. It had Sinbad hitch a tip to Mars on a jewelled flying saucer and was loosely inspired by the novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- Kurt Christian who plays Zenobia's son also appeared in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad as the more sympathetic Haroun.
