| Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger | |
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Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Sam Wanamaker |
| Produced by | Charles H. Schneer Ray Harryhausen |
| Written by | Beverley Cross Ray Harryhausen |
| Starring | Patrick Wayne Jane Seymour Taryn Power Patrick Troughton Margaret Whiting |
| Music by | Roy Budd |
| Cinematography | Ted Moore, BSC |
| Editing by | Roy Watts |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Running time | 113 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger is a 1977 fantasy film, the third and final Sinbad film that Ray Harryhausen made for Columbia, after The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. The film was directed by Sam Wanamaker. The live action was filmed in Spain, Malta, and Jordan (at the tombs of ancient Petra) between June and October of 1975, with Harryhausen's stop-motion animation work lasting from October 1975 up to March 1977.
Sinbad (Patrick Wayne), sailor and Prince of Baghdad, seeks permission from Prince Kassim to marry his sister Princess Farah (Jane Seymour). But a spell is placed on Kassim by their evil stepmother Zenobia (Margaret Whiting) turning him into a baboon (one of Harryhausen's stop-motion creations) just as he was going to be crowned caliph. Sinbad sets off with Princess Farah to find an old Greek alchemist named Melanthius (Patrick Troughton), who is said to know where to discover a cure than could break the evil spell.
Sinbad and his crew eventually find Melanthius and his daughter Dione (Taryn Power), who agrees to help them with their quest. Melanthius tells Sinbad and his crew that they must travel to the land of Hyperboria where an anicent civilisation once existed, to find an ancient pyramid where Kassim can be cured. Zenobia, her son Rafi, and a bronze golem named Minaton resembling a Minotaur secretly stalk them. On their quest, Sinbad and his crew encounter creatures such as a trio of ghouls, a killer wasp (effected by Zenobia's magic), a giant walrus, a troglodyte (a creature that is friendly to Sinbad and his crew), and Zenobia in the form of a defrosted smilodon. In the end, Zenobia and her son are slain; Kassim is restored by the magic of Hyperborea and is crowned King upon his return.