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Writer:
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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(111 articles)
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Trailer Park: Of Snakey Hair and Moody Teens
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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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The Kraken was not the name of a titan in Greek mythology, but a sea monster from Scandinavian mythology.
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Factual errors: When Perseus was trying to get his sword out from under a snake on the Isle of the Dead, there is a hiss like a Cobra and a slight rattle. The snake on screen us a Python. They don't bite and are not venomous so he could have grabbed it at any time.
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Stygian Witch:
A titan against a titan!
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Featured in The Sasquatch Gang (2006)
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Robust fantasy / adventure based on Greek and Nordic mythology.
Mortal man Perseus (Harry Hamlin), who was sired by the god Zeus (Laurence Olivier), has his future determined by the vindictive goddess Thetis (Maggie Smith) and her deformed son Calibos (Neil McCarthy). He receives some divine help and acquires a faithful steed in the winged white horse Pegasus.
While it serves mainly as a showcase for the visual effects of the legendary Ray Harryhausen (who was also a producer), it's still fun to watch, with a cast full of top acting professionals (who else but Laurence Olivier could have played Zeus?). Young star Hamlin is serviceable, but he's at least more believable than co-star Judi Bowker (as his love interest, Andromeda) - she's beautiful but dull.
Laurence Rosenthal contributes a grand, sweeping, romantic type of score, and those scenes not shot in the studio are shot in some striking European locations.
The picture really comes to life whenever one of Harryhausen's animated characters is on screen. Overall, the picture moves rather slowly, with no sense of urgency - in that sense, it's really kind of an old-fashioned, traditional fantasy quest because more modern thrillers often work overtime to try to keep the audience's attention. It's never as exciting as it probably could have been, but it IS entertaining.
The best sequences for me were the ones with Dioskilos (the two-headed dog) and Medusa, the snake-haired she-demon.
I remember being intrigued by this movie as a child (I would have been eight or nine when it came out) and it probably still appeals more to the kid in me than anything else.
7/10