History Film / SinbadAndTheEyeOfTheTiger

* ArtisticLicenceReligion: Melanthius and Dione are still worshipping the Greek gods in the late eighth century, and none of the Muslim characters, good or bad, has the slightest problem with this.

This incarnation of Sinbad is due to marry the beautiful Princess Farah (Creator/JaneSeymourActress), 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.

* BeastAndBeauty: Dione with Kassim, and later with the troglodyte.

* 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.

* WickedStepmother: The sorceress Zenobia.

* OurGhoulAreCreepier: 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.

* PartialTransformation: This happens to [[spoiler: Zenobia -- she doesn't have enough elixir to fully undo her seagull transformation the second time 'round, with her left foot remaining a seagull foot]].

* TheUnfought: The Minaton initially seems like it’s going to be a major antagonist and Zenobia’s primary weapon, [[spoiler: in fact it is crushed to death by rocks before it even encounters Sinbad.]]

* WilyWalrus: Sinbad's crew is attacked by a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever gigantic]] walrus in the land of Hyperborea. The creature is animated by stop-motion legend Creator/RayHarryhausen.

''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, son of Creator/{{John|Wayne}}. It is the third and last Sinbad film on which StopMotion master Creator/RayHarryhausen worked after ''Film/The7thVoyageOfSinbad'' and ''Film/TheGoldenVoyageOfSinbad''.

* CallBack: The ''Smilodon'' dies due to InertialImpalment, much like the ''Allosaurus'' in Harryhausen's earlier classic, ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC''.

''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 Patrick Wayne, son of Creator/{{John|Wayne}}. It is the third and last Sinbad film on which StopMotion master Creator/RayHarryhausen worked after ''Film/The7thVoyageOfSinbad'' and ''Film/TheGoldenVoyageOfSinbad''.

* BareYourMidriff: Princess Farah.

* TheChick: Princess Farah definitely (she manages to screw up ''walking''), Dione slightly less so.

* BalefulPolymorph: Prince Kassim has been turned into a baboon.

''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 Patrick Wayne, son of Creator/{{John|Wayne}}. It is the third and last Sinbad film on which Harryhausen worked after ''Film/The7thVoyageOfSinbad'' and ''Film/TheGoldenVoyageOfSinbad''.

''Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger'' was the third film to feature Literature/SinbadTheSailor and Creator/RayHarryhausen special effects. Sinbad portrayed in this outing by Patrick Wayne, son of Creator/{{John|Wayne}}. It is the third and last Sinbad film on which Harryhausen worked after ''Film/The7thVoyageOfSinbad'' and ''Film/TheGoldenVoyageOfSinbad''.

Not to be confused with [[Film/RockyIII that other]] ''[[Music/{{Survivor}} Eye of the Tiger]]'' and its cult song.

* PantheraAwesome: Zenobia as the sabre-toothed cat.
* PartialTransformation: This happens to [[spoiler: Zenobia -- she doesn't have enough elixir to fully undo her seagull transformation the second time 'round]].

* ALoadOfBull: 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''.

This incarnation of Sinbad is due to marry the beautiful Princess Farah (Creator/JaneSeymourActress), 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 will be crowned Caliph instead.

Sinbad and his crew, with Farah and Kassim in tow, head out to consult the great sorcerer Melanthius. 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 her son, via a boat rowed by a clockwork minotaur, are in hot pursuit.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: The Troglodyte loses it's 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.]]

* HarmlessFreezing: The Guardian of the Shrine, a giant sabre tooth tiger, 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.

* InertialImpalement: In the Arimaspi shrine, Zenobia possesses the body of a sabre-toothed tiger 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.

* LostWorld: Hyperborea, land of troglodytes and the eponymous sabre-toothed tiger.

* OneWingedAngel: Variation in the climax -- Zenobia merges herself with the frozen body of a giant sabre-toothed tiger, bringing the beast to life, so she can finish off the heroes.
* PantheraAwesome: Zenobia as the sabre-toothed tiger.