Line #38 Film/SinbadAndTheEyeOfTheTiger


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3	''Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger'' is a 1977 {{fantasy}} adventure film inspired by tales of Literature/SinbadTheSailor. Sinbad is portrayed in this outing by Creator/PatrickWayne. It is the third and last Sinbad film on which StopMotion master Creator/RayHarryhausen worked after ''Film/The7thVoyageOfSinbad'' and ''Film/TheGoldenVoyageOfSinbad''.
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5	This incarnation of Sinbad is due to marry the beautiful Princess Farah ([[Creator/JaneSeymourActress Jane Seymour]]), but when he returns to her kingdom he and his crew are ambushed by monsters. The creatures are dispatched relatively easily, but the princess reveals to Sinbad that their troubles aren't over. Her brother, Prince Kassim, was about to be crowned Caliph when his wicked stepmother Zenobia cast a spell that turned him into a baboon (animated by Harryhausen). If he isn't turned back into a human soon, Zenobia's equally wicked son Rafi will be crowned Caliph instead.
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7	Sinbad and his crew, with Farah and Kassim in tow, head out to consult the great sorcerer Melanthius (Creator/PatrickTroughton). He and his daughter Dione join the adventure as they all head for a lost, fertile city beyond the Arctic wastes where a magical energy that can reverse the curse can be found. All the while, Zenobia and Rafi, via a boat rowed by a clockwork minotaur, are in hot pursuit.
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9	Not to be confused with [[Film/RockyIII that other]] ''[[Music/{{Survivor\|Band}} Eye of the Tiger]]'' and its cult song.
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12	!!''Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger'' provides examples of:
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14	* ArtisticLicenceReligion: Melanthius and Dione are still worshiping the Greek gods in the late eighth century, and none of the Muslim characters, good or bad, has the slightest problem with this.
15	* BathingBeauty: Princess Farah and Dione become these once they get to Hyperborea, only to be interrupted by the troglodyte.
16	* BeastAndBeauty: Dione bonds with Kassim, and later with the troglodyte.
17	* BeeAfraid: When the bee laps up the red liquid, it starts growing...until [[spoiler:it becomes a giant hornet]]!
18	* BetaCouple: Dione and Kassim. Though they meet well after he's been transformed into a baboon, he is inwardly still human enough for the two to form a bond with each other before TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody takes effect. [[spoiler: Once he is returned to human form, everything is a lot simpler.]]
19	* BigCreepyCrawlies: A giant wasp.
20	* BigDamnHeroes: When the group are cornered by the Guardian of the Shrine aka the titular tiger (possessed by Zenobia) things aren't looking good for our heroes - until the troglodyte they befriended comes bursting in to help. [[spoiler: Sadly, the trog doesn't survive, but he does make time for Melanthius, Kassim, Dione and Farah to get away. The trog also brings in the Minoton's spear, which turns out to be the only effective weapon against the tiger.]]
21	* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Actually subverted: Maroof narrowly escapes death during the giant walrus attack and is among the last of the characters to [[spoiler: die in the film]].
22	* BloodMagic: Used by Zenobia.
23	* {{Bookends}}: The movie opens with the unsuccessful coronation of Kassim, and closes with [[spoiler: the ''successful'' one, at last]].
24	* CallBack: The ''Smilodon'' dies due to InertialImpalement, much like the ''Allosaurus'' in Harryhausen's earlier classic, ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC''.
25	* CoversAlwaysLie: In the upper-right corner of the poster at the top of this article, you may notice a big snake. There are no snakes in this movie. Harryhausen seemed to have loved the idea of featuring a snake-like monster in a film at some point, but Charles Schneer (who produced most of Harryhausen's films) usually shot him down because [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes he was personally terrified of the things]].
26	* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler: Rafi]]
27	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Zenobia clearly cares about her son and he about her. His death devastates her.
28	* ForcedTransformation: Prince Kassim has been turned into a baboon.
29	* FrazettaMan: The troglodyte is a strange midway point between this and OurOgresAreHungrier, being a huge, hairy, horn-sporting caveman with bestial features whose language is so close to ape-like that he can communicate with the baboonified Kassim. In stark contrast to both of his parent tropes, though, he's a purely benevolent figure, once Melanthius convinces Sinbad's crew that he's scared of them and not out to kill them.
30	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Dione.
31	* GentleGiant: The troglodyte turns out to be one.
32	* HarmlessFreezing: The Guardian of the Shrine, a giant sabre tooth cat, has been frozen in ice for thousands of years. It re-animates and breaks out of the ice, alive and unharmed. Justified, as it's the work of Zenobia's dark magic.
33	* HeroKiller: Zenobia ratchets up quite the bodycount over the course of the film, especially once she possesses the smilodon.
34	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: The Troglodyte loses its battle against the sabertooth, but manages to distract it long enough for most of the main cast to escape, and brings Sinbad the Minoton's spear, which is the only weapon capable of killing it.]]
35	* HornedHumanoid: The troglodyte's head is topped with a single horn.
36	* IdiotBall
37	** The BigBad witch Zenobia visits Sinbad at his ship to gloat over his inability to save Prince Kassim. Unfortunately Princess Farah is present, and she blurts out that the sage Melanthius may be able to turn Kassim back into his true form. This lets Zenobia know that she must take an active hand to stop Sinbad. If Princess Farah had just kept her mouth shut, Zenobia wouldn't have interfered. Not only would Sinbad's mission have been much easier, but the shrine of the Arimaspi wouldn't have been violated and its power would have been available in future situations.
38	** Sinbad's ally, the wizard Melanthius, interrogates Zenobia after she's been captured. Not only does he ''show'' her an important map and key, asking her if they're what she's looking for, he then feeds some of her magic growth potion to a ''killer bee''. Not surprisingly, the ensuing mayhem allows Zenobia to escape.
39	** The dumbest has to be Zenobia sending her son to attack a group of 6 humans and a baboon alone. He dies in 10 seconds flat (half of that time spent rolling down the stairs with the baboon) without doing any harm. This is a man who was supposed to be the ruler of the kingdom, not a trained fighter.
40	* InertialImpalement: In the Arimaspi shrine, Zenobia possesses the body of a sabre-toothed cat in order to kill Sinbad. During their battle, Sinbad uses the Minaton's long metal pike to fend her off. As they fight on some stairs, Sinbad holds up the pike toward her as she leaps upon him, impaling herself on the pike. She falls to the floor nearby, and he finishes her off with his sword.
41	* LastVillainStand: With her son dead and her plan in ruins, Zenobia possesses the smilodon for one last ditch effort at killing Sinbad and his crew.
42	* LicensedPinballTable: Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/{{Sinbad}}'', released in 1978.
43	* TheLoad: Princess Farah definitely (she manages to screw up ''walking''), Dione slightly less so.
44	* LostWorld: Hyperborea, land of troglodytes and the eponymous sabre-toothed cat.
45	* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Dione is a variant where the Mad Scientist in question (Melanthius) is a good guy.
46	* MamaBear: Zenobia despite being a evil sorceress cares about her son to the point that she possesses a Smilodon in order to kill Sinbad and his friends after her son dies at the hands of them.
47	* MedievalPrehistory: Kind of. The overlap between a LostWorld and a medieval Arabic society edges into this.
48	* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Kassim initially retains his humanity after he's transformed -- he can play chess with Farah and Sinbad and even write. By the time the party reaches Hyperboria, he's acting much more like an actual baboon, and Melanthius fears that if he isn't changed back soon, he never will be.
49	* MsFanservice: Princess Farah (Jane Seymour) and Dione (Taryn Power).
50	* OneWingedAngel: Variation in the climax -- Zenobia merges herself with the frozen body of a giant sabre-toothed cat, bringing the beast to life, so she can finish off the heroes.
51	* OurGhoulsAreCreepier: When her son fails to poison Sinbad and his crew, the magician Zenobia summons three ghouls "from the depths of the earth" through the firepit to finish the job. The ghouls are small and appear as a blend of skeletal humanoid and insectoid features. They make a constant chattering noise and come at Sinbad with axe, sword, and stick. The hero only manages to dispatch them by crushing them under a pile of timber.
52	* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Zenobia's servant the Minaton, a giant bronze minotaur-shaped {{golem}}. In close-ups the Minaton is animated. In long shots it was portrayed by Creator/PeterMayhew, who also played Chewbacca in ''Franchise/StarWars''.
53	* PantheraAwesome: Zenobia possessing the sabre-toothed cat.
54	* PartialTransformation: [[spoiler:Zenobia]] doesn't have enough elixir to fully [[spoiler:undo her seagull transformation the second time around, with her left foot remaining a seagull foot]].
55	* ScreamingWoman: Princess Farah screams a ''lot'' (while also managing to only have one or two canned screams).
56	* TheStinger: The end credits roll over the remains of the Hyperborea shrine, and at the end of them [[spoiler: Zenobia's cat eyes open, providing a jump scare]].
57	* TheUnfought: The Minaton initially seems like it's going to be a major antagonist and Zenobia's primary weapon, but it is crushed to death by rocks before it even encounters Sinbad.
58	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Most of Princess Farah's outfits cover very little.
59	* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Princess Farah often; the scene where she and Dione are bathing is perhaps the most blatant.
60	* VillainousMotherSonDuo: Zenobia is an evil sorceress who is the main villain of the movie. Her son Rafi assists her in her evil plots, including trying to assassinate Sinbad at the beginning of the film and attempting to kill the sage Malanthius near the end. It's made clear that both Zenobia and Rafi love each other as mother and son.
61	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Zenobia transforms into a seagull to slip onto Sinbad's ship undetected.
62	* WickedStepmother: The sorceress Zenobia, stepmother to Kassim and Farah.
63	* WickedWitch: The thoroughly evil Zenobia.
64	* WilyWalrus: Sinbad's crew is attacked by a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever gigantic]] walrus in the land of Hyperborea.

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