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Sinbad / Sindbad | Wizard
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This film is listed among The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in John Wilson's book "The Official Razzie® Movie Guide".
Screenwriter Luigi Cozzi was originally going to direct the film in 1986, but producers replaced him with Enzo G. Castellari at the last minute. Castellari changed Cozzi's script drastically. Several million dollars later, he submitted three hours of non-releasable footage to the producer, who shelved the whole project. In 1989, Cozzi was hired back to re-edit the footage. The producer spent an additional $500,000 finishing it.
The Great and Wise Oracle is actually a stock footage insert of the leader of the Moon Men taken from Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964), slightly modified by voiceover and light effects. In the movie's next scene, he battles a stone man on Skull Island.
The film was originally planned as a 3-D project in 1983, with Luigi Cozzi directing.
The film was shot at the tail end of 1986 but at the time Cannon Films Inc (the production company) were struggling to fund their slate of films then in production, of which this was one. Cannon had invested heavily in a live action production and Masters of the Universe (1987) and Superman IV (1987), both of which flopped on release leaving Cannon short of cash, which is why this film sat on the shelf for two years. At the end of 1988 Cannon scraped together just enough cash to finish post production and editing of this movie.
"Jaffar: Beware of your ambition, Soukra! You must be second to someone, why not me? Soukra: Have you taken your medication this morning?"
"Jaffar: No one is going to save you! And no one... not Prince Ali... not even his friend Sinbad, the man who I hate more than hate itself, will stand between me... and my heart's desire!... Ha!"
