- Sadko (film)
Infobox Film
name = Sadko
caption = Poster for "Sadko"
writer =Konstantin Isayev
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (libretto from the opera "Sadko")
starring =Sergei Stolyarov
Alla Larionova
Yelena Myshkova
director =Aleksandr Ptushko
producer =
music =Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (music from the opera "Sadko") |http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sadko_(film)&action=edit cinematography =Fyodor Provorov
distributor =
released = 1953
runtime =
country =USSR
language = Russian
amg_id =
imdb_id = tt0046264
budget =
followed_by ="Sadko" is a 1953 Russian fantasy film directed by
Aleksandr Ptushko . The film is based on an opera byNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov , which was based on a Russian "bylina "(epic tale) with the same name, and scored with Rimsky-Korsakov's music from the opera.Plot Summary
Awards
"Sadko" won the "Silver Lion" award at the
Venice Film Festival in 1953, and festival judges included lead actorSergei Stolyarov in a list of the world’s best actors in the 50-year history of film."The Magic Voyage of Sinbad"
The film was released in the United States in 1962 in a heavily-modified form by
Roger Corman 's Filmgroup under the title "The Magic Voyage of Sinbad". The Filmgroup version reduced the total running time from 89 to 79 minutes, re-dubbed it into English, and renamed the protagonist "Sadko" as "Sinbad" (the film does have a slight connection toSindbad the Sailor since Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic suite "Scheherazade" incorporates elements of Sindbad stories). Notably, the "Script Adaptor" for this version of the film was a youngFrancis Ford Coppola .This version of the film was featured in Season 5, Episode #505 of
Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1992. Despite mocking this modified version of the film in this episode, Kevin Murphy, voice ofTom Servo , has professed a love for the "breathtaking" visual style of this and other films by Aleksandr Ptushko in multiple interviews. [ [http://tom-servo.home.mindspring.com/special-events_interview_kevin-murphy-part1.html The MST3K Review] Dead link|date=October 2008] [Nikki Tranter. [http://www.popmatters.com/books/interviews/murphy-kevin-021226.shtml Enjoying The Squirm: A Moment with Kevin Murphy] ,Popmatters ,2002-12-26 ] .Paul Chaplin , another writer of the show, has also expressed admiration.DVD Release
The original Russian version of "Sadko" is available on DVD from RusCiCo.
References
External links
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* [http://www.ruscico.com/dvd.php?lang=en&dvd=94 RusCiCo page for "Sadko"]
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