Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Short description
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger is a fantasy adventure in which the legendary sailor Sinbad hopes to marry Princess Farah, but her brother, Prince Kassim, must first consent to the match. Kassim has fallen under a spell cast by his stepmother, Queen Zenobia, who has turned him into a baboon so that her own son, Rafi, can take the throne. To break the enchantment, Sinbad sets out with Farah, the transformed prince and his crew on a long voyage to find a wise man who may know how to undo the magic. Zenobia pursues them, using her powers to place dangers and monstrous creatures in their path.
The film was directed by Sam Wanamaker from a screenplay by Beverley Cross, with Ray Harryhausen and Charles H. Schneer producing, and it was released in 1977. Patrick Wayne plays Sinbad, Jane Seymour appears as Princess Farah, and Margaret Whiting plays Zenobia; the cast also includes Taryn Power, Patrick Troughton and Kurt Christian. Made on a budget of about four million dollars, it returned roughly sixteen million dollars worldwide, a solid result for a fantasy adventure of its period.
On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.6 out of 10 from 226 votes, indicating a generally favourable but not overwhelming response from that audience. The film combines live action with stop-motion creatures, a hallmark of its producers' earlier work, and remains one of the fantasy adventures built around the Sinbad character during that era.
What's left behind the scenes
- Filming took place in three countries – Jordan, Malta, and Spain.
- After the shooting period, Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013, in this film he also worked as a screenwriter) spent almost another year and a half on animation, which he did in his own home studio.
- Animator Ray Harryhausen was forced to create a mechanical baboon. Training a real baboon would have been an incredibly complex process, if even possible at all.
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