Great video, as always. However, I consider myself an expert on all things Harryhausen and would like to clarify a few things: -"Clash of the Titans" is actually the only Harryhausen film in which he did NOT do all the special effects by himself. Due to the busy schedule, he had a lot of help, especially from Jim Danforth, who created the amazing creatures from "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth." -Most of the movie was shot in Spain, like the "Sinbad" movies and "Valley of Gwangi". -Harry Hamlin was very difficult to work with and constantly changed his lines or even reworked entire scenes. However, the team had to admit that their ideas were better than what was in the script. For example, the original concept was for Perseus to throw his shield like Captain America and decapitate Medusa. The film's astonishing beheading scene is truer to the legends because Hamlin insisted on it. -Ray Harryhausen was a co-producer of all his films from the 60s onwards and most of those projects were born from his own original ideas. He only acted as a "hired gunman" in "One Million Years BC." He didn't like sex and violence in movies, so there are some conflicting accounts about why the original "Clash of the Titans" script was for a R-rated flick. -"The Force of the Trojans" screenplay wouldn't have been a direct sequel, but rather another story from Greek mythology. It would have been an adaptation of Virgil's Aeneid and the founding of Rome, with more emphasis on the fantastical elements and adding many monsters from Homer's Odyssey. Right now, british filmmaker John Walsh is trying to make a proper movie out of it. -The word "Dynamation" was created by Coumbia's PR team to promote the "7th Voyage". Ray liked it and continued using it for many years, but the truth is that the term means very little. -Most of the "Clash of the Titans" models survive to this day. They are being handled by the "Ray & Diana Harryhausen foundation", with home base in London. They were displayed in the "National Galleries of Scotland" just two years ago. -About Arnold being in a Dynamation movie: For many years there were rumors of a proper Ray Harryhausen movie based on the original Conan books by Robert E. Howard. Nothing came of it, but how COOL is that!?

I met Ray Harryhausen at a book signing in Glasgow, Scotland, just before he died. I brought a bunch of soundtracks scored by Bernard Herrmann and Laurence Rosenthal, from movies he was involved in and he signed every one for me. He said he was very good friends with the composers and he just loved their scores for these movies. He also loved my albums, as they were in mint condition and my interest in film scores. He had one of the original skeletons from Jason and the Argonauts sitting beside him and he let me handle it. He was so nice and he keep talking to me and would probably talked longer, if it wasn't for the giant queue behind me. What a great man and what a great memory I have of him.

Need "How Cool Is That?" merch, mister Dan, stat!

@MoviesMusicMonsters

2 ай бұрын

Would you believe I already have it? Check out the store link on my channel LOL

@killbotprime

2 ай бұрын

@@MoviesMusicMonsters My next stop! Thank you for being awesome!

I love your presentation style. Informative and just easy on the ear without any of the usual histrionics. Great film and cast too

@MoviesMusicMonsters

2 ай бұрын

Hey, thank you Simon :-) really appreciate it

Fun fact. In order to save money, Ray Harryhausen sacrificed his Trog puppet from Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. In order to reuse its skeleton frame to create Calibos.

@MoviesMusicMonsters

2 ай бұрын

Oh man, I didn't know that. That is an awesome fact. Thank you :-)

@korbendallas71

2 ай бұрын

@@MoviesMusicMonsters I think in time when we collectively gather even more awesome facts you should redo your excellent vids with updated info. Plus as said by others we would love some merch!! 😀😉😉

Ray Harryhausen was a genius. I rekon the skeleton fight in Jason and the Argonauts was the most amazing thing he ever did.

@planetpopvideos4418

2 ай бұрын

I met Ray twice and have autographed Clash of the Titans items -- including a laserdisc set.

The Medusa scene is still the best version of Medusa ever put on film.

Boy, do I have a story about this one. After working on a Bela Lugosi documentary at the "Ackermansion", I started hanging with the "Horrorwood Brat Pack" (Ackerman, Harryhausen, Bradbury). After the two "Rays" spoke at our film school, I asked my first celebrity question to Harryhausen. "At the end of "Jason and the Argonauts" you clearly set up a sequel. Are we going to see it?" Harryhausen paused for the first time to contemplate. A few years later I get an invitation at our school from Ray Bradbury to attend a screening at the Acadamy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and it is for THIS film, where Bradbury formally introduced Fay Wray to Ray Harryhausen and I saw him for the fan boy he always was. I miss those gentlemen. Bonus... I worked on a lot of documentaries around the Black Sea. When we went to Spain, I actually recognized locations used in this movie, Jason and the Argonauts, 7th Voyage of Sinbad and One Million Years B.C. What a thrill.

Harryhousen was already retired when Clash came out. He was talked into coming back to do this one last movie and thank God he did.

Speaking of the Stygian Witches, one of them was played by famed British actress *Flora Robson* know for playing Queen Elizabeth I in 1937's _Fire Over England_ opposite Olivier and 1940's _The Sea Hawk_ opposite Errol Flynn. In 1945 she was nominated for an Academy Award for the American western _Saratoga Trunk_ opposite Gary Cooper. . She later appeared on British and American TV. Clash was her last movie appearance. Sometimes you never know who you'll find under the makeup.

I think we'll see "How Cool Is That?" T-Shirts appearing pretty soon.

When you mentioned the waning days of stop motion monsters, I wondered if there would be future MM&M episodes about Caveman (1981) and Dragonslayer (1981 go-motion). Dragonslayer is the movie which essentially caused Harryhausen to step away! He visited the production stage, saw all the computer gear hooked up to the dragon, said "I ain't learning all that new stuff", and shut down the in-preproduction SINBAD ON MARS movie. He then retired - at age 60. (Dragonslayer's Phil Tippett is still going strong at age 72, however, turning out masterpieces such as 2021's stop-motion MAD GOD - hey, maybe you could do a MAD GOD episode)

Only other movie I remember seeing as much on HBO from 81 was the James Coburn, Susan Dey, Albert Finney movie. 'Looker'. With today's obsession with Social Media, still surprised 'Looker' hasn't gotten a remake or sequel.

@mattscott4286

2 ай бұрын

Looker was excellent...and even more relevant today. Completely ripe for an update.

@TheBlindDyslexic

2 ай бұрын

@@mattscott4286 I know right. That's why I'm torn about a sequel and remake

One of my favorites too. Up there with Jason and the Argonauts.

I grew up watching this movie on TV in the early 90s. I loved it for the cheesy special effects and the story too. When I was in 7th grade our history and literature classes had overlapping lessons on ancient Greece and mythology. At the end of that week the literature teacher that it was a great idea to rent the VHS of the movie and show it to the class. Unfortunately she had only seen it on TV too, where the nudity was removed. I will never forget the look of shock she had as she ran to block the TV.

@MoviesMusicMonsters

2 ай бұрын

Oh wow, that is an awesome memory :-)

Harryhausen was a master at his craft !!

Harry Hamlin voiced Perseus in the video game God of War II I was so psyched to hear him

I was lucky enough to meet Ray Harryhausen and my friend has a replica Bubo, which he uses to raise funds for Brain Tumour research after his partner passed from an undiagnosed tumour. Oh, and Harry Hamlin was having a relationship with Ursula Andress, not Judi Bowker.

@MoviesMusicMonsters

2 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh that must have been unbelievable :-)

I own it on DVD. Loved it and it was way better then the remake.

I am going get knocked for this, and though I enjoy Star Wars, I actually loved this film so much more.This and Thor comics were my gateway to Greek, Norse, and Celtic mythology.

My favorite and scariest movie when I was a child. Medusa scare the shit out of me and I loved it!!!

I loved this movie as well. So did a girlfriend I had later in life. I took an old plastic horse and a model kit of an eagle and made her a Pegasus of her very own. She was SO excited when I gave it to her. Oddly enough, we never watched the film together…

You forgot The Scorpions! How can you forget the horrible Giant Scorpions?!?!

It was one great film, during one great time. A time i miss very much.

I thought Dimitri was the son of Ursula and Harry Hamlin ? Not the son of of Harry Hamlin and Judy Bowker

The drive in in town was showing Clash of the Titans. My brother climbed the marquee. Took out the a and n, slid the s over to the left. Nobody noticed for about three days before they fixed it.

@SatanenPerkele

Ай бұрын

Haha brilliant

It ‘s fun to see the subscribers grow everyday.

Speaking of merchandise, Star Ace has been producing an incredible line of Ray Harryhausen creations in the past few years. I have Medusa, Pegasus, The Kraken, Bubo and the skeleton warriors from Jason and The Argonauts. They are almost identical to the original puppets.

Dan, I truly appreciate your channel! I stumbled across it by accident and have NOT been disappointed! I appreciate all of the work that you put into your research and work into your videos! They are a time capsule into MUCH better times! Keep the awesome!

@MoviesMusicMonsters

2 ай бұрын

Thank you sir :-) I truly appreciate the support. Cheers, Dan

@jrewing73

2 ай бұрын

@@MoviesMusicMonsters you're very welcome! I will be 51, God-willing, in July...I've been a bit nostalgic lately. I miss the old days!

Wonderful video, Dan. Would love to see a Ray Harryhausen-Charles H. Schneer retrospective on the four films they produced from 1958-1963, singling out the legendary composer Bernard Herrmann. (“7th Voyage of Sinbad”, “The 3 Worlds of Gulliver”, “Mysterious Island” and “Jason and the Argonauts”).

i love this movie and appreciate your knowlegde of movies

My Favorite movie of all-time. My father took me to see it when I was 8 years old. It blew my mind and I loved it. I became a huge Ray Harryhausen fan and lover of Greek mythology and fantasy in-general. I had the chance to meet Harry Hamlin (Perseus) at a book signing event for his biography book in 2014, and talked to him a bit about Clash of the Titans. He said he loved working on the movie and it was a great experience and then he signed my book. I walked away and opened the cover of my book to see how he signed it and he wrote: "Brian... Release the Kraken -Harry" So cool 😎

My older brother would make fun of me for liking this movie when I was a kid so I'm glad to see other people really enjoyed it too.

Awesome video, Dan. A crazy childhood memory: Because of this movie, I attached wings to a toy horse. Lol

@MoviesMusicMonsters

2 ай бұрын

Haha that's awesome :-)

That and Beastmaster used to come on tv at least several times a year.

@starshiptrooper2354

2 ай бұрын

It showed on Show time and HBO

@starshiptrooper2354

2 ай бұрын

Hamilin had affair with Ursalla, and that is where Dimitri came from

@ltjjenkins

2 ай бұрын

You mean a day...

This is where Harry Hamlin met Ursula Andress who played Aphrodite. They would have a long time affair and a son. NOT his lead co-star who played Andromeda.

Hey Dan! Great job with these fascinating looks back at the fiction that meant a lot to us!

@MoviesMusicMonsters

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much :-) much appreciated

I did like that Bill Nighy was cast in The Wrath of the Titans film as the somewhat mad Hephestus who kept getting into one-sided arguments with Boobo. When the queen first happens upon the bickering duo she asks "Alright, which one of you is in charge?" My fave scene from the original is the Stygian Witches. Those ladies play it out like a Shakespeare scene. Top notch stuff!

This was the first movie my parents let me see at the theaters without them. That day I also discovered Asteroids video game and Ursula Andress, both which I fell in love with. I was 12 years old.

I was at a fan convention years ago and only knew Ray Harryhausen by his work. I had never seen a picture of him. I literally turned around in a crowd people and ran right into this man. It knew this man had to be Ray Harryhausen. He looked just I expected. He was a great down to earth guy. I got to meet him again a few years later. Great memories.

I remember going to the theater in 1981 with my friends and our moms. I remember being a little scared of Medusa. I had a few of the toys.

Hey Dan, enjoyed the video. This was the second (and obviously last) Harryhausen film I saw in the cinema. I remember seeing the poster in a cinema lobby as an upcoming attraction and knowing I would have to be in line for it. Even then, post Star Wars, I felt the promised stop motion creatures likely a little 'old-fashioned'. Frankly, as a movie it was no Star Wars but still great fun and like you, I have a soft spot for it. I believe the behind the scenes romance Hamlin had was actually with Ursula Andress, rather than Bowker as your photo implies. He was a lucky dog either way.

It's on tv in the UK fairly regularly.

That child of Hamlin’s was with Ursula Andress.

I've been a huge mythology buff since childhood. While CotT was not very faithful to the myths, it was a wonderfully fun pastiche and I loved it as a kid. I really hope you will do a Ray Harryhausen video.

I once worked with the late Steven Archer, who animated Bubo in this film. A really lovely, quiet and intelligent guy. He's the guy with the beard at 10:39

Harry Hamlin wasn’t involved with Judy Bowker, Hamlin was, in fact, involved with Ursula Andress, and it’s Andress who is the mother of Hamlin’s son Dmitri.

@Milo-Goldwyn.

2 ай бұрын

I know. I thought I misheard him because I met Harry at a party in San Antonio years ago and knew he had a son with Ursula because he talked about it.

@rmas32

2 ай бұрын

You beat me to it! ✌️

@kenrankin5814

2 ай бұрын

@@rmas32 same!

@MasterMalrubius

2 ай бұрын

I would have taken either!

@Kaffyboy

2 ай бұрын

@@MasterMalrubiusyou and me both my friend!

I've been building "Owls of Athena" based on Bubo for years: And very recently i built Bluetooth receivers into my owlets. So they talk.

You imply that harry hamlin’s partner IRL was Judi bowker. It was actually Ursula andress. She is the mother of his son, Dimitri.

@MoviesMusicMonsters

2 ай бұрын

Oops. I didn't know that. My mistake :-) thanks for pointing that out.

I love this movie! In some ways, I liked it better than Star Wars. i always loved Greek Mythology, so I was partial to this movie, also loved the classic stop motion animation that brought all those mythical creatures to life, the Kraken, Medusa, the scorpians, the two headed dog Cerebus and of course the cast of Gods playede by Lawrence Oliver, maggie smith, ursuala andreas and the awesome music! its too bad they didnt do more back then. i didnt care at all for the 2010 remake at all.

Thank you for featuring this film. Regrettably, I never appreciated it when it came out, but this video has inspired me to give it another look...some forty years later!

Medusa scared the crap out of me as a kid, thanks Ray Harryhausen , great job.👍

You can buy a life size Bubo. About $360 last time I looked

I hope you cover Jason and the Argonauts 1963 sometime.

@starshiptrooper2354

2 ай бұрын

One of my favorites

"Find and fulfill your destiny"... Pegasis dies No! Andromeda nude YES!

Been a fan of Ray Harryhausen's work since the early 60s, and raised my kids on the DVDs of "7th Voyage of Sinbad," "Golden Voyage of Sinbad," "Valley of Gwangi,," and, of course, "Clash of the Titans," among the other Harryhausen films. Had to wait until they were a little older to show them "One Million Years B.C." because we didn't want to jump start their puberty!

I saw this as a teenager. Andromeda's nude scene from the rear caused me to forget what the rest of the movie was about.

@truckshackley373

2 ай бұрын

Danae, Perseus’ mother was hot too. I can see why Zeus wanted her

Also worth noting; Jack Gwillam, who played Poseidon, earlier worked with Harryhausen in Jason and the Argonauts as King Aetes.

Just bought this in Blu Ray last week.

Pat Roach was a well known wrestler in the UK during the 1970s. He was a kindly man, always happy to talk to his many fans.

@DavidLLambertmobile

2 ай бұрын

I think he's in a few Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 scenes. The bald Nazi who fights Indy by the plane 🛩 ...

I grew up watching Ray's movies and I still watch them to this day and I'm 67. To say he was a genius would be a disservice to him.

Saw this in the theater when I was 4..Still one of the best films I’ve ever seen ❤❤

I don't know, AHHHHH-nold starring in a Ray Harryhausen movie?? That would have been EPIC!

Always loved this movie.

Thanks Dan, love this film... so much better than the terrible remakes. A couple of years ago I went to an exhibition, in Edinburgh, showing off most of Ray Harryhausen’s original stop-motion models. The Kraken, Medusa and plenty of other COTT were on show. It was so cool!

LOVE LOVE LOVE this... I work in media and I have to tell you your content gives me a break into a world that I love and miss soooo much. Thank you.

Dan, love your videos. A couple of errors in this one though. One poster already said that Hamlin was involved with Ursula Andress. The other error was you referring to 20 million miles to Earth as 20 million YEARS to Earth. 😮😊. I’ve watched many of your videos and never caught any other errors, so your average is still pretty good! 😊

This *may* have been my intro to Ray Harryhausen. I was a kid when I first saw it.

That's easily one of the smoothest transitions to a sponsor spot I've seen on KZread.

It was such a wonderful film with a great cast! Of all the Harryhausen films, this is my favorite of his stop motion animation works, but The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is my favorite of the movies he has worked on!

As for Ray harryhausens creatures..I always loved the bronze statue. That one moving (with the creaking sound effect) was the one that stood out for me. Even more than the skeletons from Jason and the Argonauts.

@MoviesMusicMonsters

2 ай бұрын

Such great movies. I have a video on Jason and the Argonauts coming up in a couple weeks :-)

I saw this movie in the theater when it came out and remember thinking it was pretty good!

15:28 you misspoke its God of War 2. Thats a really cool fact I didn't know.

In the late 1960s there was a plan to make a Lord of the Rings film starring the Beatles and with Ray Harryhausen doing the special effects. Seeing a Ray Harryhausen interpretation of the Balrog would have been a sight to behold.

Had an Opps moment Dan. 20 million "Years" to Earth is actually 20 Million "Miles" to Earth . The distance from Earth to the planet Venus.

@MoviesMusicMonsters

2 ай бұрын

Whoops :-) oh well, haha everyone's bound to make a mistake here and there

I’m pretty sure Harry Hamlin was romantically involved with Ursula Andress not Judi Bowker. They had a son together; however, never married. Great movie! I saw it as a double feature. The companion film was Dragonslayer.

Hi Dan, love your show. In fact, Harry Hamlin had an affair on this film with Ursula Andress, not the Andromeda. actress. She is the mother of his son sown from the seeds of this film.

Sir, I LOVE your channel! EVERY thing that you talk about is nostalgic stuff I'm also interested in. We're very close in age (I'm slightly older that thee), so we experienced a lot of the same cool movies & TV when we were kids in the 70s, including watching the old classics on TV. And, like you, I've kept and treasured many of those cool toys that I was lucky enough to have as a child. I'm always excited when you post a new video. Keep up the great work!

I hate to disappoint you, but I really like to disagree with you; I vote for Jason and the Argonauts. Those skeletons rising from the ground are the best stop-action ever made.

@anaihilator

Ай бұрын

That, and Talos suddenly turning his head is legit terrifying

One of my favorite 80s Sci Fi movies growing up/childhood.

“Dan…find…and fulfill…your destiny!” Also, ironically, Arnold Schwarzenegger actually made one of his first films playing Hercules (though his voice was dubbed). Need to make an animated gif of you going, ‘How Cool Is THAT?’ 😅

@brotherkellymatthewbarnes8882

2 ай бұрын

Arnold Stang (Top Cat) was in that movie also. But Arnold Stang's voice wasn't dubbed in that movie, well not dubbed in English.

One of my favorites, thank you Dan another great show

I also saw almost all of the models at the Ray Harryhausen expo in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2021.

Been waiting for this one!! One of my all time favorite movies. Thank you!

It still holds up. I will take Harreyhausen's stop motion over CGI all day long. Sadly, the process is too time-consuming and expensive compared to ehat we can do with software.

It's hilarious to me that Olivier and Maggie Smith were brought in to increase the box office. All I needed to see was a few seconds of the stop-action monsters and I was sold.

Harry Hamlin had a recurring role in the later seasons of Mad Men. His character was pretty amusing and funny at times. Good acting and writing.

Dan I've been singing your praises about the awesome videos you've been documenting for the past 4.5 months to anyone who will listen. Some have subscribe to the channel. Sorry to point an error to this episode, but you said that the two lead actors were dating & had a child together. It was not Harry Hamlin & Judi Bowker but Harry Hamlin & Ursula Andress that had their son. Keep up the GREAT work as you've have brought back A LOT of my childhood memories!

Laurence Rosenthal's complete score is available on a 2CD set from the Intrada soundtrack label.

@Phil-pq4ks

2 ай бұрын

Own it plus the double LP!!!

All the creatures still do exist and were recently in Edinburgh Scotland on display, along with all of Mr Harryhausens other monsters.

They played it 📽️on the last day of the year at our school 🏫 in the gymnasium, “awesome “.🤩

@MoviesMusicMonsters

2 ай бұрын

Oh wow, that is awesome :-)

Oh gosh, Dan, you have to make a correction that it was Hamlin and Andress who had the relationship that resulted in their son, Dimitri.

As always, a fine overview Dan. Couple a' comments: you mentioned that Ray began as a young mentor of Willis O'Brien on Mighty Joe Young. Surely you meant apprentice. :) Also, Clash was the first film where Ray employed assistants to aid in the animation. Jim Danforth handled the Pegasus sequence and Steve Archer (pictured @ 10:44) animated Bubo. Yes, some of the models still exist. The RH Foundation keeps track of them all. You didn't mention the giant scorpion sequence, which was well animated but suffered from very milky, grainy background plates. Ray told me that the day they were scheduled to be shot was rainy, but the director insisted trhey be shot anyway despite Ray's protestations that they would create more headaches for him in post and not match well with the other Dynamation sequences. As producer As the co-producer Ray should've overruled the director and rescheduled the shoot, but it is what it is, as they say. Say, why don't you stop by the Facebook page Stop Motion Monsterland and say hello? Lots of the members are working professionals in the visual effects field.

The best drive in double bill in history - Final Countdown and Clash of the Titans. The movie played, the sun went down behind the screen, and warm breeze blowing. All done, no more.

I had one of those Perseus action figures. Was fun having him go on adventures with my Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica figures. The Force of the Trojans? Sounds like an ad campaign for Trojan.... LOL!!!

@claytonbouldin9381

2 ай бұрын

My friend had all the toys when we were kids. Lost contact with him years ago, but I am guessing that knowing him the toys are still in a box in his basement.

As an artist I really loved the design of the kraken in the remake. Distilled rage incarnate. Somebody did a great job there.

We lived on a military base when this came out. Between this, Raiders, Empire, Tron, and Starfighter the staff knew me well. I went to see Titans many times. I have it on DVD and still enjoy it! Sadly, I never had any of the toys but some of my friends did. So I still got to play with the toys. I would enjoy building a full size model of the owl. I know a Kraken model is out there and available.

It's so freaking cool to have a new favorite show to look forward to. Thank you so much for creating this channel.

I believe the actor who played Posiden in the movie also played King Aheetes in Jason and the Argonauts.

How about an Excalibur review around the same time as this film?

@thor-cj9dh

2 ай бұрын

Anal Nathrak, Uthvas Bethud, Do Che-ol Di-enve

@Enriqueguiones

2 ай бұрын

Two completely different fantasy movies, both classics in their own right. Now, THAT'S cool!!