JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS was directed by Don Chaffey, produced by Charles H. Schneer, and featured a great cast, including Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Honor Blackman, Gary Raymond, Laurence Naismith, Niall MacGinnis (my favourite Zeus!), Patrick Troughton, Douglas Wilmer, Michael Gwynn and Nigel Green (a really good Hercules!)
This is one of Ray Harryhausen’s very, very best movies! Boasting a well-paced plot, a wonderful Bernard Herrmann score and memorable stop-motion creatures, including Talos and the Harpies. The many-headed Hydra that guards the fleece is a very well-designed creation and is probably my favourite stop-motion movie beast.
The sword fight between Jason and a couple of his Argonauts versus seven grimacing skeletons is a truly exciting and memorable moment in fantasy cinema. For me, this is the best stop-motion sequence of all time!
Amazing stuff. Fantasy adventure movies don’t get better than this!
Here’s a selection of just some of the posters produced for the movie…
A couple of limited-edition posters…
Some lobby cards…
Some fotobustas (Italian version of lobby cards)…
Some VHS, DVD and Blu-ray covers…
Some Super 8mm box art…
Some acrylic paintings by Jamie Chase…
Finally, some Ray Harryhausen concept art for the movie…
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