The Seventh Voyage
A Journey into the imagination and world of Ray Harryhausen.
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An Animated Life
Well I bet that by now many of you have
your hands on this amazing book covering Mr. Harryhausen's career in stop
motion animation and cinema. Well this wont be a huge review since I still
don't have a scanner ready to add some of the very cool behind the scenes
shots that are found within the book itself but I will try to provide you
with some of the details.
First of all the book has two
different covers, the one you see on the left is the U.S version of the
book that was released in April I believe, the one of the right is the UK
version that has been out for a while now. The only difference in the
books are their covers other than that its virtually the same book. The
book starts out with a foreword by Ray Bradbury which makes for a very
interesting read, then goes in to some info about the authors Tony Dalton
and Ray himself. This takes you to an adventure with Ray from his early
beginnings when he did his first model of a cave bear constructed of a
wooden frame with the ball and socket joints made out of a bed to his very
last feature film in 1981 "Clash of the Titans"
The
book covers every film from Mighty Joe Young, Sinbad, Jason and the rest
with amazing detail and some behind the scenes stuff that will amaze you,
this includes film locations, film reviews by many critics, films costs,
and some very funny things that happened during the filming of the films.
Every creature that has ever
appeared in his films is explained from the early sketches to the finish
creature appearing in its respected film. He explains how every scene in
which a creature appears
was
created along side the live actors. The book has tons of
his early sketches for most of the creatures and some that never became a
reality and I mean tons of them. An entire chapter is dedicated to the
films that where on the drawing boards, the chapter is called "Lost
Projects, Lost Worlds" where he covers along side early drawings of the
films what could have been. I've added two skechtes here, on the left was
a creature called "Charybdis on the right was "Scylla" both were going to
appear in the film called "Force of the Trojans" amazing creatures in what
could have been an amazing film.
Here is a list of some of the rest, there are more many more! and some day I hope to add a page for all these projects with the sketches found in the book
The Abominable Snowman
Dante's Inferno
The Hobbit
Atlantis
Conan
Food of the Gods
People of the Mist
Sinbad and the seven wonders of the world
When the world cracked open
Tarzan and Ant men
There are many more and once you read this chapter you could imagine how big and successful these projects could have been.
Well in all the book is amazing and worth its prize! its a must have for every fan of Ray and his creations. You can get your copy at most book stores if not get yours from Amazon for about $35.00 and well worth it! so what are you waiting for trust me you wont put this book down once you start reading it!
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303 pages packed with info on Ray Harryhausen, his career, his creatures and his life!
Written by Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton
Forword by Ray Bradbury.
Book Contents:
Foreword by Ray Bradbury
Preface by Tony Dalton and Ray Harryhausen
Introduction
Discovery of a Giant Ape
Another Ape and a Beast
From Beneath the Sea to Outer Space
Sinbad has been good to me
Another lost land
Almost Human
Absolutely Imperial
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs everywhere Dinosaurs
Return to Legends
Goodbye old Friend
In the Lap of the Gods
Lost Projects, Lost Worlds
Filmography
Glossary.