Jason and the Argonauts set out on their journey to find what item?
The legendary hero enlists the help of the gods to steal the gilded fleece.
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Release Date
Jan 1963
Premiere Information
Boston opening: nineteen Jun 1963
Production Company
Morningside Worldwide Pictures, S.A.
Distribution Visitor
Columbia Pictures
Country
United Kingdom
Location
England, Britain; Italy
Technical Specs
Elapsing
1h 44m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : one, 1.85 : i
Synopsis
On Olympus Zeus and Hera witness Pelias' murder of his half-blood brother, King Aeson of Thessaly, and the maturation of Aeson'south son, Jason. To overcome his nephew's exclamation of right to the throne, Pelias sends Jason on a treacherous journey, the quest for the Golden Fleece. Undeterred past danger, the youth immediately sets sail in the Argo with a crew of fast friends. En route to Colchis, site of their prize, the Argonauts surmount diverse obstacles, braving the attacks of a colossal bronze Titan, rescuing the prophet Phineas from the Harpies, and escaping expiry, through Hera's intervention, between the Symplegades. Despite the opposition of Colchis' King Aeëtes, to whom Jason's purpose is betrayed by Pelias' son Acastus, Jason, guided by Aeëtes' daughter Medea, kills the 7-headed Hydra guarding the Gilt Fleece and vanquishes a skeletal ground forces sown past Aeëtes from the monster'south teeth. The Argonauts then render to Thessaly, bearing on board both Medea and the Gold Fleece.
Director
Crew
Motion-picture show Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Release Date
Jan 1963
Premiere Information
Boston opening: 19 Jun 1963
Production Visitor
Morningside Worldwide Pictures, S.A.
Distribution Company
Columbia Pictures
Country
United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland
Location
England, United Kingdom; Italy
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 44m
Audio
Mono
Color
Colour (Eastmancolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
ane.37 : ane, 1.85 : 1
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Jason and the Argonauts
It'due south obvious from watching the films of Tim Burton that he was influenced by fantasy and horror films such as movies starring Vincent Toll, the Hammer Films of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and even some of the more creepy Disney films. But "another kind of film that influenced me were the fantasy films of Ray Harryhausen like Jason and the Argonauts with monsters animated in stop-motion. I thought those monsters were the greatest."
And Tom Hanks, who awarded Harryhausen with a special Oscar® in 1992, even remarked, "Some people say Casablanca or Denizen Kane. I say Jason and the Argonauts is the greatest moving-picture show always fabricated." Who's going to argue with anything that those unlikely two might have in common? Particularly when information technology's the wild and wooly fantasy flick - Jason and the Argonauts (1963)?
Imagine that your dad has built upwardly a huge business organisation - article of furniture or gun-running or something - just that instead of you getting to become president when he dies you're instead toddled off to Grand duchy of luxembourg while some scheming toadie takes over the company. That's pretty much Jason in a nutshell. His dad is king of Thessaly, except that too-smart-for-his-toga Pelias decides to exercise away with dad and toss babe Jason into the ocean. Nice plan, except that the big momma goddess Hera saves Jason from drowning. Once Jason grows up, Pelias decides to get him out of the way past sending Jason off on an undoubtedly fatal quest for the Aureate Fleece (sheep's wool made of gold, something y'all don't observe at Wal-Mart or even Tiffany's). Jason rounds up all his frat brothers - Hercules included - and heads off to fame, fortune or painful death. Their ship is called Argo, hence the sailors are Argonauts. Forth the way are monsters, princesses, monsters, storms and monsters. (This isn't quite the way ancient Greeks told the story, but hey, they're all expressionless now.)
All the wonderful goings-on in Jason and the Argonauts are the result of Ray Harryhausen's famous stop-motion animation techniques. (Stop-motion uses a modest model of, say, a skeleton where one single film frame is photographed, then the model is moved very slightly and another frame is photographed. When the film is run through a projector, the skeleton volition appear to move.)
As a immature lad, Harryhausen was inspired by terminate-motion in the 1925 version of The Lost World and by the time of Jason and the Argonauts had perfected his skills working on such films as Mysterious Island (1961) and Mighty Joe Immature (1949). No matter how talented or nimble the animator, finish-move is very time-consuming. For instance, Harryhausen noticed how popular the skeleton fight had been in his before film The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and decided a skeleton regular army would be even meliorate. He was correct, but it took four months of work just for ane scene that's but on screen about three minutes. Perhaps that's one reason Jason and the Argonauts is Harryhausen's personal favorite film.
While the animation and effects had to be done in a special studio, the bandage and crew actually went to Italia for the exterior scenes, filmed in and around a pocket-size boondocks called Palinuto. They ran into one major cultural misunderstanding when actress Nancy Kovack (Medea) resorted to wearing a thick sweater at the chilly 6 a.m. calls. The sweater, the only i Kovack had, was purple, which the locals considered the colour of expiry and aroused their ire. The filmmakers worked out the problem so that filming could continue, which included a trip the light fantastic that Kovack had merely learned in Rome a week before shooting started. (She would later marry usher Zubin Mehta, exit the movie business and bring a losing embezzlement arrange against a one-time Whitewater partner of Bill Clinton.) Other casting trivia: Todd Armstrong, who played Jason, had been doing real-estate work when the married woman of a Columbia executive spotted him. And of course James Bond fans volition recognize Laurels Blackman (Hera) from her infamous function equally Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964).
Speaking of aureate, the movie was originally to be called Jason and the Golden Fleece merely an Italian picture show with the title The Gilded Fleece prompted the Americans to retitle theirs using "Argonauts." In an ironic twist, the Italian film - by cult director Riccardo Freda - instead ended upwardly with the championship The Giants of Thessaly (1960). (Of course, "The Gilt Fleece" has turned upwardly in numerous places over the years; a few years earlier Tintin and the Gilt Fleece (1961), a French moving picture, was released. And a couple of decades later a comic book appeared entitled Indiana Jones and the Gilded Fleece. The fleece must exist a little tarnished by now.)
Topping all this backlog of monstrous goodness is a score from Bernard Herrmann. Los Angeles native Herrmann was ane of the greatest moving picture composers and this score is widely considered one of his best. That'due south actually proverb something for a career stretching from Denizen Kane (1941) upwardly to Taxi Driver (1976). Just Herrmann's numerous scores for Hitchcock films may be his best known. Who tin forget the brooding and screeching strings of Psycho (1960) or the haunting, bittersweet music for Vertigo (1958)?
Only now we're really starting to wander from Jason and his fleece-hunting Argonauts. Classics are like that, you know: ane thing leads to another leads to another. Which reminds me - we forgot to mention the body of water monster in Jason and the Argonauts. Oh well, you'll figure information technology out. (Hint - he'southward the i with the giant fish tail.)
Producer: Ray Harryhausen, Charles H. Schneer
Director: Don Chaffey
Screenplay: Beverley Cross, Jan Read, based on the verse form "The Argonautica" past Apollonious Rhodios
Cinematography: Wilkie Cooper
Editing: Maurice Rootes
Music: Bernard Herrmann
Fine art Direction: Jack Maxsted, Antonio Sarzi-Braga, Herbert Smith
Visual Effects: Ray Harryhausen, Arthur Hayward
Cast: Todd Armstrong (Jason), Nancy Kovack (Medea), Gary Raymond (Acastus), Laurence Naismith (Argos), Niall MacGinnis (Zeus), Michael Gwynn (Hermes), Douglas Wilmer (Pelias), Jack Gwillim (King Aeetes), Laurels Blackman (Hera).
C-104m. Letterboxed.
past Lang Thompson and Jeff Stafford
Jason and the Argonauts
It's obvious from watching the films of Tim Burton that he was influenced by fantasy and horror films such as movies starring Vincent Price, the Hammer Films of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and even some of the more creepy Disney films. Just "another kind of film that influenced me were the fantasy films of Ray Harryhausen like Jason and the Argonauts with monsters animated in stop-movement. I thought those monsters were the greatest." And Tom Hanks, who awarded Harryhausen with a special Oscar® in 1992, even remarked, "Some people say Casablanca or Citizen Kane. I say Jason and the Argonauts is the greatest movie e'er made." Who's going to contend with annihilation that those unlikely two might have in common? Especially when information technology'southward the wild and wooly fantasy flick - Jason and the Argonauts (1963)? Imagine that your dad has built up a huge business - article of furniture or gun-running or something - but that instead of yous getting to become president when he dies y'all're instead toddled off to Luxembourg while some scheming toadie takes over the visitor. That's pretty much Jason in a nutshell. His dad is king of Thessaly, except that as well-smart-for-his-toga Pelias decides to do abroad with dad and toss babe Jason into the bounding main. Overnice plan, except that the large momma goddess Hera saves Jason from drowning. Once Jason grows upwards, Pelias decides to go him out of the fashion by sending Jason off on an undoubtedly fatal quest for the Golden Fleece (sheep's wool made of golden, something yous don't notice at Wal-Mart or even Tiffany's). Jason rounds upwards all his frat brothers - Hercules included - and heads off to fame, fortune or painful death. Their send is called Argo, hence the sailors are Argonauts. Along the mode are monsters, princesses, monsters, storms and monsters. (This isn't quite the style ancient Greeks told the story, but hey, they're all expressionless now.) All the wonderful goings-on in Jason and the Argonauts are the consequence of Ray Harryhausen'due south famous stop-motion animation techniques. (Stop-motion uses a small model of, say, a skeleton where one single moving picture frame is photographed, and so the model is moved very slightly and another frame is photographed. When the film is run through a projector, the skeleton will appear to motility.)As a young lad, Harryhausen was inspired past stop-movement in the 1925 version of The Lost World and by the time of Jason and the Argonauts had perfected his skills working on such films as Mysterious Island (1961) and Mighty Joe Young (1949). No matter how talented or nimble the animator, stop-motion is very fourth dimension-consuming. For example, Harryhausen noticed how popular the skeleton fight had been in his earlier film The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and decided a skeleton regular army would be fifty-fifty ameliorate. He was right, only it took four months of work just for i scene that's just on screen virtually iii minutes. Mayhap that's one reason Jason and the Argonauts is Harryhausen's personal favorite film. While the animation and effects had to exist washed in a special studio, the cast and crew actually went to Italian republic for the outside scenes, filmed in and around a small boondocks called Palinuto. They ran into one major cultural misunderstanding when actress Nancy Kovack (Medea) resorted to wearing a thick sweater at the chilly 6 a.m. calls. The sweater, the only one Kovack had, was purple, which the locals considered the color of death and aroused their ire. The filmmakers worked out the problem so that filming could keep, which included a dance that Kovack had just learned in Rome a week earlier shooting started. (She would later marry conductor Zubin Mehta, leave the moving picture business and bring a losing embezzlement adjust against a former Whitewater partner of Pecker Clinton.) Other casting trivia: Todd Armstrong, who played Jason, had been doing real-estate work when the wife of a Columbia executive spotted him. And of form James Bond fans will recognize Accolade Blackman (Hera) from her infamous part equally Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964). Speaking of gold, the film was originally to be chosen Jason and the Golden Fleece but an Italian movie with the title The Golden Fleece prompted the Americans to retitle theirs using "Argonauts." In an ironic twist, the Italian picture show - by cult director Riccardo Freda - instead ended upwardly with the championship The Giants of Thessaly (1960). (Of course, "The Golden Fleece" has turned up in numerous places over the years; a few years earlier Tintin and the Golden Fleece (1961), a French moving-picture show, was released. And a couple of decades later a comic book appeared entitled Indiana Jones and the Golden Fleece. The fleece must be a niggling tarnished by now.) Topping all this excess of monstrous goodness is a score from Bernard Herrmann. Los Angeles native Herrmann was one of the greatest movie composers and this score is widely considered one of his best. That's actually saying something for a career stretching from Citizen Kane (1941) upward to Taxi Driver (1976). But Herrmann's numerous scores for Hitchcock films may exist his best known. Who can forget the brooding and screeching strings of Psycho (1960) or the haunting, bloodshot music for Vertigo (1958)? But at present we're actually starting to wander from Jason and his fleece-hunting Argonauts. Classics are like that, y'all know: 1 thing leads to another leads to another. Which reminds me - we forgot to mention the sea monster in Jason and the Argonauts. Oh well, yous'll figure it out. (Hint - he'south the i with the behemothic fish tail.) Producer: Ray Harryhausen, Charles H. Schneer Director: Don Chaffey Screenplay: Beverley Cantankerous, Jan Read, based on the poem "The Argonautica" by Apollonious Rhodios Cinematography: Wilkie Cooper Editing: Maurice Rootes Music: Bernard Herrmann Art Management: Jack Maxsted, Antonio Sarzi-Braga, Herbert Smith Visual Effects: Ray Harryhausen, Arthur Hayward Bandage: Todd Armstrong (Jason), Nancy Kovack (Medea), Gary Raymond (Acastus), Laurence Naismith (Argos), Niall MacGinnis (Zeus), Michael Gwynn (Hermes), Douglas Wilmer (Pelias), Jack Gwillim (Male monarch Aeetes), Laurels Blackman (Hera). C-104m. Letterboxed. by Lang Thompson and Jeff Stafford
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Trivia
It took Ray Harryhausen iv months to produce the skeleton scene, a massive amount of fourth dimension for a scene which lasts at the about 3 minutes.
Later the success of 'Sergio Leone' 's Colosso di Rodi, Il (1961), information technology was decided to change the graphic symbol of Talos into a living bronze giant. It would become i of Ray Harryhausen'south virtually famous creations.
The Skeletons' shields have designs of other Harryhausen creatures, including an octopus and the head of the Ymir from 20 1000000 Miles to World (1957).
Ray Harryhausen regards this equally his best film.
The previous Ray Harryhausen films were generally shown as part of a double feature in "B" theatres. Columbia was able to book this film equally a single feature in many "A" theatres in the The states.
The grapheme of Jason, equally played by 'Todd Armstrong' , was re-voiced by British player Tim Turner. Turner'southward voice was well known equally the narrator of the '60s Rank serial 'Look At Life'. He was too the narrator of trailers in many British films in the '50s, '60s and '70s, including the one for this motion-picture show.
Notes
Released in Great Great britain in 1963; running time: 102 min. Filmed in Italy and Great Uk.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in The states Summer June xix, 1963
Released in United States March 1980
Released in Us February 10, 1990
Shown at Miami Film Festival February 10, 1990.
Dynamation ninety
Released in United States March 1980 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (The Ballsy: A Monumental Moving picture Marathon) March 4-21, 1980.)
Released in United States February 10, 1990 (Shown at Miami Film Festival Feb 10, 1990.)
Released in United States Summertime June 19, 1963
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