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Beverley Cross (written by)
Release Date:
12 June 1981 (USA)
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An Epic Entertainment Spectacular! more
Plot:
A film adaption of the myth of Perseus and his quest to battle both Medusa and the Kraken monster to save the Princess Andromeda. full summary | add synopsis
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2 wins
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5 nominations
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Laurence Olivier | ... | Zeus |
 | Claire Bloom | ... | Hera |
 | Maggie Smith | ... | Thetis |
 | Ursula Andress | ... | Aphrodite |
 | Jack Gwillim | ... | Poseidon |
| Susan Fleetwood | ... | Athena |
| Pat Roach | ... | Hephaestus |
 | Harry Hamlin | ... | Perseus |
| Judi Bowker | ... | Andromeda |
| Burgess Meredith | ... | Ammon |
| Siân Phillips | ... | Cassiopeia |
| Flora Robson | ... | Stygian Witch |
| Anna Manahan | ... | Stygian Witch |
| Freda Jackson | ... | Stygian Witch |
| Tim Pigott-Smith | ... | Thallo |
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118 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 |
UK:12 (DVD rating) (2005) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
USA:PG (certificate #25716) |
UK:15 (video rating) |
UK:A (original rating) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-12 |
Sweden:15 |
West Germany:12 |
Norway:16 |
Singapore:PG
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Revealing mistakes: When Perseus follows the Vulture carrying Andromeda through the air, there is a shot that shows the Vulture flying over the city. Two peasants can be seen walking up a hill at the bottom of the screen. When Persus enters the screen from the top left, riding Pegasus, the two peasants suddenly disappear and instantly reappear a few steps back, then repeat their walk up the hill. In the much later scene when Perseus rides Pegasus to save Andromeda from the Kraken, the same two peasants are briefly visible in the exact same position.
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Zeus:
Perseus has won. My son has triumphed.
Hera: A fortunate young man.
Zeus: Fortune is ally to the brave.
Thetis: What a dangerous precedent. What if there more heroes like him? What if courage and imagination became everyday mortal qualities? What will become of us?
Zeus: We would no longer be needed. But, for the moment, there is sufficient cowardice, sloth and mendacity down there on Earth to last forever.
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Hera: A fortunate young man.
Zeus: Fortune is ally to the brave.
Thetis: What a dangerous precedent. What if there more heroes like him? What if courage and imagination became everyday mortal qualities? What will become of us?
Zeus: We would no longer be needed. But, for the moment, there is sufficient cowardice, sloth and mendacity down there on Earth to last forever.
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Referenced in "The Flash: The Trickster (#1.11)" (1991)
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It's nice to know that with all the different Herculeses running around that no one forgot Perseus (the great grandfather of Hercules as a matter of fact). While the creators took obvious liberties with the story, the special effects are stunning, some of Ray Harryhausen's best. Medusa is right dead on although the concept of her as a naga (snake-goddess) hit me out of left field. The visualization of Olympus and the gods on it was a boring and stagnant without any major grandeur. They're attired in white togas with no creative costuming what so ever and no glimpses of the other myriad gods of Olympus. Ursula Andress would not have been my choice for Aphrodite, but Susan Fleetwood resembles Isabella Rosselini of "The Odyssey" enough to pull off Athena, but kudos have to go to whoever got Sir Laurence Oliver to play Zeus. Even next to Roy Dotrice, John Rhys-Davies or perhaps Sean Connery, he is the only man who could give the role the command it deserves. More liberties were taken with Thetis as the wife of Poseidon,though, her presence forced into the story is only merely there to inflict the fateful curse. Harry Hamlin may not be an action star, but he does well in the role. Beautiful Judi Bowker makes for an entrancing Andromeda despite the trial she went through chained to a cliff at high tide. Burgess Meredith is whimsical and wise as the playwright who Perseus befriends, and Neil McCarthy emotes as best as he can as the new character Calibos inserted into the legend. The few things I can find fault with at all is the obvious overuse of previous footage whenever Perseus flies over Joppa. The tiny robotic owl Bubo is as charming as a big, stupid, purple dinosaur on PBS, but the images of Pegasus are as spectacular as you would expect. The images flying through the air again are foiled by the obvious overuse of stock footages and the telling scenes with stop-motion. Despite these few faults, this is a very enchanting fantasy and a very under-appreciated movie.