With no personal bias whatsoever you quite simply have to see this film. Fabulous special effects and superbly theatrical acting, this Greek myth is a hugely entertaining adventure romp, replete with multi-headed Hydras, warrior skeletons and bronze gods. Suspend disbelief and enjoy.
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OEDIPUS REX (1967)
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A visually striking and powerful exploration of the "Oedipus" myth so loved by Freud, which draws on the director's own experience and the timeless themes of mythology. In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo that he is destine
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SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER (1977)
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Evil stepmother Zenobia has turned Prince Kassim into a baboon... so Princess Farah, Sinbad and his crew set off on a magical adventure quest, first to find an alchemist (Doctor Who to those of the right generation), who sends them on their way to Hyperboria to an ancient pyramid where Kassim can be cured, but they are secretly being stalked by Zenobia and her coterie. On their voyage Sinbad and his crew encounter a trio of ghouls, a killer wasp, a giant walrus, a troglodyte and a smilodon.
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THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958)
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A man-eating cyclops, a ravenous two-headed bird, a dragon fire breathing, obviously, and a lethal skeleton are the angry wee beasties that Sinbad must face to free his beloved from the clutches of an evil wizard. The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad is a classic cheesy, mythical, technicolor adventure with the genius stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen.
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