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Clash of the Titans
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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   10,381 votes
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Director:
Desmond Davis
Writer:
Beverley Cross (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
12 June 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Family | Romance more
Tagline:
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
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
2 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(113 articles)
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User Comments:
Setting things straight more (131 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

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
Neil McCarthy ... Calibos
Donald Houston ... Acrisius
Vida Taylor ... Danae
Harry Jones ... Huntsman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ferdinando Poggi ... Guard (uncredited)

Directed by
Desmond Davis 
 
Writing credits
Beverley Cross (written by)

Produced by
Ray Harryhausen .... producer
John Palmer .... associate producer
Charles H. Schneer .... producer
 
Original Music by
Laurence Rosenthal 
 
Cinematography by
Ted Moore (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Timothy Gee 
 
Casting by
Joyce Agu  (as Joyce Robinson)
Sam Christensen 
Irene Lamb 
 
Production Design by
Frank White 
 
Art Direction by
Giorgio Desideri 
Fernando Gonzalez 
Peter Howitt 
Don Picton 
 
Costume Design by
Emma Porteus 
 
Makeup Department
Colin Arthur .... masks
Stephanie Kaye .... hair stylist
Basil Newall .... makeup artist
Connie Reeve .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Mario Pisani .... production supervisor: Italy
Luis Roberts .... production supervisor: Spain
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gerry Gavigan .... second assistant director
Terry Madden .... second assistant director
Anthony Waye .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Colin Chilvers .... model maker
Harry Cordwell .... set dresser
Bob Cross .... construction manager (as Robert Cross)
David Lusby .... production buyer
Bill McLaren .... construction manager
Janet Stevens .... model maker
Cathy Hill .... painter: production paintings (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Robin Gregory .... sound mixer
Graham V. Hartstone .... dubbing mixer
Nicolas Le Messurier .... dubbing mixer
Gordon K. McCallum .... chief dubbing mixer
Terry Poulton .... sound effects editor
Terry Sharratt .... boom operator
 
Visual Effects by
Dennis Bartlett .... blue screen technician
Cliff Culley .... special miniatures
Roy Field .... special opticals
Ray Harryhausen .... special visual effects creator
Frank Van der Veer .... special opticals (as Frank Van Der Veer)
Martin Body .... rostrum/matte cameraman (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Ferdinando Poggi .... stunt coordinator
Ralph Faulkner .... fight choreographer (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Bulley .... clapper loader
Anthony Gaudioz .... focus puller (as Tony Gaudioz)
Keith Hamshere .... still photographer
John May .... chief electrician
Mike Roberts .... camera operator
Jimmy Spoard .... camera grip
Egil S. Woxholt .... underwater and aerial camera operator
Costas Charitou .... titles & opticals: Camera Effects Ltd (uncredited)
David Johnson .... second assistant camera (uncredited)
Marc Wolff .... camera pilot (uncredited)
 
Animation Department
Jim Danforth .... animator (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Keith Denny .... wardrobe supervisor
Helen Gill .... wardrobe mistress
Yvonne Zarb Cousin .... wardrobe assistant (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Christopher Thompson .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Robin Clarke .... music editor
Herbert W. Spencer .... orchestrator
Gordon Langford .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Steven Archer .... assistant: Ray Harryhausen
Bryan Coates .... location manager
Jim Danforth .... assistant: Ray Harryhausen
Norma Hazelden .... production assistant
George Marshall .... production accountant
Brian Smithies .... floor/physical effects
Doreen Soan .... continuity
Ann Tasker .... unit publicist
Nick Maley .... prosthetics technician (uncredited)
Enzo Sisti .... accountant (uncredited)
 
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Runtime:
118 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
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
Filming Locations:
Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK more
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
According to mythology there was Cerberus, the THREE-headed dog but no Dioskilos with two. They asked Ray Harryhausen why he didn't use a three-headed dog, and he said it takes too much time to animate the extra head. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: After Bubo has been given to Perseus, Athena can be seen holding Bubo, the owl, in all subsequent scenes at Olympus. However, Athena did not give up her owl but got Hephaestus to make a mechanical owl. more
Quotes:
Thetis: Hear me, vain and foolish mortal woman. You dare compare your daughter's beauty to mine and in my own sacred sanctuary? You will repent your boast and the cruel injury you have inflicted on my son, Calibos.
Cassiopeia: Forgive. Forgive.
Thetis: In 30 days, on the eve of the longest day of the year, your daughter Andromeda must be taken to the sacrificial rock at the edge of the sea, there bound and chained to the stone. She must be unknown to man, a virgin. A sacrifice suitable for the Kraken...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Bones: The Man in the Bear (#1.4)" (2005) more

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22 out of 27 people found the following comment useful.
Setting things straight, 28 November 2001
Author: (Guy-64) from Belgium

I am not here to comment on the admittedly laughable acting. I am not here to ridicule the uninteresting and thoroughly unoriginal storyline. But if anyone, anywhere in the world, endeavours to say a bad word about Ray Harryhausen's special effects, that's where my moral sense of outrage kicks in and I jump into action. Harryhausen's efforts may not closely resemble the flashy, ultrareal CGI-effects we're used to seeing right now. Heck, they may even be primitive for the time they were made in. But darnit, they're vintage! What Harryhausen and his two (that's right, just two!) assistants bring us is unfiltered movie magic, and one of the last true testaments to a dying artform. I know at least a few people who agree with me, which is always a comfort.

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