Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989) on Netflix
PG-1319891h 33mAdventureFantasy
Sinbad returns to Basra, where the vizier Jaffar holds the caliph under a spell and Princess Alina prisoner. Four of the city's five sacred gems have been sent to dangerous places.
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Plot summary
A mother reads a bedtime story to her daughter from a large book. In Basra, the vizier Jaffar keeps the caliph under a spell and holds the caliph's daughter, Princess Alina, prisoner so that she will marry him. Four of the city's five sacred gems have been carried off to dangerous, evil places, where magical forces guard them. Soldiers under Jaffar's spell seize Sinbad and his companions when they reach the palace. Jaffar condemns the crew to the torture chamber and has Sinbad thrown into a pit of snakes. Recovering the gems is the only way to free Basra from Jaffar's spell, and Sinbad takes up the search.
Cast
- Melonee Rodgersas Farida
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Screenwriter Luigi Cozzi was originally going to direct the film back in 1986, but the producers replaced him at the last minute with Enzo G. Castellari, who then changed Cozzi's script drastically.
- Several million dollars later the production submitted three hours of non-releasable footage to the producer, who shelved the whole project; Cozzi was hired back in 1989 to fix the picture by re-editing and shooting additional scenes, with the producer spending another half million dollars finishing it.
- The film claims to be based on Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade", though no similarity can be found between its plot and the story; it borrows elements and characters from the 1940 version of The Thief of Bagdad instead.
