Jason and the Argonauts (1963) 7.3
The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece. Director:Don Chaffey |
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Jason and the Argonauts (1963) 7.3
The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece. Director:Don Chaffey |
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Todd Armstrong | ... | |
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| Gary Raymond | ... | ||
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Laurence Naismith | ... | |
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Niall MacGinnis | ... | |
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Michael Gwynn | ... | |
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Douglas Wilmer | ... | |
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| Honor Blackman | ... | ||
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John Cairney | ... | |
| Patrick Troughton | ... | ||
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Andrew Faulds | ... | |
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Nigel Green | ... | |
Jason has been prophesied to take the throne of Thessaly. When he saves Pelias from drowning, but does not recognize him as the man who had earlier killed his father, Pelias tells Jason to travel to Colchis to find the Golden Fleece. Jason follows his advice and assembles a sailing crew of the finest men in Greece, including Hercules. They are under the protection of Hera, queen of the gods. Their voyage is replete with battles against harpies, a giant bronze Talos, a hydra, and an animated skeleton army, all brought to life by the special effects wizardry of Ray Harryhausen. Written by Rick Gregory <rag.apa@email.apa.org>
This was one of those films I always remember seeing as a child and I never forgot those skeletons which I think is Ray Harryhausen's best work.
Greek hero Jason takes a party by ship to search for the Golden Fleece, but have to encounter several dangers on the way. This starts when they drop off at an island with bronze statues to collect food and water. But one of them goes into the tomb of one of these, Talos and steals a gold sword. Talos then comes to life and attacks the crew and during their escape, the ship is destroyed. Talos is destroyed eventually. While on the island, they come across a blind man, who gets attacked by two cheeky Harpies who keep eating his food. They are captured. They continue their journey and encounter Neptune and arrive on the island where the Golden Fleece is. Before getting the Golden Fleece, Jason must fight and kill the Hydra, which he does. The best part of the movie is of course those skeletons near the end. Jason manages to defeat them when they fall off a cliff into the sea.
This has to be one of, if not the best of Harryhausen's movies. Bernard Herrmann was responsible for the excellent music.
Jason is played well by Todd Armstrong and Nancy Kovack plays Medea. These are joined by Bond girl Honor Blackman (Goldfinger), Laurence Naismith (The Valley Of Gwangi), Dr Who actor Patrick Troughton who plays the blind man, Niall MacGinnis (Night of the Demon) and Nigel Green as Hercules.
This is probably my favourite of Ray Harryhausen's fantasy movies.
Rating: 5 stars out of 5.