I wish legendary special effects artist Ray Harryhausen would come out of retirement and make another one of those wonderful Sinbad movies (The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger). I loved his "Dynamation" stop motion technique and consider the man a true artistic genius. In the hope of coaxing him back to the silver screen with an irresistible dangling carrot, I have crafted a treatment for a new Sinbad adventure film that I have titled : "The Very Strange and Slightly Disturbing Voyage of Sinbad". The highlights of which include a fight to the death with a "Dynamation" version of "Mrs. Butterworth"...the animated syrup bottle/lady from those weird commercials and another sequence in which a "Dynamation" tapeworm does battle with a "Dynamation" fried chicken.
The climactic battle would be fought between Sinbad and his men and an army of pez dispensers with snowman heads. I see "Grease 2" actor Adrian Zmed in the role of Sinbad and character actor Sid Haig as the evil wizard "Kaleem". Perhaps Eddie Deezen as the voice of a "Dynamation" chimpanzee, and an actress with huge "Dynamation" breasts as harem girl, "Farreakah". I've sent the script treatment to Ray's agent but, to date, I haven't heard back from anyone. I certainly have my fingers crossed! Come on, Mr. Harryhausen! Let's have one more for the road!
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