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Old adventure film, I basically only know the ending.


I am desperate to figure out the name of this film.

The most important detail: across the film, various team members of the hero get slain. At the end of the film, when the hero completes his quest, his entire team is reincarnated for a happy ending. I do not remember if this is due to a wizard, or the magic effects of some item, etc.

Era: 60s-80s if I had to guess? Something like Jason and the Argonauts or a Sinbad, though it isn't them [at least, none of the Harryhausen ones]. Maybe older? I can't swear it isn't black and white.




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The ending of The Return of the Jedi kind of fits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvXm5HuR72k

Conan the Barbarian has the woman return as a spirit to protect him during the battle at the mounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoZzVUPqHbk

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Thanks, but definitely not either. The movie I am looking for is a bit older than either, more of a Jason and the Argonauts or Sinbad feel [though not necessarily stop motion monsters].

It's a whole team of fellow friends at the end.

I wish I could at least remember how some died, or how they were magically brought back to life. I feel like the hero returned from his quest, alone, and... as a reward, was somehow granted the life of his friends. And they all came into the room and celebrated.

I feel like the movie's enemies were mythological in nature, but i could be wrong. My mind wants the answer to be Sinbad, but I've watched all 3 Harryhausen's and it is none.

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There are so many movies in this genre that it will be hard to find an answer. Do you remember the year in which you saw it? Was it in a theater or on TV? Was it possibly a foreign film dubbed into English?

Here is a list from Wikipedia of movies based on Greek and Roman mythology. Maybe something will look familiar to you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_Greco-Roman_mythology

Sinbad movies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_the_Sailor#Films,_TV,_animation

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Wow, those are great resources. Thank you. I spent a but looking through, but didn't find anything yet but will continue looking.

If I had to guess when I saw it, it was a rerun of an older movie that I watched on Saturday afternoon TV sometime during the 80s. It had that feel of older adventure movies. The hero had at least... 5 companions, like a Sinbad, that died and then all came back to life at the end. I don't remember if people died to monsters or something else.

I think it was English. I didn't think it was particularly obscure, except simply due to age. I honestly thought it was famous, like a Harryhausen movie, til I discovered it wasn't any of his films.

I could be wrong about the year... maybe 40s or 50s. I think older than newer.


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You're welcome. Try to post as many details as you can remember. Like, did the heroes die one by one throughout the film, or all at once? Maybe someone will recognize it.

I hope you find it.

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Were they really reincarnated or did he simply remember them and you were seeing images of his memory?

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I think this might be "The Magic Sword" with Gary Lockwood and Basil Rathbone. It's up on Youtube. Link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeAvwI1XwcM

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056211/reference

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Nice find/memory.

I'm surprised/disappointed it has a rating of 4.7 on IMDB.

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Thanks. Yeah, I remembered it from being skewered on MST3K.

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