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The Sinbad Collection (7th Voyage / Golden Voyage / Eye of the Tiger)

starring: Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer, John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro
directed by: Gordon Hessler, Nathan Juran, Sam Wanamaker

: The Sinbad Collection (7th Voyage / Golden Voyage / Eye of the Tiger)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767854337
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC
ISBN: 0767854330
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 3
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 11, 2000
Running Time: 307 minutes
Sales Rank: 18723
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 23, 1958



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Golden voyage eye of tiger 7th voyage Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 11/15/2005

Amazon.com:
A skeleton grabs a sword and slashes viciously at Sinbad. A 9-foot-tall Neanderthal man fights to the death with a saber-toothed tiger. All the while, the boys and girls in the fourth row forget about their popcorn and are hypnotized by the images on the screen. It's hard to believe so many years have passed since the last Sinbad movie held kids spellbound at Saturday matinees. The movies were never perfect, with stories that were sometimes little more than frameworks to drape Ray Harryhausen's special effects over. The performances left a bit to be desired at times, and the direction could be a bit choppy. What they did accomplish, however, was to give countless 8- and 10-year-olds their first taste of the magic that motion pictures were really capable of. Those grade-schoolers, of course, took with them an appreciation of that movie mojo that would extend to films like 2001, Star Wars, and countless other movies in the sci-fi and fantasy genres.

Ray Harryhausen was the preeminent special effects wizard in Hollywood for decades. With credits that date back to 1949's King Kong remake Mighty Joe Young, Harryhausen brought his creatures to life with painstaking stop-motion animation, with a realism that no one else's work could touch. Computers now do all the heavy lifting for cinematic special effects, and although the techniques of CGI are often time-consuming and tedious, they can't match the artistry and warmth of a Harryhausen Cyclops or troglodyte creature. Too often it's tempting to see beyond the eyeball-dislodging effects of a CGI dinosaur and picture a technician toiling away in front of a computer. Considering the tedious frame-by-frame repositioning of stop-motion figures, something like the six-armed Kali figure in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is astonishing in the untold hours of labor that went into giving it life. Even more mind-boggling is the fact that it comes alive with grace and fluidity, without a trace of abruptness or jerkiness.

It's always a good time to revisit the Sinbad series, for all its imperfections and flaws. The movies are still tremendously entertaining escapist fare, still capable of inspiring new generations of budding movie buffs to create imaginary worlds with the magic of movies. --Jerry Renshaw



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Classic Harryhausen
Some very good reviews have already been written to describe the plot, actors and Harryhausens contribution ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Nice Sinbad dvd's... but--->
The Sinbad Collection: "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad", is the best of the 3, even though some 'cropping' and editing ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The Sinbad Collection
I have looked forward to a set of Sinbad movies forever. Ray Harryhausen does not disappoint!


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - fun fantasy
brings me back to a time in my earlier years of my life when these movies where a lot of fun to watch. It also neat ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Counterpoint to "Eye of the Tiger marred by nudity"
Referring to the critical review titled "Eye of the Tiger marred by nudity":

Just to help clarify the "adult ... Read More

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