Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

"Sinbad! The greatest of all adventurers in his biggest adventure of all!"

1977 1h 53m EN

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 230

ActionAdventureFamilyFantasy

Synopsis

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Princess Farah refuses to marry Sinbad until Prince Kassim, her brother, is able to give his consent. However, the Prince's wicked stepmother, Queen Zenobia, has changed Kassim into a baboon in order to have her own son crowned as caliph. Sinbad, his crew, the Princess and the transformed Prince travel to a distant land, fighting every obstacle Zenobia places in their path, to seek the advice of a legendary wise man who can possibly tell how to end the spell.

“Sinbad! The greatest of all adventurers in his biggest adventure of all!”

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Cast

Patrick Wayne
Sinbad
Jane Seymour
Princess Farah
Taryn Power
Dione
Margaret Whiting
Zenobia
Patrick Troughton
Melanthius
Kurt Christian
Rafi
Nadim Sawalha
Hassan
Damien Thomas
Kassim

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sam Wanamaker
Writers: Beverley Cross, Ray Harryhausen, Beverley Cross
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.6× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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49 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Sinbad Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

WORLD

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sam Wanamaker, shot by Ted Moore. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Roy Budd. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Roy Watts shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sam Wanamaker directs. Ted Moore behind the camera. Roy Budd scores. Roy Watts cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 4.6× over at the box office.
349 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Part of the "Sinbad Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
6Directed by Sam Wanamaker, shot by Ted Moore. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Roy Budd. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Roy Watts shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Patrick Wayne and Jane Seymour and Taryn Power carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Sinbad! The greatest of all adventurers in his biggest adventure of all!".
11IMDB entry: tt0076716 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 18 themes, including "monster", "stepmother", "walrus", "arctic polar circle region".

The technical file

Cinematography: Ted Moore
Original score: Roy Budd
Editing: Roy Watts
Production design: Geoffrey Drake
Runtime: 113 min · 1h 53m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,500,000
Box office: $16,000,000
Return: 457% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

Part of

Sinbad Collection

Three Sinbad films made by Columbia, which were conceptualized and animated by Ray Harryhausen.

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Sam Wanamaker

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CinemaSerf2023-06-04
★ 7/10
This is a cracking action fantasy tale with Patrick Wayne as our hero out to restore his friend the Caliph to human form after the evil sorceress "Zenobia" (Margaret Whiting) turned him into an ape. Sam Wanamaker treats the audience as more grown up than in many of these stop-motion animation films; the monsters seem to have bit more "soul" - particularly the cyclops; and Patrick Troughton as "Melanthius" is more of a telepathic scientist than possessor of mystic powers. Ray Harryhausen is in his element and we have plenty of fun with a cast also featuring Jane Seymour and Taryn Power. It doesn't need your brain to get out of second gear, but is a very creatively put together adventure film with loads going on.

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