The Golden Voyage of Sinbad Page #2

- A good omen, perhaps.

- Yes, to ward off evil spirits.

[Sinbad ] You have nothing to tell me?

She is curvaceous, not deliciously fat

as I prefer,

but at night, a cottonseed

is the same as a pearl.

She finds favor in my eyes.

Yes? It's a bargain-

The girl, my son and 400 gold coins.

Allah will smile on you.

More likely he will laugh at me.

Bring them to my ship.

It shall be done.

A very strange trip, this one.

Grand Vizier!

Look what's coming.

As-salaam alaikum.

I've heard of gold going to

a man's head. But this?

- Cast off.

- [ Man ] Slip the gangplank.

Cast off!

[ Man ] Cast off!

Raise the sails.

Up!

[ Shouts, Indistinct ]

Fair wind, Captain.

[ Shouts ]

A fair wind and a fine one.

[ Crewman Shouting ]

Every voyage has its own avor.

- You know what is expected, Captain.

- Aye, my lord.

In few moments, Sinbad's ship will come

around that headland.

Follow him, Captain-

gently, cunningly,

keeping him always just within sight.

He who is patient obtains.

You're thinking as I am, Rachid.

Captain, an island, if it exists here,

can only be one place-

Lemuria.

Lemuria?

Aye, a mythical island. Mariners have been

searching for it for centuries.

[ Rachid ] They say it is all that is left of a

once-mighty continent, now sunk beneath the waves,

a place of untold dangers and death.

One who fears the unknown will one day

take fright in his own backside.

Well, there you have it.

We seek Lemuria.

We wager our skill against death.

And for rich reward.

Find this island and a handsome prize

awaits every man.

- Are you with me?

- Aye!

To Lemuria!

- And a bounty to boot!

- [ All ] Aye!

- [ Men Cheering ]

- Even if it be into the jaws of hell itself!

We cannot be bought, Captain.

Only with money.

Be warned. We can afford no laggards.

Every man must carry

his own weight and more.

[ Haroun ] There's water down there.

There's water everywhere.

We're at sea.

This boy's a genius.

[ Groans ]

I remember my father's shop,

my father coming up...

Father! This was his idea wasn't it?

Quick run round the harbor to sober up-

Clear the cobwebs away.

All right. Sea breeze is beautiful.

Cobwebs are all gone. Now we can go home.

Sorry. We're on course.

You're with us all the way.

All the way?

Oh, well. Things could be worse.

A couple of days

away from home isn't too bad.

A couple of weeks?

A month?

More than a month?

Oh, two, three years, perhaps.

Two or three years!

I'll be an old man by then! Ancient!

Show me to my cabin so I can lie down.

No cabin. No lying down.

Bunk with the men.

You want to eat? You work.

Work. Work?

This is terrible!

Haroun!

You pace like a caged beast.

For one who enjoys the hashish,

you should be more at peace.

- I'll put you on watch.

- On watch?

All you have to do is

sit and keep a sharp look out.

Sit down and look. Fine!

Haroun.

Up there.

That's where you sit.

[ Chuckles ]

Oh. I forget I have company.

Your pardon.

No, no, no.

I am the one who bows.

You are my guest.

- But I am your slave.

- Slave? Up, up.

You own me now.

Own you?

No human being has the right

to own another.

You're free now.

You belong to no one but yourself.

On this ship,

you are at no one's beck and call.

You understand that?

Right. I go to change.

Fetch me a drink!

Please.

- You will be sleeping in here?

- Of course.

[ Rachid ] Captain Sinbad!

Sinbad!

Aye.

Haroun saw a light on the horizon.

Over there.

- A ship.

- Following us?

- Stay on this course.

- Aye.

If she's still with us at daybreak, we know.

[ Vizier ] It is Koura.

Ah, yes.

I should come about, stand off and sink him.

If he does not sink us first.

Sinbad has sent more pirates to the bottom

of the sea than I can count.

There is much at stake.

We have the lead. We must maintain it.

We can't outrun a ship like that forever.

But you can outwit him.

The cabin looks very neat.

You have all a woman's gifts.

Yes, all of them.

Save one.

- What is that?

- Curiosity.

You never asked why I brought you along.

[ Chuckles ]

I've only just become a free woman.

Slaves do not ask questions.

Besides, I'm happy you brought me.

We're being hunted.

Pursued... like prey.

- And I must lose the hunter!

- Who pursues us?

A man.

A great, black bat of a man.

He is one of the reasons you are here-

he and that mark on your hand.

But why? Why?

I wish I knew myself.

Hold steady!

We'll lead him into this area

of dense mist here.

There's enough rocks and shoals

to snare a prow or rip open a keel.

But if you run him there,

you run the same risk yourself.

Not quite the same.

I've navigated these waters before.

Eh, Rachid?

Once before.

[ Man ] Abandon the chain!

[ Man Shouting ]

[ Scraping ]

[ Haroun ] How can he see to steer the ship?

It's terrible. How can he see anything?

The captain won't need to see.

He'll feel his way through.

[ Man Shouts ]

Drop anchor!

Not yet.

Pursue that ship!

Continue into this? We will be wrecked!

Captain Sinbad navigates these waters.

Then he must have a chart to follow.

[ Man Shouts ]

[ Scraping ]

[ Men Shouting ]

[ Shouts ]

- Three points east.

- Aye, Captain.

Aa Allah wills.

[ Chanting ]

[ Chanting Continues ]

Koura! Koura!

[ Shouts ]

It's alive! It's moving!

It's alive! It's alive!

[ Grunting ]

[ Shouts ]

Call everybody!

For the love of Allah! The chart!

It's taken the chart!

Never mind the chart.

Fight it with fire!

Burn it! Burn it!

[ Grunting ]

[ Groaning ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Koura's Voice]

Return. Return.

Return.

[ Grunts ]

She sunk straight to the bottom.

Impossible. Wood oats.

The harpoon was iron.

[ Vizier ] It took the chart.

Ah, but I still carry the course...

here.

Return.

Return.

Return.

Return now.

Return!

I breathe life into you.

Return!

Master.

Master.

Your face... it's aged.

Master, you are ill.

You saw everything.

I came when I heard your cry.

Then you know.

- Enough, master.

- Yes. Yes.

You will die if you go on this way.

To summon the demons of darkness,

there is a price.

And each time I call upon them,

it consumes part of me.

Come. We have no time to lose.

Haul in that rope.

Easy, easy.

Your sword.

Bring us back on course, Captain.

[ Lute Strumming ]

You like the lute, Captain?

Very much.

You must play me a tune some time.

- [ Men Laugh ]

- I was playing a tune.

[ Man ] Land ho!

[ Vizier ] Lemuria, where we are destined

to find our answer.

We go ashore at daybreak!

May good fortune accompany us too.

The captain reports we are well on course.

But there is no hope of overtaking Sinbad.

No matter. I expected such a possibility.

I am prepared for it.

Mandrake root and a few chemicals

is all that is needed.

No! Don't throw stones

in the well you drink from.

Do you dare defy the demons of darkness?

I've watched them drain your strength.

[ Gasps ] Look.

See what they have done to you already.

If you continue, you will perish

before this journey is over.

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