Main Cast: Brendan Fraser, John Rhys-Davies, Jennifer Hale, Leonard Nimoy, Mark Hamill
Release Year: 2000
Run Time: 85 minutes
MPAA Rating: G
Plot
This adventure story, created with state-of-the-art computer animation technology, follows the adventurer Sinbad (voice of Brendan Fraser) as he discovers a mysterious island ruled by King Akron (voice of John Rhys-Davies) and his daughter, Princess Serena (voice of Jennifer Hale). Their benevolent rule is being challenged by Baraka (voice of 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. Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists was 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. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (2000) is the first feature length CGI film created exclusively using motion capture. While many animators worked on the project, the human characters were entirely animated using motion capture. At a reported US$30 million, Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists is reported to be the most expensive direct-to-video movie ever shot. It was made at Raliegh Studios in Los Angeles, over a three-month period in 1997.
Along with Pandavas: The Five Warriors (also from 2000), this is one of the first computer-animated features made in India. The Pentamedia company was behind both of these productions.
Sinbad (voiced by Brendan Fraser) "discovers a mysterious island ruled by King Akron (voiced by John Rhys-Davies) and his daughter, Princess Serena (voiced by Jennifer Hale)".[1] Threatened by the powerful wizard Baraka, Serena asks for his help in creating a spell that "will conquer Baraka once and for all".[1]
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".[1] The film used different actors for the motion caption of the main characters based on their particular size and body shape, as well as another set of actors for the facial movements.[2] A couple of hundred animators in Madras, India, worked on the animation, as well as a smaller group in Los Angeles.[3]
Produced by Pentamedia of India, it was purchased by Trimark Pictures for television distribution and had a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.
