The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

"Sinbad battles the creatures of legend in the miracle of Dynarama"

1973 1h 45m EN

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★6.7TMDB · 276

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Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile, Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.

“Sinbad battles the creatures of legend in the miracle of Dynarama”

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Cast

John Phillip Law
Captain Sinbad
Caroline Munro
Margiana
Tom Baker
Prince Koura
Douglas Wilmer
Vizier
Martin Shaw
Rachid
Grégoire Aslan
Hakim
Kurt Christian
Haroun
Takis Emmanuel
Achmed

Credits

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Director: Gordon Hessler
Writers: Brian Clemens, Ray Harryhausen, Brian Clemens
Languages: Arabic, English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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ERA

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53 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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

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DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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

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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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CAST

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John Phillip Law and Caroline Munro and Tom Baker carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Gordon Hessler directs. Ted Moore behind the camera. Miklós Rózsa scores. Roy Watts cuts. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in Arabic, English.

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153 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, English.
3International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Part of the "Sinbad Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Gordon Hessler, shot by Ted Moore. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Miklós Rózsa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Roy Watts shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8John Phillip Law and Caroline Munro and Tom Baker carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Sinbad battles the creatures of legend in the miracle of Dynarama".
10IMDB entry: tt0071569 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 11 themes, including "monster", "tattoo", "mythical creature", "sinbad / sindbad".

The technical file

Cinematography: Ted Moore
Original score: Miklós Rózsa
Editing: Roy Watts
Production design: John Stoll
Costume design: Verena Coleman
Makeup / hair: José Antonio Sánchez
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $11,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)

Part of

Sinbad Collection

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

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CinemaSerf2022-11-09
★ 7/10
"Sinbad" (John Phillip Law) is in possession of a rather clunky medallion that he only narrowly manages to keep from the grasping hands of the sorcerer "Koura" (Tom Baker). Finding safety in the city of "Marabia" he is told a tale by the Grand Vizier (Douglas Wilmer) and shown why the evil "Koura" is after his jewel. Shortly afterwards, while walking through the bazaar he is encouraged - to the tune of 400 gold pieces and the pretty "Margiana" (Caroline Munro) - to take the lazy "Haroun" (Kurt Christian) on his next, perilous, voyage. Off they all go in search of the Oracle of All Knowledge - hotly pursued by the sorcerer - where they hope to finally thwart his ambitions to become ever-youthful, wealthy and all-powerful. It's a fun and entertaining story this that I vaguely recall watching as a seven year old in a long-defunct Glasgow cinema. Law is handsome enough, Munro brings a bit of glamour, Baker hams up nicely as the baddie and Christian and Martin Shaw contribute a little bit of nautical humour and theatrical guffawing to the proceedings nicely, too. The real stars, as ever though, are the creations of Ray Harryhausen - not least the Centaur and the wonderful Kali with her sword dance. Even now, I am still not sure how the ending finished up the way it did - and that, I found, really rather disappointing - but it's still a colourful and reasonably well paced adventure film with some memorable beasties and a Miklos Rosza score that bears a striking resemblance to his work on “Ben Hur” (1959) too.

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