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The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

Directed by Glenn Chaika

Kurt Albrecht
Jason Blum
Elizabeth Dreyer
Produced by Andrew Herwitz
John Lanza
Mercedes J. Sichon
Thomas L. Wilhite

Written by Willard Carroll

Elijah Wood
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Starring
Peter Gallagher
Jon Stewart

William Finn
Music by
Randall Crissman
 Production Miramax Films
company Hyperion Animation

Distributed by Miramax Home Entertainment

Release date August 6, 2002

Running time 74 minutes

Country United States

Language English

Box office €23,531 (Italy)

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina is a 2002 direct-to-video animated film
directed by Glenn Chaika and starring Elijah Wood, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Peter Gallagher, and
Jon Stewart. Produced by Miramax Films and Hyperion Animation, the film was distributed by
Miramax Home Entertainment.

Contents
 1Premise
 2Voice cast
 3Production
 4Reception
 5Awards
 6References
 7External links

Premise[edit]
After being raised by a normal-sized man, tiny Tom Thumb (voiced by Elijah Wood) sets out to
find others of his diminutive stature. He happens upon Thumbelina (Jennifer Love Hewitt), a
former circus performer, who is not only his size and age, but is also looking for others like her.
But just as they meet, Thumbelina is taken prisoner by the comically sinister Mole King (Peter
Gallagher), who wants to make her his bride.
Voice cast[edit]
 Elijah Wood - Tom Thumb/Prince Horace
 Jennifer Love Hewitt - Thumbelina/Princess Maya
 Peter Gallagher - Mole King
 Jon Stewart - Godfrey
 Rachel Griffiths - Albertine Sparrow
 Robert Guillaume - Ben
 Jane Leeves - Margaret Beetle
 Alexandra Boyd - Bertha Beetle
 Emma Samms - Shelley Beetle
 Esai Morales - Vergas Mouse
 Yvette Freeman - Leola Mouse
 Michael Chiklis - Roman, Thumbelina's Father
 Bebe Neuwirth - Thumbelina's Mother
 Yul Vazquez - Gibson Mouse
 Jack Johnson - The Bug Collector
 Brad Kane - singing voice of Tom Thumb
 John Patrick White - Daniel

Production[edit]
The film is copyrighted 1999 but was not released until 2002. It was distributed internationally to
Italy, where it debuted on 75 screens in 2004, earning €23,531 in its initial week of release.[1]

Reception[edit]
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina has a 5.2 rating (out of 10) among Internet
Movie Database users.[2] Customer reviewers on Amazon.com praised the voice work of Elijah
Wood and Jennifer Love Hewitt (as well as her singing), but complained about the often flat
animation.[3]

Kevin Lee of DVD Verdict found the film "guilty", writing "Walt Disney is being held in
contempt of this court for The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina. This is simply not up
to the usual standards of the Mouse House."[4]

Awards[edit]
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina won a 2003 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound
Editing in the Direct to Video category.[5] In addition, the film was nominated for a 2003 DVD
Premiere Award (administered by the DVD Exclusive Awards) in the categories of Best
Animated Character Performance (Elijah Wood) and Best Animated DVD Premiere Movie.[6]

References[edit]
 1. ^ "Box office/business" for The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina, Internet Movie
Database. Accessed Oct. 24, 2011.
2. ^ The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina, Internet Movie Database. Accessed Oct. 24,
2011.
3. ^ Heinrichs, Kimberly. The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina product page,
Amazon.com. Accessed Oct. 24, 2011.
4. ^ Lee, Kevin "The Adventures Of Tom Thumb And Thumbelina," DVD Verdict. Accessed Oct.
24, 2011.
5. ^ Baisley, Sarah (26 March 2003). "Disney Feature Animation And SpongeBob Squarepants
Earn Double Gold". Animation World Network. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
6. ^ "Awards" for The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina, Internet Movie Database.
Accessed Oct. 24, 2011.

External links[edit]
 Official website
 The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina on IMDb

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Sinbad the Sailor

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"Sinbad" redirects here. For other uses, see Sinbad (disambiguation).

Sinbad the Sailor:

"Having balanced my cargo exactly..."
Drawing by Milo Winter (1914)

Sinbad (or Sindbad) /ˈsɪnbæd/ the Sailor (Arabic: ‫السندباد البحري‬, romanized: as-Sindibādu al-
Baḥriyy) is a fictional mariner and the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin. He is
described as hailing from Baghdad during the early Abbasid Caliphate (8th and 9th centuries
CE). In the course of seven voyages throughout the seas east of Africa and south of Asia, he has
fantastic adventures in magical realms, encountering monsters and witnessing supernatural
phenomena.
Contents
 1Origins and sources
 2Tales
o 2.1Sinbad the Porter and Sinbad the Sailor
o 2.2First Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor
o 2.3Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor
o 2.4Third Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor
o 2.5Fourth Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor
o 2.6Fifth Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor
o 2.7Sixth Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor
o 2.8Seventh and Last Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor
 3Sinbad in popular culture
o 3.1Films, TV, animation
o 3.2In music, poetry, and literature
o 3.3In popular culture
 4See also
 5Notes
 6References
o 6.1Citations
o 6.2Bibliography
 7Further reading
 8External links

Origins and sources[edit]

The tales of Sinbad are a relatively late addition to the One Thousand and One Nights – they do
not feature in the earliest 14th-century manuscript, and they appear as an independent cycle in
17th and 18th century collections. Traceable influences include the Homeric epics (long familiar
in the Arabic-speaking world, having been translated into that language as early as the 8th
century CE, at the court of the Caliph al-Mahdi), Pseudo-Callisthenes's "Life of Alexander" from
the late 3rd/early 4th century CE via the 9th century "Book of Animals" of al-Jahiz, and, even
earlier, in the ancient Egyptian "Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor". Later sources include Abbasid
works such the "Wonders of the Created World", reflecting the experiences of 13th century Arab
mariners who braved the Indian Ocean.[1]

The Sinbad cycle is set in the reign of the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid (786–809). The
Sinbad tales are included in the first European translation of the Nights, Galland's Les Mille et
une nuits, contes arabes traduits en français, an English edition of which appeared in 1711 as
The new Arabian winter nights entertainments[2] and went through numerous editions throughout
the 18th century.
The earliest separate publication of the Sinbad tales in English found in the British Library is an
adaptation as The Adventures of Houran Banow, etc. (Taken from the Arabian Nights, being the
third and fourth voyages of Sinbad the Sailor.),[3] around 1770. An early US edition, The seven
voyages of Sinbad the sailor. And The story of Aladdin; or, The wonderful lamp, was published
in Philadelphia in 1794.[4] Numerous popular editions followed in the early 19th century,
including a chapbook edition by Thomas Tegg. Its best known full translation was perhaps as
tale 120 in Volume 6 of Sir Richard Burton's 1885 translation of The Book of One Thousand and
One Nights.[5][6][7]

Tales[edit]
Sinbad the Porter and Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

Like the 1001 Nights the Sinbad story-cycle has a frame story which goes as follows: in the days
of Harun al-Rashid, Caliph of Baghdad, a poor porter (one who carries goods for others in the
market and throughout the city) pauses to rest on a bench outside the gate of a rich merchant's
house, where he complains to Allah about the injustice of a world which allows the rich to live in
ease while he must toil and yet remain poor. The owner of the house hears and sends for the
porter, finding that they are both named Sinbad. The rich Sinbad tells the poor Sinbad that he
became wealthy "by Fortune and Fate" in the course of seven wondrous voyages, which he then
proceeds to relate.

First Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

16th-century depiction of a sailing port (Hormuz, present day Iran) in the Persian Gulf.

After dissipating the wealth left to him by his father, Sinbad goes to sea to repair his fortune. He
sets ashore on what appears to be an island, but this island proves to be a gigantic sleeping whale
on which trees have taken root ever since the whale was young. Awakened by a fire kindled by
the sailors, the whale dives into the depths, the ship departs without Sinbad, and Sinbad is saved
by the chance of a passing wooden trough sent by the grace of Allah. He is washed ashore on a
densely wooded island. While exploring the deserted island he comes across one of the king's
grooms. When Sinbad helps save the King's mare from being drowned by a sea horse (not a
seahorse as we know it, but a supernatural horse that lives underwater), the groom brings Sinbad
to the king. The king befriends Sinbad and so he rises in the king's favour and becomes a trusted
courtier. One day, the very ship on which Sinbad set sail docks at the island, and he reclaims his
goods (still in the ship's hold). Sinbad gives the king his goods and in return the king gives him
rich presents. Sinbad sells these presents for a great profit. Sinbad returns to Baghdad where he
resumes a life of ease and pleasure. With the ending of the tale, Sinbad the sailor makes Sinbad
the porter a gift of a hundred gold pieces, and bids him return the next day to hear more about his
adventures.

Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

Sindbad the Sailor and the Valley of the Diamonds.

On the second day of Sinbad's tale-telling (but the 549th night of Scheherazade's), Sinbad the
sailor tells how he grew restless of his life of leisure, and set to sea again, "possessed with the
thought of traveling about the world of men and seeing their cities and islands." Accidentally
abandoned by his shipmates again, he finds himself stranded in an island which contains roc
eggs. He attaches himself to a roc and is transported to a valley of giant snakes which can
swallow elephants (like the Bashe); these serve as the rocs' natural prey. The floor of the valley
is carpeted with diamonds, and merchants harvest these by throwing huge chunks of meat into
the valley: the birds carry the meat back to their nests, and the men drive the birds away and
collect the diamonds stuck to the meat. The wily Sinbad straps one of the pieces of meat to his
back and is carried back to the nest along with a large sack full of precious gems. Rescued from
the nest by the merchants, he returns to Baghdad with a fortune in diamonds, seeing many
marvels along the way.

Third Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

Sinbad's third voyage. Encounter with a man-eating giant.

Sinbad sets sail again from Basra. But by ill chance he and his companions are cast up on an
island where they are captured by "a huge creature in the likeness of a man, black of colour,
...with eyes like coals of fire and large canine teeth like boar's tusks and a vast big gape like the
mouth of a well. Moreover, he had long loose lips like camel's, hanging down upon his breast,
and ears like two Jarms falling over his shoulder-blades, and the nails of his hands were like the
claws of a lion." This monster begins eating the crew, beginning with the Reis (captain), who is
the fattest. (Burton notes that the giant "is distinctly Polyphemus".)

Sinbad hatches a plan to blind the beast with the two red-hot iron spits with which the monster
has been kebabing and roasting the ship's company. He and the remaining men escape on a raft
they constructed the day before. However, the Giant's mate hits most of the escaping men with
rocks and they are killed. After further adventures (including a gigantic python from which
Sinbad escapes using his quick wits), he returns to Baghdad, wealthier than ever.

Fourth Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

Impelled by restlessness Sinbad takes to the seas again and, as usual, is shipwrecked. The naked
savages amongst whom he finds himself feed his companions a herb which robs them of their
reason (Burton theorises that this might be bhang), prior to fattening them for the table. Sinbad
realises what is happening, and refuses to eat the madness-inducing plant. When the cannibals
have lost interest in him, he escapes. A party of itinerant pepper-gatherers transports him to their
own island, where their king befriends him and gives him a beautiful and wealthy wife.

Too late Sinbad learns of a peculiar custom of the land: on the death of one marriage partner, the
other is buried alive with his or her spouse, both in their finest clothes and most costly jewels.
Sinbad's wife falls ill and dies soon after, leaving Sinbad trapped in an underground cavern, a
communal tomb, with a jug of water and seven pieces of bread. Just as these meagre supplies are
almost exhausted, another couple—the husband dead, the wife alive—are dropped into the
cavern. Sinbad bludgeons the wife to death and takes her rations.

Such episodes continue; soon he has a sizable store of bread and water, as well as the gold and
gems from the corpses, but is still unable to escape, until one day a wild animal shows him a
passage to the outside, high above the sea. From here a passing ship rescues him and carries him
back to Baghdad, where he gives alms to the poor and resumes his life of pleasure. (Burton's
footnote comments: "This tale is evidently taken from the escape of Aristomenes the Messenian
from the pit into which he had been thrown, a fox being his guide. The Arabs in an early day
were eager students of Greek literature.") Similarly, the first half of the voyage resembles the
Circe episode in The Odyssey, with certain differences: while a plant robbed Sinbad's men of
their reason in the Arab tales, it was only Circe's magic which "fattened" Odysseus' men in The
Odyssey. It is in an earlier episode, featuring the 'Lotus Eaters', that Odysseus' men are fed a
similar magical fruit which robs them of their senses.

Fifth Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

Sindbad's fifth voyage

"When I had been a while on shore after my fourth voyage; and when, in my comfort and
pleasures and merry-makings and in my rejoicing over my large gains and profits, I had forgotten
all I had endured of perils and sufferings, the carnal man was again seized with the longing to
travel and to see foreign countries and islands." Soon at sea once more, while passing a desert
island Sinbad's crew spots a gigantic egg that Sinbad recognizes as belonging to a roc. Out of
curiosity the ship's passengers disembark to view the egg, only to end up breaking it and having
the chick inside as a meal. Sinbad immediately recognizes the folly of their behaviour and orders
all back aboard ship. However, the infuriated parent rocs soon catch up with the vessel and
destroy it by dropping giant boulders they have carried in their talons.[8]

Shipwrecked yet again, Sinbad is enslaved by the Old Man of the Sea, who rides on his
shoulders with his legs twisted round Sinbad's neck and will not let go, riding him both day and
night until Sinbad would welcome death. (Burton's footnote discusses possible origins for the old
man—the orang-utan, the Greek god Triton—and favours the African custom of riding on slaves
in this way.[9])
Eventually, Sinbad makes wine and tricks the Old Man into drinking some. Sinbad kills him
after he has fallen off, and then he escapes. A ship carries him to the City of the Apes, a place
whose inhabitants spend each night in boats off-shore, while their town is abandoned to man-
eating apes. Yet through the apes Sinbad recoups his fortune, and so eventually finds a ship
which takes him home once more to Baghdad.

Sixth Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

Sinbad during sixth voyage

"My soul yearned for travel and traffic". Sinbad is shipwrecked yet again, this time quite
violently as his ship is dashed to pieces on tall cliffs. There is no food to be had anywhere, and
Sinbad's companions die of starvation until only he is left. He builds a raft and discovers a river
running out of a cavern beneath the cliffs. The stream proves to be filled with precious stones
and it becomes apparent that the island's streams flow with ambergris. He falls asleep as he
journeys through the darkness and awakens in the city of the king of Serendib (Ceylon, Sri
Lanka), "diamonds are in its rivers and pearls are in its valleys". The king marvels at what
Sinbad tells him of the great Haroun al-Rashid, and asks that he take a present back to Baghdad
on his behalf, a cup carved from a single ruby, with other gifts including a bed made from the
skin of the serpent that swallowed the elephant[a] ("and whoso sitteth upon it never sickeneth"),
and "a hundred thousand miskals of Sindh lign-aloesa", and a slave-girl "like a shining moon".
And so Sinbad returns to Baghdad, where the Caliph wonders greatly at the reports Sinbad gives
of the land of Ceylon.

Seventh and Last Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

"The Caravan" from "Sinbad's Seventh and Last Voyage."

The ever-restless Sinbad sets sail once more, with the usual result. Cast up on a desolate shore,
he constructs a raft and floats down a nearby river to a great city. Here the chief of the merchants
weds Sinbad to his daughter, names him his heir, and conveniently dies. The inhabitants of this
city are transformed once a month into birds, and Sinbad has one of the bird-people carry him to
the uppermost reaches of the sky, where he hears the angels glorifying God, "whereat I wondered
and exclaimed, 'Praised be God! Extolled be the perfection of God!'" But no sooner are the
words out than there comes fire from heaven which all but consumes the bird-men. The bird-
people are angry with Sinbad and set him down on a mountain-top, where he meets two youths
who are the servants of God and who give him a golden staff; returning to the city, Sinbad learns
from his wife that the bird-men are devils, although she and her father are not of their number.
And so, at his wife's suggestion, Sinbad sells all his possessions and returns with her to Baghdad,
where at last he resolves to live quietly in the enjoyment of his wealth, and to seek no more
adventures.

Burton includes a variant of the seventh tale, in which Haroun al-Rashid asks Sinbad to carry a
return gift to the king of Serendib. Sinbad replies, "By Allah the Omnipotent, O my lord, I have
taken a loathing to wayfare, and when I hear the words 'Voyage' or 'Travel,' my limbs tremble".
He then tells the Caliph of his misfortune-filled voyages; Haroun agrees that with such a history
"thou dost only right never even to talk of travel". Nevertheless, a command of the Caliph is not
to be negated, and Sinbad sets forth on this, his uniquely diplomatic voyage. The king of
Serendib is well pleased with the Caliph's gifts (which include, among other things, the food tray
of King Solomon) and showers Sinbad with his favour. On the return voyage the usual
catastrophe strikes: Sinbad is captured and sold into slavery. His master sets him to shooting
elephants with a bow and arrow, which he does until the king of the elephants carries him off to
the elephants' graveyard. Sinbad's master is so pleased with the huge quantities of ivory in the
graveyard that he sets Sinbad free, and Sinbad returns to Baghdad, rich with ivory and gold.
"Here I went in to the Caliph and, after saluting him and kissing hands, informed him of all that
had befallen me; whereupon he rejoiced in my safety and thanked Almighty Allah; and he made
my story be written in letters of gold. I then entered my house and met my family and brethren:
and such is the end of the history that happened to me during my seven voyages. Praise be to
Allah, the One, the Creator, the Maker of all things in Heaven and Earth!".

In some versions we return to the frame story, in which Sinbad the Porter may receive a final
generous gift from Sinbad the Sailor. In other versions the story cycle ends here, and there is no
further mention of Sinbad the Porter.

Sinbad in popular culture[edit]

Sinbad's quasi-iconic status in Western culture has led to his name being recycled (as are
virtually all names) for a wide range of uses in both serious and not-so-serious contexts,
frequently with only a tenuous connection to the original tales.

Films, TV, animation[edit]

 Play media
Sinbad the Sailor animated short film (1935)

Many films, television series, animated cartoons, novels, and video games have been made,
featuring Sinbad not as a merchant who happens to stumble into adventures, but as a dashing
dare-devil adventure-seeker.

 Sinbad the Sailor (1920) artwork by Paul Klee (Swiss-German artist, 1879-1940)
 Sinbad the Sailor (1935) Directed by Ub Iwerks
 Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
 Arabian Nights (1942)
 Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
 Son of Sinbad (1955)
 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
 Arabian naito: Shindobaddo no bôken (Arabian Nights: Adventures of Sinbad) (1962)
(animated Japanese film)
 Captain Sindbad (1963)
 Sinbad contro i sette saraceni (Sinbad against the Seven Saracens). Italian film that was
released in the US as Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens (1964)
 Sindbad Alibaba Aladin (1965)
 Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt (1965)
 A Thousand and One Nights (1969) Story created by Osamu Tezuka, combination of One
Thousand and One Nights and the legends of Sinbad
 Shehzade Sinbad kaf daginda (Prince Sinbad of the Mountains) (1971) (Turkish film)
 Simbad e il califfo di Bagdad (Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad) (1973) (Italian film)
 The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
 Pohádky Tisíce a Jedné Noci (Tales of 1,001 Nights) (1974), a seven-part animated film
by Karel Zeman
 Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures (Arabian Naitsu: Shinbaddo No Bôken, 1975)
 Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
 The Freedom Force (TV Series) (1978)
 Adventures Of Sinbad (1979)
 Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi: The Arabian Nights: Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor
(1979)
 Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
 Doraemon:Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991)
 Sinbad (1993)
 The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor (1996–1998)
  The Adventures of Sinbad (1996–98)
 Alif Laila – A TV series by Sagar Films (Pvt.Ltd.) for DD National. It was portrayed by
Shahnawaz Pradhan.[10] Also shown on SAB TV & Ary Digital TV channels (1997)
 Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998)
 Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (2000)
 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
 Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag (2004–2006): Sinbad is a main character.
 Backyardigans (2007) episode: "Sinbad Sails Alone"
 "1001 Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad" (2009)
 "Sinbad and the Suknazbot" (2009)
 The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010) film by The Asylum
 Sinbad and The Minotaur (2011) starring Manu Bennett
 Sinbad (2012) A UK television series from Sky1
 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (2012), Magi: The Kingdom of Magic (2013) and Magi:
Adventure of Sinbad (2016)
 Sinbad et la légende de Mizan (2013) A French musical.
 Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage (2014) starring Shahin Sean Solimon
 Sinbad (film trilogy) (2015–2016) is a series of Japanese animated family adventure films
produced by Nippon Animation and Shirogumi.
 Janbaaz Sindbad (2015–2016)
 Sinbad: Pirates of Seven Storm (2016) A Russian animated film by CTB Film Company.

Sinbad was mentioned, but did not actually appear, in the Season 3 episode "Been There, Done
That" of Xena: Warrior Princess when one of the story's lovers tells Xena that he was hoping
that Hercules would have appeared to save his village from its curse: "... or at least Sinbad."

A pair of foreign films that had nothing to do with the Sinbad character were released in North
America, with the hero being referred to as "Sinbad" in the dubbed soundtrack. The 1952
Russian film Sadko (based on Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Sadko) was overdubbed and released in
English in 1962 as The Magic Voyage of Sinbad, while the 1963 Japanese film Dai tozoku
(whose main character was a heroic pirate named Sukezaemon) was overdubbed and released in
English in 1965 as The Lost World of Sinbad.

In music, poetry, and literature[edit]

Illustration from William Strang's Sinbad the sailor and Ali Baba and the forty thieves

 In Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's suite Scheherazade, the 1st, 2nd, and 4th movement focus
on portions of the Sinbad story. Various components of the story have identifiable themes
in the work, including Rocs and the angry sea. In the climactic final movement, Sinbad's
ship (6th voyage) is depicted as rushing rapidly toward cliffs and only the fortuitous
discovery of the cavernous stream allows him to escape and make the passage to
Serindib.
 In The Count of Monte Cristo, "Sinbad the Sailor" is but one of many pseudonyms used
by Edmond Dantès.
 In his Ulysses, James Joyce uses "Sinbad the Sailor" as an alias for the character of W.B.
Murphy and as an analogue to Odysseus. He also puns mercilessly on the name: Jinbad
the Jailer, Tinbad the Tailor, Whinbad the Whaler, and so on.
 Edgar Allan Poe wrote a tale called "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade". It
depicts the 8th and final voyage of Sinbad the Sailor, along with the various mysteries
Sinbad and his crew encounter; the anomalies are then described as footnotes to the story.
 Polish poet Bolesław Leśmian's Adventures of Sindbad the Sailor is a set of tales loosely
based on the Arabian Nights.
 Hungarian writer Gyula Krúdy's Adventures of Sindbad is a set of short stories based on
the Arabian Nights.
 In John Barth's "The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor", "Sinbad the Sailor" and his
traditional travels frame a series of 'travels' by a 20th-century New Journalist known as
'Somebody the Sailor'.
 The song "Sinbad the Sailor" in the soundtrack of the Indian movie Rock On!! focuses on
the story of Sinbad the Sailor in music form.

In popular culture[edit]

 Sinbad's adventures have appeared on various audio recordings as both readings and
dramatizations, including Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves/Sinbad the Sailor (Riverside
 Records RLP 1451/Golden Wonderland GW 231, played by Denis Quilley), Sinbad the
Sailor (Tale Spinners for Children on United Artists Records UAC 11020, played by
Derek Hart), Sinbad the Sailor: A Tale from the Arabian Nights (Caedmon Records TC-
1245/Fontana Records SFL 14105, read by Anthony Quayle), Sinbad the Sailor /The
Adventures of Oliver Twist and Fagin (Columbia Masterworks ML 4072, read by Basil
Rathbone), 1001 Nights: Sinbad the Sailor and Other Stories (Naxos Audio 8.555899,
narrated by Bernard Cribbins) and The Arabian Nights (The Voyages of Sinbad the
Sailor) (Disneyland Records STER-3988).
 Sinbad has made numerous appearances in comic books as well. In 1950, St. John
Publications published a one shot comic called Son of Sinbad.[11] In 1958, Dell Comics
published a one shot comic based on the film The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.[12] In 1963, Gold
Key Comics published a one shot comic based on the film Captain Sinbad.[13] In 1965,
Dell Comics published a 3 issue series called Sinbad Jr.[14] Also that year Gold Key
Comics published a 2 issue mini-series called The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad.[15] Marvel
Comics published a two issue series in 1974 based on the film The Golden Voyage of
Sinbad in Worlds Unknown #7[16] and #8.[17] They then published a one shot comic based
on the film The 7th Voyage of Sinbad in 1975 with Marvel Spotlight #25.[18] In 1977, the
British comic company General Book Distributors, published a one shot comic/magazine
based on the film Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.[19] In 1988, Catalan Communications
published the one shot graphic novel The Last Voyage of Sinbad.[20] Malibu Comics
published a 4 issue mini-series in 1989 called Sinbad,[21] and followed that up with
another 4 issue mini-series called Sinbad Book II: In the House of God in 1991.[22] In
2001, Marvel Comics published a one shot comic that teamed Sinbad with the Fantastic
Four called Fantastic 4th Voyage of Sinbad.[23] In 2007, Bluewater Comics published a 3
issue mini-series called Sinbad: Rogue of Mars.[24] In 2008, the Lerner Publishing Group
published a graphic novel called Sinbad: Sailing into Peril.[25] Also that year, Zenescope
Entertainment debuted Sinbad in their Grimm Fairy Tales universe having him appearing
as a regular ongoing character. He first appeared in his own 14 issue series called 1001
Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad.[26] Afterwards he appeared in various issues of
the Dream Eater saga,[27] as well as the 2011 Annual,[28] Giant-Size,[29] and Special
Edition[30] one-shots. In 2012, a graphic novel called Sinbad: The Legacy, published by
Campfire Books, was released.[31] He appears in the comic book series Fables written by
Bill Willingham, and as the teenaged Alsind in the comic book series Arak, Son of
Thunder—which takes place in the 9th century AD—written by Roy Thomas. In Alan
Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier, Sinbad appears as the
Immortal Orlando's lover of thirty years, until he leaves for his 8th Voyage and never
returns.
 "The Last Voyage of Sinbad" by Richard Corben and Jan Strnad originally appeared as
"New Tales of the Arabian Nights" serialized in Heavy Metal magazine, issues #15–28
(1978–79) and was later collected and reprinted as a trade paperback book.
 In the Arabian Nights-themed video game Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sinbad looks
almost exactly like Knuckles the Echidna.
 Sinbad provides the theme for Sinbad's Storybook Voyage at Tokyo DisneySea, for a
roller coaster at the Efteling theme park at Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands, and for an elaborate
live-action stunt show, The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad, at the Universal Orlando Resort in
Florida.
  "Nagisa no Sinbad" (渚のシンドバッド) was the 4th single released by Pink Lady, a
popular Japanese duo in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The song has been covered by
former idol group W and by the Japanese super group Morning Musume.
 In 1978 Gottlieb manufacturing released a pinball machine named Sinbad,[32] the artwork
featured characters from the movie Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. Also released, in a
shorter run, was an Eye of the Tiger pinball game.[33] As well, Sinbad appears in the 1996
pinball game Tales of the Arabian Nights.[34] This game (manufactured by Williams
Electronics) features Sinbad's battle with the Rocs and the Cyclops as side quests to
obtain jewels. The game was adapted into the video game compilation Pinball Hall of
Fame: The Williams Collection in 2009.
 Sinbad appeared in various video games for the PC's in the 1980s, such as a 1984 game
simply called Sinbad[35] by Atlantis Software. A 1986 game called Sinbad and the Golden
Ship[36] by Mastertronic Ltd. Another 1986 game called The Legend of Sinbad[37] by
Superior Software. And a 1987 game called Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon by
Cinemaware.[38]
 "Sinbad The Sailor" song appears in the Hindi movie Rock on!!
 Comedian David Adkins uses the stage name Sinbad.
 Sinbad plays an important role in the 2000 novel The Amazing Voyage of Azzam as the
often mentioned but never seen rival of the glory seeking main character.
 Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Millhauser has a story entitled "The Eighth Voyage of
Sinbad" in his 1990 collection The Barnum Museum.
 Sinbad is a major character in the ongoing manga series The labyrinth of magic – Magi (
マギ) written by Shinobu Ohtaka.
 In The Simpsons comic book series "Get Some Fancy Book Learnin'", Sinbad's
adventures are parodied as Sinbart the Sailor

See also[edit]
 Sunpadh
 List of literary cycles

Notes[edit]
1. ^ The theme of a snake swallowing an elephant, originating here, was taken up by Antoine de
Saint-Exupéry in The Little Prince.

References[edit]
Citations[edit]
1. ^ Pinault 1998, p. 721-722.
2. ^ The new Arabian winter nights entertainments. Containing one thousand and eleven stories, told by the
Sultaness of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from performing a bloody vow he had made to marry a virgin
lady every day, and have her beheaded next morning, to avenge himself for the adultery committed by his
first Sultaness. The whole containing a better account of the customs, manners, and religions of the
Indians, Persians, Turks, Tartarians, Chineses, and other eastern nations, than is to be met with in any
 English author hitherto set forth. Faithfully translated into English from the Arabick manuscript of Haly
Ulugh Shaschin., London: John de Lachieur, 1711 .
3. ^ The Adventures of Houran Banow, etc. (Taken from the Arabian Nights, being the third and fourth
voyages of Sinbad the Sailor.), London: Thornhill and Sheppard, 1770.
4. ^ The seven voyages of Sinbad the sailor. And The story of Aladdin; or, The wonderful lamp, Philadelphia:
Philadelphia, 1794
5. ^ Burton, Richard. "The Book of one thousand & one nights" (translation online). CA: Woll amshram.
Retrieved 17 October 2011.
6. ^ Marzolph, Ulrich; van Leeuwen, Richard (2004), The Arabian nights encyclopedia, 1, pp. 506–8.
7. ^ Irwin, Robert (2004), The Arabian nights: a companion.
8. ^ JPG image. stefanmart.de
9. ^ JPG image. stefanmart.de
10. ^ "Shahnawaz Pradhan who plays Hariz Saeed in 'Phantom' talks about the film's ban in Pakistan".
dnaindia.com. 22 August 2015.
11. ^ "Son of Sinbad". Comics. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
12. ^ "The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad Comic No. 944 – 1958 (Movie)". A Date In Time. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
13. ^ "Captain Sinbad". Comics. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
14. ^ "Sinbad Jr". Comics. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
15. ^ "The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad". Comics. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
16. ^ "Worlds Unknown No. 7". Comics. 24 August 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
17. ^ "Worlds Unknown No. 8". Comics. 24 August 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
18. ^ "Marvel Spotlight No. 25". Comics. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
19. ^ "The Comic Book Database". Retrieved 17 October 2011.
20. ^ "The Last Voyage of Sinbad". Comics. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
21. ^ "Sinbad". Comics. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
22. ^ "The Comic Book Database". Comic Book DB. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
23. ^ "Fantastic 4th Voyage of Sinbad". Comics. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
24. ^ "Sinbad: Rogue of Mars". Comics. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
25. ^ Comic vine, archived from the original (JPEG) on 12 November 2012 .
26. ^ "1001 Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad". Comics. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
27. ^ "Grimm Fairy Tales: Dream Eater Saga". Comics. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
28. ^ "Grimm Fairy Tales 2011 Annual". Comics. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
29. ^ "Grimm Fairy Tales Giant-Size 2011". Comics. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
30. ^ "Grimm Fairy Tales 2011 Special Edition". Comics. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
31. ^ "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas". Comic Corner. Camp fire graphic novels. 4 January 2012. Retrieved
13 July 2012.
32. ^ "Gottlieb 'Sinbad'". Internet Pinball Machine Database. IPDb. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
33. ^ "Gottlieb 'Eye Of The Tiger'". Internet Pinball Machine Database. IPDb. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
34. ^ "Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'Tales of the Arabian Nights'". Ipdb.org. Retrieved 17
October 2011.
35. ^ "Sinbad for ZX Spectrum (1984)". MobyGames. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
36. ^ "Sinbad & the Golden Ship for ZX Spectrum (1986)". MobyGames. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
37. ^ "Lemon – Commodore 64, C64 Games, Reviews & Music!". Lemon64.com. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
38. ^ "Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon – Amiga Game / Games – Download ADF, Review, Cheat,
Walkthrough". Lemon Amiga. 23 August 2004. Retrieved 17 October 2011.

Bibliography[edit]

 Haddawy, Husain (1995). The Arabian Nights. 1. WW Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-31367-3.

 Pinault, D. (1998). "Sindbad". In Meisami, Julie Scott; Starkey, Paul (eds.).
Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. 2. Taylor & Francis.

Further reading[edit]
  Beazley, Charles Raymond (1911). "Sindbad the Sailor, Voyages of". In Chisholm,
Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
pp. 141–142. This includes a detailed analysis of potential sources and comparable tales
across contemporaneous and earlier texts.
 Copeland, CS; Mann, VH; Morales, ME; Kalinna, BH; Brindley, PJ (23 February 2005),
"The Sinbad retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke, Schistosoma
mansoni, and the distribution of related Pao-like elements", BMC Evol Biol, 5 (1): 20,
doi:10.1186/1471-2148-5-20, PMC 554778, PMID 15725362
 Marcelli, A; Burattini, E; Mencuccini, C; Calvani, P; Nucara, A; Lupi, S; Sanchez Del
Rio, M (1 May 1998), "Sinbad, a brilliant IR source from the DAPhiNE storage ring",
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, J Synchrotron Radiat, 5 (3): 575–7,
doi:10.1107/S0909049598000661, PMID 15263583.
 Favorov, OV; Ryder, D (12 March 2004), "Sinbad: a neocortical mechanism for
discovering environmental variables and regularities hidden in sensory input", Biol
Cybern, 90 (3): 191–202, doi:10.1007/s00422-004-0464-8, PMID 15052482

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Tales[edit]
Sinbad the Porter and Sinbad the Sailor[edit]
Like the 1001 Nights the Sinbad story-cycle has a frame story which goes as follows: in the days of
Harun al-Rashid, Caliph of Baghdad, a poor porter (one who carries goods for others in the market
and throughout the city) pauses to rest on a bench outside the gate of a rich merchant's house,
where he complains to Allah about the injustice of a world which allows the rich to live in ease while
he must toil and yet remain poor. The owner of the house hears and sends for the porter, finding that
they are both named Sinbad. The rich Sinbad tells the poor Sinbad that he became wealthy "by
Fortune and Fate" in the course of seven wondrous voyages, which he then proceeds to relate.

First Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

16th-century depiction of a sailing port (Hormuz, present day Iran) in the Persian Gulf.

After dissipating the wealth left to him by his father, Sinbad goes to sea to repair his fortune. He sets
ashore on what appears to be an island, but this island proves to be a gigantic sleeping whale on
which trees have taken root ever since the whale was young. Awakened by a fire kindled by the
sailors, the whale dives into the depths, the ship departs without Sinbad, and Sinbad is saved by the
chance of a passing wooden trough sent by the grace of Allah. He is washed ashore on a densely
wooded island. While exploring the deserted island he comes across one of the king's grooms.
When Sinbad helps save the King's mare from being drowned by a sea horse (not a seahorse as we
know it, but a supernatural horse that lives underwater), the groom brings Sinbad to the king. The
king befriends Sinbad and so he rises in the king's favour and becomes a trusted courtier. One day,
the very ship on which Sinbad set sail docks at the island, and he reclaims his goods (still in the
ship's hold). Sinbad gives the king his goods and in return the king gives him rich presents. Sinbad
sells these presents for a great profit. Sinbad returns to Baghdad where he resumes a life of ease
and pleasure. With the ending of the tale, Sinbad the sailor makes Sinbad the porter a gift of a
hundred gold pieces, and bids him return the next day to hear more about his adventures.

Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

Sindbad the Sailor and the Valley of the Diamonds.

On the second day of Sinbad's tale-telling (but the 549th night of Scheherazade's), Sinbad the sailor
tells how he grew restless of his life of leisure, and set to sea again, "possessed with the thought of
traveling about the world of men and seeing their cities and islands." Accidentally abandoned by his
shipmates again, he finds himself stranded in an island which contains roc eggs. He attaches
himself to a roc and is transported to a valley of giant snakes which can swallow elephants (like the
Bashe); these serve as the rocs' natural prey. The floor of the valley is carpeted with diamonds, and
merchants harvest these by throwing huge chunks of meat into the valley: the birds carry the meat
back to their nests, and the men drive the birds away and collect the diamonds stuck to the meat.
The wily Sinbad straps one of the pieces of meat to his back and is carried back to the nest along
with a large sack full of precious gems. Rescued from the nest by the merchants, he returns to
Baghdad with a fortune in diamonds, seeing many marvels along the way.

Third Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

Sinbad's third voyage. Encounter with a man-eating giant.

Sinbad sets sail again from Basra. But by ill chance he and his companions are cast up on an island
where they are captured by "a huge creature in the likeness of a man, black of colour, ...with eyes
like coals of fire and large canine teeth like boar's tusks and a vast big gape like the mouth of a well.
Moreover, he had long loose lips like camel's, hanging down upon his breast, and ears like two
Jarms falling over his shoulder-blades, and the nails of his hands were like the claws of a lion." This
monster begins eating the crew, beginning with the Reis (captain), who is the fattest. (Burton notes
that the giant "is distinctly Polyphemus".)
Sinbad hatches a plan to blind the beast with the two red-hot iron spits with which the monster has
been kebabing and roasting the ship's company. He and the remaining men escape on a raft they
constructed the day before. However, the Giant's mate hits most of the escaping men with rocks and
they are killed. After further adventures (including a gigantic python from which Sinbad escapes
using his quick wits), he returns to Baghdad, wealthier than ever.

Fourth Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

Impelled by restlessness Sinbad takes to the seas again and, as usual, is shipwrecked. The naked
savages amongst whom he finds himself feed his companions a herb which robs them of their
reason (Burton theorises that this might be bhang), prior to fattening them for the table. Sinbad
realises what is happening, and refuses to eat the madness-inducing plant. When the cannibals
have lost interest in him, he escapes. A party of itinerant pepper-gatherers transports him to their
own island, where their king befriends him and gives him a beautiful and wealthy wife.
Too late Sinbad learns of a peculiar custom of the land: on the death of one marriage partner, the
other is buried alive with his or her spouse, both in their finest clothes and most costly jewels.
Sinbad's wife falls ill and dies soon after, leaving Sinbad trapped in an underground cavern, a
communal tomb, with a jug of water and seven pieces of bread. Just as these meagre supplies are
almost exhausted, another couple—the husband dead, the wife alive—are dropped into the cavern.
Sinbad bludgeons the wife to death and takes her rations.
Such episodes continue; soon he has a sizable store of bread and water, as well as the gold and
gems from the corpses, but is still unable to escape, until one day a wild animal shows him a
passage to the outside, high above the sea. From here a passing ship rescues him and carries him
back to Baghdad, where he gives alms to the poor and resumes his life of pleasure. (Burton's
footnote comments: "This tale is evidently taken from the escape of Aristomenes the Messenian
from the pit into which he had been thrown, a fox being his guide. The Arabs in an early day were
eager students of Greek literature.") Similarly, the first half of the voyage resembles the Circe
episode in The Odyssey, with certain differences: while a plant robbed Sinbad's men of their reason
in the Arab tales, it was only Circe's magic which "fattened" Odysseus' men in The Odyssey. It is in
an earlier episode, featuring the 'Lotus Eaters', that Odysseus' men are fed a similar magical fruit
which robs them of their senses.

Fifth Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

Sindbad's fifth voyage

"When I had been a while on shore after my fourth voyage; and when, in my comfort and pleasures
and merry-makings and in my rejoicing over my large gains and profits, I had forgotten all I had
endured of perils and sufferings, the carnal man was again seized with the longing to travel and to
see foreign countries and islands." Soon at sea once more, while passing a desert island Sinbad's
crew spots a gigantic egg that Sinbad recognizes as belonging to a roc. Out of curiosity the ship's
passengers disembark to view the egg, only to end up breaking it and having the chick inside as a
meal. Sinbad immediately recognizes the folly of their behaviour and orders all back aboard ship.
However, the infuriated parent rocs soon catch up with the vessel and destroy it by dropping giant
boulders they have carried in their talons.[8]
Shipwrecked yet again, Sinbad is enslaved by the Old Man of the Sea, who rides on his shoulders
with his legs twisted round Sinbad's neck and will not let go, riding him both day and night until
Sinbad would welcome death. (Burton's footnote discusses possible origins for the old man—the
orang-utan, the Greek god Triton—and favours the African custom of riding on slaves in this way.[9])
Eventually, Sinbad makes wine and tricks the Old Man into drinking some. Sinbad kills him after he
has fallen off, and then he escapes. A ship carries him to the City of the Apes, a place whose
inhabitants spend each night in boats off-shore, while their town is abandoned to man-eating apes.
Yet through the apes Sinbad recoups his fortune, and so eventually finds a ship which takes him
home once more to Baghdad.

Sixth Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

Sinbad during sixth voyage

"My soul yearned for travel and traffic". Sinbad is shipwrecked yet again, this time quite violently as
his ship is dashed to pieces on tall cliffs. There is no food to be had anywhere, and Sinbad's
companions die of starvation until only he is left. He builds a raft and discovers a river running out of
a cavern beneath the cliffs. The stream proves to be filled with precious stones and it becomes
apparent that the island's streams flow with ambergris. He falls asleep as he journeys through the
darkness and awakens in the city of the king of Serendib (Ceylon, Sri Lanka), "diamonds are in its
rivers and pearls are in its valleys". The king marvels at what Sinbad tells him of the great Haroun al-
Rashid, and asks that he take a present back to Baghdad on his behalf, a cup carved from a single
ruby, with other gifts including a bed made from the skin of the serpent that swallowed the elephant[a]
("and whoso sitteth upon it never sickeneth"), and "a hundred thousand miskals of Sindh lign-
aloesa", and a slave-girl "like a shining moon". And so Sinbad returns to Baghdad, where the Caliph
wonders greatly at the reports Sinbad gives of the land of Ceylon.

Seventh and Last Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor[edit]

"The Caravan" from "Sinbad's Seventh and Last Voyage."

The ever-restless Sinbad sets sail once more, with the usual result. Cast up on a desolate shore, he
constructs a raft and floats down a nearby river to a great city. Here the chief of the merchants weds
Sinbad to his daughter, names him his heir, and conveniently dies. The inhabitants of this city are
transformed once a month into birds, and Sinbad has one of the bird-people carry him to the
uppermost reaches of the sky, where he hears the angels glorifying God, "whereat I wondered and
exclaimed, 'Praised be God! Extolled be the perfection of God!'" But no sooner are the words out
than there comes fire from heaven which all but consumes the bird-men. The bird-people are angry
with Sinbad and set him down on a mountain-top, where he meets two youths who are the servants
of God and who give him a golden staff; returning to the city, Sinbad learns from his wife that the
bird-men are devils, although she and her father are not of their number. And so, at his wife's
suggestion, Sinbad sells all his possessions and returns with her to Baghdad, where at last he
resolves to live quietly in the enjoyment of his wealth, and to seek no more adventures.
Burton includes a variant of the seventh tale, in which Haroun al-Rashid asks Sinbad to carry a
return gift to the king of Serendib. Sinbad replies, "By Allah the Omnipotent, O my lord, I have taken
a loathing to wayfare, and when I hear the words 'Voyage' or 'Travel,' my limbs tremble". He then
tells the Caliph of his misfortune-filled voyages; Haroun agrees that with such a history "thou dost
only right never even to talk of travel". Nevertheless, a command of the Caliph is not to be negated,
and Sinbad sets forth on this, his uniquely diplomatic voyage. The king of Serendib is well pleased
with the Caliph's gifts (which include, among other things, the food tray of King Solomon) and
showers Sinbad with his favour. On the return voyage the usual catastrophe strikes: Sinbad is
captured and sold into slavery. His master sets him to shooting elephants with a bow and arrow,
which he does until the king of the elephants carries him off to the elephants' graveyard. Sinbad's
master is so pleased with the huge quantities of ivory in the graveyard that he sets Sinbad free, and
Sinbad returns to Baghdad, rich with ivory and gold. "Here I went in to the Caliph and, after saluting
him and kissing hands, informed him of all that had befallen me; whereupon he rejoiced in my safety
and thanked Almighty Allah; and he made my story be written in letters of gold. I then entered my
house and met my family and brethren: and such is the end of the history that happened to me
during my seven voyages. Praise be to Allah, the One, the Creator, the Maker of all things in Heaven
and Earth!".
In some versions we return to the frame story, in which Sinbad the Porter may receive a final
generous gift from Sinbad the Sailor. In other versions the story cycle ends here, and there is no
further mention of Sinbad the Porter.

Sinbad in popular culture[edit]

Sinbad's quasi-iconic status in Western culture has led to his name being recycled (as are virtually
all names) for a wide range of uses in both serious and not-so-serious contexts, frequently with only
a tenuous connection to the original tales.

Films, TV, animation[edit]

Play media
Sinbad the Sailor animated short film (1935)

Many films, television series, animated cartoons, novels, and video games have been made,
featuring Sinbad not as a merchant who happens to stumble into adventures, but as a dashing dare-
devil adventure-seeker.

 Sinbad the Sailor (1920) artwork by Paul Klee (Swiss-German artist, 1879-1940)
 Sinbad the Sailor (1935) Directed by Ub Iwerks
 Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
 Arabian Nights (1942)
 Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
 Son of Sinbad (1955)
 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
 Arabian naito: Shindobaddo no bôken (Arabian Nights: Adventures of Sinbad) (1962) (animated
Japanese film)
 Captain Sindbad (1963)
 Sinbad contro i sette saraceni (Sinbad against the Seven Saracens). Italian film that was
released in the US as Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens (1964)
 Sindbad Alibaba Aladin (1965)
 Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt (1965)
 A Thousand and One Nights (1969) Story created by Osamu Tezuka, combination of One
Thousand and One Nights and the legends of Sinbad
 Shehzade Sinbad kaf daginda (Prince Sinbad of the Mountains) (1971) (Turkish film)
 Simbad e il califfo di Bagdad (Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad) (1973) (Italian film)
 The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
 Pohádky Tisíce a Jedné Noci (Tales of 1,001 Nights) (1974), a seven-part animated film by
Karel Zeman
 Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures (Arabian Naitsu: Shinbaddo No Bôken, 1975)
 Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
 The Freedom Force (TV Series) (1978)
 Adventures Of Sinbad (1979)
 Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi: The Arabian Nights: Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor (1979)
 Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
 Doraemon:Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991)
 Sinbad (1993)
 The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor (1996–1998)
 The Adventures of Sinbad (1996–98)
 Alif Laila – A TV series by Sagar Films (Pvt.Ltd.) for DD National. It was portrayed by
Shahnawaz Pradhan.[10] Also shown on SAB TV & Ary Digital TV channels (1997)
 Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998)
 Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (2000)
 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
 Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag (2004–2006): Sinbad is a main character.
 Backyardigans (2007) episode: "Sinbad Sails Alone"
 "1001 Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad" (2009)
 "Sinbad and the Suknazbot" (2009)
 The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010) film by The Asylum
 Sinbad and The Minotaur (2011) starring Manu Bennett
 Sinbad (2012) A UK television series from Sky1