The Seventh Voyage
A Journey into the imagination and world of Ray Harryhausen.
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"By the end of Clash of the Titans I had reached the grand age of sixty-one, and had been working since I was a teenager, moviemaking takes so much out of one's life. You have to live, eat and breathe pictures, not just during production, but before and after. I hardly saw my family during the endless months of production, and there eventually comes a point when you say ""Is this worth it""...Having said all of that..I regret none of it."
You've visited lands where a Cyclops roams (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad), skeletons duel (Jason and the Argonauts) and cowboys lasso dinosaurs (The Valley of the Gwangi). They are the worlds of Ray Harryhasuen, the stop-motion effects master who creates another dazzling realm in Clash of the Titans. Olympian gods, mythological monsters and heroic mortals populate this imaginative spectacle. Harry Hamlin is Perseus, mortal son of Zeus (Laurence Olivier) and champion of captive Andromeda (Judi Bowker). From that storyline, Harryhausen unleashes sea creature Kraken, snake-haired Medusa, swamp denizen Calibos, Flying horse Pegasus, two-headed dog Dioskilos, giant scorpions and all manner eye-popping adventure. Let the clash begin!
Special Features on DVD
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A conversation with Ray Harryhausen.
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Map of myths and monsters gallery featurette for all the creatures of the film.
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Theatrical trailer
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Cast film highlights
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Widescreen anamorphic format
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Interactive Menus
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Review
Ray
Harryhausen took us to the magical world of Greek Myth in "Jason and the
Argonauts"
the
film that has become a cult classic, now here at the end of his career he took
us back to that world with "Clash of the Titans." The story of the hero of
ancient Myth Perseus is
brought to life with amazing detail and
fantasy full of creatures that only Ray has been able to bring to life. Perseus
the true heir to the kingdom of Argos is banished with his
mother by Acrisius King of Argos and condemned to the sea. Zeus is enraged at
this act by the King and commands the destruction of the city, by brining the
most feared and powerful titan, the Kraken. The monster causes a tidal wave that
destroys Argos, its people and king
Acrisius. Perseus grows to
a
powerful and valiant man at the same time the Kingdom of Phoenicia is
being cursed by its former prince, Calibos.
Calibos was punished by Zeus for his evil acts and is now feared by the people
of Joppa. The city lies under a curse placed by Calibos in revenge for his
punishment, and only the suitor
who can solve the riddle will be able to save the city and at the same time wed
the princess Andromeda. But in Olympus the Gods fight among themselves! Thetis
mother of Calibos enraged by what Zeus did to Calibos pits Perseus in the middle
of all this.
Perseus must now seek the path to his destiny
and defeat Calibos, free the city of Joppa and wed Andromeda. But before all
these things can happen Perseus is sent on a journey
beyond his
imagination with a little help from Pegasus and a mechanical owl Bubo. A journey
that will take him far into the mountains of the north in search of the blind
and ancient Stygian Witches who have a hunger for human flesh, to the very edge of the Underworld where Dioskilos the two
headed dog awaits any mortals
who
wander into the ancient temples of the feared Gorgon Medusa. Perseus must take
the head of Medusa if he wishes to save Andromeda from being sacrificed to the
Kraken and save Phoenicia from the same fate that destroyed Argos, but Calibos
awaits for Perseus with three giant scorpions which were born from the poisonous
blood of Medusa. Perseus must face Calibos and defeat him before Andromeda can
be saved from the Kraken. Clash of the
Titans was to be Ray Harryhausen's final film in which he would worked on as an
animator. The film starts a bit slow but the storytelling is wonderful and once Perseus begins his journey its one amazing trail of action
and fantasy. Truly the
sequence
with Medusa must be the best in any film that Ray collaborated with, you can
really see the amount of detail he paid attention on Medusa's every move. If
there is a Ray Harryhausen film that I
personally never get tired of it must be this one, the effects and acting and
overall presentation
of the film was amazing. The last film that closed an
amazing
career to the man that is considered a true pioneer in the field of special
effects animation and film making.
This film gets 5 out of 5 Medusa's!
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Technical Details
| Actors | Harry Hamlin ; Judi Bowker ; Burgess Meredith ; Maggie Smith ; Ursula Andress ; Claire Bloom; Sian Philips; Flora Robson and Laurence Olivie |
| Director | Desmond Davie |
| Certificate | Universal Suitable for Al |
| Year | 1981 |
| Screen | Widescreen 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescree |
| Languages | English - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround French- Dolby Digital 2.0 Mon |
| Additional Languages | German ; Italian ; Spanish ; French |
| Subtitles | English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Thai, Bahasa |
| Duration | 108 minutes (approx) |
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"Clash of the Titans was set to be my sixteenth feature and the twelfth in association with Charles. Rather interestingly, its $16 million budget exceeded the sum total of all Schneer/Harryhausen collaborations up to that point."
"After sixteen months of work the animation was completed in mid-January 1981, Even then I didn't have time to rest. The next few months were spent in editing room and then working in the capacity of the associate producer alongside Charles to oversee the recording of the sound effects and score."
"Most critics were kind to the film, The Pennsylvania Times said; "Those who love movie magic will thank heaven for Clash of the Titans! its a magical experience!"
"The Washington Post commented; Clash of the Titans is a welcome old-fashioned trek through an ancient world of Gods and heros, that old master of fantasy Ray Harryhausen has finally give full rein to display his teeming imagination on the screen."
"My favorite was Chicago Sun-Times, where Roger Ebert wrote. "Clash of the Titans is the kind of movie they aren't supposed to be making anymore: a grand and glorious romantic adventure, filled with brave heroes, beautiful heroines, fearsome monsters and awe-inspiring duels to the death"