Sinbad is sentenced to death, whereupon Proteus sends Sinbad to retrieve the Book instead, placing himself as a hostage, and Marina goes to make sure that Sinbad succeeds. Anticipating this, Eris impersonates Sinbad and steals the Book herself. Sinbad and his crew go to Syracuse to steal the Book, but after seeing Proteus with his fiancé Lady Marina, Sinbad abandons the mission without giving a motive. Proteus goes to save Sinbad, but he is stopped by his crew.ĭrawn underwater by Cetus, Sinbad is saved by the beautiful Goddess of Discord, Eris, who offers him any boon he desires in exchange for the Book of Peace. Just when it seems the beast is defeated, Sinbad is dragged off the ship. The two work together to fight off Cetus and for a moment reaffirm their bond. Sinbad tries to steal the book anyway, but is prevented when Cetus attacks the ship. Proteus was Sinbad's best friend as a child, and he tells him that if their friendship ever meant anything to Sinbad, he can prove it now. Sinbad is surprised to see it is being protected while on board to Syracuse, Sicily by Prince Proteus of Syracuse. Sinbad and his pirate crew attempt to steal the magical "Book of Peace" and hold it for ransom as one last job before retiring to Fiji. However, DreamWorks brought 2D animation back for the 5-minute short film Bird Karma in 2018. To date, this is the final DreamWorks Animation film to use traditional animation, as the studio abandoned that in favor of computer animation. DreamWorks suffered a $125 million loss on a string of films, which nearly bankrupted them. Grossing $80.8 million on a $60 million budget, Sinbad was a box office failure.
Sinbad was released on July 2, 2003, and received mixed reviews from critics, praising the animation, action scenes, and voice performances but criticized the storyline and polarizing CGI. The film blends elements from the One Thousand and One Nights and classical mythology. It covers the story of Sinbad (voiced by Pitt), a pirate who travels the sea with his dog and his loyal crew, alongside Marina (voiced by Zeta-Jones), the fiancée of his childhood friend Prince Proteus (voiced by Fiennes), to recover the stolen Book of Peace from Eris (voiced by Pfeiffer) to save Proteus from accepting Sinbad's death sentence. Like Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, it combines traditional animation with some computer animation, and was directed by Tim Johnson and Patrick Gilmore (in the latter's directorial debut) and written by John Logan, and stars the voices of Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Joseph Fiennes. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (also known as Sinbad) is a 2003 American animated adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures.