The movie theaters of my childhood smelled of dirt, alcohol, cigars, filth, urine, and many other things, even chewinggum, cheap cologne , cookies and old, worn clothes but then again, there were poor theaters, and there were more clean ones. It very much depended upon the regular audiences, the neighborhood, the town.
For the kids of Romanian "Golden Age" , front of scenes from a too far time and place, "Sandokan" was more than a cool series. it was the best.
One of the novels I most relished as a teenager was "The Tigers of Mompracem" by Emilio Salgari. What a joy to discover a worthy adaptation had been rendered in film!
After sailing the seas with Sandokan, you might wonder what life on earth still has to offer us. Sandokan's charismatic and heroic behavior is brought to us with colorful exotic images and the most beautiful soundtrack, combining sitars with steady seventies grooves.
When I was growing up in Spain, this was a must see for kids. I went to an all girl school, and we would recreate the episodes during our recess.
Originally this mini-series was also on Dutch television , somewhere around 1976.It was a major success; almost divine pictures and a true romantic story.
I watched the series (3 big screen series) in Bulgaria early 80s.Later when I came to South Africa I found VHS in the Video rent shop.
Entretenidísima serie de los 70, que independientemente de la mayor o menor credibilidad que pueden tener las alabanzas inherentes a la nostalgia, consecuente del escaso criterio que puede tener el niño que fui cuando esta serie nos tenia embobados a prácticamente todos los chavales de la época, es una voluntariosa y brillante puesta en imágenes de los magníficos e intemporales libros del más famoso y bravo pirata de la Malasia que en el mundo ha sido.Basada en los adictivos libros escritos por Emilio Salgari y con un Kabir Bedi, que no es que interpretara a Sandokan, sino que era Sandokan en carne y hueso.
Here's an epic miniseries, a co-production between France, Germany, and Italy and filmed in Asia, based on the same novels that inspired Lenzi's movie SANDOKAN THE GREAT and the sequels (both "official" and otherwise) that followed it in the early '60s. Despite a truly mammoth running time, this is still watchable stuff that deftly mixes together action, adventure, political intrigue, tragedy, and romance, all in a far eastern setting that will prove quite eye-opening to Western viewers (thanks to plentiful use of local colour, from snake charmers to roaming tigers in the jungle).
