The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
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Anachronisms (1) |
Audio/visual unsynchronised (1) |
Continuity (6) |
Errors in geography (1) |
Miscellaneous (1) |
Revealing mistakes (10)
Anachronisms
The princess wears a dress, during the magic show ceremony, that has an obvious long zipper in the back. Clothing zippers did not appear until the 20th century.
Audio/visual unsynchronised
During the mutiny, Sinbad's third punch misses, but is heard to connect.
Continuity
The exterior shot of Sinbad's ship is obviously of a completely different ship before they reach the island the first time and when they leave. The first time we see it coming up on the island, it has only one large triangular sail as was common with medieval Mediterranean vessels. Then when it leave the island it's a 16th century galleon with three square sails on three separate masts.
A different man grabs the king cobra. Sokurah reaches into the basket to pick up the cobra during his magic act. A switch to closeup shows a man with different sleeves, and three-to-four closeup frames show a hairy-headed man. Sokurah the magician is completely bald. When Sokura throws the serpent into the jar, it is blue-colored, not brown. (This is not a problem in the correctly framed 1.85:1 theatrical aspect ratio, only the full frame version.)
When Sinbad knocks out the first mutinous sailor, the sailor's position changes.
A second wooden keg appears next to the first mutinous soldier Sinbad knocks out.
Throughout the movie Princess Parisa has a little curl on her forehead (her left side). It mysteriously disappears and reappears at any given time within one scene, not just as a result of wardrobe change or scene change.
The number of buttons on the magician's shirt changes constantly throughout the film.
Errors in geography
Bagdad (Baghdad) is not located on the ocean. It is an inland city on the Tigris River, approximately 400 miles from the Persian Gulf.
Miscellaneous
When the first scene is shown of Baghdad, the name of the city is misspelled as Bagdad.
Revealing mistakes
On their first encounter with the cyclops, they are rowing out to their boat when the cyclops hurls a boulder at them. The boulder hits the water, makes a splash, but then it starts to float rather than sink like a rock.
As the crew arrives on the island, they see a wooden cage with a skeleton hanging inside. In reality, the bones would fall apart as the body dried out. In the scene, the wires holding the bones together are clearly seen.
In his close-up on the poop deck, Karim's big hoop earring can be clearly seen to be tied to his (unpierced) ear by a string emerging from his bandanna.
When Sinbad fights off the mutineer up on the mast, he acts with his left arm as if he had stabbed him on his side, but he doesn't hold a knife.
Modern buildings visible in the background while the second boat from Sinbad's ship first approaches Collossa (during the dissolve to the next shot).
before the crew reached the island
for the 2nd time
, the villainous Kareem, head of the mutineers, perished when he fell from the crows nest during the storm. he can be clearly seen at the very end, manning the mast rope with other crew members, as Sinbad and the princess are talking to the genie...
When Sinbad, the Sultan, and Sokurah are in the courtyard planning the return to the cyclops island, there is a small modern house on the hill in the background.
When Sokurah reaches toward the camera to grab the princess, his hand can be seen closing on nothing as the scene cross-dissolves to Sinbad in the Roc's nest.
Road with a neatly planted row of trees in the distance behind Sinbad when he wakes up in the Rok's nest on the supposedly wild island of Collossa.
The stand-in for the genie has a darker complexion than actor Richard Eyer.
