Sinbad takes 7th voyage to Museum of Natural Sciences
RALEIGH -- From the land beyond the beyond ... From the world past hope and fear ... We bid you, moviegoers, to appear at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh on Friday, August 1 at 7 p.m. as we feature "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad."
When Princess Parisa is shrunken by the evil Sokurah the Magician, Sinbad must undertake a dangerous quest to an island of monsters in order to save her. [You can view the trailer at imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2576679193]. Sinbad is deftly played by Kerwin Matthews, a trained fencer who left a solid teaching job in Wisconsin to become an almost instant, if middleweight, action star in Hollywood in the 1950s-60s. The lovely Princess is none other than Kathryn Grant, the soon-to-be wife of B-B-B-Bing Crosby (you might remember Kathryn and kids singing along with Bing in all those TV Christmas specials).
"The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" was nominated for a Hugo Award (Best Dramatic Presentation) in 1959 along with "Dracula" and "The Fly." Special effects for the film were created by the master himself, Ray Harryhausen, and this was the first feature using his stop-motion animation effects to be completely shot in color. This film was the first of the "Sinbad trilogy" conceptualized and animated by Harryhausen (the others being "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" and "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger").
A soundtrack album of Bernard Herrmann's score, as performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra is now one of the most sought after albums by soundtrack collectors. The prolific and distinctive Herrmann wrote scores for everything from Orson Welles's "War of the Worlds" broadcast to Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" to Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver." (Legend has it Herrmann died only hours after recording the soundtrack for "Taxi Driver.")
The Museum stays open from 5 p.m. till 9 p.m. on the first Friday of every month. Arrive early and wander through eye-catching exhibits highlighting the natural beauty of North Carolina, enjoy snacks and beverages from the Acro Cafe, and groove to live music from Spindale. Or take a tour through the Museum's latest traveling exhibit, The Dead Sea Scrolls, which delves into the mystery and science behind the oldest surviving manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament (visit naturalsciences.org/scrolls/ for more information). Additionally, the Museum Store offers after-hours shopping and an opening reception (6–9 p.m.) for bird illustrators Doug Pratt and Ann Faust, whose show runs August 1-31 in the store's Nature Art Gallery. All exhibited art is for sale.
The Museum of Natural Sciences is located in downtown Raleigh at 11 West Jones Street. Parking is available on the street and in surface lots along Wilmington and Edenton streets. For more information, contact Steve Popson at 919-733-7450, ext. 379.
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, in downtown Raleigh, documents and interprets the natural history of the state of North Carolina through exhibits, research, collections, publications, and educational programming. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9 am to 5 pm, and Sun., noon to 5 pm. Admission is free. Visit the Museum on the Web at naturalsciences.org. The Museum is an agency of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, William G. Ross Jr., Secretary.
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