Synopsis
Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.
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Cast
- John Phillip LawCaptain Sinbad
- Caroline MunroMargiana
- Tom BakerPrince Koura
- Douglas WilmerVizier
- Martin ShawRachid
- Grégoire AslanHakim
- Kurt ChristianHaroun
- Takis EmmanuelAchmed
- David GarfieldAbdul
- Ferdinando PoggiSinbad Crewman / Kali stand-in
Recommendations
- 80
Time Out
Horror film director Hessler and special effects man Ray Harryhausen combine brilliantly to trace Sinbad's mystical voyage. The effects aren't simply fascinating for their own sake - they genuinely convey a sense of the magical and otherworldly. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
This sequel to the terrific The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, is great fun--with a minimum of plot and a maximum of wonderful Ray Harryhausen special effects. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Miniatures in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, created by Ray Harryhausen, may appear at first glance to be worlds away from the CGI creatures in The Phantom Menace and Jurassic Park. But it was Harryhausen's work that taught such filmmakers as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg to dream of creating ever-more-perfect fantasy worlds. [22 Feb 2008, p.C2] - 70
Chicago Reader
Gordon Hessler directed this 1974 British feature, whose main raison d'etre is some first-rate “Dynamation” special effects from Ray Harryhausen, including a ship's figurehead that springs to life and Sinbad crossing swords with a six-armed statue. - 70
Time
Golden Voyage is really just an excuse to show off Harryhausen's commodious bag of tricks. - 70
Village Voice
This Sinbad misses the verve, the exuberant high spirits, of the best of Fairbanks and Flynn, but it's wonderfully good-natured all the same. [16 May 1974, p.109] - 70
The New York Times
Children who revel in clean-cut heroes, villains given to spells and incantations and the kind of special effects that breathe life into mandrake root, ships' figure-heads, centaurs, griffins and statues of Kali (always a deity beloved of evil forces) will probably find it a happy concoction for passing a rainy afternoon. - 60
Variety
An Arabian Nightish saga told with some briskness and opulence for the childish eye, yet ultimately falling short of implied promise as an adventure spree.
