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Tarfumes.com - Captain Sindbad
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List Price: $14.98
Our Price: $50.00
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Starring: Guy Williams, Heidi Brühl, Pedro Armendáriz, Abraham Sofaer, Bernie Hamilton
Directed By: Byron Haskin
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302478921
Format: Color
ISBN: 6302478928
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: 1994-12-07
Running Time: 86
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: 1963-06-19
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Sindbad doesn't sin very bad.
Comment: First let me say 'I never saw a Sindbad the Sailor movie I didn't like.'.
So lets' get to it--just a short review.
PROS:
1. It's a Sindbad move...that's a star right there.
2. Look at the face of his crew when they speak to him--
they can actually act.
3. The cutie is a cutie,though I did not like the sound of her
voice very well it passes.
4. Special effects--force scale ok, mechanical rooks--who cares
Models ok.
5. Story idea and story line--five stars. A standard girl in
trouble, obducted by the bad guy, good guy (sorry for the pun}
comes ashore and spots the trouble "well, that's it for him!"
and he goes after the bad guy with a sword.
PS A side note here--the cutie. I don't give stars for cuties
being cuties but listen to this short story. You remember
the group of females who cornered the woman in Forbidden Planet?
They ask her how she keep her dress from riding up when she
bent over and woman answered "Pins and safety pins--you could see
the blood running down my legs...." Well, another group related
to that group of girls did a Hollywood search for 'any' movie
showing a girl being stripped down to her skin who showed any
dignity what-so-ever. The cutie in Captain Sindbad was stripped
and shrunk to the size of a bird--she won that award.
I have closely watched that scene and I agree, that cutie is the
only female in all moviedom to take it all off for the cause
with complete dignity. Look at her pose...such beauty.
7: Guy Williams stars as Captain Sindbad; thats' a star.
8: Heck...even the bad guy could act--watch him close.
9: The dream sequince is great--even the music. I guess this is
the kind of dream girls have for their wedding night, if so
then I can understand why they used to wait all their life
for their own white knight.
10: The arena scene: It couldn't have gotten much better. Sindbad
strolls out to the cheering of the crowds calling his name andthe
'hero' music is right on target. Yes sir, in those old movies
they knew how to treat the hero...there wasn't any doubt Sindbad
was the hero. Not since the closing scenes of Star Wars have
I seen it done like that. Even the low life captain of the guard
seemed to have a moment or two of remorse because of what Sindbad
was about to face--alone--unarmed--and its invisible. He even
says when asked what it was "...It is better you do not know...".
I think had I been that guard captain I would have given him
my sword.
11. All in all, I love this movie from the good ol'days of hero's.
The hero is a good 'guy', the cutie is a cutie and good girl.
There is a bad man needing dispatched--lets go get him!
CONS:
1. It could have used another five million in production.
So there it all is: To Sindbad the Sailor, Guy Williams, "Zorro" and
all the good cuties (even though I don't drink) for all you do...this
Buds' for you!
Customer Rating:
Summary: One-of-a-kind Sinbad
Comment: Don't even compare this flick with any of the Ray Harryhausen special effect movies, because it wont work. And I didnt, when I first saw this, a long time ago. And I am very picky with Sci-fi movies.
Sci-fi movies do not garner a five star rating with magnificent special effects, if the storyline is uninvolving. Fortunitely for this movie, it gives Mr. Guy Williams, of Lost In Space TV series, to brush up on his handling of making the ridiculous, seem real. Even threatening.
You know you're in trouble with the believable special effects when the giant like buzzards hover over Sinbad's ship, to drop boulders, and you see mechanical crow feet. But the storyline believes in itself, and makes no excuses for the special effects team production. It moves briskly, with no apologies. Even the obvious scene where the magicians head is made to spin on his shoulders by the uncaring ruler's manipulative magic ring, is an obvious look at bad special effects. But who cares, again the story continues on in spite of itself, and moves on with the plot. That scene, by the way, made me laugh. . .I liked the guy who played Galgo. A "nipping on the side" magician confidant.
The final scenes where the exploring men seek the hidden heart above the tower, go through a very colorful, yet still phony swamp. Again, this works for the movie, but it stays on the same continuity. By the time you get to the several headed dragon, get over it! It's the icing on the cake of pure fakery, but the actors go along with it as if the seriousness does indeed exist. That's what makes this movie a magical journey for Captain Sindbad. (They need to really consider DVD availabilty).
Customer Rating:
Summary: Sindbad Saves Balukistan in Fabulous Color
Comment: This movie, made on a cheap budget, is perhaps one of the most colorful movies ever made. By taking advantage of incredible costume possibilities in the time of the Islamic empire, we have a very memorable picture coupled with a great heroic musical composition and a rising star at the time in the lead role, Guy Williams. I saw this movie 24 times in afternoons (Kent theatre, Saturday prison for kids, 6 hours of movies to keep them off the streets) over a few years from about 1964 to 1966. It is a kid's movie, no doubt. Therefore all the talk about bad special effects, etc. don't really register because as a child I never noticed them as much as just watching the action. I believe today's kids are more aware, but in the 60's a movie of this type was very successful as a Saturday matinee lead. Guy Williams role as Captain Sindbad is actually very good. He should have been given more opportunity than "Lost in Space" and "Zorro" because I think he had talent. We know El Karim, Pedro Armendariz, was a bigger actor, involved in of all things, a memorable role before his death in "From Russia With Love" as Bond's contact in Turkey. But he also does well as an evil leader here. The plot is the classic quest. But what really stands out are two things. One is when Sindbad is condemmed to fight in the arena in what turns out to be the invisible beast from "Forbidden Planet" , scary, that one! The other is the incredible dream sequence provided by Abraham Sofaer that turns the tables on reality. These two sequences are worth the price of admission (in my case in '63, 25 cents). So, don't go modern and down this movie because of cheap special effects. Nearly all kid's movies back then were just as cheap, badly plotted and acted but not as colorful! Yes, it isn't Harryhausen, but it IS something unique about a period not well covered.
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Summary: Sindbad Defeats Dismal Special Effects!
Comment: Here's one for the books. With wonderful character actors like Guy "Zorro" Williams, new-comer Heidi Bruhl, and the legendary Pedro Armendariz - who despite cancer, provided a stellar performance as the evil El Karim, even Abraham Sofaer's magician character can't pull this rabbit entirely out of the hat. The storyline is very good and the film score is memorable.
With Byron Haskin at the helm, I'm certain that there were great expectations for this picture. It came out at roughly the same time as "Jason and the Argonauts" - a Schneer/Harryhausen classic, yet the two movies are set apart vastly by special effects, i.e. budget. Simply look away when the wire-guided alligators attack the hapless crew as they search for El Karim's heart that is locked away in a tower. Tie a pillow to your head when you see the "hydra-like" Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon that guards the tower so you don't bat your head against the floor. DO NOT compare this particular special effect to the astonishing hydra in "Jason and the Argonauts". Look for actor John Crawford as he runs around in the same sandals he wore in many similar genre movies in the early sixties - like "The 300 Spartans" - and yes, "Jason and the Argonauts".
As a kid, I really liked this movie. It's fun to watch regardless of the special effects. Guy Williams was the best Sindbad. Now, it's time to see this on DVD!
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Summary: CAPTAIN SINDBAD IS GUY WILLIAMS AT HIS BEST!!!
Comment: CAPTAIN SINDBAD IS GUY WILLIAMS AT HIS BEST!!! In between his roles as tv's ZORRO in the late 1950s and as Professor John Robinson on tv's LOST IN SPACE in the mid to late 1960s, Guy Williams took his family to Europe in 1961 when he went to make 3 movies, the third of which was 1963's CAPTAIN SINDBAD, made in Germany.CAPTAIN SINDBAD'S story is simple:21 year old German singer and dancer Heidi Bruhl plays the beautiful Princess Jana, who is about to be forced to marry the evil El Karim, who has seized control of the kingdom of Baristan from her father. The villain El Karim is played by sensational Mexican character actor Pedro Amandariz, who went on to play someone with a very similar name--Kerim Bey--the same year with Sean Connery in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. CAPTAIN SINDBAD is supposed to be a b movie for kids, but there are some good adult scenes with Williams as Captain Sindbad, his German costar Heidi Bruhl as the Princess Jana, and Amandariz--especially an unusual dream sequence with Bruhl and Williams-- that make it an interesting romantic fantasy. CAPTAIN SINDBAD'S music and choreography are terrific too, but the star of CAPTAIN SINDBAD is Guy Williams, better looking than Clark Gable, taller and more rugged than Tyrone Power, and unlike Sean Connery, American, and with a unique ability to use his v shaped torso, his beautiful hair, his height, his unbelievably handsome face, his mannerisms, and his distinct speech patterns to project himself as THE ULTIMATE LEADING MAN OF ACTION!!! When Guy Williams appears on screen for the first time in CAPTAIN SINDBAD, there's something about him that jumps out at the screen and says, "Everything's going to be all right!!!" He seems to convince Heidi Bruhl, too, because in CAPTAIN SINDBAD she looks and acts as if she is really in love with Guy Williams!!! (And an interesting real life subplot is that the very next year, Heidi Bruhl married an American actor Brett Halsey, who looked very much like Guy Williams, and once even was in a 1950s movie with him!) Director Byron Haskin also does a terrific job of showcasing Williams' strengths and covering his one physical flaw, the same flaw that kept Guy Williams from becoming Hollywood's #1 leading man, and the same flaw that keeps CAPTAIN SINDBAD from being a great movie, since we just don't get to see enough of Guy Williams, but even so, CAPTAIN SINDBAD IS GUY WILLIAMS AT HIS BEST!!! CHARI KRISHNAN
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