Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
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 Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists film poster |
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| Directed by | Evan Ricks, Alan Jacobs |
| Produced by | G.V. Babu, Usha Ganesh, Sriram Rajan |
| Written by | Jeff Wolverton |
| Starring | Brendan Fraser, Jennifer Hale, Leonard Nimoy, Clint Carmichael, Mark Hamill, John Rhys-Davies |
| Editing by | Scott Conrad |
| Distributed by | Trimark Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  March 24, 2000 |
| Running time | 85 min. |
| Country | United States, India |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
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Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (India / US) - 2000
The first feature length CG movie created exclusively using motion capture. While many animators worked on the project, the human characters were entirely animated using motion capture. Shot at Raliegh Studios in Los Angeles, in 1997 over three months. Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists is reported to be the most expensive direct to video movie ever shot, at a reported 30 million dollars.
[edit] Synopsis
This adventure story, created with state-of-the-art computer animation technology, follows the adventurer Sinbad (voiced by Brendan Fraser) as he discovers a mysterious island ruled by King Akron (voiced by John Rhys-Davies) and his daughter, Princess Serena (voiced by Jennifer Hale). Their benevolent rule is being challenged by Baraka (voiced by Leonard Nimoy), a vicious wizard who uses his powers to sway the island to his own evil purposes. Serena enlists Sinbad's help in a voyage to find the missing ingredients for a spell that will conquer Baraka once and for all.
[edit] Production history
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists was billed as the first full-length animated feature using the 3-D animated motion capture process, which allows computer animators to translate the movements of live actors into animated characters, providing a heightened degree of realistic, natural movement.
Produced by Pentamedia, it was purchased by TriStar for television distribution and had a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.
