Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

Directors:

Patrick Gilmore
Tim Johnson

Writer:

John Logan (screenplay)

Release Date:

2 July 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy | Animation | Family

Plot:

The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.

Plot Keywords:

Book | Framed | Childhood Friend | Sailor | Quest

Awards:

8 nominations

Cast

Brad Pitt	...	Sinbad (voice)
Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Marina (voice)
Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Eris (voice)
Joseph Fiennes	...	Proteus (voice)
Dennis Haysbert	...	Kale (voice)
Timothy West	...	Dymas (voice)
Adriano Giannini	...	Rat (voice)
Raman Hui	...	Jin (voice)
Chung Chan	...	Li (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Luca / Additional Voices (voice)
Conrad Vernon	...	Jed (voice)
Andrew Birch	...	Grum / Chum (voice)
Chris Miller	...	Tower Guard (voice)

MPAA:

Rated PG for adventure action, some mild sensuality and brief language.

Runtime:

Argentina:88 min | Germany:90 min | UK:85 min (cut) | USA:86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Cantonese | Italian

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Switzerland:8 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Portugal:M/6 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Chile:TE | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-7 | Germany:6 (w) | Ireland:G | New Zealand:PG | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:U (cut) | USA:PG (certificate #39863)

Company:

DreamWorks Animation

Trivia:

In the scene in which the entire crew, including Spike, is loosing their lunch after traveling at top speeds you can hear a man say, "Hey, where did he get the carrot?" According to the filmmakers, that line was a joke someone said during story production that made everyone groan so much that they decided to put it in the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: After the first fight, Proteus' shirt collar is ripped. When he follows Sinbad into the ship's cabin, his shirt is perfect again.

Quotes:

Kale: What happened down there?
Sinbad: You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
Kale: Try me.
Sinbad: Okay, here goes. So I meet Eris, the goddess of discord? She's got a major crush on me, and she invited me back to her place.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#30.2)" (2003)

Gorgeous and astounding cartoon film with an outstanding and fantastic starring

The movie concerns on Simbad, 1001 nights' hero.An object with extraordinary power has been stolen and Simbad must to retrieve it but if he doesn't obtain it, his friend prince will be beheaded. Simbad goes out with his ship and the pirates henchmen and as stowaway the prince's girlfriend. They will ought to face off several dangers: storms,ominous mermaids,deep chasms, giants animals and others.

The picture there are mythology,humor, rip roaring , adventures,swashbuckling and it's pretty bemusing. The movie mingles spectacular cartoon with computer generator FX when the heroes are taking on monsters because these are made by computer. The confrontation amongst the starring and the giant bird named Roc (also appears in ¨seventh voyage of Simbad¨ directed by Nathan Juran)is mesmerizing and fascinating , it's better film. In the movie there is an homage to Ray Harryhausen because the monsters are similar though here are made by computer and on Ray are by means of Dynamation and stop motion .Film obtained much success likeness to previous motion picture ¨Treasure planet¨, both will achieve quite money at the box office.

Good production by Jerry Katzemberg, David Geffen who jointed to Steven Spielberg constitute Dreamworks. Harry Gregson Williams music is atmospheric and enjoyable. The fable will like to fantasy fans and adventures cartoon buffs. Rating: Very nice, well catching