The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Name: The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Released: April 5, 1974
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Aldo Sambrell, Caroline Munro, David Garfield, Douglas Wilmer, Grégoire Aslan

1974

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: April 5, 1974 | G

Starring: Aldo Sambrell, Caroline Munro, David Garfield, Douglas Wilmer, Grégoire Aslan, John Phillip Law, Kurt Christian, Martin Shaw, Takis Emmanuel, Tom Baker

Summary: Sinbad and the vizier of Marabia, followed by evil magician Koura, seek the three golden tablets that can gain them access to the ancient temple of the Oracle of All Knowledge.

Director: Gordon Hessler

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Rating: G

Runtime: 105 min

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Horror film director Hessler and special effects man Ray Harryhausen combine brilliantly to trace Sinbad's mystical voyage. The effects aren't simply fascinating for their own sake - they genuinely convey a sense of the magical and otherworldly. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

This sequel to the terrific The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, is great fun--with a minimum of plot and a maximum of wonderful Ray Harryhausen special effects. Read full review

Robert K. Elder

Miniatures in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, created by Ray Harryhausen, may appear at first glance to be worlds away from the CGI creatures in The Phantom Menace and Jurassic Park. But it was Harryhausen's work that taught such filmmakers as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg to dream of creating ever-more-perfect fantasy worlds. [22 Feb 2008, p.C2]

Foster Hirsch

This Sinbad misses the verve, the exuberant high spirits, of the best of Fairbanks and Flynn, but it's wonderfully good-natured all the same. [16 May 1974, p.109]

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Gordon Hessler directed this 1974 British feature, whose main raison d'etre is some first-rate “Dynamation” special effects from Ray Harryhausen, including a ship's figurehead that springs to life and Sinbad crossing swords with a six-armed statue. Read full review

Jay Cocks

Golden Voyage is really just an excuse to show off Harryhausen's commodious bag of tricks. Read full review

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An Arabian Nightish saga told with some briskness and opulence for the childish eye, yet ultimately falling short of implied promise as an adventure spree. Read full review

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Kai82

Oct 1, 2021

An enjoyable fantasy adventure with great stop motion technique and the reason why Tom Baker was hired as Doctor Who. For fans of the Doctor this is interesting trivia as Tom Baker became the best and most cherished actor for the titular role. Rarely another is voted in the first spot forAn enjoyable fantasy adventure with great stop motion technique and the reason why Tom Baker was hired as Doctor Who. For fans of the Doctor this is interesting trivia as Tom Baker became the best and most cherished actor for the titular role. Rarely another is voted in the first spot for best Doctor. For others or non fans this is uninteresting so lets continue. Sindbad the Sailor is one of the most famous characters from the tales of “One Thousand and One Night” where Scheherazade has to tell her husband Shahryhar the king stories to avoid execution (He was deeply hurt by the betrayal of his former wife and psychologically damaged). Her stories healed him and the lessons made him a wise ruler. Sindbad is a reoccurring character and made several voyages where he had great adventures. It is a timeless story that is adapted in nearly all decades like Robin Hood and the three Musketeers for example but he is not equally famous as them but also well known. The story of the movie begins with an accident as a golden tablet is dropped on Sindbad's ship by a flying creature. Later on the night he has a strange dream about a man in black clothing and a woman with an eye tattoo on her hand. When they arrive at the country of Marabia they find that the tablet is part of a bigger scheme and so starts the adventure. The story works well even if it sounds a bit generic in my set up. It has a lot of unique elements, twists and ideas that make it an enjoyable ride. I praise the creativity here. The actors help to deliver the movie. There is John Phillip Law as Sindbad who nails his role as adventurer and hero of the story. Tom Baker as Prince Koura is a well working antagonist and I fully praise his performance. Like I said this was the full breakthrough of his career and he became the definitive Doctor Who actor. Then there is Caroline Munro as Margianan. She delivered a great and compelling performance. Douglas Wilmer as Vizier, George Aslan as Hakim and Kurt Christian as Haroun are good support characters. Good overall performance and like I always say in this regard I see no missteps. The special effects are amazing for the time and budget of 2 million dollars. The master of stop motion Ray Harryhausen did an amazing job. Just look up how time consuming this is so you can value the efforts even more. Also the sets, consumes and masks / make up hold up pretty well. I know this is far away from modern standards but this means not it is garbage. It was a lot of hard work, creativity and fantasy put into. I honor this deeply and will defend this statement. The soundtrack was fitting but to be honest I forgot most of it. Sneakingly good is a term I use in this regard. Overall this is a good classic of its time and worth watching. Many more modern films fail and are inferior in my humble opinion.… Expand

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eva3si0n

Jul 27, 2022

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is not a bad adventure film from the 70s. For those years, the film was shot decently, of course the scenes with dolls look ridiculous now. But the film does have a travel spirit that most modern films in the genre don't have

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