{"id":8174,"date":"2010-07-29T23:02:41","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T12:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=8174"},"modified":"2010-07-29T23:02:41","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T12:02:41","slug":"sinbad-voyages-again-in-dynamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/07\/29\/sinbad-voyages-again-in-dynamation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinbad Voyages Again in Dynamation!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least one production studio &#8212; aptly named Giant Flick Films\u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 is hell-bent on ensuring that their addition to a great cinematic tradition will replicate the sort of mythic monsters that made the originals so enchanting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad-fifth-voyage-poster.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8175 aligncenter\" title=\"sinbad-fifth-voyage-poster\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad-fifth-voyage-poster.jpg\" alt=\"sinbad-fifth-voyage-poster\" width=\"363\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad-fifth-voyage-poster.jpg 497w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad-fifth-voyage-poster-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage<\/em> (US-2010; dir. David Winning) is a tribute to the work of great stop-motion filmmaker Ray Harryhausen, particularly as evidenced in <em>The 7th Voyage of Sinbad<\/em>, <em>The Golden Voyage of Sinbad<\/em> and <em>Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger<\/em>. It uses his non-CGI SFX techniques &#8212; in particular Dynamation &#8212; to bring its monsters to life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8176 aligncenter\" title=\"sinbad01\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad01.jpg\" alt=\"sinbad01\" width=\"480\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad01.jpg 636w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad01-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Cyclopean creature is an obvious homage to Harryhausen&#8217;s own Cyclops from <em>The 7th Voyage of Sinbad<\/em>, though different enough not to be a mere copy of the original.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/thecyclops3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8177\" title=\"thecyclops3\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/thecyclops3.jpg\" alt=\"thecyclops3\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/thecyclops3.jpg 852w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/thecyclops3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see him in action in this newly-released trailer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qwS-gYb1yQQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qwS-gYb1yQQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When the Sultan&#8217;s first born is taken by an evil sorcerer, Sinbad is  tasked with traveling to a desert of magic and creatures to save her. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1403862\/\" target=\"_blank\">IMDb<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Starring as Sinbad is Persian-American actor Shahin Sean Solimon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Shahin-Sean-Solimon.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8178 aligncenter\" title=\"Shahin Sean Solimon\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Shahin-Sean-Solimon.jpg\" alt=\"Shahin Sean Solimon\" width=\"476\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Shahin-Sean-Solimon.jpg 604w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Shahin-Sean-Solimon-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other confirmed actor is Patrick Stewart (of <em>X-Men<\/em> and <em>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em> fame).<\/p>\n<p>The trailer and the poster were revealed at the Comic Con just past, where members of the cast gathered to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad-cast-comiccon.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8179 aligncenter\" title=\"sinbad-cast-comiccon\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad-cast-comiccon.jpg\" alt=\"sinbad-cast-comiccon\" width=\"480\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad-cast-comiccon.jpg 641w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad-cast-comiccon-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is definitely one I&#8217;ll be keeping an eye out for. It is being advertised as being in theatres on 1 January 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8181 aligncenter\" title=\"sinbad02\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad02.jpg\" alt=\"sinbad02\" width=\"480\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad02.jpg 635w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sinbad02-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sources<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/sinbadthemovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Official website<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SinbadMovie#!\/SinbadMovie?v=info\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>; via Todd Tennant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least one production studio &#8212; aptly named Giant Flick Films\u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 is hell-bent on ensuring that their addition to a great cinematic tradition will replicate the sort of mythic monsters that made the originals so enchanting. Sinbad: The Fifth &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/07\/29\/sinbad-voyages-again-in-dynamation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[126,44,91,104,3,50],"tags":[357,1438,112,118,356],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8183,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174\/revisions\/8183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}