The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.6/10   

Director:

Gordon Hessler

Escritores:

Brian Clemens (screenplay)
Brian Clemens (story) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

12 abril 1974 (Alemania Occidental)

Género:

Familia | Aventura | Fantasía | Acción

Frase comercial:

Dynarama Means Supreme Adventure!

Plot:

Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic...

Plot Keywords:

Sinbad | Slave | Slave Girl | Tattoo | Quest

Premios:

2 wins

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Old-time Saturday Fun

Reparto

John Phillip Law	...	Captain Sinbad
Caroline Munro	...	Margiana
Tom Baker	...	Prince Koura
Douglas Wilmer	...	Vizier
Martin Shaw	...	Rachid
Grégoire Aslan	...	Hakim (as Gregoire Aslan)
Kurt Christian	...	Haroun
Takis Emmanuel	...	Achmed
David Garfield	...	Abdul (as John D. Garfield)
Ferdinando Poggi	...	Kali stand-in (as Fernando Poggi)
Aldo Sambrell	...	Omar

También conocida como:

Sinbad's Golden Voyage (UK) (working title)
El viaje fantástico de Simbad (Spain) [es]

Duración:

USA:105 min

País:

UK | USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Canada:G (Ontario) | Singapore:PG | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-12 (1978) | Finland:K-16 (1974) | Ireland:G | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:G

Locaciones de Filmación:

Caves of Arta, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Compañía:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

Christopher Lee was a front runner for the role of Koura.

Errores:

Continuidad: Shortly after the defeat of Kali, Koura presents the different amulet parts and describes their function. The smallest part is named to be the "Magic Cap". Later on, however, at the "Spring of Destiny" that very amulet part is used for the "Strength of Youth" function.

Citas:

Vizier: The more I study it, the greater the puzzle becomes.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Nightmare Theatre's Late Night Chill-o-Rama Horror Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)

Old-time Saturday Fun

Despite many outings, including the poorly-received animated opus of 2003, Scheherezade's most famous hero has never made much impact on the big screen, compared to less likely but more politically correct freebooters such as Robin Hood. It must be that there's no underlying message, such as Up-Yours to the Man, in these tales of Baghdad's intrepid sailor & explorer of mythical lands. One of the best efforts was this film made just before "Star Wars" compelled B-budget adventure movies to take to outer space & "Raiders" made stunning visual excess the duct tape of plot holes. A mysterious golden tablet leads Sinbad's ship into an alliance with the gold-masked vizier of Moravia (Wilmer) & a race against time against sorcerous Prince Koura (Baker) to find a power that will confer either the means to stop Koura or make Koura unstoppable. Law is game in the lead, deftly playing Sinbad between earnestness & camp, but still looks a bit like a fugitive from the Mod Squad. Actresses get short shrift in these films unless they get to be villainesses, but no such luck for the ladies here. The beautiful but unfashionably voluptuous Monroe, whose career hit its high point here, isn't more than the obligatory decoration & damsel in distress. Her scenes with Law are too awkward to be either romantic or campy. Harryhausen's Dynarama effects are the star, as usual, making all the films he treats a cut above average, at least. They are up to the task here, with the fight against the six-armed Kali not far short of the classic climax in "Jason & the Argonauts," but are not quite his best. Supporting parts give the film unusual & pleasant depth, including Wilmer's pessimistic Vizier & especially Shaw as the cautious but valiant second-in-command, Rashid. It's Baker who makes the film as Koura, effectively depicting the torment he brings upon himself in his evil ambition. The film is generously endowed with sage, ostensibly Arab sayings from Sinbad & others, notably "Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel." Koura gets the best ones, though, including "He who searches for pearls should not sleep" and my favorite, "He who is patient, obtains." Darth Vader's "I find your lack of faith disturbing" was a better catchphrase for an America made, perhaps, less credulous by Vietnam & Watergate. The subsequent "Eye of the Tiger," which featured the stunning young Jane Seymour in the stereotyped decorative role, wasn't up to the unpretentious old-fashioned fun of "Golden Voyage." Sinbad remains in his hidden harbor, waiting for an effort like Boorman's "Excalibur" or Milius's "Conan"--and perhaps also an end to America's ugly image of the Persian Gulf--to make sail again.