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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad is a 1958 American fantasy adventure film directed by Nathan Juran and starring Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Torin Thatcher, Richard Eyer and Alec Mango. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and produced by Charles H. Schneer.
It was the first of three Sinbad feature films from Columbia, the later two from the 1970s being The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977). All three Sinbad films were conceptualized by Ray Harryhausen using Dynamation, the full color widescreen stop motion animation technique that he created.
While similarly named, the film does not follow the storyline of the tale "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor" but instead has more in common with the Third and Fifth voyages of Sinbad.
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad was selected in 2008 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Watch the video here . . . . . 7th Voyage of Sinbad Trailer
THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) channel: I first saw this when I was a kid and I was fascinated by it, especially the Cyclops. A great example of the stop-motion animation techniques of Ray Harryhausen. My favorite of the three Sinbad movies, with JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS being my all-time #1 Harryhausen movie. These are all still worth watching today. Quite magical.
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