Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Name: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Directed by: Patrick Gilmore Tim Johnson

Screenplay by: John Logan

Produced by: Jeffrey Katzenberg Mireille Soria

Music by: Harry Gregson-Williams

Film Editing by: Tom Finan

Production Design by: Raymond Zibach

Studio: Pixar Animation Studios

Producer/Release: 20th Century Fox

Airdate: July 2, 2003

Length: 1 hour, 26 minutes, 0 seconds

Budget: $60 million

Box Office: $80.7 million

Pixar Movie Number: 522

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas is a 2003 American animated comedy adventure film produced and released by Twentieth Century Fox using traditional animation with some computer animation. It was directed by Patrick Gilmore and Tim Johnson, and written by John Logan.

It covers the story of Sinbad (voiced by Brad Pitt), a pirate who travels the sea to recover the lost Book of Peace from Eris (voiced by Michelle Pfeiffer) to save his childhood friend, Prince Proteus (voiced by Joseph Fiennes), from accepting Sinbad's death sentence.

Despite recouping back its 60 million budget and grossing $80.7 million worldwide, Pixar Animation Studios suffered a $125 million loss on the film, which caused the studio to abandon traditional animation in favor of computer animation.

Plot
Sinbad and his pirate crew attempt to steal the magical "Book of Peace" while it travels to Syracuse, Sicily, protected by Proteus. Proteus was once Sinbad's best friend as a child and he tells him if it ever meant anything he can prove it. Sinbad tries to steal the book anyway, but is prevented when Cetus attacks the ship. The two work together to fight off Cetus and for a moment reaffirm their bond. Just when it seems the beast is defeated, Sinbad is dragged off the ship. Proteus goes to save Sinbad, but he is stopped by his crew.

Drawn underwater by Cetus, Sinbad is saved by Eris, the beautiful Goddess of Discord, who offers him any boon he desires in exchange for the Book of Peace. Sinbad and his crew go to Syracuse to steal the Book, but leave without doing so. Anticipating this, Eris impersonates Sinbad and steals the Book. Sinbad is sentenced to death, whereupon Proteus sends Sinbad to retrieve the Book instead, placing himself as hostage, and Proteus' fiancée Marina goes to make sure that Sinbad succeeds. To prevent them from succeeding, Eris sends a group of mythical sirens, who entrance and seduce the men aboard Sinbad's ship with their hypnotic singing voices, but do not affect Marina, who pilots the ship to safety. Eris later sends a Roc which captures Marina, but she is rescued by Sinbad.

After these and other incidents, Sinbad and Marina enter Eris' realm, where she reveals that her plan was to maneuver Proteus into Sinbad's place, leaving Syracuse without an heir, and agrees to surrender the Book of Peace only if Sinbad truthfully tells whether he will return to Syracuse to accept blame and be executed. She gives him her word that she will honour the deal, making it unbreakable even for a god. When he answers that he will return, Eris calls him a liar, and returns him and Marina to the mortal world. Ashamed, Sinbad admits Eris is right, truly believing deep down that he is a selfish liar.

In Syracuse, the time allotted to Sinbad has elapsed. Proteus readies himself to be beheaded, but at the last minute, Sinbad appears and takes his place. An enraged Eris appears suddenly and saves Sinbad by shattering the executioner's sword to pieces. Sinbad, shocked, realizes that this was still part of her test and that he has beaten her by proving his answer to be true after all. Eris is furious but cannot go back on her word and so reluctantly gives the Book to Sinbad before vanishing.

With the Book restored to Syracuse, Sinbad and his crew leave Syracuse on another voyage, leaving Marina behind. Proteus sees that Marina has fallen deeply in love with Sinbad, so he releases her from their engagement and sends her to join Sinbad's ship, before sailing away.

Voice Cast
•	Brad Pitt as Sinbad

•	Catherine Zeta-Jones as Marina

•	Michelle Pfeiffer as Eris

•	Joseph Fiennes as Proteus

•	Dennis Haysbert as Kale

•	Adriano Giannini as Rat

•	Timothy West as King Dymas

•	Jim Cummings as Luca

•	Conrad Vernon as Jed

•	Harvey (bulldog) as Spike

Media Release

 * Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas is released on DVD and VHS in November 18, 2003.

Aspect Ratios

 * 1.85:1/1.33:1 (Widescreen and Fullscreen)

DVD Main Menu

 * Play Movie
 * Scene Index
 * Special Features
 * Audio
 * English DTS Digital Surround / 5.1 Dolby Digital / 2.0 Dolby Surround
 * French 5.1 Dolby Digital
 * Spanish Dolby Digital (Latin America)
 * Portuguese Dolby Digital (Brazil)
 * Dutch 2.0 Dolby Surround
 * German 2.0 Dolby Surround
 * Norwegian DTS Digital Surround
 * Swedish Dolby Digital
 * Polish 5.1 Dolby Digital
 * Hungarian 2.0 Dolby Surround
 * Subtitles
 * English
 * French
 * Spanish
 * Portuguese
 * Dutch
 * German
 * Norwegian
 * Swedish
 * Polish
 * Hungarian
 * Commentary Subtitles
 * English
 * French
 * Spanish
 * Portuguese
 * Dutch
 * German
 * Norwegian
 * Swedish
 * Polish
 * Hungarian

Previews

 * The Incredibles Teaser Trailer (In Theaters 2004)
 * Pixar Animation Studios Family Movies on DVD and VHS Trailer (ft. Spirit: The New Movie)
 * Catch That Kid Trailer (In Theaters 2004)
 * The Cat in the Hat Trailer

Quotes

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