MST3K - Favorite Moments - The Magic Voyage of Sindbad

In episode 505 we're once again treated to russian cinema - actually done by award winning director Aleksandr Ptushko (though he's credited here as Alfred Pusco) who won a special prize in Cannes in '46 for use of colour in "The Stone Flower" and won the Silver Lion in Venice with "Sadko" (as is the original title of this movie) in '53.
He's is also behind The Sword and the Dragon (Illya Muromets), and The Day the Earth Froze (Sampo) also featured in MST - as his other works they're based on russian or finnish mythology.
Actually, this movie's transformation from Sadko to Sindbad could have something to do with the impossibility of selling a commie movie to the american audience at the time...
Fun Fact - Screen adaptor for Sindbad (Sadko) was none other than a young Francis Ford Coppola!
Anyway, this movie features beards, stratego hats, a rather exaggerated version of Battlechess, beards, misunderstood pony-rides, the bird of happiness, beards, a rather friendly chicken, the vikings of Sindbad, a seahorse ride, more beards, treatable Luberia, suddenly sushi, Manicdepressiveville, clackerhats, narration by God, lots and lots of very big long beards, and thousands of russians!
Enjoy!

• Category

  Comedy

[AtorTheFlyingEagle]

Ptushko's films shouldn't be judged by these butchered American edits with awful dubbing.

[auritone]

That's true! But the dubbing does makes them damn funny. :)

[David Fisher]

I don't think Ptushko was behind "Jack Frost." I'm pretty sure that was another Russian director.

[auritone]

You're right... All those Alexandrs apparently confused me. It was Alexandr Rou.

Damn! And just to emphazise the Alexandr confusion it's also the first name of the guy playing Jack Frost.

More corrections coming up. :)

[Iliya Moroumetz]

Just a note; The Sword and the Dragon episode was actually Iliya Moromets.

But you more or less nailed it on the head.

I just love these movies, the budget for them was no doubt huge and it certainly does look good for the time.

[auritone]

You're right. Got the movies mixed up a bit apparently. :)

Thank you for the correction. I will rectify it. :)

[salanh]

I never knew Arabia was so Russian....Those were some really white Middle Eastern folk...

BTW  the stinger of the laughing horse = insta-nightmare

[ilikethecoke]

Sinbad has returned... and no one seems to care!

[filidorable]

It's not dead......it's resting.

[Brandon Dodge]

It's the magic voyage of Jack Frost.

[80MWH]

One that isn't here is when Crow really gets into Sinbad's victory:

"KISS MY BIG WHITE SINBAD BUTT, I WON! WHOOHOO!!!!"

[originalscreenname44]

I still think the best moment of this ep is when Mike and the Bots say,"Sorry, Mr. Sinbad" when Sinbad sees all the downtrodden folks in the city. Always cracks me up... because of the comedic delivery, not the poverty. Just thought I'd clear that up.

[Abby Sith]

I loved the line "That was like Waiting for Godot on the high seas"

Not terrible accurate, but I loved the line.

[EnkiMarNu]

Did anyone else notice that this is really a Lavish Production! Not your run-of-the-mill MST3K Fodder.

[EnkiMarNu]

The 2 Stages of Jackie Cooper!GENIUS.

[sightsboy]

I've been around the world and i've never seen something as stupid as this!

[BluTrilobite]

Sampo! 

[BluTrilobite]

I had no idea Sindbad was a Viking....WTF?!