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Sinbad at his best
This is a must have collection for fans of fantasy movies. Three of the finest Sinbad movies you will ever find with two Dr. Who's. Tom Baker plays the evil wizard in Golden Voyage, and Patrick Troughton is in Eye of the Tiger. The 7th Voyage is my favorite of the three and the other two are well worth seeing. Kerwin Matthews always amazed me how well he pretended to actually be fighting non-existent creatures. He makes you believe he actually saw them. Excellent special effects for 7th Voyage being made twenty plus years ago. Ray Harryhausen was the master of the Stop Motion Animation that is used for the creatures here. No CGI here, so it is incredible what he did all by hand moving the creatures and filming. Some would consider these B movies, but even if they are the stories, acting, music, and sets are all very well done and great family entertainment. Wonderful professional movie quality and the music of Bernard Herrmann in 7th Voyage make it a class above many childrens fantasy movies. Adults love it too. I recommend you buy these since the price is reasonable and they include some nice extras including a documentary with Ray Harryhausen.

All Three Ray Harryhausen Sinbad Movies in One Collection
Even with the current state of digital special effects the stop-motion miniatures of Dynamation, also called Dynarama, are incredible. It is amazing to see the kind of magic that special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen was able to wrest from his miniatures. When wires were required to support certain features I was unable to find them even when searching for them. <
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>"The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" <
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>This 1958 movie was the first of three Sinbad movies for which Ray Harryhausen created special effects. However, as has been said by many others, Harryhausen's special effects often did as much acting as the actors themselves, showing emotions and often intent, and the blend of special effects and live acting turns movies such as this into a viewing experience. <
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>In this movie Sinbad (Kerwin Matthews) is on a quest to find the egg of a Roc to return his love Princess Parisa (Kathryn Grant, soon to be Mrs. Crosby at that time), who has been reduced to miniature size, back to her full height. Sokurah the Magician (Torin Thatcher), who needs a piece of Roc egg in order to restore the Princess to her full height, sent Sinbad on this quest. Only the audience knows that Sokurah reduced the Princess to force Sinbad to go on the quest. Sokurah's ulterior motive is that a magic lamp containing a genie is on the same island as the Roc egg, and Sokurah plans to obtain the lamp during the quest. <
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>During the quest to find the Roc egg we meet a cloven-hoofed Cyclops, a full grown two-headed Roc and a Roc chick, a marvelously animated dragon, and an incredible skeleton in a fight sequence with outstanding human actor interface. <
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>While this movie is rated G, I recall when I was much younger that it was movies such as these that generated more than one nightmare, so you may want to consider whether younger members of the family should be permitted to watch this movie. <
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>"The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" <
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>Of the three Sinbad movies, this one is probably the best. In this movie Sinbad (John Phillip Law) encounters a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Soon Sinbad is seeing all sorts of interesting visions, including a beautiful slave girl and a strange looking man who turns out to be an evil wizard. The homunculus and the golden tablet are the property of the evil wizard, and he wants them back, so he creates a storm that drives Sinbad and his men ashore. Once ashore, Sinbad encounters Koura (Tom Baker, who would be the fourth Dr. Who the same year this film was released), the evil wizard. Sinbad escapes to a nearby city where he meets with a disfigured Vizier. Soon Sinbad figures out that the golden tablet is part of a map leading to all sorts of riches, which causes Sinbad, the Vizier, and Sinbad's men to go seeking the goodies, ostensibly to keep evil Koura from getting them. <
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>Before Sinbad and company head out, Sinbad encounters a beautiful slave girl that, surprise, looks just like his vision. After an exciting series of adventures we reach the exciting conclusion, which involves more Harryhausen special effects; a gryphon fights a centaur as part of the eternal battle of good vs. evil that includes evil wizard Koura and Sinbad. <
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>This movie is superior to "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad." The acting is better, the story is better and the special effects are more numerous and better. I think both movies are valuable for those looking for quality fantasy, movies with Ray Harryhausen special effects, or Sinbad movies. Or you could just get these movies because they are fun to watch. <
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>"Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger" <
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>This movie is the weakest movie for which Harryhausen has done special effects, and is the weakest of the three Sinbad movies. <
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>Sinbad (Patrick Wayne, a veteran of dozens of television appearances) is a questing man, and this time he meets hot babe Princess Farah (played by a young and gorgeous Jane Seymour) and her baboon brother Prince Kassim (played sometimes by a stop-action baboon and the rest of the time by Damien Thomas). Of course, Prince Kassim is not supposed to be a baboon, but the only way to get him back to human form is to find Melanthius (played by Dr. Who veteran Patrick Troughton). Melanthius determines that the only way to change Prince Kassim back is to head off to the arctic to some mysterious power, taking beautiful blonde daughter Dione (Taryn Power) with him. <
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>Of course, quests like these are no fun unless there is someone chasing after you. In this case the person is Zenobia (Margaret Whiting), who wants her son Rafi (Kurt Christian) to become the king. Zenobia has power of her own, which we figure out quickly when we learn that she is the one who turned Prince Kassim into a baboon. Zenobia decides to make Sinbad's trip more interesting by animating a Minoton, which looks a lot like a robot Minotaur. <
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>Sinbad and gang head off to the frigid north, encountering a giant wasp, a really giant walrus, a one-horned giant troglodyte, assorted ghouls, and (what was missing from the list?) a saber-toothed tiger! It's a tough journey, especially with Princess Farah and Dione exposing all sorts of flesh as they go skinny-dipping, but Sinbad will overcome all obstacles to save Prince Kassim! <
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>The problem with this movie is that the acting is not all that great, and the plot seems too much like a re-tread of the previous two Sinbad movies. A viewer who has watched the previous two Sinbad movies will find this one predictable. <
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>While these three movies vary in quality, they are a great addition to a fantasy collection and a lot of fun to watch. Enjoy! <
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