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Jason and the Argonauts (1963) -- Jason, son of the murdered King of Thessaly, is diverted from claiming his throne, in a search for the Golden Fleece, which can bring peace to his kingdom. Special effects by Ray Harryhausen and vivid color cinematography highlight the fable of Jason's search for golden fleece.
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) -- The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece.
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Writers:
Jan Read (screenplay) &
Beverley Cross (screenplay)
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Release Date:
19 June 1963 (USA) more
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Greatest Odyssey Of The Ages - for the first time on the screen more
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The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece. full summary | add synopsis
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Jason and the Golden Fleece
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Runtime:
104 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Australia:G | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-12 (cut) (1963) | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1963) | Finland:K-8 (uncut) (2000) | Singapore:PG | USA:G (certificate #20139) | Norway:11 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:U | West Germany:12 | Ireland:G | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario)

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The voice of Todd Armstrong, who played Jason, was dubbed by British actor Tim Turner. Turner's voice was well known as the narrator of the '60s Rank series "Look At Life"'. He was also the narrator of trailers in many British films in the '50s, '60s and '70s, including the one for this movie, and provided the voice of Dr. Peter Brady, the titular hero of the popular late '50s British TV series, "Invisible Man" (1958). more
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Continuity: Before Hylus hurls the discus, he hands his pack to a bystander. After hurling the discus, he is shown in close-up with the pack still slung over his shoulder. In the following scene, the pack is once again missing. more
Quotes:
Jason: Now the voyage is over, I don't want any trouble to begin
Polydeuces: There won't be any trouble, Jason. Just tell us where the city is and when we attack.
Jason: We don't attack.
Polydeuces: But that's foolish, you have the finest fighting men in the world.
Jason: 40 fighting men against a nation?
Phalerus: Better forty than one Jason.
Jason: We're not *pirates*, Phalerus.
Acastus: What's that girl done to you? We thought you were a fighting man.
Jason: I'm going up alone in the morning. See what the situation is.
Polydeuces: Oh, you mean spy out the land. Well, why alone? Why not take a few of us scouting.
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Referenced in The Sasquatch Gang (2006) more

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What is an Argonaut?
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30 out of 39 people found the following comment useful.
Harryhausen's Masterpiece?, 7 November 2003
Author: ecarle

Possibly. His first "Sinbad" film in 1958 had one moving skeleton for the hero to fight; this one has a whole platoon of them, each part painstakingly moved one tiny distance at a time personally by Harryhausen through stop-motion techniques. The seven-headed Hydra is another technical marvel. There are some other nifty creatures for Jason and his crew to battle, but for me, the most impressive of them all turns up first: the gigantic Talos, the Man of Bronze.

I was a kid when this came out, and I don't think I'll ever forget that moment when the huge, crouched statue came to life, turned his head towards the two men below him (his bronze head screeching with the tear of metal), climbed off of his pedestal, and proceeded to chase Jason and his men. Talos was giant like Godzilla, but as single-minded as the Terminator: all he wants to do is track Jason's crew down until he kills them all. This gave me nightmares. Bernard Herrmann's score is one of his best, making music to match Harryhausen's images. (Herrmann was coming off of other Harryhausen's, plus Hitchcock's "Vertigo," "North by Northwest" and "Psycho," and knew how to thrill you.)

Tom Hanks, who was also a kid when this came out, has said: "Everybody thinks that 'Citizen Kane' was the greatest movie ever made. But if you were young in 1963, you know the real answer is: 'Jason and the Argonauts.'"

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